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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Most" }, "options": [ "A few", "Some", "Most", "All" ], "question": "_ people in America eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": ...	On Thanksgiving Day, about 88 percent Americans eat turkey. But one lucky turkey not only will not be eaten but also will become famous. Every year, turkey farmers present turkeys to the US president. But instead of eating this turkey, the president gives it a "pardon". The turkey is flown to Florida for a thanksgiving...	middle5778.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Moon" }, "options": [ "Moon", "Star", "Earth", "Sun" ], "question": "_ looks bigger than the stars at night.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "ans...	The moon looks bigger than the stars at night. But in fact, it is smaller than any other stars. The moon looks big to us, because it is closer to us than any stars. The moon goes around the earth. It makes one trip about four weeks. The moon is a round ball and looks beautiful. Now people know quite a lot about the moo...	middle2017.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "because the Internet was down" }, "options": [ "because he was hungry", "because he was hungry", "because he was alone at home", "because the Internet was down" ], "question": "Tony stared into space and played ...	It's Saturday morning and Tony's sitting at the kitchen table, staring into space and playing with a piece of bread. He's not even hungry. Is he ill? No, but he does have a problem. He has nothing to do and there's just one reason: the Internet is down and Tony has nothing to do. When he woke up this morning, Tony was ...	middle3309.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "He's smart and funny." }, "options": [ "He is a real cat.", "His favourite dish is fish.", "He never gets mad at people.", "He's smart and funny." ], "question": "Which of the following about Garfield is true?",...	The famous fat and lazy cat Garfield is coming to China. In this American movie, Garfield acts with real actors. He makes trouble and dances like a star. He will make you laugh a lot. Drawn by American Cartoonist Jim Davis since 1978, Garfield has fans all over the world. He likes eating, sleeping and watching TV. He h...	middle4466.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "He was gangster film lover." }, "options": [ "He was manager of a video shop.", "He was gangster film lover.", "He was a gangster.", "He was a director." ], "question": "Who was Jerry?", "question_type": "fa...	Jerry Baldwin was 63 years old. He was manager of a pizza restaurant in America. He lived in an apartment about one mile north of the restaurant. He walked to and from the work. When it was rainy, he took the bus. Jerry loved gangster movies. When a new one came out, he would go to the theatre and watch the new movie ...	middle4472.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Up to six" }, "options": [ "Up to nine", "Up to eight", "Up to seven", "Up to six" ], "question": "How many students can receive the honor each year?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answ...	Each year, up to six young inventors, grade K-12, in America can receive the nation's most excellent young inventors' honor, "The Thomas Edison Innovation Award ," for their invention ideas. They can receive the following honors: * Thomas Edison Innovation Award, "The Tommy", a handmade trophy * US$1,000--US$ 5...	middle6265.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "long" }, "options": [ "hot", "cool", "long", "short" ], "question": "Winter in northern China is _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_tex...	In northern China winter is long and cold, lasting from December through March. You can often see snow. Summer lasts from May through the end of August. The best time to visit northern China is spring and autumn. The days are warm but the nights are cool. Winters in central China feel colder than they look. You will se...	middle6503.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "in winter" }, "options": [ "in winter", "one hundred years ago", "in Canada", "in January" ], "question": "Edison was born _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_in...	February 11th is the birthday of the most famous American inventor,Thomas Alva Edison.Edison was born in 1847.He was not a good student when he was a young boy.His teacher said he was one of the most dumb headed students .He did badly in many subjects and left school after only three months.So his mother took him home ...	middle920.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Cavalin went to college at an early age" }, "options": [ "Cavalin is a middle school student", "Cavalin wants to read the book We Can Do", "Cavalin will graduate from ELACC this year", "Cavalin went to college at an ear...	Do you think hard work can make anything possible? If you don't, you may want to read the book We Can Do written by Moshe Kai Cavalin. It might change your mind. Moshe Kai Cavalin is a 14-year-old American boy. He is about to graduate from UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles) this year. Before that, he had al...	middle4314.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "important" }, "options": [ "beautiful", "interesting", "important", "funny" ], "question": "The word \"big \" in the first sentence means \" _ \".", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer"...	People like to give gifts to others on _ days. Do you know how to choose gifts? You should choose gifts that your family or friends like. Different gifts are for different people. For example, boys often like to play with robots ,toy guns and balls. And girls may like something lovely, like flowers, dolls and beautifu...	middle2765.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "introduce a topic" }, "options": [ "make a comparison", "introduce a topic", "describe a pretty flower", "build a new theory" ], "question": "In the text, the writer mentioned the experiments of Jewelweeds to _...	It is easy for us to tell who our family members are, but do plants recognize their own family? Some do, scientists say, according to a report by Science News in early 2010. Guillermo P. Murphy and Susan Dudley are two plant scientists from McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. They did a few experiments with Jewel...	middle1244.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "large and many" }, "options": [ "as big as cats", "as dangerous as dogs", "large and many", "knocked down by the people there" ], "question": "The rats in Newtown were _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questi...	Today Newtown is a very clean place. But many years ago, there were millions of rats in Newtown. They attacked the cats and dogs. Sometimes a lot of them knocked down a man or woman walking home at night. The rats were very big in size and they hurt many people. The government ordered everybody to kill rats. Most ...	middle908.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "They were shopkeepers." }, "options": [ "They were doctors.", "They were officers.", "They were shopkeepers.", "They were policemen." ], "question": "What did Sam and John do?", "question_type": "factiod_que...	John and Sam were friends. They opened a small shop in a small village. One day, they sold out of all their wine , so they drove to the city to buy some. On their way home, the wind was strong and it was getting colder and colder. Both John and Sam wanted to drink some wine to keep warm, but they had a rule. They coul...	middle7635.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "the shape of its roof" }, "options": [ "the busy street", "the shape of its roof", "the car-free area", "the flying carpet" ], "question": "Tourists enjoy the art works as well as _ of the Louvre.", "ques...	New changes have taken place in Paris in recent years. Paris used to be among Europe's busiest cities. Traffic jams could be seen all the time. But now there is a new 2.5 kilometre-long car-free area inside the city. The Louvre attracts world tourists. People visit there not just for the art works, but also enjoy the ...	middle2995.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "on TV" }, "options": [ "on the radio", "on TV", "at 121", "Both A and B" ], "question": "You can watch the Weather Show _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index...	We often talk about the weather. If we want to know about the weather. We can turn on the radio and listen to the weather report . We can also turn on the TV and watch the Weather Show. And we can ask other people in two different ways, "What's the weather like today?" or "How is the weather today?" Sometimes you can c...	middle3453.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "the water drops to fifty degrees Fahrenheit" }, "options": [ "it has been swimming for three months", "it dreams of calm water and plenty of food", "the water drops to fifty degrees Fahrenheit", "the days get longer and...	The young turtle has been swimming for three months now in the same warm shallow bay, dreaming of calm water and plenty of food. But as the days begin to shorten and the night comes earlier and earlier, the water grows colder. It drops to fifty degrees Fahrenheit . Swimming is harder. Its heartbeat slows--and almost st...	middle5022.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "tell the time" }, "options": [ "read", "write", "tell the time", "speak" ], "question": "John's mother can teach him to _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index...	John is six years old. He can read and write well. But he can't tell the time. His mother, Mrs Brown teaches him many times, but he still can't tell. He would say "breakfast time" "lunchtime" and "teatime" instead of saying eight o'clock, twelve o'clock and four o'clock in the afternoon. His mother doesn't know how ...	middle5744.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Four" }, "options": [ "One", "Two", "Three", "Four" ], "question": "_ questions were asked about Daniel's unusual job.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 2,...	Sharks frighten most of us, but Daniel Weaver, a shark scientist, swims with them for a living! We asked him some questions about this unusual job. So Daniel, what's it like to be a shark scientist? Well, it's a great job. I often travel to faraway places like South Africa and Fiji to study sharks. On the other hand, a...	middle3335.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "His father's love for the funny pages influenced him." }, "options": [ "He wanted to sell cartoons", "His mother encouraged him.", "Cartoons brought him great times and fun", "His father's love for the funny pages influ...	Presents For Children's Day Charles M. Schulz was born in 1922 in Minneapolis, the only child of a housewife and a barber. His interest in comics was encouraged by his father, who loved the funny pages. Charles M. Schulz sold seventeen cartoons to the Saturday Evening Post from 1948 to 1950 and Li'l Folks to the St. Pa...	middle7153.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "7: 15" }, "options": [ "7: 15", "7: 25", "7:45", "7:55" ], "question": "The writer arrived at Vienna station at _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1,...	The train I was traveling on was already half an hour late. I had to arrive in Vienna at 7:15 to catch it. He advised me to get off two stops before Vienna station and take a taxi. When the time came, the conductor even helped me with my bags. He wished me good luck as I jumped off. And a few minutes later, I was racin...	middle8274.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "A soft helmet will become strong when you hit into something." }, "options": [ "We will no more get hurt because of heavy batteries.", "High-tech fabrics serve as a kind of protection for soldiers.", "A soft helmet will becom...	Fashion always keeps at least one eye on the future. Now scientists are lending a hand, developing tomorrow's super-powered clothing such as coats that can recharge your MP3 player and make you stronger. For example, electronics could get recharged in the future simply by plugging them into your outer wear, because A...	middle7147.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "America." }, "options": [ "England.", "China.", "America.", "Australia." ], "question": "Where is Mr. Brown from?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, ...	Mr. Brown is a teacher. He is from New York, America. He would like to work in China because he likes our country. He thinks Chinese people are very friendly and he likes to live in China. He is happy to work in our school. He likes the school life here. He teaches English. There are 50 students in his class. Mr. Brown...	middle1536.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Two." }, "options": [ "Two.", "Three.", "Four.", "Five." ], "question": "How many younger sisters do I have?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "an...	I am my mother's third girl. When I was born, the doctor gently explained to my mother that my left arm was missing, below the elbow(,). Then he gave her some advice, "Don't treat her any differently from other girls." And she did! There were five girls in our family and we all had to help out. Once when I was about se...	middle6259.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "In a pub." }, "options": [ "In a hospital.", "In a pub.", "At a theatre.", "In a hotel." ], "question": "Where did Jim and his friends have a drink?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answe...	It was a sunny night. Jim was having a drink with his friend. He drank too much, and he had to leave at half past eight because he had a ticket for a music festival, which would start at nine o'clock. It was half past an hour's walk from the pub to the theatre. Jim knew a _ that would only take ten minutes, but it mea...	middle5750.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "read papers" }, "options": [ "talk much", "talk about", "eat something", "read papers" ], "question": "English people often _ on a bus .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { ...	In England people don't usually talk too much .You can go on a bus, or in a train, and everyone sits looking out of the window. Often they read .They read books and papers .But they don't talk much. When you meet English people, they often talk about one thing, the weather. So when you meet somebody in English, you can...	middle5988.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "your own immune system" }, "options": [ "the virus itself", "Vitamin C", "the terrible cold symptom", "your own immune system" ], "question": "It is _ that makes you uncomfortable when getting a cold.", ...	Do you know that it is your own immune system working against the virus that makes you uncomfortable when getting a cold, but not the virus itself? So when you have got a strong immune system and the virus is strong enough too, you will possibly get terrible cold symptoms( ) ? Vitamin C won't stop a cold It is claimed ...	middle3321.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "In June" }, "options": [ "In May", "In June", "In July", "In August" ], "question": "When could people buy A fresh Summer Day in the bookstores?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": ...	A 13-year-old Shenzhen girl wrote a book about her life in junior school, and you could see the book in bookstores in June, the News Today reported yesterday. The book is A fresh Summer Day. Zhao Yue finished it in three months. Zhao Yue is a Junior One student of a middle school. She started writing this book after sh...	middle4328.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "He had a good sleep under his favourite tree." }, "options": [ "He stepped onto a hunter's net.", "He bowed before weaker animals.", "He showed kindness to animals in the jungle.", "He had a good sleep under his favouri...	More than anything else in the world, Lion liked being King of the jungle. He walked around, showing off his power and pride. Each day Lion took a long lazy sleep under the shade of his favourite tree. He always dreamed of weaker animals bowing before him. One day Mouse ran through the jungle and tripped over Lion's...	middle2981.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "inside their mothers" }, "options": [ "born", "one year old", "17 or 19 years old", "inside their mothers" ], "question": "According to the scientists, people start to yawn when they are _ .", "question_t...	What is the first thing you want to do when you see someone yawn ?You want to yawn, too! Yawning is _ Scientists have found that all people yawn. Babies start to yawn even before they are born. The earliest yawn takes place when a baby is still inside its mother. When young children are about one year old, they start ...	middle2759.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "curious" }, "options": [ "frightened", "surprised", "amazed", "curious" ], "question": "How did Peter and Mary feel when they saw the strange spaceship? They felt _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions"...	Mary and Peter were having a picnic with some friends near a river when Mary shouted,"Look!That's a spaceship up there and it's going to land here." Frightened by the strange spaceship,all the young people got into their cars and drove away as quickly as possible except Peter and Mary. They were more curious than f...	middle5036.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "New rules about school bus safety." }, "options": [ "New rules about school bus safety.", "New rules about student safety.", "New rules about student home.", "New rules about class." ], "question": "What did the...	Every day in China, about 200 million children go to school. Many of them take school buses. What should we do to keep these students safe on the road? On April 5, 2012,the State Council published new rules about school bus safety. These new rules are stricter than the old ones. Under the new rules, local governments ...	middle1250.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "65" }, "options": [ "60", "65", "69", "70" ], "question": "Katy Marsh stopped working at the age of _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer...	Katy Marsh is seventy years old now. She stopped working five years ago. Last year she decided to make her dream come true. When she was young, she hoped to travel along a river of Scotland in a small boat. She took her small CD player, her hot water bottle and a bag of books to make her life in the boat wasn't too un...	middle7621.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "He stole them from the car." }, "options": [ "He bought them from Henry.", "He bought them at a bookstore.", "He found them lying in a quiet street.", "He stole them from the car." ], "question": "How did the ma...	Henry Smith taught science at the City School. One day, he wen to a bookstore and bought some books. Most of them were expensive. He left them in his car in a quiet street. Then he went and bought some other things at other shops. At 6 o'clock he came back to the car. One window was open and the books were gone. Henry ...	middle1907.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "His legs got hurt badly in a car accident." }, "options": [ "He was ill.", "His arms were broken.", "His legs got hurt badly in a skating accident.", "His legs got hurt badly in a car accident." ], "question": "...	Tony loved basketball. One afternoon on his way to a basketball game, he was walking and dreaming about playing college basketball the next year. Suddenly a car hit him and he was thrown three meters into the air. Tony woke up in a hospital room. When the doctor told him that both his legs were broken, he knew his coll...	middle3876.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "a school" }, "options": [ "a hospital", "a police station", "a school", "a restaurant" ], "question": "Mr Smith works in _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_ind...	Mr Smith is an English teacher. He comes from America. He has a daughter. Her name is Amy, and she is a good engineer in New York. Mr Smith likes traveling very much, and he can speak Spanish very well. Now he is in China, so he wants to learn some Chinese. He works very hard at his Chinese, and goes to Chinese classes...	middle539.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Because her family was poor at that time." }, "options": [ "Because her mother never bought her clothes.", "Because her family was poor at that time.", "Because she just wanted one dress then.", "Because her mother didn...	One day, my mother said, "Let's buy you some new clothes." I was very happy and surprised because my family didn't have much money at that time. I bought three dresses, a pink one, a blue one and, best of all, a yellow and blue one. I loved that yellow and blue dress. I showed my three new beautiful dresses to my best ...	middle3862.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "New York" }, "options": [ "London", "Beijing", "New York", "Shanghai" ], "question": "Jerry's family is in _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, ...	I am Jerry. My family is in New York. We have got a big house. There are three bedrooms . One is for my parents. One is for my sister Betty. One is for my brother Tony and me. I haven't got any grandparents, aunts or uncles in my family. My father is forty-three years old. He is a hotel manager. My mother is forty. She...	middle8089.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "set up places for koalas to live safely" }, "options": [ "keep koalas in their homes", "put koalas in the tree", "set up places for koalas to live safely", "raise baby koalas in their pockets" ], "question": "Pe...	People in Australia love koalas and take care of them. They have set up places for them to live safely. No one can kill them for their pretty fur . When a koala is born, he has no fur. And he is not as big as your little toe ! The mother koala has a pocket in the front of her body. The baby goes into this warm pocket. ...	middle1913.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "start school" }, "options": [ "begin to study", "start school", "graduate from elementary schools", "must stay in school all the day." ], "question": "In American children _ at the age of five.", "questio...	In the United States,boys and girls start school when they are five years old.In some states they must stay in school until they are sixteen.Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they graduate from secondary school.another name for high school.Most children go to public elementary and secondary schools...	middle5585.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "In the park" }, "options": [ "In the garden", "On the chair", "In the park", "Beside the road" ], "question": "Where are Mr Brown and Mr Black?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": {...	Two men are walking in the park. One is Mr Brown, a worker, the other is Mr Black. Mr Brown is going to a chair. It is beside the road. Mr Black is behind him. Mr Brown finds Mr Black. Now Mr Black begins to walk faster, because he wants to get to the chair before Mr Black. Now Mr Black begins to walk faster because he...	middle7392.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Eleven and a half hours." }, "options": [ "Eleven hours.", "Seven hours.", "Eleven and a half hours.", "Seven and a half hours." ], "question": "How long is the Water World Swimming Pool open every day?", "q...	The Water World Swimming Pool is open every day from eight o'clock in the morning until half past seven in the evening. It costs two dollars sixty to enter the pool. There is a special cheap price for students with a student card. The price is one dollar forty. But you must bring your student card with you. On Wednesda...	middle277.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "a poem" }, "options": [ "a play", "a novel", "a story", "a poem" ], "question": "This is most probably part of _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, ...	Man is a born child, his power is the power of growth. The trees come up to my window like the yearning voice of the dumb earth. You smiled and talked to me of nothing and I felt that for this I had been waiting long. The fish in the water is silent, the animal on the earth is noisy, the bird in the air is singing. B...	middle6932.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "four" }, "options": [ "one", "two", "three", "four" ], "question": "Many English people have _ meals a day.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "a...	In many English homes, people have four meals a day: breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner. People have breakfast from 7:00 to 9: 00 in the morning. They eat eggs or bread. English people drink tea or milk for breakfast, too. Lunch comes at about 13:00. Afternoon tea is from 16:00 to 17:00, and dinner is about ...	middle3692.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "the Liberian war started" }, "options": [ "the Liberian war started", "his family were killed in the war", "he lost touch with his family", "the government armies caught him" ], "question": "Dukuly was born when...	Dukuly Dogbah, a 14-year-old Liberian boy, grew up in a war. He was born in the same year the Liberian war started. Since then fighting between the government forces and the rebel armies has not stopped. Dukuly is one of around 10,000 child soldiers in Liberia. At 10, Dukuly lost contact with his family in the war and...	middle2598.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "the traffic drives on the left." }, "options": [ "there are many cars and buses on the road.", "the traffic drives on the left.", "there are not any traffic lights.", "the traffic drives on the right." ], "quest...	When you are in England, you must be very careful in the streets because the traffic drives on the left. Before you cross a street, you must look to the right first and then left. If the traffic lights are red, the traffic must stop. Then the people on foot can cross the road. If the traffic lights are green, the traff...	middle1091.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Fast and busy." }, "options": [ "Interesting and confusing", "Important and patient.", "Particular and necessary.", "Fast and busy." ], "question": "What is the work in a newspaper office like?", "question_t...	Every morning, the newspaper chief editor holds a meeting with the reporters. They discuss the main events of the day. Reporters are then sent to cover the events. As soon as the reporters know what to write about, they get down to work. They telephone people and fix a time for a face-to-face interview with them. Som...	middle505.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "in a shop" }, "options": [ "at school", "at a station", "in a shop", "in a supermarket" ], "question": "The story happens _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_in...	One day, a little boy comes into a shop and says to the shop worker, "I want to buy twelve exercise books of 6 cents each and nine pencils of 10 cents each. How much is that altogether ?" The shop worker writes these numbers down on a piece of paper and thinks for a minute. Then she says, "1 dollars 62 cents." "If I gi...	middle6926.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Imitate the movements and simple sounds of a human singer" }, "options": [ "Communicate with human beings", "Connect music with human emotions", "Live and work comfortably with human beings", "Imitate the movements and ...	It is reported that in the near future robots and humans will probably work together to create jazz. A singing robot is being taught to create jazz with human being in a project. Antonio Chella from Italy is working with a Telenoid robot. To start with, the Telenoid will be trained to _ the movements and simple sounds ...	middle7386.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "is like themselves" }, "options": [ "is like themselves", "has a sense of humor", "is open-minded", "lives an exciting life" ], "question": "From the passage, we know that people prefer sitting by someone who _...	1Have you ever wondered what goes through your mind when you choose where to sit in a new classroom? Or in a waiting room full of strangers? Or on a bus? Researchers have found out some interesting facts. 2Girls sit by girls and boys sit by boys.Adults sit together and young people choose another young person to sit ne...	middle6098.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Grandma" }, "options": [ "Dad", "Grandma", "Grandfather", "Mother" ], "question": "Who comes to see Jenny and her brother?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index"...	Today Grandma comes for a visit. She gives my sister and me a box of chocolate candies. We say "thank you!" Then Jenny quickly takes off the box. The pieces all look the same! I can't tell which pieces are hard inside and which are soft! I only like the soft ones. Jenny does not care. She is happy to get any kind of ca...	middle263.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "the night of 24 December" }, "options": [ "the night before 24 December", "the night after 25 December", "the night of 24 December", "the night of 25 December" ], "question": "Christmas Eve is _ .", "ques...	On Christmas Eve, the night before Christmas Day, children are very happy. They put their stockings at the end of their beds before they go to bed. They want Father Christmas to give some presents. Father Christmas is a very kind man. He comes on Christmas Eve. He lands on top of each house and comes down the chimney ...	middle5591.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "it's cold and dark" }, "options": [ "it's blue", "it's cold and dark", "it has sunlight", "it has lots of plants" ], "question": "The deep sea is not an easy place to live in, because _ .", "question_type"...	The deep sea is not an easy place to live in. It's cold and dark. The deeper it is, the less sunlight there is. At about 3,000 feet, there is no light at all. It's very dark in the sea. Many fishes have no eyes, but some have big eyes. A few have eyes only on one side. Besides the coldness and the darkness, deep sea an...	middle4664.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "when they are at school" }, "options": [ "because they are students", "when they are free", "when they are at school", "because they are children" ], "question": "Some high schools in Australia have stopped stud...	Mobile phone has become a problem for high schools. Some high-school students in Australia are not allowed to carry mobile phones during school hours. Mobile phone used among children has become a problem for the school. Several children have got mobile phones as Christmas presents, and more students will want them. Ma...	middle2215.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "A student." }, "options": [ "An adult.", "A teacher.", "A student.", "A parent." ], "question": "What do you think the writer is?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer...	Every child has his own dream. Every child hopes to be an adult. However, is it truly like what they imagine? As a boy who lives in modern times and in a modern city, I feel greater pressure on me with the city's development. Although we seldom worry about money, we still have a lot of things such as competition among...	middle6073.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "the ocean" }, "options": [ "the forest", "the ocean", "the desert", "the river" ], "question": "The little stream aimed to reach _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "ans...	Flow like the river of change Little stream ran down from a high mountain through many villages and forests. Then it reached a desert. "I went through so many difficulties. I should have no problem crossing the desert, "she thought. As she started, she found herself slowly disappearing into the sand. After many tries, ...	middle6715.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "in good health" }, "options": [ "very sad", "very happy", "in good health", "feeling well" ], "question": "We say you are in the pink when you are _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "an...	Now the VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories. ( MUSIC) Many everyday American expressions are based on colors. Red is a hot color. Americans often use it to express heat. When they are red-hot, they are very angry about something. Fast loud music is popular with many people. They may say such music is re...	middle4102.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "the U.S." }, "options": [ "Japan", "the U.S.", "Australia", "England" ], "question": "Jenny had a bus trip to _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, ...	Last summer Jenny and her friends had a bus trip to New York. She felt very relaxed on the way. They visited a museum. But it was really crowded there and the display was not interesting at all. They went to different restaurants to have dinner. Some food was quite delicious, but Jenny thought the fast food was awful....	middle3679.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "In a clothes store." }, "options": [ "In a bookstore.", "In a clothes store.", "In a hotel.", "On a farm." ], "question": "Where does Martin work?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer"...	Martin's Clothes Store Come and buy your clothes at Martin's Clothes Store! We have pants, shorts, hats and more at very good prices! Come and have a look! Clothes Price black pants blue pants green pants $20 $18 $22 shorts ( all colours) $10 hats (all colours) $14 socks (all colours) $5 red skirts blue skirts white...	middle4116.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "He kicked the dog, then laughed at it." }, "options": [ "He kicked the dog, then gave bread to it.", "He kicked the dog, then laughed at it.", "He gave the dog bread kindly.", "He gave the dog bread, then kicked it away...	Mr Stilwell looked out of his window. There was a boy at the other side of the street. The boy sat before a store and took some bread out of a bag and then began eating it. There was a very thin dog in the street too. The boy said to it very kindly. "Come here, good dog. Do you want a piece of bread?" The dog was very ...	middle6701.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "The writer's mother" }, "options": [ "The writer.", "The writer's mother", "The writer's father.", "The writer's parents." ], "question": "Who make(s)the chicken salad at home?", "question_type": "factiod_qu...	My family makes the best chicken salad.Dad prepares all of the ingredients and Mom makes the relish.There are a few things that make this chicken salad different from the other chicken salads.First,we use fruit jam in the relish.You can buy any fruit jam,like banana jam or orange jam.But we have bottles of strawberry...	middle6067.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "which is not well prepared for snow" }, "options": [ "which has regular snow", "which is not well prepared for snow", "for which snow is not a problem", "for which snow is a wonder" ], "question": "According to ...	It's interesting that the arrival of snow has a different effect on people in different countries. For some countries it is an important happening to celebrate each year, while for others it is a catastrophe or even a wonder. There are countries between these two extremes that normally expect snow some time over th...	middle1708.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "He wanted him to repair a pair of shoes." }, "options": [ "They were old friends.", "He wanted him to make a new pair of shoes.", "He wanted him to repair a pair of shoes.", "He had a very old pair of boots. He wanted t...	Quick Service A man took a pair of shoes to a shoe repair shop and said to the shoemaker, "I'd like you to repair these shoes for me, please." "Certainly, sir." the shoemaker said. "When will they be ready?" the man asked. "I'm a bit busy, but they will be ready for you on Thursday," he said. "That's fine." the man sai...	middle7379.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "The Round Bird has little wings" }, "options": [ "The Round Bird has little wings", "The Round Bird can fly with other birds.", "The Round Bird can fly if he tries hard.", "The Round Bird can not climb up the tree." ...	The Round Bird is not like any other birds. He has a big round body but with little wings. He can not fly but he expects to play with other birds in the sky. Every day and in many ways, he tries to fly. And he tries again and again. But nothing works. Then he thinks it will be better use the tree. It is very hard for a...	middle4670.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "He didn't get on well with his boss." }, "options": [ "He was a lazy man.", "He was a lucky person.", "He made a lot of money.", "He didn't get on well with his boss." ], "question": "What do we know about Frank...	Frank Smithson woke up and leaned over to turn off the alarm clock. "Oh,no!"he thought to himself."Another day at that office;a boss who shouts at me all the time." As Frank went downstairs his eyes fell on a large brown envelope by the door. He was overjoyed when he opened it and read the letter inside. "Bigwoods Foot...	middle2201.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "in a middle school" }, "options": [ "in a shop", "in a middle school", "on farm", "in a factory '" ], "question": "Miss Li works _", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answe...	Miss Li is a teacher. She teaches in a middle school. She gets up at half past five in the morning. She has breakfast at 6:00.After that she goes to school by bike. She gets there very early. She cleans her desks and chairs for other teachers. Classes begin at 8:00.She and the other teachers work hard. She goes home at...	middle1720.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "In a wonderland." }, "options": [ "In a wonderland.", "In the field.", "In the tree.", "Outside the hole." ], "question": "Where may their talk take place?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { ...	(one day Alice runsafter a strange rabbit and falls into a deep hole.She becomes smaller after she drinks something.She finds herself in a wonderland with many amazing things inside.) Caterpillar and Alice look at each other in silence.Then they begin to talk. Caterpillar:(In a tired,sleepy voice)Who are you? Alice:(Ra...	middle4658.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "playing computer games in' his bedroom" }, "options": [ "playing computer games in' his bedroom", "playing with a dragon in his bedroom", "playing \"Dragon Player\" in the study", "lying in bed reading a book" ], ...	"Tom? Are you in bed yet?" called Mrs White. There was no answer. Mrs White put down her book and went to her 14-year-old son's room. Tom was sitting in front of a bright computer screen on which a colourful dragon jumped and shouted. "Oh, Tom! You're still playing on that computer. You must stop now. It's half past el...	middle3137.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "dumplings" }, "options": [ "noodles", "dumplings", "rice", "vegetables" ], "question": "In China, the most popular Chinese food is _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "a...	In China, there're many different kinds of foods. Some of them are very popular. The most popular Chinese food is dumplings. Now let me tell you something about them. Almost everyone in China likes dumplings very much, and there are many different kinds of dumplings. Some have meat and vegetables in them. Some have egg...	middle4880.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "A system of bumps to help the blind read." }, "options": [ "A system of bumps to help the blind read.", "The name of a new invention.", "A very cheap machine.", "A Lego robot." ], "question": "What is Braile in ...	A 13-year-old American has made a cheap machine that can help blind people read. The blind can read by using _ - a system of small bumps that the blind touch to read the letters. The machine that makes these small bumps usually costs at least $2,000. It is called Braille writer. The American schoolboy, Shubham Banerj...	middle5546.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "5" }, "options": [ "4", "5", "6", "7" ], "question": "There are _ main points about note-taking in this passage.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, ...	Note-taking is a skill that can help you do well in all your schoolwork. It can make you confident when you are studying. But unluckily, most students don't know how to take notes. Write down key facts. If your teacher writes notes on the blackboard, that's great. You can copy them or write down the most important fact...	middle3889.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "seven years ago." }, "options": [ "seventeen years ago.", "seven years ago.", "seventy years ago", "It's not mentioned." ], "question": "\"No Butts About It\" started _", "question_type": "cloze_questions" ...	My sister Alli and I have been trying to get people to stop dropping cigarette butts for seven years. One day, we were walking in our hometown and saw hundreds of cigarette butts on the ground. They made the town look so ugly that we decided to start a group to make people stop dropping butts. We called it "No Butts A...	middle5220.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "much more alike" }, "options": [ "much more alike", "more different", "less alike", "1ess different" ], "question": "The old couples look _ than the young couples.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" ...	You've probably seen it before-two elderly people walking hand in hand down the street and looking very much like each other. They look so much alike that they could be brother and sister. Do you believe that people who live together for many years would look alike? It's strange. but scientists say it's true. How scien...	middle3651.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "they don't know about the harm of drugs" }, "options": [ "they are 18 years old", "they aren't curious about drugs", "they have enough money", "they don't know about the harm of drugs" ], "question": "Teens want...	What would you do if a stranger gave you some medicine and it would keep you slim or help you do well in exams? Would you take it? Students at Shenzhen Luohu Foreign Language Middle School have learned to keep themselves safe by saying "no". In fact, what those strangers want to give them are drugs . Drugs are danger...	middle1046.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "8-9 hours." }, "options": [ "10-12 hours.", "8-9 hours.", "7-8 hours.", "Less than 7 hours." ], "question": "If Li Hong is 15years old, how much sleep does she need every night?", "question_type": "factiod_q...	Sleep is like food for the brain. Enough sleep helps the body and brain grow and develop. According to the National Sleep Foundation in the US, adults need seven to nine hours of sleep every night. For students aged 10 to 17, a healthy amount is about eight to nine hours per night. But many students don't get enough sl...	middle6729.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "2." }, "options": [ "2.", "3.", "4.", "5." ], "question": "How many web sites provide free English courses?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "ans...	Online English Web Sites * www.english-zone.com----A site teaching English grammar; vocabulary and reading skills. Also lots of jokes. * www.theenglishprofessor.com----ESL (="English" as a second language) links. "Learning English free" is its slogan. Very good at helping students improve their writing skills. * www.gl...	middle7423.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "the Internet" }, "options": [ "TV news", "the Internet", "newspapers", "radios" ], "question": "Americans like getting news from _ best today.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": ...	The rapid growth of Smartphones and electronic tablets is making the Internet favourite for Americans reading news, a report said. News consumption online increased 17% last year from the year before. Television news, newspapers, radio and magazines all lost audience last year. For the first time, the number of people ...	middle1052.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "all above." }, "options": [ "math", "science", "technology", "all above." ], "question": "Which courses are well-known in MIT?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_in...	MIT ( Massachusetts Institute of Technology) is a world-class university mainly in math, science and technology, but you may be surprised to learn that MIT sets arts courses. MIT believe in the passion of learning, the value of working and teaching methods. MIT's teaching power is quite strong. There are eight Nobe...	middle5234.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "outside his country" }, "options": [ "in America", "in Moscow", "by the sea", "outside his country" ], "question": "Mr. Brown often spends his holidays _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { ...	Mr. Brown lives in America and has a big factory there. He is busy all the time. But when he takes his holidays, he always goes traveling and has been to about thirty countries. One summer he went to visit Moscow. There he heard the workers were paid much less than those in his countries. And most factories couldn't wo...	middle3645.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "At 8:30 p.m." }, "options": [ "At 8:30 a.m.", "At 8:30 p.m.", "At 8:40 a.m.", "At 8:45 p.m." ], "question": "What time did Zhang Wei call the police?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answ...	Accident Report Form Accident A car hit a tree. Four people were in the car. Weather condition There was a heavy rain. Cause The driver named Li Jun drank too much. Date of call March 20th, 2009 Time of call 8:30 p.m. Name of caller A man called Zhang Wei. (He was taking a walk there at that time.) Place ...	middle3123.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "To give us some tips on how to take notes." }, "options": [ "To encourage us to listen carefully in class.", "To tell us the importance of taking notes.", "To tell us how to quickly improve our study.", "To give us some...	In classes, your teachers will talk about topics that you are studying. The information they provide will be important for you to know when you take tests. You must be able to take good written notes from what your teachers say. Taking good notes has three stages. There are certain things you should do before class, du...	middle4894.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "newspaper" }, "options": [ "magazine", "guidebook", "newspaper", "textbook" ], "question": "Where may the passage come from?", "question_type": null }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "a...	8.1-Magnitude Quake Hits Central Nepal Nepal is suffering from the disaster brought by a magnitude 8.1 earthquake that struck on Saturday. Nepal's Interior Ministry has said that the death toll from the quake has climbed to 1,931 . And more than 4,700 people are injured. Nepal's military predicts the death toll may cl...	middle5552.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Seven" }, "options": [ "One", "Seven", "Three", "Five" ], "question": "I am in Grade _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "big" ...	Hi!I'm Lucy. I am a student in Class 5,Grade 7.I have a big schoolbag. It is blue and red. The price is Y=88.1.have a nice pencil box in it. It is Y=10.Its color is white. I bought it in a store. There are four pencils and one pen. Each pencil is Y=1 and the pen is Y=12.My eraser is yellow. The price is Y=2.My ruler i...	middle8076.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "his garden" }, "options": [ "his garden", "his garage", "his house", "his car" ], "question": "In the morning Mr. Smith found _ was full of snow.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer...	One morning, Mr. Smith came into the garden at the back of his house. He saw so much snow in the garden. Mr. Smith wanted to take his car out, so he asked a man to clean the road from his garage to the gate. He said to the man, "Don't throw any snow on the side. It will damage the flowers in my garden, and don't thr...	middle1044.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Because the wind lifts it up." }, "options": [ "Because the cloud protects it.", "Because the wind lifts it up.", "Because the wings are big enough.", "Because the storm is not strong enough." ], "question": "Wh...	Do you know what an eagle does when a storm is coming? The eagle will fly to some high spot and wait for the winds to come. When the storm hits, it opens its wings so that the wind will pick it up and lift it above the storm. While the storm rages below, the eagle is flying above it. The eagle does not shirk the stor...	middle7435.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "her back legs to push herself" }, "options": [ "her back legs to push herself", "her front legs to pull herself", "her back wheels to pull herself", "her front wheels to push herself" ], "question": "After being...	A 90-year-old tortoise is going twice its usual speed after being equipped with a set of wheels. The animal, called Mrs T, was facing a terrible future after losing her two front legs in a mouse attack while she was sleeping in winter, but her owners glued the wheels onto her shell . "She's going double the speed ...	middle5222.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "food" }, "options": [ "food", "drink", "clothes", "ways of life" ], "question": "This passage is about _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "ans...	People eat different things in different parts of the world. In south China we eat rice every day. Sometimes we eat it two or three times a day, for breakfast, lunch and supp-er. We usually eat it with fish, meat and vegetables. The Japanese eat rice, too. They also eat a lot of fish. They sometimes eat raw fish. In Af...	middle4882.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Monday" }, "options": [ "Monday", "Tuesday", "Saturday", "Sunday" ], "question": "Peter wrote this letter on _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" } ]	Peter felt very sorry because he forgot to say "Happy Birthday" to his uncle yesterday. So he wrote a letter to his uncle : "My dear uncle, I'm very sorry because I forgot your birthday. But to teach me a lesson, you'd better forget my birthday on Tuesday, tomorrow."	middle3135.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "To buy a new computer game." }, "options": [ "To help support his family.", "To buy a gift for his Mom.", "To buy a new computer game.", "To buy some golf gloves." ], "question": "For what purpose did Michael wa...	Michael wanted to make some money to buy a new computer game, but he did not know how. So he went to ask his brother Greg for help. "I think you could help to wash Mom's and Dad's cars," Greg said, "Some of the neighbors could pay you to wash theirs, too. It's getting colder and no one wants to wash the cars themselves...	middle7353.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "letter" }, "options": [ "note", "letter", "invitation", "poster" ], "question": "This passage should be a(an) _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, ...	I was born in the Tronto, Canada. Life looked bright and was filled with hope for my parents and me. My father and mother were married in 1980, and I was born next year. As I grew into a man, I often looked to my father for advice and support. There were many things about his character that I admired, but like any youn...	middle8060.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "show effects of boredom on developing creativity" }, "options": [ "stress the great differences between them", "introduce a popular writer and a famous artist", "suggest good ways of going through boredom", "show effect...	Should Children Be Allowed to Get Bored? Children need time to stand and stare. They should be allowed to get bored to that they can develop their ability to be creative. Children are expected by their parents to be reading a textbook all the time. However, research shows that it may _ the development of their imaginat...	middle7347.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "250" }, "options": [ "200", "250", "300", "400" ], "question": "Among the students tested in the survey, about _ of them fell asleep while using their electronic gadgets.", "question_type": "cloze_quest...	According to a recent survey, British teenagers are damaging their health by not getting enough sleep because they are prevented from doing so by electronic gadgets in their bedrooms. According to the Sleep Council, "junk sleep" could compete with eating unhealthy junk food as a main worrying lifestyle for parents o...	middle8074.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "a friend" }, "options": [ "a friend", "lip salve", "a computer", "chili con carne" ], "question": "To Adrian Fernandez, _ is the most important.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": ...	Food or friends? Lip salve or iPod? What is the most important thing in the US teenagers' lives today? Let's take a look. Some find that they can't do without people. "My biggest need is my friends. Without them, I wouldn't do much," said Adrian Fernandez, a 14-year-old boy. With others, food always comes first. "I d...	middle1736.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "5" }, "options": [ "3", "5", "8", "12" ], "question": "If the X-43A goes around the earth,it will take about _ hours to finish the trip.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { ...	News 1 : Have you ever thought of being able to fly around the world in a few hours though it is about 40,000 kilometers? One day,maybe you can. Last Saturday,the American X-43A airplane made its first flight. It reached a speed of 8,000 kilometres an hour. This makes it the fastest plane in the world. The X-43A is on...	middle6059.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "A magazine." }, "options": [ "A book.", "A magazine.", "A newspaper.", "A TV programme." ], "question": "What is the English Fashion?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "an...	The English Fashion recently asked people about their wonderful ideas and plans about things they could do.The magazine asked people the following question, "If you had all the money you wanted, what would you like to do?" About 500 people answered the survey question. Almost half (49%) of the people in the survey said...	middle5550.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "tell students green-scarf students are also good students" }, "options": [ "show people his special dressing style", "call on people to live a green life", "tell students green-scarf students are also good students", "r...	Bai Yansong, a famous TV host, expressed his support for students wearing green scarves at a primary school in Xi'an. He wore a green tie on a TV program on October 19, 2011. "I just want the students to know that I'm also wearing green. And we are all great people and are as good as those wearing red scarves." The F...	middle3121.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "the same as" }, "options": [ "different from", "comfortable like", "the same as", "rich like" ], "question": "Living in a modern Australian city is almost _ living in an American city.", "question_type": ...	All the cities are quite the same. Living in a modern Australian city is not very different from living in an American city. But there are some differences on farms. In many parts of the world, farmers and their families live in villages or towns. In the United States, each farm family lives in its own fields. Usually ...	middle5236.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "the kind minister" }, "options": [ "himself", "the kind minister", "the bad minister", "all the ministers" ], "question": "The king was angry with _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "an...	Once there was a king. He had two old ministers. One was kind and the other was bad. The bad minister often said bad words about the kind minister before the king. The king was very angry. One day the king said to the bad minister, "Write two words on two pieces of paper. Write 'live' on one piece and 'die' on the othe...	middle1050.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Charles Lutwidge Dodgson." }, "options": [ "Charles Lutwidge Dodgson.", "Santa Claus.", "Diana Thimblebottom.", "Jane Fleeb." ], "question": "Who wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?", "question_type": "f...	Have you ever read Alice's Adventures in Wonderland? It was written by Lewis Carroll. He was an English writer, poet, scientist, photographer, and priest. His real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, and Lewis Carroll was his pen name. He was born in 1832 and died in 1898. He is most famous for writing two children's fa...	middle7421.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "life in the future" }, "options": [ "pollution", "weather in the future", "life in the future", "Mars in about fifty years" ], "question": "They are talking about _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" ...	What do you think the future will be like? Here are some answers from some students. Mary: If we don't take good care of the earth now, our children and grandchildren will be born into a world with much pollution . There will be fewer trees and more buildings, because there will be more people. Jack: I agree with Mary....	middle2571.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "The top floor" }, "options": [ "The ground floor", "The first floor", "The top floor", "The sixth floor" ], "question": "Which floor is the flat on?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answe...	This large flat is on the top floor of a five-story modern building in a quiet part of the city. There are two schools, a restaurant and several shopping centres nearby. A bus stop is only one hundred metres away. The flat has got a large living room , a dining room,a modern kitchen, one large bedroom and two small bed...	middle6717.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Most" }, "options": [ "A few", "Some", "Most", "All" ], "question": "_ people in America eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": ...

On Thanksgiving Day, about 88 percent Americans eat turkey. But one lucky turkey not only will not be eaten but also will become famous. Every year, turkey farmers present turkeys to the US president. But instead of eating this turkey, the president gives it a "pardon". The turkey is flown to Florida for a thanksgiving...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Moon" }, "options": [ "Moon", "Star", "Earth", "Sun" ], "question": "_ looks bigger than the stars at night.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "ans...

The moon looks bigger than the stars at night. But in fact, it is smaller than any other stars. The moon looks big to us, because it is closer to us than any stars. The moon goes around the earth. It makes one trip about four weeks. The moon is a round ball and looks beautiful. Now people know quite a lot about the moo...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "because the Internet was down" }, "options": [ "because he was hungry", "because he was hungry", "because he was alone at home", "because the Internet was down" ], "question": "Tony stared into space and played ...

It's Saturday morning and Tony's sitting at the kitchen table, staring into space and playing with a piece of bread. He's not even hungry. Is he ill? No, but he does have a problem. He has nothing to do and there's just one reason: the Internet is down and Tony has nothing to do. When he woke up this morning, Tony was ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "He's smart and funny." }, "options": [ "He is a real cat.", "His favourite dish is fish.", "He never gets mad at people.", "He's smart and funny." ], "question": "Which of the following about Garfield is true?",...

The famous fat and lazy cat Garfield is coming to China. In this American movie, Garfield acts with real actors. He makes trouble and dances like a star. He will make you laugh a lot. Drawn by American Cartoonist Jim Davis since 1978, Garfield has fans all over the world. He likes eating, sleeping and watching TV. He h...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "He was gangster film lover." }, "options": [ "He was manager of a video shop.", "He was gangster film lover.", "He was a gangster.", "He was a director." ], "question": "Who was Jerry?", "question_type": "fa...

Jerry Baldwin was 63 years old. He was manager of a pizza restaurant in America. He lived in an apartment about one mile north of the restaurant. He walked to and from the work. When it was rainy, he took the bus. Jerry loved gangster movies. When a new one came out, he would go to the theatre and watch the new movie ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Up to six" }, "options": [ "Up to nine", "Up to eight", "Up to seven", "Up to six" ], "question": "How many students can receive the honor each year?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answ...

Each year, up to six young inventors, grade K-12, in America can receive the nation's most excellent young inventors' honor, "The Thomas Edison Innovation Award ," for their invention ideas. They can receive the following honors: * Thomas Edison Innovation Award, "The Tommy", a handmade trophy * US$1,000--US$ 5...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "long" }, "options": [ "hot", "cool", "long", "short" ], "question": "Winter in northern China is _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_tex...

In northern China winter is long and cold, lasting from December through March. You can often see snow. Summer lasts from May through the end of August. The best time to visit northern China is spring and autumn. The days are warm but the nights are cool. Winters in central China feel colder than they look. You will se...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "in winter" }, "options": [ "in winter", "one hundred years ago", "in Canada", "in January" ], "question": "Edison was born _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_in...

February 11th is the birthday of the most famous American inventor,Thomas Alva Edison.Edison was born in 1847.He was not a good student when he was a young boy.His teacher said he was one of the most dumb headed students .He did badly in many subjects and left school after only three months.So his mother took him home ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Cavalin went to college at an early age" }, "options": [ "Cavalin is a middle school student", "Cavalin wants to read the book We Can Do", "Cavalin will graduate from ELACC this year", "Cavalin went to college at an ear...

Do you think hard work can make anything possible? If you don't, you may want to read the book We Can Do written by Moshe Kai Cavalin. It might change your mind. Moshe Kai Cavalin is a 14-year-old American boy. He is about to graduate from UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles) this year. Before that, he had al...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "important" }, "options": [ "beautiful", "interesting", "important", "funny" ], "question": "The word \"big \" in the first sentence means \" _ \".", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer"...

People like to give gifts to others on _ days. Do you know how to choose gifts? You should choose gifts that your family or friends like. Different gifts are for different people. For example, boys often like to play with robots ,toy guns and balls. And girls may like something lovely, like flowers, dolls and beautifu...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "introduce a topic" }, "options": [ "make a comparison", "introduce a topic", "describe a pretty flower", "build a new theory" ], "question": "In the text, the writer mentioned the experiments of Jewelweeds to _...

It is easy for us to tell who our family members are, but do plants recognize their own family? Some do, scientists say, according to a report by Science News in early 2010. Guillermo P. Murphy and Susan Dudley are two plant scientists from McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. They did a few experiments with Jewel...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "large and many" }, "options": [ "as big as cats", "as dangerous as dogs", "large and many", "knocked down by the people there" ], "question": "The rats in Newtown were _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questi...

Today Newtown is a very clean place. But many years ago, there were millions of rats in Newtown. They attacked the cats and dogs. Sometimes a lot of them knocked down a man or woman walking home at night. The rats were very big in size and they hurt many people. The government ordered everybody to kill rats. Most ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "They were shopkeepers." }, "options": [ "They were doctors.", "They were officers.", "They were shopkeepers.", "They were policemen." ], "question": "What did Sam and John do?", "question_type": "factiod_que...

John and Sam were friends. They opened a small shop in a small village. One day, they sold out of all their wine , so they drove to the city to buy some. On their way home, the wind was strong and it was getting colder and colder. Both John and Sam wanted to drink some wine to keep warm, but they had a rule. They coul...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "the shape of its roof" }, "options": [ "the busy street", "the shape of its roof", "the car-free area", "the flying carpet" ], "question": "Tourists enjoy the art works as well as _ of the Louvre.", "ques...

New changes have taken place in Paris in recent years. Paris used to be among Europe's busiest cities. Traffic jams could be seen all the time. But now there is a new 2.5 kilometre-long car-free area inside the city. The Louvre attracts world tourists. People visit there not just for the art works, but also enjoy the ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "on TV" }, "options": [ "on the radio", "on TV", "at 121", "Both A and B" ], "question": "You can watch the Weather Show _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index...

We often talk about the weather. If we want to know about the weather. We can turn on the radio and listen to the weather report . We can also turn on the TV and watch the Weather Show. And we can ask other people in two different ways, "What's the weather like today?" or "How is the weather today?" Sometimes you can c...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "the water drops to fifty degrees Fahrenheit" }, "options": [ "it has been swimming for three months", "it dreams of calm water and plenty of food", "the water drops to fifty degrees Fahrenheit", "the days get longer and...

The young turtle has been swimming for three months now in the same warm shallow bay, dreaming of calm water and plenty of food. But as the days begin to shorten and the night comes earlier and earlier, the water grows colder. It drops to fifty degrees Fahrenheit . Swimming is harder. Its heartbeat slows--and almost st...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "tell the time" }, "options": [ "read", "write", "tell the time", "speak" ], "question": "John's mother can teach him to _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index...

John is six years old. He can read and write well. But he can't tell the time. His mother, Mrs Brown teaches him many times, but he still can't tell. He would say "breakfast time" "lunchtime" and "teatime" instead of saying eight o'clock, twelve o'clock and four o'clock in the afternoon. His mother doesn't know how ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Four" }, "options": [ "One", "Two", "Three", "Four" ], "question": "_ questions were asked about Daniel's unusual job.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 2,...

Sharks frighten most of us, but Daniel Weaver, a shark scientist, swims with them for a living! We asked him some questions about this unusual job. So Daniel, what's it like to be a shark scientist? Well, it's a great job. I often travel to faraway places like South Africa and Fiji to study sharks. On the other hand, a...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "His father's love for the funny pages influenced him." }, "options": [ "He wanted to sell cartoons", "His mother encouraged him.", "Cartoons brought him great times and fun", "His father's love for the funny pages influ...

Presents For Children's Day Charles M. Schulz was born in 1922 in Minneapolis, the only child of a housewife and a barber. His interest in comics was encouraged by his father, who loved the funny pages. Charles M. Schulz sold seventeen cartoons to the Saturday Evening Post from 1948 to 1950 and Li'l Folks to the St. Pa...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "7: 15" }, "options": [ "7: 15", "7: 25", "7:45", "7:55" ], "question": "The writer arrived at Vienna station at _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1,...

The train I was traveling on was already half an hour late. I had to arrive in Vienna at 7:15 to catch it. He advised me to get off two stops before Vienna station and take a taxi. When the time came, the conductor even helped me with my bags. He wished me good luck as I jumped off. And a few minutes later, I was racin...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "A soft helmet will become strong when you hit into something." }, "options": [ "We will no more get hurt because of heavy batteries.", "High-tech fabrics serve as a kind of protection for soldiers.", "A soft helmet will becom...

Fashion always keeps at least one eye on the future. Now scientists are lending a hand, developing tomorrow's super-powered clothing such as coats that can recharge your MP3 player and make you stronger. For example, electronics could get recharged in the future simply by plugging them into your outer wear, because A...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "America." }, "options": [ "England.", "China.", "America.", "Australia." ], "question": "Where is Mr. Brown from?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, ...

Mr. Brown is a teacher. He is from New York, America. He would like to work in China because he likes our country. He thinks Chinese people are very friendly and he likes to live in China. He is happy to work in our school. He likes the school life here. He teaches English. There are 50 students in his class. Mr. Brown...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Two." }, "options": [ "Two.", "Three.", "Four.", "Five." ], "question": "How many younger sisters do I have?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "an...

I am my mother's third girl. When I was born, the doctor gently explained to my mother that my left arm was missing, below the elbow(,). Then he gave her some advice, "Don't treat her any differently from other girls." And she did! There were five girls in our family and we all had to help out. Once when I was about se...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "In a pub." }, "options": [ "In a hospital.", "In a pub.", "At a theatre.", "In a hotel." ], "question": "Where did Jim and his friends have a drink?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answe...

It was a sunny night. Jim was having a drink with his friend. He drank too much, and he had to leave at half past eight because he had a ticket for a music festival, which would start at nine o'clock. It was half past an hour's walk from the pub to the theatre. Jim knew a _ that would only take ten minutes, but it mea...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "read papers" }, "options": [ "talk much", "talk about", "eat something", "read papers" ], "question": "English people often _ on a bus .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { ...

In England people don't usually talk too much .You can go on a bus, or in a train, and everyone sits looking out of the window. Often they read .They read books and papers .But they don't talk much. When you meet English people, they often talk about one thing, the weather. So when you meet somebody in English, you can...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "your own immune system" }, "options": [ "the virus itself", "Vitamin C", "the terrible cold symptom", "your own immune system" ], "question": "It is _ that makes you uncomfortable when getting a cold.", ...

Do you know that it is your own immune system working against the virus that makes you uncomfortable when getting a cold, but not the virus itself? So when you have got a strong immune system and the virus is strong enough too, you will possibly get terrible cold symptoms( ) ? Vitamin C won't stop a cold It is claimed ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "In June" }, "options": [ "In May", "In June", "In July", "In August" ], "question": "When could people buy A fresh Summer Day in the bookstores?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": ...

A 13-year-old Shenzhen girl wrote a book about her life in junior school, and you could see the book in bookstores in June, the News Today reported yesterday. The book is A fresh Summer Day. Zhao Yue finished it in three months. Zhao Yue is a Junior One student of a middle school. She started writing this book after sh...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "He had a good sleep under his favourite tree." }, "options": [ "He stepped onto a hunter's net.", "He bowed before weaker animals.", "He showed kindness to animals in the jungle.", "He had a good sleep under his favouri...

More than anything else in the world, Lion liked being King of the jungle. He walked around, showing off his power and pride. Each day Lion took a long lazy sleep under the shade of his favourite tree. He always dreamed of weaker animals bowing before him. One day Mouse ran through the jungle and tripped over Lion's...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "inside their mothers" }, "options": [ "born", "one year old", "17 or 19 years old", "inside their mothers" ], "question": "According to the scientists, people start to yawn when they are _ .", "question_t...

What is the first thing you want to do when you see someone yawn ?You want to yawn, too! Yawning is _ Scientists have found that all people yawn. Babies start to yawn even before they are born. The earliest yawn takes place when a baby is still inside its mother. When young children are about one year old, they start ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "curious" }, "options": [ "frightened", "surprised", "amazed", "curious" ], "question": "How did Peter and Mary feel when they saw the strange spaceship? They felt _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions"...

Mary and Peter were having a picnic with some friends near a river when Mary shouted,"Look!That's a spaceship up there and it's going to land here." Frightened by the strange spaceship,all the young people got into their cars and drove away as quickly as possible except Peter and Mary. They were more curious than f...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "New rules about school bus safety." }, "options": [ "New rules about school bus safety.", "New rules about student safety.", "New rules about student home.", "New rules about class." ], "question": "What did the...

Every day in China, about 200 million children go to school. Many of them take school buses. What should we do to keep these students safe on the road? On April 5, 2012,the State Council published new rules about school bus safety. These new rules are stricter than the old ones. Under the new rules, local governments ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "65" }, "options": [ "60", "65", "69", "70" ], "question": "Katy Marsh stopped working at the age of _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer...

Katy Marsh is seventy years old now. She stopped working five years ago. Last year she decided to make her dream come true. When she was young, she hoped to travel along a river of Scotland in a small boat. She took her small CD player, her hot water bottle and a bag of books to make her life in the boat wasn't too un...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "He stole them from the car." }, "options": [ "He bought them from Henry.", "He bought them at a bookstore.", "He found them lying in a quiet street.", "He stole them from the car." ], "question": "How did the ma...

Henry Smith taught science at the City School. One day, he wen to a bookstore and bought some books. Most of them were expensive. He left them in his car in a quiet street. Then he went and bought some other things at other shops. At 6 o'clock he came back to the car. One window was open and the books were gone. Henry ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "His legs got hurt badly in a car accident." }, "options": [ "He was ill.", "His arms were broken.", "His legs got hurt badly in a skating accident.", "His legs got hurt badly in a car accident." ], "question": "...

Tony loved basketball. One afternoon on his way to a basketball game, he was walking and dreaming about playing college basketball the next year. Suddenly a car hit him and he was thrown three meters into the air. Tony woke up in a hospital room. When the doctor told him that both his legs were broken, he knew his coll...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "a school" }, "options": [ "a hospital", "a police station", "a school", "a restaurant" ], "question": "Mr Smith works in _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_ind...

Mr Smith is an English teacher. He comes from America. He has a daughter. Her name is Amy, and she is a good engineer in New York. Mr Smith likes traveling very much, and he can speak Spanish very well. Now he is in China, so he wants to learn some Chinese. He works very hard at his Chinese, and goes to Chinese classes...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Because her family was poor at that time." }, "options": [ "Because her mother never bought her clothes.", "Because her family was poor at that time.", "Because she just wanted one dress then.", "Because her mother didn...

One day, my mother said, "Let's buy you some new clothes." I was very happy and surprised because my family didn't have much money at that time. I bought three dresses, a pink one, a blue one and, best of all, a yellow and blue one. I loved that yellow and blue dress. I showed my three new beautiful dresses to my best ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "New York" }, "options": [ "London", "Beijing", "New York", "Shanghai" ], "question": "Jerry's family is in _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, ...

I am Jerry. My family is in New York. We have got a big house. There are three bedrooms . One is for my parents. One is for my sister Betty. One is for my brother Tony and me. I haven't got any grandparents, aunts or uncles in my family. My father is forty-three years old. He is a hotel manager. My mother is forty. She...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "set up places for koalas to live safely" }, "options": [ "keep koalas in their homes", "put koalas in the tree", "set up places for koalas to live safely", "raise baby koalas in their pockets" ], "question": "Pe...

People in Australia love koalas and take care of them. They have set up places for them to live safely. No one can kill them for their pretty fur . When a koala is born, he has no fur. And he is not as big as your little toe ! The mother koala has a pocket in the front of her body. The baby goes into this warm pocket. ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "start school" }, "options": [ "begin to study", "start school", "graduate from elementary schools", "must stay in school all the day." ], "question": "In American children _ at the age of five.", "questio...

In the United States,boys and girls start school when they are five years old.In some states they must stay in school until they are sixteen.Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they graduate from secondary school.another name for high school.Most children go to public elementary and secondary schools...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "In the park" }, "options": [ "In the garden", "On the chair", "In the park", "Beside the road" ], "question": "Where are Mr Brown and Mr Black?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": {...

Two men are walking in the park. One is Mr Brown, a worker, the other is Mr Black. Mr Brown is going to a chair. It is beside the road. Mr Black is behind him. Mr Brown finds Mr Black. Now Mr Black begins to walk faster, because he wants to get to the chair before Mr Black. Now Mr Black begins to walk faster because he...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Eleven and a half hours." }, "options": [ "Eleven hours.", "Seven hours.", "Eleven and a half hours.", "Seven and a half hours." ], "question": "How long is the Water World Swimming Pool open every day?", "q...

The Water World Swimming Pool is open every day from eight o'clock in the morning until half past seven in the evening. It costs two dollars sixty to enter the pool. There is a special cheap price for students with a student card. The price is one dollar forty. But you must bring your student card with you. On Wednesda...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "a poem" }, "options": [ "a play", "a novel", "a story", "a poem" ], "question": "This is most probably part of _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, ...

Man is a born child, his power is the power of growth. The trees come up to my window like the yearning voice of the dumb earth. You smiled and talked to me of nothing and I felt that for this I had been waiting long. The fish in the water is silent, the animal on the earth is noisy, the bird in the air is singing. B...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "four" }, "options": [ "one", "two", "three", "four" ], "question": "Many English people have _ meals a day.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "a...

In many English homes, people have four meals a day: breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner. People have breakfast from 7:00 to 9: 00 in the morning. They eat eggs or bread. English people drink tea or milk for breakfast, too. Lunch comes at about 13:00. Afternoon tea is from 16:00 to 17:00, and dinner is about ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "the Liberian war started" }, "options": [ "the Liberian war started", "his family were killed in the war", "he lost touch with his family", "the government armies caught him" ], "question": "Dukuly was born when...

Dukuly Dogbah, a 14-year-old Liberian boy, grew up in a war. He was born in the same year the Liberian war started. Since then fighting between the government forces and the rebel armies has not stopped. Dukuly is one of around 10,000 child soldiers in Liberia. At 10, Dukuly lost contact with his family in the war and...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "the traffic drives on the left." }, "options": [ "there are many cars and buses on the road.", "the traffic drives on the left.", "there are not any traffic lights.", "the traffic drives on the right." ], "quest...

When you are in England, you must be very careful in the streets because the traffic drives on the left. Before you cross a street, you must look to the right first and then left. If the traffic lights are red, the traffic must stop. Then the people on foot can cross the road. If the traffic lights are green, the traff...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Fast and busy." }, "options": [ "Interesting and confusing", "Important and patient.", "Particular and necessary.", "Fast and busy." ], "question": "What is the work in a newspaper office like?", "question_t...

Every morning, the newspaper chief editor holds a meeting with the reporters. They discuss the main events of the day. Reporters are then sent to cover the events. As soon as the reporters know what to write about, they get down to work. They telephone people and fix a time for a face-to-face interview with them. Som...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "in a shop" }, "options": [ "at school", "at a station", "in a shop", "in a supermarket" ], "question": "The story happens _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_in...

One day, a little boy comes into a shop and says to the shop worker, "I want to buy twelve exercise books of 6 cents each and nine pencils of 10 cents each. How much is that altogether ?" The shop worker writes these numbers down on a piece of paper and thinks for a minute. Then she says, "1 dollars 62 cents." "If I gi...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Imitate the movements and simple sounds of a human singer" }, "options": [ "Communicate with human beings", "Connect music with human emotions", "Live and work comfortably with human beings", "Imitate the movements and ...

It is reported that in the near future robots and humans will probably work together to create jazz. A singing robot is being taught to create jazz with human being in a project. Antonio Chella from Italy is working with a Telenoid robot. To start with, the Telenoid will be trained to _ the movements and simple sounds ...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "is like themselves" }, "options": [ "is like themselves", "has a sense of humor", "is open-minded", "lives an exciting life" ], "question": "From the passage, we know that people prefer sitting by someone who _...

1Have you ever wondered what goes through your mind when you choose where to sit in a new classroom? Or in a waiting room full of strangers? Or on a bus? Researchers have found out some interesting facts. 2Girls sit by girls and boys sit by boys.Adults sit together and young people choose another young person to sit ne...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Grandma" }, "options": [ "Dad", "Grandma", "Grandfather", "Mother" ], "question": "Who comes to see Jenny and her brother?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index"...

Today Grandma comes for a visit. She gives my sister and me a box of chocolate candies. We say "thank you!" Then Jenny quickly takes off the box. The pieces all look the same! I can't tell which pieces are hard inside and which are soft! I only like the soft ones. Jenny does not care. She is happy to get any kind of ca...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "the night of 24 December" }, "options": [ "the night before 24 December", "the night after 25 December", "the night of 24 December", "the night of 25 December" ], "question": "Christmas Eve is _ .", "ques...

On Christmas Eve, the night before Christmas Day, children are very happy. They put their stockings at the end of their beds before they go to bed. They want Father Christmas to give some presents. Father Christmas is a very kind man. He comes on Christmas Eve. He lands on top of each house and comes down the chimney ...

middle5591.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "it's cold and dark" }, "options": [ "it's blue", "it's cold and dark", "it has sunlight", "it has lots of plants" ], "question": "The deep sea is not an easy place to live in, because _ .", "question_type"...

The deep sea is not an easy place to live in. It's cold and dark. The deeper it is, the less sunlight there is. At about 3,000 feet, there is no light at all. It's very dark in the sea. Many fishes have no eyes, but some have big eyes. A few have eyes only on one side. Besides the coldness and the darkness, deep sea an...

middle4664.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "when they are at school" }, "options": [ "because they are students", "when they are free", "when they are at school", "because they are children" ], "question": "Some high schools in Australia have stopped stud...

Mobile phone has become a problem for high schools. Some high-school students in Australia are not allowed to carry mobile phones during school hours. Mobile phone used among children has become a problem for the school. Several children have got mobile phones as Christmas presents, and more students will want them. Ma...

middle2215.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "A student." }, "options": [ "An adult.", "A teacher.", "A student.", "A parent." ], "question": "What do you think the writer is?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer...

Every child has his own dream. Every child hopes to be an adult. However, is it truly like what they imagine? As a boy who lives in modern times and in a modern city, I feel greater pressure on me with the city's development. Although we seldom worry about money, we still have a lot of things such as competition among...

middle6073.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "the ocean" }, "options": [ "the forest", "the ocean", "the desert", "the river" ], "question": "The little stream aimed to reach _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "ans...

Flow like the river of change Little stream ran down from a high mountain through many villages and forests. Then it reached a desert. "I went through so many difficulties. I should have no problem crossing the desert, "she thought. As she started, she found herself slowly disappearing into the sand. After many tries, ...

middle6715.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "in good health" }, "options": [ "very sad", "very happy", "in good health", "feeling well" ], "question": "We say you are in the pink when you are _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "an...

Now the VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories. ( MUSIC) Many everyday American expressions are based on colors. Red is a hot color. Americans often use it to express heat. When they are red-hot, they are very angry about something. Fast loud music is popular with many people. They may say such music is re...

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "the U.S." }, "options": [ "Japan", "the U.S.", "Australia", "England" ], "question": "Jenny had a bus trip to _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, ...

Last summer Jenny and her friends had a bus trip to New York. She felt very relaxed on the way. They visited a museum. But it was really crowded there and the display was not interesting at all. They went to different restaurants to have dinner. Some food was quite delicious, but Jenny thought the fast food was awful....

middle3679.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "In a clothes store." }, "options": [ "In a bookstore.", "In a clothes store.", "In a hotel.", "On a farm." ], "question": "Where does Martin work?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer"...

Martin's Clothes Store Come and buy your clothes at Martin's Clothes Store! We have pants, shorts, hats and more at very good prices! Come and have a look! Clothes Price black pants blue pants green pants $20 $18 $22 shorts ( all colours) $10 hats (all colours) $14 socks (all colours) $5 red skirts blue skirts white...

middle4116.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "He kicked the dog, then laughed at it." }, "options": [ "He kicked the dog, then gave bread to it.", "He kicked the dog, then laughed at it.", "He gave the dog bread kindly.", "He gave the dog bread, then kicked it away...

Mr Stilwell looked out of his window. There was a boy at the other side of the street. The boy sat before a store and took some bread out of a bag and then began eating it. There was a very thin dog in the street too. The boy said to it very kindly. "Come here, good dog. Do you want a piece of bread?" The dog was very ...

middle6701.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "The writer's mother" }, "options": [ "The writer.", "The writer's mother", "The writer's father.", "The writer's parents." ], "question": "Who make(s)the chicken salad at home?", "question_type": "factiod_qu...

My family makes the best chicken salad.Dad prepares all of the ingredients and Mom makes the relish.There are a few things that make this chicken salad different from the other chicken salads.First,we use fruit jam in the relish.You can buy any fruit jam,like banana jam or orange jam.But we have bottles of strawberry...

middle6067.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "which is not well prepared for snow" }, "options": [ "which has regular snow", "which is not well prepared for snow", "for which snow is not a problem", "for which snow is a wonder" ], "question": "According to ...

It's interesting that the arrival of snow has a different effect on people in different countries. For some countries it is an important happening to celebrate each year, while for others it is a catastrophe or even a wonder. There are countries between these two extremes that normally expect snow some time over th...

middle1708.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "He wanted him to repair a pair of shoes." }, "options": [ "They were old friends.", "He wanted him to make a new pair of shoes.", "He wanted him to repair a pair of shoes.", "He had a very old pair of boots. He wanted t...

Quick Service A man took a pair of shoes to a shoe repair shop and said to the shoemaker, "I'd like you to repair these shoes for me, please." "Certainly, sir." the shoemaker said. "When will they be ready?" the man asked. "I'm a bit busy, but they will be ready for you on Thursday," he said. "That's fine." the man sai...

middle7379.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "The Round Bird has little wings" }, "options": [ "The Round Bird has little wings", "The Round Bird can fly with other birds.", "The Round Bird can fly if he tries hard.", "The Round Bird can not climb up the tree." ...

The Round Bird is not like any other birds. He has a big round body but with little wings. He can not fly but he expects to play with other birds in the sky. Every day and in many ways, he tries to fly. And he tries again and again. But nothing works. Then he thinks it will be better use the tree. It is very hard for a...

middle4670.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "He didn't get on well with his boss." }, "options": [ "He was a lazy man.", "He was a lucky person.", "He made a lot of money.", "He didn't get on well with his boss." ], "question": "What do we know about Frank...

Frank Smithson woke up and leaned over to turn off the alarm clock. "Oh,no!"he thought to himself."Another day at that office;a boss who shouts at me all the time." As Frank went downstairs his eyes fell on a large brown envelope by the door. He was overjoyed when he opened it and read the letter inside. "Bigwoods Foot...

middle2201.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "in a middle school" }, "options": [ "in a shop", "in a middle school", "on farm", "in a factory '" ], "question": "Miss Li works _", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answe...

Miss Li is a teacher. She teaches in a middle school. She gets up at half past five in the morning. She has breakfast at 6:00.After that she goes to school by bike. She gets there very early. She cleans her desks and chairs for other teachers. Classes begin at 8:00.She and the other teachers work hard. She goes home at...

middle1720.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "In a wonderland." }, "options": [ "In a wonderland.", "In the field.", "In the tree.", "Outside the hole." ], "question": "Where may their talk take place?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { ...

(one day Alice runsafter a strange rabbit and falls into a deep hole.She becomes smaller after she drinks something.She finds herself in a wonderland with many amazing things inside.) Caterpillar and Alice look at each other in silence.Then they begin to talk. Caterpillar:(In a tired,sleepy voice)Who are you? Alice:(Ra...

middle4658.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "playing computer games in' his bedroom" }, "options": [ "playing computer games in' his bedroom", "playing with a dragon in his bedroom", "playing \"Dragon Player\" in the study", "lying in bed reading a book" ], ...

"Tom? Are you in bed yet?" called Mrs White. There was no answer. Mrs White put down her book and went to her 14-year-old son's room. Tom was sitting in front of a bright computer screen on which a colourful dragon jumped and shouted. "Oh, Tom! You're still playing on that computer. You must stop now. It's half past el...

middle3137.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "dumplings" }, "options": [ "noodles", "dumplings", "rice", "vegetables" ], "question": "In China, the most popular Chinese food is _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "a...

In China, there're many different kinds of foods. Some of them are very popular. The most popular Chinese food is dumplings. Now let me tell you something about them. Almost everyone in China likes dumplings very much, and there are many different kinds of dumplings. Some have meat and vegetables in them. Some have egg...

middle4880.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "A system of bumps to help the blind read." }, "options": [ "A system of bumps to help the blind read.", "The name of a new invention.", "A very cheap machine.", "A Lego robot." ], "question": "What is Braile in ...

A 13-year-old American has made a cheap machine that can help blind people read. The blind can read by using _ - a system of small bumps that the blind touch to read the letters. The machine that makes these small bumps usually costs at least $2,000. It is called Braille writer. The American schoolboy, Shubham Banerj...

middle5546.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "5" }, "options": [ "4", "5", "6", "7" ], "question": "There are _ main points about note-taking in this passage.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, ...

Note-taking is a skill that can help you do well in all your schoolwork. It can make you confident when you are studying. But unluckily, most students don't know how to take notes. Write down key facts. If your teacher writes notes on the blackboard, that's great. You can copy them or write down the most important fact...

middle3889.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "seven years ago." }, "options": [ "seventeen years ago.", "seven years ago.", "seventy years ago", "It's not mentioned." ], "question": "\"No Butts About It\" started _", "question_type": "cloze_questions" ...

My sister Alli and I have been trying to get people to stop dropping cigarette butts for seven years. One day, we were walking in our hometown and saw hundreds of cigarette butts on the ground. They made the town look so ugly that we decided to start a group to make people stop dropping butts. We called it "No Butts A...

middle5220.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "much more alike" }, "options": [ "much more alike", "more different", "less alike", "1ess different" ], "question": "The old couples look _ than the young couples.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" ...

You've probably seen it before-two elderly people walking hand in hand down the street and looking very much like each other. They look so much alike that they could be brother and sister. Do you believe that people who live together for many years would look alike? It's strange. but scientists say it's true. How scien...

middle3651.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "they don't know about the harm of drugs" }, "options": [ "they are 18 years old", "they aren't curious about drugs", "they have enough money", "they don't know about the harm of drugs" ], "question": "Teens want...

What would you do if a stranger gave you some medicine and it would keep you slim or help you do well in exams? Would you take it? Students at Shenzhen Luohu Foreign Language Middle School have learned to keep themselves safe by saying "no". In fact, what those strangers want to give them are drugs . Drugs are danger...

middle1046.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "8-9 hours." }, "options": [ "10-12 hours.", "8-9 hours.", "7-8 hours.", "Less than 7 hours." ], "question": "If Li Hong is 15years old, how much sleep does she need every night?", "question_type": "factiod_q...

Sleep is like food for the brain. Enough sleep helps the body and brain grow and develop. According to the National Sleep Foundation in the US, adults need seven to nine hours of sleep every night. For students aged 10 to 17, a healthy amount is about eight to nine hours per night. But many students don't get enough sl...

middle6729.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "2." }, "options": [ "2.", "3.", "4.", "5." ], "question": "How many web sites provide free English courses?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "ans...

Online English Web Sites * www.english-zone.com----A site teaching English grammar; vocabulary and reading skills. Also lots of jokes. * www.theenglishprofessor.com----ESL (="English" as a second language) links. "Learning English free" is its slogan. Very good at helping students improve their writing skills. * www.gl...

middle7423.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "the Internet" }, "options": [ "TV news", "the Internet", "newspapers", "radios" ], "question": "Americans like getting news from _ best today.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": ...

The rapid growth of Smartphones and electronic tablets is making the Internet favourite for Americans reading news, a report said. News consumption online increased 17% last year from the year before. Television news, newspapers, radio and magazines all lost audience last year. For the first time, the number of people ...

middle1052.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "all above." }, "options": [ "math", "science", "technology", "all above." ], "question": "Which courses are well-known in MIT?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_in...

MIT ( Massachusetts Institute of Technology) is a world-class university mainly in math, science and technology, but you may be surprised to learn that MIT sets arts courses. MIT believe in the passion of learning, the value of working and teaching methods. MIT's teaching power is quite strong. There are eight Nobe...

middle5234.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "outside his country" }, "options": [ "in America", "in Moscow", "by the sea", "outside his country" ], "question": "Mr. Brown often spends his holidays _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { ...

Mr. Brown lives in America and has a big factory there. He is busy all the time. But when he takes his holidays, he always goes traveling and has been to about thirty countries. One summer he went to visit Moscow. There he heard the workers were paid much less than those in his countries. And most factories couldn't wo...

middle3645.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "At 8:30 p.m." }, "options": [ "At 8:30 a.m.", "At 8:30 p.m.", "At 8:40 a.m.", "At 8:45 p.m." ], "question": "What time did Zhang Wei call the police?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answ...

Accident Report Form Accident A car hit a tree. Four people were in the car. Weather condition There was a heavy rain. Cause The driver named Li Jun drank too much. Date of call March 20th, 2009 Time of call 8:30 p.m. Name of caller A man called Zhang Wei. (He was taking a walk there at that time.) Place ...

middle3123.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "To give us some tips on how to take notes." }, "options": [ "To encourage us to listen carefully in class.", "To tell us the importance of taking notes.", "To tell us how to quickly improve our study.", "To give us some...

In classes, your teachers will talk about topics that you are studying. The information they provide will be important for you to know when you take tests. You must be able to take good written notes from what your teachers say. Taking good notes has three stages. There are certain things you should do before class, du...

middle4894.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "newspaper" }, "options": [ "magazine", "guidebook", "newspaper", "textbook" ], "question": "Where may the passage come from?", "question_type": null }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "a...

8.1-Magnitude Quake Hits Central Nepal Nepal is suffering from the disaster brought by a magnitude 8.1 earthquake that struck on Saturday. Nepal's Interior Ministry has said that the death toll from the quake has climbed to 1,931 . And more than 4,700 people are injured. Nepal's military predicts the death toll may cl...

middle5552.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Seven" }, "options": [ "One", "Seven", "Three", "Five" ], "question": "I am in Grade _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "big" ...

Hi!I'm Lucy. I am a student in Class 5,Grade 7.I have a big schoolbag. It is blue and red. The price is Y=88.1.have a nice pencil box in it. It is Y=10.Its color is white. I bought it in a store. There are four pencils and one pen. Each pencil is Y=1 and the pen is Y=12.My eraser is yellow. The price is Y=2.My ruler i...

middle8076.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "his garden" }, "options": [ "his garden", "his garage", "his house", "his car" ], "question": "In the morning Mr. Smith found _ was full of snow.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer...

One morning, Mr. Smith came into the garden at the back of his house. He saw so much snow in the garden. Mr. Smith wanted to take his car out, so he asked a man to clean the road from his garage to the gate. He said to the man, "Don't throw any snow on the side. It will damage the flowers in my garden, and don't thr...

middle1044.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Because the wind lifts it up." }, "options": [ "Because the cloud protects it.", "Because the wind lifts it up.", "Because the wings are big enough.", "Because the storm is not strong enough." ], "question": "Wh...

Do you know what an eagle does when a storm is coming? The eagle will fly to some high spot and wait for the winds to come. When the storm hits, it opens its wings so that the wind will pick it up and lift it above the storm. While the storm rages below, the eagle is flying above it. The eagle does not shirk the stor...

middle7435.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "her back legs to push herself" }, "options": [ "her back legs to push herself", "her front legs to pull herself", "her back wheels to pull herself", "her front wheels to push herself" ], "question": "After being...

A 90-year-old tortoise is going twice its usual speed after being equipped with a set of wheels. The animal, called Mrs T, was facing a terrible future after losing her two front legs in a mouse attack while she was sleeping in winter, but her owners glued the wheels onto her shell . "She's going double the speed ...

middle5222.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "food" }, "options": [ "food", "drink", "clothes", "ways of life" ], "question": "This passage is about _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "ans...

People eat different things in different parts of the world. In south China we eat rice every day. Sometimes we eat it two or three times a day, for breakfast, lunch and supp-er. We usually eat it with fish, meat and vegetables. The Japanese eat rice, too. They also eat a lot of fish. They sometimes eat raw fish. In Af...

middle4882.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Monday" }, "options": [ "Monday", "Tuesday", "Saturday", "Sunday" ], "question": "Peter wrote this letter on _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" } ]

Peter felt very sorry because he forgot to say "Happy Birthday" to his uncle yesterday. So he wrote a letter to his uncle : "My dear uncle, I'm very sorry because I forgot your birthday. But to teach me a lesson, you'd better forget my birthday on Tuesday, tomorrow."

middle3135.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "To buy a new computer game." }, "options": [ "To help support his family.", "To buy a gift for his Mom.", "To buy a new computer game.", "To buy some golf gloves." ], "question": "For what purpose did Michael wa...

Michael wanted to make some money to buy a new computer game, but he did not know how. So he went to ask his brother Greg for help. "I think you could help to wash Mom's and Dad's cars," Greg said, "Some of the neighbors could pay you to wash theirs, too. It's getting colder and no one wants to wash the cars themselves...

middle7353.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "letter" }, "options": [ "note", "letter", "invitation", "poster" ], "question": "This passage should be a(an) _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, ...

I was born in the Tronto, Canada. Life looked bright and was filled with hope for my parents and me. My father and mother were married in 1980, and I was born next year. As I grew into a man, I often looked to my father for advice and support. There were many things about his character that I admired, but like any youn...

middle8060.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "show effects of boredom on developing creativity" }, "options": [ "stress the great differences between them", "introduce a popular writer and a famous artist", "suggest good ways of going through boredom", "show effect...

Should Children Be Allowed to Get Bored? Children need time to stand and stare. They should be allowed to get bored to that they can develop their ability to be creative. Children are expected by their parents to be reading a textbook all the time. However, research shows that it may _ the development of their imaginat...

middle7347.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "250" }, "options": [ "200", "250", "300", "400" ], "question": "Among the students tested in the survey, about _ of them fell asleep while using their electronic gadgets.", "question_type": "cloze_quest...

According to a recent survey, British teenagers are damaging their health by not getting enough sleep because they are prevented from doing so by electronic gadgets in their bedrooms. According to the Sleep Council, "junk sleep" could compete with eating unhealthy junk food as a main worrying lifestyle for parents o...

middle8074.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "a friend" }, "options": [ "a friend", "lip salve", "a computer", "chili con carne" ], "question": "To Adrian Fernandez, _ is the most important.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": ...

Food or friends? Lip salve or iPod? What is the most important thing in the US teenagers' lives today? Let's take a look. Some find that they can't do without people. "My biggest need is my friends. Without them, I wouldn't do much," said Adrian Fernandez, a 14-year-old boy. With others, food always comes first. "I d...

middle1736.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "5" }, "options": [ "3", "5", "8", "12" ], "question": "If the X-43A goes around the earth,it will take about _ hours to finish the trip.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { ...

News 1 : Have you ever thought of being able to fly around the world in a few hours though it is about 40,000 kilometers? One day,maybe you can. Last Saturday,the American X-43A airplane made its first flight. It reached a speed of 8,000 kilometres an hour. This makes it the fastest plane in the world. The X-43A is on...

middle6059.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "A magazine." }, "options": [ "A book.", "A magazine.", "A newspaper.", "A TV programme." ], "question": "What is the English Fashion?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "an...

The English Fashion recently asked people about their wonderful ideas and plans about things they could do.The magazine asked people the following question, "If you had all the money you wanted, what would you like to do?" About 500 people answered the survey question. Almost half (49%) of the people in the survey said...

middle5550.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "tell students green-scarf students are also good students" }, "options": [ "show people his special dressing style", "call on people to live a green life", "tell students green-scarf students are also good students", "r...

Bai Yansong, a famous TV host, expressed his support for students wearing green scarves at a primary school in Xi'an. He wore a green tie on a TV program on October 19, 2011. "I just want the students to know that I'm also wearing green. And we are all great people and are as good as those wearing red scarves." The F...

middle3121.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "the same as" }, "options": [ "different from", "comfortable like", "the same as", "rich like" ], "question": "Living in a modern Australian city is almost _ living in an American city.", "question_type": ...

All the cities are quite the same. Living in a modern Australian city is not very different from living in an American city. But there are some differences on farms. In many parts of the world, farmers and their families live in villages or towns. In the United States, each farm family lives in its own fields. Usually ...

middle5236.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "the kind minister" }, "options": [ "himself", "the kind minister", "the bad minister", "all the ministers" ], "question": "The king was angry with _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "an...

Once there was a king. He had two old ministers. One was kind and the other was bad. The bad minister often said bad words about the kind minister before the king. The king was very angry. One day the king said to the bad minister, "Write two words on two pieces of paper. Write 'live' on one piece and 'die' on the othe...

middle1050.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Charles Lutwidge Dodgson." }, "options": [ "Charles Lutwidge Dodgson.", "Santa Claus.", "Diana Thimblebottom.", "Jane Fleeb." ], "question": "Who wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?", "question_type": "f...

Have you ever read Alice's Adventures in Wonderland? It was written by Lewis Carroll. He was an English writer, poet, scientist, photographer, and priest. His real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, and Lewis Carroll was his pen name. He was born in 1832 and died in 1898. He is most famous for writing two children's fa...

middle7421.txt

[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "life in the future" }, "options": [ "pollution", "weather in the future", "life in the future", "Mars in about fifty years" ], "question": "They are talking about _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" ...

What do you think the future will be like? Here are some answers from some students. Mary: If we don't take good care of the earth now, our children and grandchildren will be born into a world with much pollution . There will be fewer trees and more buildings, because there will be more people. Jack: I agree with Mary....

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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "The top floor" }, "options": [ "The ground floor", "The first floor", "The top floor", "The sixth floor" ], "question": "Which floor is the flat on?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answe...

This large flat is on the top floor of a five-story modern building in a quiet part of the city. There are two schools, a restaurant and several shopping centres nearby. A bus stop is only one hundred metres away. The flat has got a large living room , a dining room,a modern kitchen, one large bedroom and two small bed...

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