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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The Puya raimondii."
},
"options": [
"The bamboo.",
"The watermeal.",
"The Puya raimondii.",
"The Caucasian lime."
],
"question": "Which of the following plants needs the longest time to grow flowers?",
"que... | Without flowers, many plants would not be able to reproduce and many insects would not be able to get enough food to live. Here are some interesting facts about flowers plants.
* Most plants grow flowers each year, but some take much longer. The century plant grows only one flower and then it dies! Even more amazin... | middle3970.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "quietly and slowly"
},
"options": [
"quickly",
"suddenly",
"quietly and slowly",
"easily"
],
"question": "Bad habits come _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_in... | It is easier to go down a hill than to climb up a hill, so it is to fall into bad habit than into good ones.
Bad habits do not come suddenly. They come little by little while people do not notice their danger. Some schoolboys first pick up bad habits in school and on the streets. When they cannot finish their lessons, ... | middle6808.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "will work hard"
},
"options": [
"will work hard",
"will become heroes",
"will follow her",
"will achieve her goal"
],
"question": "Joyner-Kersee hopes that young people _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_quest... | Much has been said and written recently about heroes, mainly because many people think we have too few of them. There are many different kinds of heroes, but they all seem to have two things in common. First, heroes, by their actions, show the great possibilities of human nature. Second, heroes can also stand the test ... | middle4979.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "It will grow a new one."
},
"options": [
"It will die.",
"It will lose its way.",
"It will grow a new one.",
"It will have seven legs forever."
],
"question": "What will happen if a spider loses one leg?",
"... | Spiders are not insects as many people believe. They belong to a class of animals called arachnids . Spiders have eight eyes, four pairs of legs, and can grow a new leg if they lose one. A spider's body is divided into two sections: the abdomen and the thorax .The legs, eyes, and mouthparts are in the thorax section.
... | middle5454.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "he was the one that prayed for the ship"
},
"options": [
"the second man didn't like him",
"the second man didn't want to leave",
"he was the one that prayed for the ship",
"the second man's prayers were all answered"
... | A ship met a storm at sea and only two of the men were able to swim to a small, deserted island. Not knowing what else to do, they agreed to pray to God on opposite sides of the island.
Of course, the first thing they prayed for was food. The next morning, the first man saw a fruit tree on his side. But there was noth... | middle8170.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "be a volunteer"
},
"options": [
"be a volunteer",
"offer them jobs",
"buy shoes for them",
"help them with chores"
],
"question": "According to the passage, if you want to help the poor, you can _ .",
"qu... | There are a lot of things you can do to help in your community, whether with your mom's chores, or if a friend is upset. Here are some little things you can do to give a helping hand.
Be a volunteer. Being in charitable organizations is a great way to help the poor, like giving away food or money. You can also donate m... | middle7243.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The old man could see nothing."
},
"options": [
"The old man was deaf.",
"The old man could see nothing.",
"The old man took care of flowers every day.",
"The flowers was very beautiful."
],
"question": "The you... | An old man lived in a nice house with a large garden. He took care of his flowers all the time, watering and fertilizing them.
One day a young man went by the garden. He looked at the beautiful flowers, imagining how happy he could be if he lived in such a beautiful place. Then ,suddenly he found the old gardener was b... | middle1632.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Tony. He went to school at 9:50 0n the morning of June 22."
},
"options": [
"Nancy. She wore her sports shoes on June 22.",
"Richard. He did not have breakfast before the exam.",
"Wendy. She forgot to take an English dictiona... | Here is an examination notice . Mrs. Dickson gave it to her students last week.
To the students of Class 3
* Examinations start on January 22 and end on June 23.
* The time for each of the subject is:
English June 22 9:30 A.M.- 10:30 A.M.
Math June 22 11:00 A.M.- 12:00 A.M.
History ... | middle1154.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "attitude"
},
"options": [
"hard-work.",
"knowledge",
"money",
"attitude"
],
"question": "The writer thinks _ is the most important thing in a person's life.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | What's the most important thing for you to have in your life? Somebody thinks it's hard work, others think it's knowledge , love and luck...
If you arrange the 26 English letters in order and use numbers to represent each of them, for example, 1 for a, 2 for b, 3 for c ......26 for z, you can change an English word i... | middle7525.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "try to have the perfect shape"
},
"options": [
"aren't healthy enough",
"don't make enough money",
"look down on themselves",
"try to have the perfect shape"
],
"question": "According to the father, some girls b... | Dear daughter
You are a wonderful person and your mother and I love you. It will not be long before you leave school to make your way in the world. Can I give you some friendly advice? Here are some things that you should never do.
1. Never get upset with your looks.
We think you look great. Please be happy with the pe... | middle3743.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "for the weekend"
},
"options": [
"for a week",
"for a day",
"for the weekend",
"for a month"
],
"question": "Li Ming is staying with the Wang family _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"a... | Li Ming is staying with the Wang family for the weekend.Today it is warm and fine.The family are having dinner in the garden.They often have dinner in the garden on a warm and fine spring day.Now Mr and Mrs Wang are sitting at the table with Li Ming under a tree.
"It's great to have dinner out here on such a lovely day... | middle5332.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Every week."
},
"options": [
"Every two weeks.",
"Every week.",
"Every day.",
"Every three weeks."
],
"question": "How often does Lily write to Alice?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"ans... | Lily has a pen friend in America. Her name is Alice. They write to each other every week. They tell each other about their lives. Here is a letter from Lily.
Dear Alice,
Thank you for your letter and telling me about your best friend. In this letter, I'm going to tell you about my friend. Her name is Cathy. She has lon... | middle3757.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "She didn't pay enough attention to them"
},
"options": [
"The flowers were not beautiful enough",
"She was always too busy",
"She wanted her sister to dig them",
"She didn't pay enough attention to them"
],
"que... | When spring comes, some wildflowe come out in the ditches along the highway where I travel daily to work., I've noticed one special blue flower. It blooms only in the morning hours. For the afternoon sun is too hot for it. Every day for nearly two weeks, I see those beautiful flowers.
This spring, I started a wildfl... | middle4038.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "their interests and schedules are different from their parents'"
},
"options": [
"they are always causing problems",
"there's no way to make them happy",
"they don't want to travel with their parents",
"their interests ... | Anyone who has ever traveled with a teenager knows that the teenager can make the vacation good or bad for the entire family. As a travel agent, Lynda Maxwell said, "If teenagers are happy, everybody is happy."
Teenagers are often interested in travelling, but their interests and schedules often aren't the same as thei... | middle2449.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "hobby"
},
"options": [
"freedom",
"love",
"a true friend",
"hobby"
],
"question": "What is not mentioned in the passage?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answe... | What do you like most when you can get one of such things: freedom, true friends, love, honesty and so on? Here are some choices of students:
Chen Cheng, 14, Jiangsu: I think I need a true friend. I had some friends before. However, it seemed that they didn't treat me well. I told them my secrets but they didn't share ... | middle1140.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Because she hoped she could be ill in this way."
},
"options": [
"Because she had no money to buy a pair of shoes.",
"Because she thought it interesting to walk without shoes.",
"Because she was ill and forgot to put on her s... | I have tried many ways to be ill. I don't wear a sweater when I should, and two days ago I walked in the rain without my shoes. But so far nothing has happened. Debbie once told me about a boy in her class who liked being away from school. He would rub the end of the thermometer until it went up to 39degC. Then he'... | middle7531.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "take care of his baby at home"
},
"options": [
"watch the door",
"take care of his baby at home",
"welcome his friends",
"stop the strangers"
],
"question": "The Prince told the dog to _ when he was leavin... | More than seven hundred years ago, the Prince of Wales had a very big and brave dog called Gelert.
One day the Prince wanted to go hunting with his men. He told his dog to stay at home and look after his baby son. The baby was in a small wooden bed.
When the Prince came back from hunting, Gelert ran out to meet him. He... | middle8164.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "things to do for the weekend"
},
"options": [
"visiting teams",
"famous players",
"things to do for the weekend",
"prices to pay for the riders"
],
"question": "The passage is to give information about _ .",
... | Bicycle Tour and Race
A bike tour and race will be held on August 26 and 27 (Sat. & Sun. ) at 5:30 a.m. The riders will leave Tian'anmen Square and ride the first 35 kilometers as a training leg. Then the next 55 kilometers leg, from Yanjiao to Jixian, will be the first competitive part of the tour. The riders will be... | middle7257.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "slim"
},
"options": [
"tall",
"slim",
"fit",
"strong"
],
"question": "The word \"skinny\" means too _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer... | * You'll never be good at Maths.
It's generally accepted that boys are good at Maths and girls aren't. The fact is that it isn't true.
When girls reach their teens, most of them lose their interest in Maths. They think they are females. They want to stay away from things that are boys' things, and Maths is still though... | middle6149.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "pairs of figure skating"
},
"options": [
"pairs of figure skating",
"short track speed skating",
"women's curling",
"long track speed skating"
],
"question": "Shen Xue won the gold medal in the _ event at the... | It was an exciting moment for Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo, a retired married _ from Harbin, China. It was also a great moment for China because it was the country's first gold medal in the pairs figure skating competition at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.
Everyone was very quiet when Shen and Zhao were skating o... | middle1626.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "he lost his way and he wished the farmer who would show him the way"
},
"options": [
"he was friendly to everyone",
"he saw an old man in the country",
"he lost his way and he wished the farmer who would show him the way",
... | A man from a big city with a new cart and a beautiful pair of horses was driving along a country road . He did not give much attention to where he was going. Very soon he knew he lost his way, but he kept on driving hoping he would meet someone or find his way back.
It was a long way. For many hours he kept on driving.... | middle4986.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Joyce had never got the dream doll from her parents."
},
"options": [
"Amy dreamed to have all kinds of lovely dolls.",
"Amy Iooked like a doll when she was a little girl.",
"Joyce received a lot of lovely dolls from her pare... | Amy was looking for a gift for her little daughter.Suddenly she stopped before a store of dolls."Girls like dolls,"she thought as she stepped into it.Looking around,she saw a grandma doll...one with gray hair and a pair of glasses.In her mind appeared Joyce,her mother.
When Amy was a little girl,she got her first doll ... | middle5440.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because his parents wanted him to do better in his math."
},
"options": [
"Because he could eat well there.",
"Because he could earn more about nuns.",
"Because his parents wanted him to do better in his math.",
"Becaus... | Little Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everything--tutors , cards, special learning centers--in short, everything they could think of. Finally they took Tommy to a catholic school.
After the first day,little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn't kiss his mother hel... | middle3031.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "On a bus."
},
"options": [
"On a train.",
"At school.",
"In a park.",
"On a bus."
],
"question": "Where is Peter?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
... | It is early in the morning, about seven o'clock. Peter is on the bus. He's going to school. There are many people on the bus and it is a bit hot. Peter is sitting by a window with a book in his hands. The bus driver is driving slowly . Most people on the bus are using their mobile phones. A girl in a red sweater is sta... | middle6161.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "football and basketball"
},
"options": [
"Basketball and swimming",
"football and basketball",
"Football and swimming",
"Reading and swimming"
],
"question": "What are Ivan's hobbies?",
"question_type": "fac... | Let me tell you my pen friend Ivan. He is 12 years old. He likes playing football. He usually play football with his friends at weekends.
Ivan lives with his father and mother in a city in France. They have a dream home with five rooms, a swimming pool and a garden. They often have a party in the garden at weekends. Th... | middle2307.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Because he didn't like the family rules"
},
"options": [
"Because his parents didn't love him.",
"Because he didn't like the family rules",
"Because he didn't have mother.",
"Because he didn't finish his homework."
... | A teenage boy couldn't stand his parents' family rules, so he left home. He wanted to be famous, but he had poor education and several years later, he had to ask for food on the street for a living. Now his mother has died. His father is an old man. But he is still looking for his son. He has been to every corner of th... | middle5468.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Professor Joseph Forgas"
},
"options": [
"sad participants",
"happy participants",
"Professor Joseph Forgas",
"Forgas' friends"
],
"question": "The study was completed by _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_que... | Are you in a bad mood? Don't worry! According to a new Australian study, a bad mood can actually be good for you. The study showed that being sad could help people to judge others more correctly and was also good for the memory.
The study was carried out by Professor Joseph Forgas at the University of New South Wales."... | middle3019.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "you may do more jogging"
},
"options": [
"you may do more jogging",
"you may not do more jogging",
"you are very healthy and needn't do more jogging",
"you may just do more walking"
],
"question": "If you are no... | One of the easiest ways to keep fit is to do jogging. Jogging is the name for a very gentle running--it is just a little faster than walking.
Start slow jog 20 meters, then walk 20 meters. Little by little, if you are not feeling very tired, you may do more jogging and less walking. Finally, jog the whole way. It will ... | middle4010.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "15."
},
"options": [
"13.",
"14.",
"15.",
"16."
],
"question": "How old is Alice Green?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "They go ... | Dear friend,
I am an American ( ) girl. My name is Alice Green. I am a middle school student. I am fifteen. I have two brothers. They are middle school students, too. We go to school from Monday to Friday. We don't have any classes on Saturdays and Sundays. My father and mother are teachers. They always say China is gr... | middle2461.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "by opening the door with his key"
},
"options": [
"with his wife's help",
"by knocking at the door",
"with his child's help",
"by opening the door with his key"
],
"question": "When Mr King came back very late f... | The King lived a small house near New York with their child . Sometimes Mr King came back from work very late. When his wife and the child were asleep, he opened the front door of his house with his key and came in very quietly.
But one night when he was coming home late, he lost his key. So when he reached his house ,... | middle1168.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "a happy face with tears"
},
"options": [
"a common word",
"a sad face",
"a boy's name",
"a happy face with tears"
],
"question": "The Word of the Year for 2015 is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
... | Each year, the famous Oxford Dictionaries chooses its Word of the Year. The word is carefully chosen depending on how popular it is and how well it explains the year. However, this year they didn't actually choose a word at all. Instead, they chose a "face with tears of joy" emoji .
This was the world's most used emo... | middle6607.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "China"
},
"options": [
"America",
"China",
"Asian Nations",
"European countries"
],
"question": "In the Unites States, the products in Wal-Mart are mostly produced in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questio... | The label, Made in China, is one that is becoming increasing popular in shopping centers all over the world.
In the United States, shoppers at Wal-Mart, the nation's largest retailer , have a wide selection of products mostly produced in China. The large amount of Chinese imports have created a large selection of goods... | middle7519.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "viruses"
},
"options": [
"bad weather",
"viruses",
"chill",
"your friends"
],
"question": "Colds are caused by _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | Different from popular thoughts, colds are not caused by bad weather. Colds are caused by viruses in the body, and you are better out on the snowy day than you are in a warm room, with your friends, who just may be passing the virus around. If you feel a chill when you are coming down with a cold, you are already si... | middle6613.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "he doesn't want to have a Maths test"
},
"options": [
"he wants to stay at home",
"he wants to watch TV",
"he is ill",
"he doesn't want to have a Maths test"
],
"question": "Jack doesn't go to school today becau... | "Can I stay home from school today? I'm ill," he tells his mum. His mother touches his head.
"OK, but you will have to look after yourself. I am going to work now," she says.
After the front door closes, Jack springs out of bed. He takes off the three warm sweaters he is wearing and puts on a T-shirt and shorts.
Then... | middle4004.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "fish"
},
"options": [
"meat",
"fish",
"desserts",
"antipasto"
],
"question": "Italian families celebrate the Christmas Eve meal with different kinds of _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | The Christmas Eve meal is very important in most European countries. While other Christian families around the world celebrate this great meal with different kinds of meat, it is a tradition for Italians to eat seven different kinds of fish. Such a meal is called the "Feast of the Seven Fishes". It's also considered tr... | middle2475.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "take the train home"
},
"options": [
"find a job",
"take the train home",
"sell the ticket",
"take the train to Taibei"
],
"question": "Tom came to the station to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
... | Last year when Tom graduated from school, he came to Taibei. He didn't like to work on his father's farm and hoped to find a job in a big city. He went from one company to another but no one wanted him. With little money left, he got to the station, sad and tired. All he wanted to do was go back to his small town. It w... | middle2313.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "spend one year abroad as volunteers"
},
"options": [
"go to university abroad",
"spend one year abroad as volunteers",
"go to work for money",
"start work in schools or hospitals"
],
"question": "Some young peop... | Every year thousands of young people in England finish school and then take a year off before they start work or go to university. Some young people go to other countries and work as volunteers . Volunteers give their time to help people. For example, they work in schools or hospitals, or they do something helpful for... | middle4762.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "By ship"
},
"options": [
"By air",
"By underground",
"By train",
"By ship"
],
"question": "How can we get to Mona Island from the island of Puerto Rico?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"a... | Are you looking for a fun vacation spot? Do you like to sleep in a hotel, go shopping, and eat fancy meals? If so, Mona Island might Not be the place for you! That's because Mona Island has no hotels, no museums, no shops, and no restaurants. None at all!
But if you like nature , Mona Island is an amazing place to take... | middle6175.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "a teacher has more questions"
},
"options": [
"a teacher has more questions",
"a student has more questions",
"a teacher has no questions",
"a student has no questions"
],
"question": "The great learned man beli... | "Who has more questions, a teacher or a student?"About this question a great learned man told his students that nobody does but a teacher.
The students got puzzled. With a smile, the teacher drew the circles."Within the larger one is my knowledge of things and within the smaller one is yours. Out of the circles is stil... | middle99.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because there are more and more cars on the roads."
},
"options": [
"Because there are not enough ways of transportation.",
"Because there are fewer speed rules.",
"Because there are more and more cars on the roads.",
"... | With more and more cars on the road, the traffic _ will happen. How do we see it and how can we solve the problem?
We know that the traffic jam happens in many places, especially in big cities. What are reasons for the problem? On one hand, some people think that they should have a car when they have enough money, and ... | middle1395.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "A student"
},
"options": [
"A teacher",
"A student",
"A parent",
"A manager"
],
"question": "Who was the speech made by?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": ... | Head teacher, teachers, grandparents, parents and classmates, I'm very proud that I have been chosen to speak to you all today. I'm a bit nervous as I've never made a speech before to so many people, so please forgive me if it shows! www.xkb1.com
As we all know, this is the school leavers' party, and it's time to say g... | middle2844.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "plane"
},
"options": [
"plane",
"ship",
"bus",
"train"
],
"question": "The writer went to America by _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answe... | Like most English children, I learned foreign languages at school. When I made my first visit to the United States, I was sure I could have a nice and easy holiday without any language problem. But how wrong I was!
At the American airport, I was looking for a public telephone to tell my friend Danny that I had arrived.... | middle3582.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "to help look after their families"
},
"options": [
"find jobs they enjoy",
"achieve their dreams",
"to help look after their families",
"make money to go to university"
],
"question": "Some students would like t... | We all dream about things that we would like to do and things we hope to achieve in the future. But are everybody's dreams the same? Here are some of the findings of a survey about hopes and dreams,and thousands of students across China took part in it.
_
We received several different answers to the question:What wou... | middle7082.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "white"
},
"options": [
"white",
"purple",
"brown",
"golden"
],
"question": "According to the passage, _ marigold is unusual.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_in... | One year, a college in the Unites States announced that it would offer a lot of money for the pure white marigold . The high reward attracted so many people, but in the nature, besides golden, the marigold is brown, and it is not easy to get the white one. So after they were excited for a time, many people had forgotte... | middle7096.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Because their living place is less and less."
},
"options": [
"Because visitors watch them.",
"Because many of them died.",
"Because people have less and less place.",
"Because their living place is less and less."
... | Zhalong is a nature reserve in Heilongjiang in northeast China. It is one of the world's most important wetlands*. The reserve offers food and places to live in for wildlife. It is an _ home for different kinds of plants, fish and birds.
Many birds live comfortably in Zhalong Nature Reserve all year round, but some onl... | middle6388.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Chimps have better memories than humans."
},
"options": [
"Chimps can remember all of their friends.",
"Chimps have better memories than humans.",
"Chimps do things to improve their memories.",
"Chimps can do many thing... | Do you have a good memory? Maybe you remember better than all of your friends. But even if you have a short-term memory, it's better than a chimpanzee's , right? Well, you may be wrong.
Tetsuro Matszawa, a scientist from Kyoto University, Japan has showed how chimps have far better memories than humans. "We learn that ... | middle5681.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "It couldn't work fast"
},
"options": [
"It was not big.",
"It couldn't work fast",
"It was very cheap.",
"It was no useful"
],
"question": "How was the first computers?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"... | Today almost everyone knows computers and the Internet. If I ask you "What is the most important thing in your life?" may be you will say "Computers and the Internet".
The first computer was made in 1946. It was very big but it worked slowly.. Today, computers are getting smaller, and smaller, but they work faster and ... | middle2688.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Stay below strong objects"
},
"options": [
"Rush out quickly",
"Sit in the kitchen",
"Stay below strong objects",
"Go down the stairs"
],
"question": "What should you do if you are in a building when an earthqua... | Disasters happen all the time somewhere in the world. Are you ready if one hits your neighborhood next week? Find out what you need to do now before it is too late. Let's take an earthquake for example.
During an earthquake, get under a strong object like the kitchen table. Don't leave the building during the shaking, ... | middle7928.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "After getting up."
},
"options": [
"Before getting up.",
"After the work.",
"After getting up.",
"Before going to bed."
],
"question": "When do we usually have breakfast?",
"question_type": "factiod_question... | We usually have three meals. We have breakfast, lunch and supper. We often have more time for lunch and supper, and we eat a big lunch or supper. But a good breakfast is very important . It's easy for you to understand it. You don't eat anything for about twelve hours from the last supper.
One good breakfast should ... | middle615.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "write down what they do every day"
},
"options": [
"complain about parents and homework",
"share diaries and show pictures of theirs",
"offer support to each other",
"write down what they do every day"
],
"quest... | It's cool, it's hot, and everyone is doing it. People talk about _ often,and friends tell other friends how good they look. Sound like a fashion? It's actually trend : "blog". What's a blog? A blog is a personal online diary. The word "blogger" means a person who writes diaries online.
Many bloggers are teens who've b... | middle2878.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Sovereign Hill"
},
"options": [
"Cook's cottage.",
"Westfield Centerpoint",
"Sydney Tower",
"Sovereign Hill"
],
"question": "Where can you spend the night in a tour?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"ans... | The Best Shopping In Sydney
Sydney is one of the world's biggest cities and has something for everyone when it comes to shopping. You will find excellent Australian products alongside the best that the world has to offer. At the bottom of Sydney Tower, you can shop in 160 of Sydney's favorite stores including 16 jewelr... | middle7900.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Hard-working."
},
"options": [
"Patient.",
"Dishonest.",
"Hard-working.",
"Kind."
],
"question": "What was Edward Henry's mother like?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"a... | An excerpt from The Card
Edward Henry Machin first saw daylight on the 27thof May, 1867, in Brougham Street in Bursley, the oldest of the Five Towns. Brougham Street goes down a hill to the canal .The rent for one of these houses was not high -- only about twenty-two pence a week.
Edward Henry's mother (his fath... | middle5871.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "want to be different from others"
},
"options": [
"worry about their looks",
"want to be the ugliest",
"don't care for their study",
"want to be different from others"
],
"question": "It is common that young stu... | Many kids think they are too common. They think they are not the prettiest and smartest. Sometimes kids don't know how special they are. When they see outstanding athletes or cool stars, they often think: Am I outstanding? What am I going to be when I grow up ?
Growing up means understanding what you can do and what yo... | middle5865.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Molly finding a new manager"
},
"options": [
"Molly and her children",
"Molly finding a new manager",
"the baby-sitter and the kids",
"Molly making a change about her business"
],
"question": "The passage is mai... | Molly Boylan is one of the most successful business women in Canada after setting up her cosmetic company Blazes in 1992. Though she is very successful, she says that she finds it harder every year in balance her business with her family life. She sometimes feels that her two children know more about their baby---s... | middle5130.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "embarrassed ( )"
},
"options": [
"thankful",
"surprised",
"fair",
"embarrassed ( )"
],
"question": "When the writer's family was given the money for the poor , she probably felt _ .",
"question_type": "c... | That Easter day ( ) I found out we were so poor . The minister brought us the money for the poor family , so we must be poor , I thought . I didn't like being poor . Everyone there probably already knew we were poor ! I thought about school . I was in the ninth grade and at the top of my class over 100 students . I... | middle3541.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "have done well in the movies"
},
"options": [
"are good friends of Margaret Herrick",
"like seeing movies very much",
"have done well in the movies",
"pay the Academy a lot of money"
],
"question": "The Academy ... | One of the most famous movie prizes in the world is the Oscar. Every year in the United States, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science gives Oscars to people who have done well in the movies. There is an Oscar for the best movie of the year, another for the best actor, and Oscars
for doing many other things w... | middle7727.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "he is wearing his old clothes"
},
"options": [
"he doesn't come by car",
"he is wearing his old clothes",
"he is old",
"he is wearing his new clothes"
],
"question": "Mr. King goes to the dinner party, but peopl... | Mr. King goes to a dinner party. He is wearing old clothes. He comes into the room. But people in the room do not look at him. They don't ask him to sit at the table.
Mr. King goes home and puts on his good clothes. He goes back to the party. Everyone in the room stands up and smiles at him. They give him the very goo... | middle6439.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "change their colors to protect themselves"
},
"options": [
"are small animals",
"are easily found by birds",
"are dangerous to their enemies",
"change their colors to protect themselves"
],
"question": "From the... | Do you know why different animals or pests have their special colors? Colors in them seem to be used mainly to protect themselves.
Some birds like eating locusts. but birds cannot easily catch them. Why? It is because locusts change their colors together with the change of the colors of crops. When crops are green, loc... | middle1356.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "it can help us a lot"
},
"options": [
"our country asks us to learn it",
"it can help us a lot",
"we can use it to play games",
"it can help us to find jobs"
],
"question": "Why do we say the computer is a usefu... | Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their daily life. For example, they can help people to save much time to do more work, and they can help people to work out many problems they can't do easily. Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers before the twenty-first century, except the old... | middle1430.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Kate"
},
"options": [
"Kate",
"Jenny",
"Jenny's father",
"Kate's mother"
],
"question": "Who is in Beijing now?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
... | Dear Jenny,
I am in Beijing, China now, but my parents are in the USA. I live with my brother Peter. Beijing is big and great. There are many beautiful places and much delicious food here. I like Beijing very much.
Peter and I are in the same grade, but we are in different classes. We live far from the school and it ta... | middle7041.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Nine"
},
"options": [
"Only one",
"Eight",
"Ten",
"Nine"
],
"question": "According to the report, how many themed attractions are there in Suzhou?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer"... | SUZHOU-Jinji Lake has become the latest Chinese landmark to enjoy global fame.
The lake was ranked one of the most popular Chinese scenic spots for its highest search rate during the Labor Day holiday, according to statistics revealed by China Central Television. During this year's Labor Day holiday, Jinji Lake attract... | middle3227.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "made a telephone call to"
},
"options": [
"visited",
"met",
"made a telephone call to",
"found"
],
"question": "Mike _ David one day.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"... | "Would you tell me which way I should go from here?" asked Alice.
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get," said the Cat.
"I really don't care where" replied Alice.
"Then it doesn't much matter which way you go," said the Cat.
--- from " Alice in Wonderland "
My name is David. And I have a brother called Mik... | middle8.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "three"
},
"options": [
"five",
"two",
"three",
"Four"
],
"question": "There are _ children at the age of 12.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"... | Here are four of my friends. Get to know them and their interesting experiences.
I'm Mark. I'm 12. I have learned a lot about cycling and cycled about two hundred miles with my friends. We all felt very excited.
My name is Sam. I'm one year older than Mark. I have entered a competition. At last, I won it and the priz... | middle5656.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Five."
},
"options": [
"Four.",
"Five.",
"Seven.",
"Ten."
],
"question": "How many holidays do you know on the first day of a month in America?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {... | Each year, we celebrate many holidays here in America.
On January 1, we welcome the coming of a new year like many people in other countries. And we have another four holidays on the first day of a month: April Fool's Day, May Day, Friendship Day (Aug.1) and Grandparents Day (Sep. 1).
The most important holiday for the... | middle2139.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "get money from others"
},
"options": [
"wait for some people",
"get money from others",
"make the writer help him",
"hold up a sign"
],
"question": "A blind boy sat on the steps of a building in order to _ .",... | A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said, "I am blind, please help."
There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He p... | middle5642.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the head teacher of a boy's school"
},
"options": [
"a kind teacher",
"a teacher, and he gives presents to his students.",
"the head teacher of a boy's school",
"a boy at a school. In that school, everyone was afraid of... | My grandfather is a teacher. He is the head teacher of a school for boys between the ages of thirteen and eighteen. I know that he is a kind man, because he gives me presents , and let me sit on his knees , and tells me stories. But I believe the boys at his school are afraid of him. At school, when he walks into a ro... | middle1424.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "He neither liked nor disliked him."
},
"options": [
"He liked him.",
"He disliked him.",
"He thought his stepfather was a good man.",
"He neither liked nor disliked him."
],
"question": "How did Bradley like his... | Zach has a stepson, Bradley. One day, Zach drove over to meet Bradley. Bradley was a student in a high school. He neither liked nor disliked Zach, even though he had known Zach for three years. Zach was still trying to get along with Bradley. He told Bradley that he was coming over. Bradley said OK. When Zach got there... | middle7055.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "He plays the piano so well and has a good international image."
},
"options": [
"He played in the Beijing Olympic opening ceremony in 2008.",
"He usually plays with the world's top orchestras.",
"He tries to introduce Chinese... | His talent and charm have made him the No.1Chinese classical artist in the world. And he played in the grand Beijing Olympic opening ceremony in 2008, watched by a TV audience of 5 billion.
Lang Lang, 26, is the first Chinese pianist to play with the world's top orchestras ,making his first appearance at the Carnegie ... | middle7733.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Four."
},
"options": [
"Only one.",
"Three.",
"Four.",
"Five."
],
"question": "How many ways are mentioned to start a conversation in the reading?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer"... | A new term might be the best time to make new friends, but it can be hard to begin the first conversation. Below are four useful ways. Take a look.
Search for common interests. Talking about shared interests, such as sports and popular talent shows, is the easiest way to make a successful talk with someone.
Welcome the... | middle5124.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The writer didn't find enough time to talk to her father all these years."
},
"options": [
"The writer arrived in Florida before her father passed away.",
"The writer didn't find enough time to talk to her father all these years.",... | Once my father asked me to hold his hammer while he repaired something, so we could have some time to talk to each other.
For 22 years, after I left home for college, he called me every Sunday at 9 am. He was always interested in my life and how my family was doing, and I never once heard him complain about his own lif... | middle2893.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Mothers"
},
"options": [
"Reporters",
"Teachers",
"Mothers",
"Children"
],
"question": "_ wrote the passages.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"a... | Mrs Mark: I got what I wanted that day. My son gave me a book of poems. He wrote it himself. My daughter bought a scarf for me and wrote me a Mother's Day card. They also made me bread for breakfast. My husband took us to the movies.
Mrs Judy: _ However, I was wrong. My husband gave me a day off! He did the dishes, too... | middle3555.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "jeans"
},
"options": [
"Levis Strauss",
"young people",
"clothes' history",
"jeans"
],
"question": "The story is talking about _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"ans... | Look in the bedrooms of young people in the world. Maybe you will find a pair of blue jeans in each room. Jeans are very popular all over the world.
Jeans give you the feeling of comfort , youth and energy . Every person likes them very much.
Levi Strauss is an American company. It first made blue jeans. The company wa... | middle6405.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "having a long walk"
},
"options": [
"running a long way",
"having a long walk",
"talking with best friends",
"communicating with parents"
],
"question": "From the passage, we can control our feeling by _ .",
... | These days, when the world seems to be hard to control, walking can make you feel peaceful. It gives you a chance to slow down, to relax and to appreciate yourself and your life in general. It helps you slow down enough to breathe deeply, to calm your thoughts, and to research the natural world filled with wonders. And... | middle66.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "making"
},
"options": [
"making",
"asking for",
"borrowing",
"using"
],
"question": "American children love _ money by themselves.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answe... | Audrey is a Chinese-American student. She has found many value differences between the Chinese and Americans.
About money
* The American children love to make money by themselves. Chinese children always ask their parents for money.
* American parents don't think it is useful to send their children to an expensive un... | middle4212.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "a newspaper"
},
"options": [
"a newspaper",
"a story book",
"a science book",
"a guide book"
],
"question": "The above job ads are probably from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | Do you want a job?Here are some positions for you. Please have a look!
*A WANTED
Are you hardworking? Do you like to meet people? If your answer is "Yes", and then we have a job for you as a waiter. Call AL Hotel at 556779!
*SUMMER JOB
Do you like to talk with people? Do you like to write stories? If you want to work f... | middle2105.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "4"
},
"options": [
"2",
"3",
"4",
"5"
],
"question": "China won _ gold medals in the women's short track speed skating.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": ... | When you see the girl for the first time, you may think she is a boy. She is very outgoing . Who is she? Wang Meng, the Chinese top skater.
On the evening of February 26th, 2010, Wang Meng first got to the finishing line in 1 minute and 29.213 seconds in the women's 1000 meters short track speed skating final at the Va... | middle198.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Get in touch with other people."
},
"options": [
"Get in touch with other people.",
"Stay at home",
"Only surf the Internet.",
"Often make telephone calls to others."
],
"question": "How can we have more friends... | It's hard to make friends if you stay at home alone all the time. Get out of house and do things that will put you in touch with other people. It's easier to make friends when you have similar interests.
Don't be afraid to show people what you're really good at. Talk about things you like and do best. People will be in... | middle1418.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "play in the national team"
},
"options": [
"play in the national team",
"practice hard",
"always be confident in himself",
"have strong determination"
],
"question": "Jordan's father advised him to do the follow... | With six NBA Championships and many more achievements, Michael Jordan is the greatest player the world of basketball has ever seen.
Jordan's dream of becoming a basketball player began in his childhood. When he was 9 years old, Jordan finished watching a basketball game in the Munich Olympics on TV,and said to his moth... | middle6377.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "In Grade 6"
},
"options": [
"In kindergarten",
"In high school",
"In Grade 3",
"In Grade 6"
],
"question": "When did Bessy fall in love with English?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answ... | I'm Bessy. I began to learn English in Grade 6,not like most of my friends who have been learning English since kindergarten( ) or at least in Grade 3.I fell in love with this foreigner language at once. As an old saying goes, "Interest is the best teacher." I began to be crazy about English. I learned words and gramma... | middle4560.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "think about the new year"
},
"options": [
"plan for the last year",
"fail to make big changes",
"try to lose their ideas",
"think about the new year"
],
"question": "At the end of December, people usually _ ... | If you have failed in the past to try to make big changes in life, try again now, one tiny step at a time.
Every year it's the same. As December comes to an end, you think about the new year and all the ways you want to improve your life. But as you start to write down your hopes for the new year, you think about the l... | middle2111.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "dolphin performance"
},
"options": [
"tiger performance",
"bear performance",
"dolphin performance",
"lion performance"
],
"question": "If you are travelling in Dalian , you can see the _ -",
"question_t... | Tiger and horse performance
You can see the terrible tigers and gentle horses at Fuzhou Zoo. Keep away from the tigers . Sometimes they aren't friendly enough .You can ride the horse and take photos .
Time :Feb .1--Feb .3 Tel : 87324568
Adult : 60Y= Child : 30Y=
Bear and lion performance
You c... | middle2677.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "we may gain quite a few advantages of talking to ourselves"
},
"options": [
"almost everybody has the habit of talking to themselves",
"talking to ourselves always gives us courage",
"we may gain quite a few advantages of tal... | A popular saying goes, "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." However, that's not really true. Words have the power to cheer us up or let us down. It doesn't matter if the words come from someone else or ourselves -- the positive and negative influences are just as lasting.
We all talk ... | middle5118.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "China"
},
"options": [
"Japan",
"America",
"China",
"Canada"
],
"question": "Where is S.H.E. from?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text"... | Do you know S.H.E.? It is a singing group from Taiwan, China. Three girls are in it. They are Seilina, Hebe and Ella. Their Chinese names are Ren Jiaxuan (Seilina), Tian Fuzhen (Hebe) and Chen Jiahua (Ella).
Look! Here is a photo. Silina is very nice. Her hair is long. She is not short and not tall. Ella looks like a ... | middle3569.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "buy something"
},
"options": [
"buy something",
"get on a bus",
"see a doctor",
"study English"
],
"question": "What is Mike going to do? He is going to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | It's Sunday. Mike does not go to school. But he is not at home. He is now sitting on a bus. He is going shopping.
An old woman gets on the bus. Mike stands up and says to her,"Come and sit here, please."The old woman goes over and sits down. She says,"Thank you very much, dear little boy."
The bus stops near the shop. ... | middle832.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a famous movie company"
},
"options": [
"a very large park",
"a busy London street",
"a famous movie company",
"an old Hollywood movie"
],
"question": "From the passage, we know Universal Studios is _ .",
... | Where in the world can you take an hour's train ride, and pass a forest, a London street, a scene from the Wild West, and a burning building that never burns down? There's only one place, and that's Hollywood, in California. The scenes you see from the tourist train are film sets in the Universal Studios, one of the o... | middle72.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a dog"
},
"options": [
"Bob's brother",
"a dog",
"Bob's classmate",
"a cat"
],
"question": "Paul is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer... | Hello, everyone! My name is Bob. I have a good friend. His name is Paul. He is a yellow dog. I like him very much.
Every morning Paul runs with me, and we play in the park every afternoon. Paul is very fat. He likes eating beef hamburgers for breakfast. For dinner, he likes fish. Paul likes red. He has two red hats. Lo... | middle6411.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "protecting the planet"
},
"options": [
"showing the culture",
"killing the animals",
"harming the plants",
"protecting the planet"
],
"question": "According to the passage, our meat eating habits are a question ... | It is not a question of culture, it is not even a question of killing animals. Even a carrot dies when pulled out of the ground. It is a matter of the protection of the planet
because our meat eating habits might be stressing (......) our ecological (
) system.
It's no longer --might||, we are destroying our planet.
Mo... | middle7848.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "brother"
},
"options": [
"name",
"sister",
"brother",
"father"
],
"question": "My _ is Paul.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "o... | My name is Jenny . I have a sister and a brother, Rose and Paul. We like apples very much. Rose and I like hamburgers. But I don't like salad. Paul doesn't like broccoli. But Rose does. My parents like tomatoes and French fries. | middle775.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "A few months."
},
"options": [
"Two or three days.",
"A few days.",
"A few months.",
"A few years."
],
"question": "So far, how long will it take us from the earth to Mars by spaceship?",
"question_type": "f... | Now, it may be difficult to predict the future, but many people believe that we will live on Mars by the year 2100. Our own planet, Earth, is becoming more and more crowed and polluted. Well, what problems will we need to solve before we prepare to go to Mars?
First of all, transport should be much better. At present, ... | middle5087.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "cats"
},
"options": [
"pandas",
"elephants",
"chicken",
"cats"
],
"question": "Many people keep _ as pets.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"an... | Many people like animals such as dogs and cats and keep one or more of them as pets. If you keep a dog or a cat as a pet, you must know how to look after it.
A grown-up dog needs two meals a day --not more. It can eat meat, fish, rice and some other things. Dogs like large bones , but you can't give them chicken bones.... | middle5939.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Ice"
},
"options": [
"Rain",
"Gas",
"Stone",
"Ice"
],
"question": "What is the solid of water?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "g... | Water can be a liquid, a solid or a gas. When it is a solid, it can be as hard as stone. When it is a liquid, it can run through your fingers. When it is a gas, you may not see or feel it.
Water can change from a solid to a liquid or to a gas easily. This is why we always have fresh water. Now let us find out how it do... | middle1587.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "cheap"
},
"options": [
"beautiful",
"long",
"cheap",
"soft"
],
"question": "Karki wanted to use human hair because it is",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": ... | A Nepalese teenager had made a PS 23 solar panel ( ) using human hair.
Milan Karki, who is 18 years old and lives in a village, used human hair to replace silicon, which is a common but expensive part of solar panels. By using hair as a replacement, Karki says that solar panels can be produced for around PS 23.
Karki ... | middle3384.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "she wrote them a note"
},
"options": [
"she wrote them a letter",
"she gave them a kiss",
"she gave some flowers to them",
"she wrote them a note"
],
"question": "Every time the writer packed lunches for her chi... | From the time each of my children started school, I packed their lunches. And in each lunch I packed, I left a note. The note might be a thank-you for a special moment, or a few words of encouragement for the coming test or sporting event.
When they were little, they loved their notes. And when I went back to teaching,... | middle5093.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a photo taken by oneself"
},
"options": [
"a person with a smartphone",
"a smartphone which can take photos",
"a photo taken by oneself",
"an English dictionary"
],
"question": "According to the story, a \"selfi... | What is the hottest English word of 2013? It's "selfie", according to Oxford dictionaries. Selfie is a photo that one takes of oneself, according to the Oxford online dictionary. People usually take selfies with a smartphone and send them to a social media website.
The word was first used in 2002. In the past 12 month... | middle2924.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "to have dinner"
},
"options": [
"to have dinner",
"to meet the film-makers",
"to celebrate April Fool's Day",
"to play a magician"
],
"question": "James came to the restaurant _ .",
"question_type": "cloz... | James and his wife went to Beijing Restaurant for dinner at 7:00 pm. On April 1st, 2005, while they were eating, a waitress came to tell them that the two men at the next table were film-makers and that they would like to have a talk with James.
James agreed. One man came to sit down next to him and said that they were... | middle7684.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "They want to get right answers."
},
"options": [
"They're clever but lazy.",
"They often ask easy questions.",
"They are good at subjects.",
"They want to get right answers."
],
"question": "What do we know abou... | Do your kids ask a lot of questions? If they do, that's great. Because that's how children learn. Some of these questions may be easy to answer. Others may be hard. And they want to get the right answers. Do your kids ask such questions?
*Why is the sky blue? Why is the sunset red?
*Why are leaves green?
*Why do leaves... | middle761.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Elephants."
},
"options": [
"Monkeys.",
"Tigers.",
"Elephants.",
"Lions."
],
"question": "Which animal likes bananas best?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"ans... | In our town, there is a big zoo with a lot of animals in it. There are some beautiful tigers and two old lions. They eat a lot of meat every day.
There are also two big elephants and one baby elephant. The elephants are kind animals. They eat a lot every day. They like children. Children often give them bread and banan... | middle749.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "It is one of the most famous soap operas."
},
"options": [
"It is the most popular sitcom in America.",
"It is a very popular sitcom in China.",
"It is one of the most famous soap operas.",
"It is the first soap opera o... | Soap operas and sitcoms are two kinds of popular TV shows. What are the differences between them?
A soap opera is usually very long and has many episodes .All the episodes of a soap opera are _ The first soap opera was on radio in the late 1930s. One of the most famous soap operas is Friends.
A sitcom, or a situation c... | middle7874.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "She has a heart of Stone."
},
"options": [
"She has a strong heart.",
"She has a heart of Stone.",
"She has a broken heart.",
"She loses her heart."
],
"question": "If the person who won your heart does not love... | There are many expressions with heart.One of them is "lose your heart to someone".When that happens,you have fallen in love.But if the person who "won your heart" does not love you,then you are sure to have a "broken heart".In your sadness,you think that the person you loved is "hard-hearted",and in fact,has a "heart o... | middle5905.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "fifteen"
},
"options": [
"eight",
"ten",
"thirteen",
"fifteen"
],
"question": "Freddy Adu was _ years old when he became the youngest ever allstar team player.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
... | Born in Ghana,West Africa,in 1989,Freddy Adu has become one of the most promising young soccer players in the world.Soccer fans have been crazy about him since 2003,when he became the youngest player to join a professional sports team in the United States.The next year,he became the youngest athlete ever to play in an ... | middle5911.txt |
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