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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "it's easy and useful"
},
"options": [
"it's easy and useful",
"it's changing and growing",
"websites are designed quite well",
"people can design a computer"
],
"question": "More and more people are using the In... | Mails, games, music, news, chat rooms and shopping! The Interent is part of our life today. It's easy to get onto the Internet. The only thing we need to do is to use a modem which is used for connecting a computer to a telephone line. The Internet is changing and growing all the time. More and more people have comput... | middle2918.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Independent grown-ups."
},
"options": [
"Independent grown-ups.",
"Married people.",
"People who can drive.",
"People in the army."
],
"question": "Which of the following are truly adults according to the passag... | Some children cannot wait to grow up. Because once you become an adult, you are free to make your own decisions. More importantly, you can do all those things that you cannot do now because you are too young. So, the question is, 'At what age do you really become an adult?' Well, people become adults at different ages ... | middle3435.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Yes, he is."
},
"options": [
"Yes, he does.",
"No, he doesn't.",
"Yes, he is.",
"No, he isn't."
],
"question": "Is Mr. Brown Ann's father?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
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{
"answer": {
... | Here are two pictures. You can see a man and a boy in one picture. Who are they? The man is Mr. Brown, and the boy's name is Jack. They are father and son. They are in Jack's room.
Now let's look at the other picture. You can see a woman and a little girl in it. The woman is Jack's mother and the girl is her daughter, ... | middle1222.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Tom's weekend"
},
"options": [
"Tom's weekend",
"Tom's family",
"Tom's hobbies",
"Tom's school"
],
"question": "The text is about _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"a... | I want to tell you some things about Tom's weekend. He is my good friend. At the weekend, Tom usually gets up late. He has breakfast. Then he reads an English book and listens to the radio for about one hour. After that he starts to do his homework. At about 11:30, he often cooks lunch for his family. In the afternoo... | middle7653.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Going swimming."
},
"options": [
"Going skating.",
"Playing soccer.",
"Going swimming.",
"Going skateboarding."
],
"question": "Which sport is suitable in December and January in New Zealand?",
"question_typ... | New Zealand is beautiful no matter what time of the year or season you visit. The best time to visit New Zealand is the time that suits you best. The weather in New Zealand is fine all year round. However, if you have more than one date in mind, the following information may help with your travel plans.
The warmest mon... | middle7135.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "59."
},
"options": [
"59.",
"58",
"51",
"39"
],
"question": "How old was Ang Lee when he won the Best Director Academy Award for the second time?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer":... | Born in 1954 in Taiwan, Ang Lee has become one of today's greatest filmmakers. Ang graduated from the National Taiwan College of Arts in 1975. Later on, he went to the USA. for further study on art. And he got a Master Degree in Film Production at New York University.
During Ang's film career, he has made a lot of succ... | middle1544.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Sunday"
},
"options": [
"Thursday",
"Friday",
"Saturday",
"Sunday"
],
"question": "National Day is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_t... | Here is a list of TV programs in today's newspaper
Friday,September 29 Channel 2
9:30 Spolen English Competition for High School Students
11:30 Visit to an American Fanily
16:30 American Movie
20:40 English Talk Show
Channel 8
9:00 English News
10:20 Tvserial:World of Amimals
15:10 NBA Games(live)
18:30 Talk... | middle5722.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "The nurse told him."
},
"options": [
"The nurse told him.",
"The old woman told him.",
"The woman's son told him.",
"The doctor got it from her chart noting."
],
"question": "How did the doctor know that the old... | One day, I went to see my last patient, an old woman. In the doorway, I saw she was struggling to put socks on her swollen feet in the bed. I stepped in, spoke quickly to the nurse, read her chart noting . I was almost in the clear that she was not in serious condition.
I asked, "Could I help put on your socks? How ... | middle3353.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "More than four months."
},
"options": [
"One month.",
"Two months.",
"Three months.",
"More than four months."
],
"question": "How long will the Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay last?",
"question_type": "fac... | Olympic torch relay planned route
Beijing, April 27--The Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay will cover the greatest area and include the largest number of people. The plans were announced on Thursday night. The planned route would last 130 days and travel 137 000 km.
First Nobel Prize winner to donate to Hope School
C... | middle2059.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Miller"
},
"options": [
"Brown",
"Miller",
"Alice",
"Black"
],
"question": "Alice's family name is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_... | A: Good afternoon. Are you Zhang Li?
B: Yes, I am.
A: Is Li your family name?
B: No, Li is my given name. My family name is Zhang. What's your name?
A: My name is Alice. I'm from the USA.
B: Nice to meet you, Alice.
A: Nice to meet you, too! I'm a student in Sunny Middle School.
B: Oh, great! We are in the _ school. I'... | middle5736.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Class 2, Grade 1"
},
"options": [
"Class 1, Grade 1",
"Class 1, Grade 2",
"Class 2, Grade 1",
"Class 2, Grade 2"
],
"question": "Tom is in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {... | I'm a boy. My name is Tom White. I am ten years old. I am in Class 2, Grade 1. I'm in No. 1 Middle School. My teacher is Mr. Wu. I have a good friend at school He is Jim Green. Jim is his first name and Green is his last name. He is ten, too. But he is in Class 1, Grade 1. His teacher is Miss Wang.
, . | middle4428.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Jumping."
},
"options": [
"Climbing.",
"Jumping.",
"Catching birds.",
"Walking."
],
"question": "What was this new kangaroo good at?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"ans... | The city zoo bought a new kangaroo from Australia. It was famous for jumping very high. The zoo keeper was worried that the kangaroo would run away. He built special walls around it.
But the next morning, people found that the animal was playing around outside. So the zoo keeper made the height of the walls 5 metres... | middle3347.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "loud sound that people don't want"
},
"options": [
"terrible sound",
"any kind of sound",
"all sounds that you can hear",
"loud sound that people don't want"
],
"question": "According to the passage, noise is ."... | Do you like listening to music? Does all of the music bring happiness to you? Do you know some music is noise? What is noise? Noise is a loud or unwanted sound. It is also called noise pollution.
Where is noise from? Noise can be caused by many kinds of machines, such as motorcycles, planes, farm tractors and TVs. And,... | middle7121.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "In America."
},
"options": [
"In America.",
"In England.",
"In China.",
"In Beijing."
],
"question": "Where was Jim born ?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index"... | Jim is an American. He is now living in China. He gets up at about half past six and has breakfast at seven o'clock. After breakfast,he says goodbye to his parents and leaves home at half past seven. He usually goes to school on foot. He gets there at five minutes to eight. He has his first class at eight.
Morning cla... | middle6559.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "To help others."
},
"options": [
"To chat.",
"To make friends.",
"To help others.",
"To show himself."
],
"question": "Why does he set up the QQ group?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
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"an... | If someone asks you, "What do you usually do with your QQ?'' You may say, "I just chat ."
Niu Lianzhong teaches PE in a middle school and he sets up a QQ group. However, his purpose is not to chat or show himself. He doesn't want to do anything for fun, either. He just wants more people to know the QQ group. He hopes... | middle7647.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "be close friends"
},
"options": [
"meet for the first time",
"be close friends",
"be in a social situation",
"be in a formal situation"
],
"question": "Mike kisses a French boy Jim on the cheek, they may _ ."... | Different countries have different greeting customs. Read this article to know more about the greeting customs in different cultures, and make sure you greet people in the right way next time you visit one of these countries.
France
French people greet each other with a handshake, but close friends kiss each other on b... | middle6571.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Banks and shops."
},
"options": [
"Banks and factories.",
"Banks and shops.",
"Schools and computers.",
"Schools and shops."
],
"question": "Where has the programme for remembering eyes been tested?",
"quest... | Soon computers and other machines will be able to remember you by looking at your eyes! The programme works because everyone's eyes are different. So in the future you won't have to remember a number when you want to use a machine or take money out of a bank. You'll just have to look at the machine and it will be able ... | middle952.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "students"
},
"options": [
"parents",
"teachers",
"students",
"friends"
],
"question": "Who does the writer write the passage for?",
"question_type": null
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
... | Going to a new school can be difficult, but this passage will help you in the beginning. Here is something to help you to fit in .
First, take a day to enjoy your school. You won't fit in at school if you don't know the school. Ask for a school map. Try to get to know every corner of your new school. A good school hand... | middle4366.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Fat, oil , salt and sugar."
},
"options": [
"Milk and vitamins.",
"Fruits and sugar",
"Vegetables and salt.",
"Fat, oil , salt and sugar."
],
"question": "According to the doctors' advice, what does junk food in... | Teenagers shouldn't eat too much junk food.
Teenagers shouldn't eat food with too much salt. Salt can cause high blood pressure in the future.
Teenagers should eat food with less fat, oil and sugar.
Teenagers need to eat some fruits and vegetables every day. Fruits and vegetates are rich in vitamins and have little fat... | middle5078.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "she looks young and small"
},
"options": [
"she looks very common",
"she is too young",
"she doesn't sing very well",
"she looks young and small"
],
"question": "Many record companies refused to co-operate wit... | Angela Chang didn't know it would be so hard to turn singing into a career . She went to many different record companies. But she was always _ for looking too young and small.
"I'd never had such difficulties before," Chang said. But Chang's talent was finally accepted in 2002. When she got a piece of work, she crie... | middle2717.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "She had to earn money to pay for her sister's study."
},
"options": [
"She did not want to",
"He always thought of her maths and science first.",
"She had to earn money to pay for her sister's study.",
"She thought it m... | She was a poor girl who worked to get money to pay for her lessons. She became the famous woman scientist of her time. That's the story of Marie Curie's life. She didn't mind working and she didn't care about the honors that were given to her in later years.
Marie was born in 1867. Her name was Marie Sklosovska then. S... | middle2071.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "They have difficulty in communicating and understanding each other."
},
"options": [
"They have no house to live in.",
"The boy can't go to school because of money.",
"They have difficulty in communicating and understanding e... | I try to be a good son, but no matter how hard I try, my parents never seem to be satisfied. They think I should eat healthier food, should wear cleaner clothes, and I should get better grades. And according to them, my hair should be shorter, my room should be neater, and my friends should be more polite when they com... | middle4400.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Because the sun there shines a lot."
},
"options": [
"Because they want to breathe fresh air outside.",
"Because there's a fire in the living room.",
"Because they wear heavy clothes all day long.",
"Because the sun the... | You may have heard of the famous saying,"East or West,home is the best."What does the word"home"mean to you? How do you say the word in French? In Chinese? In your language? Although people usually know what the word means,it sometimes has no exact translation.It's not surprising,because the idea of home is different f... | middle7109.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "he felt shy of walking with his father"
},
"options": [
"he thought it pleasant to help his father",
"he told his father a lot about his school",
"he felt proud of his father",
"he felt shy of walking with his father"
... | My father was lame and very short. I was very shy to be seen with my father when I was growing up. When we walked together, he used to put his hand on my arm for balance, and people would stop to watch us. So I didn't like to go out with him. Sometimes my mother left our town to see her sister, and I had to helphim in... | middle6217.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "for the boy to watch"
},
"options": [
"for the ants to live in",
"to get sunlight in",
"to keep the sand clean",
"for the boy to watch"
],
"question": "The family created an ant farm in a glass box because it wa... | I learned about life from an ant farm. When I was seven years old, my family created one. First, we put clean sand in a thin glass box and put the ants into it. Soon they got to work making tunnels. I was amazed that each one knew exactly what to do. With my mom's help, I kept a record of what happened each day and nam... | middle1578.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "A shopkeeper."
},
"options": [
"A bookseller.",
"A shopkeeper.",
"A conductor.",
"A gateman."
],
"question": "What was Joe Brown?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer... | Joe Brown had a shop where he sold meat.One day a woman came into the shop at five to one."I'm sorry I'm late."she said, "I need some more meat for my dinner tonight."Joe had only one piece of meat in his shop.He took it out of the fridge and said:"This is $ 6.50."
"That piece is too small."the woman said, "haven't you... | middle2065.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "twelve"
},
"options": [
"ten",
"eleven",
"twelve",
"thirteen"
],
"question": "Mary is _ years old.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_tex... | My sister Mary is 12 years old. Her birthday is on November 10th. Every year, on the morning of that day, my parents take us to Zig Zag's Clothes Store. There my mother buys some clothes for Mary. Then we go to Huaxing Bookstore. There I buy some CDs for Mary, and my father buys a book for her.
In the afternoon my pare... | middle4414.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "A,B and C"
},
"options": [
"Milk",
"Soybean milk and eggs",
"Some other things",
"A,B and C"
],
"question": "What do people often eat for breakfast?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answe... | We have three meals a day.
In the morning,we have breakfast. It is at about 6 or 7 o'clock. Breakfast should be good. We can have milk,egg,and other things. Some students often have no breakfast. It is very bad for their heath.
In china,lunch is the main meal of the day. It is at about 12 o'clock. It is a big meal. The... | middle4372.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Meat."
},
"options": [
"Nuts.",
"Fruit.",
"Meat.",
"Grass and leaves."
],
"question": "What kind of food must be given to the animals like tigers, lions and bears?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},... | My friend, Victor, is a zoo keeper in the National Zoo. His work is very interesting but it is hard. Sometimes it is dangerous, too. Every morning the zoo keepers have to get up at five to prepare the food for the animals. Each kind of animal is given special food. For example, the lions must be given meat; the deer mu... | middle1785.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a health magazine"
},
"options": [
"a storybook",
"a health magazine",
"a comic book",
"a travel magazine"
],
"question": "The passage is probably taken from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},... | Do you want to live a happier, less stressful life? Try laughing for no reason at all. That's how thousands of people start their day at Laughter Clubs around the world.
The first Laughter Club was started in Mumbai, India, in 1995, by Dr Madan Kataria. "Children laugh about 300 times a day. Adults laugh between 7 and ... | middle3192.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The weather will get better if we can stop global warming."
},
"options": [
"It is too late to stop global warming.",
"Humans have nothing to do with global warming.",
"The weather will get better if we can stop global warmin... | One weekend in May 2015, over 48 centimeters of rain fell in Houston, Texas, USA. Soon the city was covered with water. The rising water rushed into the cars on the roads. There were 16 deaths that weekend.
Changing Weather
The weather is changing. Over the last few years, heavy rains have caused floods in Brazil, Pa... | middle5285.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "after eating"
},
"options": [
"before eating",
"after coughing",
"after eating",
"blowing your nose"
],
"question": "Maybe you needn't wash your hands _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | You-yes, you!-can help keep people from getting sick this flu season. How? It's not too hard. Just take these steps:
*Wash your hands often, especially before eating and after coughing or blowing your nose.
*Keep your coughs to yourself(use a _ instead of your hand).
*Keep your hands out of your eyes, mouth, and nose.
... | middle6954.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "It is about the need to remember old friends."
},
"options": [
"It is about an old Scottish poet.",
"It is about the New Year's Eve.",
"It is about the history of Scotland.",
"It is about the need to remember old friend... | This is a song, and millions of Americans will hear it on New Year's Eve. It is called "Auld Lang Syne" (<<>> ). It is the traditional music played during New Year's celebration. "Auld Lang Syne" is an old Scottish poem. It tells about the need to remember old friends.
The words "auld lang syne" mean "old long since".... | middle7492.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Glasses with small round-frames."
},
"options": [
"Glasses with heavy black frames.",
"Glasses with bright red frames.",
"Glasses with small round-frames.",
"Glasses with small red frames."
],
"question": "What ... | My father is tall and has short gray hair. He wears glasses with heavy black frames . Here is a picture of him from 1968. What a surprise! In the picture, he's 15 years old. He's short and he is wearing glasses with small round frames. He has short blond hair and it's really straight. He is wearing blue jeans and a T-s... | middle563.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "He is a student."
},
"options": [
"He is a doctor.",
"He is a student.",
"He is a bank clerk.",
"He is a guide."
],
"question": "What does Li Ming do?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"ans... | Dear Lily,
Welcome to our school for a visit. I am very glad to tell you how to get to our school. Here is the _ . When you walk out of the station, please turn left, walk on and pass a crossing. You should walk on till the first traffic light and turn right. Then you will find a park on your left side. Walk along the ... | middle6940.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "nobody can tell exactly which the safer way to use a mobile phone is"
},
"options": [
"wearing headsets is a safer way when we communicate with mobile phones",
"nobody can tell exactly which the safer way to use a mobile phone is",... | Do you or someone you know use a mobile phone? In today's world, many people use a mobile phone especially businessmen and businesswomen. These people are an important part of the business world and help our economies develop. In fact in some countries even children and the elderly use mobile phones to keep in touch wi... | middle7486.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Sam really didn't like doing chores."
},
"options": [
"Sam liked doing chores.",
"Sam did chores only on weekends.",
"Sam liked doing chores only on weekends.",
"Sam really didn't like doing chores."
],
"questio... | Sam hated doing chores. And he had many chores. For example,on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays he took out the rubbish. And on weekends he always washed his father's car. He also cleaned his own room once a week. What a chore that was! Sometimes he even had to look after his little sister and brother.
Sam had a foreign... | middle5291.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "A magazine"
},
"options": [
"A magazine",
"A grammar book",
"A dictionary",
"A storybook"
],
"question": "Where does the passage most probably come from?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
... | When I arrived, it was early morning and it was raining. I looked to the east--the sky was becoming grey. I got out of the car, went through a gate and walked along a dark path. There was nothing to see, but I knew it was there.
After about a mile, a stranger appeared beside the path. "Am I going the right way?" I aske... | middle3838.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "23184"
},
"options": [
"23184",
"54613",
"93184",
"99999"
],
"question": "If your friend's number is 76815, your number must be _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answ... | Anybody can learn to count fast if he knows the secret of following trick.
Ask your friend to write any five-figure number on the blackboard. Then you write your five-figure number under it. You choose your figures so that each one with the figure above it will make nine.
Tell your friend to put a third five-figure ... | middle4831.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "tennis"
},
"options": [
"ping-pong",
"tennis",
"basketball",
"baseball"
],
"question": ". Lina is a _ star.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"an... | Lina is a Chinese tennis star. She plays tennis well. She plays tennis every day. She has some tennis rackets and tennis balls. She has lots of healthy food. For breakfast, she has eggs and milk. She usually plays tennis for three hours in the moming. Then she has a big lunch-carrots, rice, fish and meat. After that sh... | middle2298.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "He felt very lonely."
},
"options": [
"He was happy to be with his parents.",
"He enjoyed reading good books there.",
"He was pleased with the woods.",
"He felt very lonely."
],
"question": "How did the writer f... | When I was a child, my parents often took me to an old house in a thick forest. No other children ever stayed there. I didn't even have the choice of playing with a brother or sister.
I could never understand what the attraction of the house was, even for my parents, who enjoyed nothing better than to sit in silence w... | middle3186.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Last Tuesday."
},
"options": [
"Last Monday",
"Last Tuesday.",
"Las Wednesday",
"Last Thursday"
],
"question": "When did Eric do the survey?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | My name is Eric. I know many students like going to the movies and I'm sure that different people like different kinds of movies . Well ,what kind of movies do you like? Last Monday I went to a school and asked some students about their favorite movies. Here are some of their answers.
Jack, an 11-year-old boy, likes wa... | middle1949.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "David's friend."
},
"options": [
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"David's friend.",
"David's sister.",
"David's classmate."
],
"question": "Who is Karen? _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Dear Karen,
As you probably know, it's my sister Suzie's 16th birthday in a week. We're planning a surprise party for her. Julie's going to pick her up from school as usual on Friday but she's not taking her home. She's bringing her to the Palace Hotel, the big modern one near the station. We're having a meal there and... | middle1791.txt |
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},
"options": [
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"Geoffrey Nunberg believes Netspeakers can write Standard English.",
"D... | My summer hols wr CWOT. B4, WE USED 2go 2 NY 2C my bro, his GF & thr 3 :-@ KIDS FTF. ILNY, its gr8.
Can you understand this sentence? If you can't, don't feel too bad: neither could the middle school teacher in England who received this as homework. This is Netspeak: the language of computerized communication found on ... | middle4819.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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],
"question": "From the passage we know that Rico is good at _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_question... | Rico is a dog who lives in Germany . His owners trained him from a young age to find his toys. When they say the name of a certain toy, Rico can find it. In fact, he seems to know the names of 200 toys!
Some researchers in Germany wanted to test Rico. They put his toys in a room and then told him to go in the room and ... | middle1961.txt |
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"question": "John drove to the doctor's _ .",
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"answer": {
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... | John sent for a doctor because his wife was ill. He called the doctor and made sure they would meet at five. He arrived at the doctor's at twenty to five. He thought, "It's a little bit earlier. I'll wait for a moment. It's good to keep the time."
Then he stopped his car in front of the doctor's. He looked around and s... | middle6968.txt |
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},
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"Only foreigners go there.",
"It shows some changes in Beijing.",
"It shows the life of old Beijing people."
],
"qu... | If you come to Beijing, there are many interesting places to go. Lao She Teahouse is one of them. People built Lao She Teahouse in 1988. It is a special place in Beijing to show the life of old Beijing people in old times. It got its name from the famous writer ----Lao She.
'Remembering the past' is the idea of the tea... | middle3810.txt |
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},
"options": [
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"At 6:30.",
"At 7:00.",
"At 7:30."
],
"question": "What time does Mr Li often get up on Sundays?",
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},
{
"answer": {
"a... | Mr Li is an office worker. He likes to tell us about his weekends. He often gets up at half past six on Sundays. He has breakfast first. Then he goes to the park near his home. He runs for about half an hour in the park. Then he goes to the bookshop to have a look at new books. He likes reading books. In the afternoon,... | middle3804.txt |
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"answer_text": "shouldn't write your password on the card."
},
"options": [
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"can let your best friend see your password",
"shouldn't tell the bank that you lose your card.",
"shouldn't use ... | Lots of people get money from ATMs. If you don't know how to use an ATM, read the instructions carefully.
Put your card into the machine.
Look at the screen. Input your _ into the machine.
Input how much money you want on the screen of the machine. Then press "OK".
Get the money from the machine. If you want, you ca... | middle1975.txt |
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"answer_text": "An American writer."
},
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"A famous artist.",
"An American writer.",
"A traveler."
],
"question": "Who' s Mark Twain? _",
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},
{
"an... | Mark Twain, the famous American writer, was traveling in France. Once he was going by train to Dijon. That afternoon he was very tired and wanted to sleep, so he asked the conductor to wake him up when they came to Dijon. But first he explained that he was a very heavy sleeper. "I'll probably protest loudly when you tr... | middle239.txt |
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"answer_text": "To ask the residents to follow the rules."
},
"options": [
"To list the services offered by the Association.",
"To make an advertisement for the flats.",
"To ask the residents to follow the rules.",
"To warn people agai... | All residents: Rules for living in Parkrise Flats
We all want to live comfortably and safely here, so here are a few simple rules which we think all residents should follow.
Rubbish
Rubbish collection is on Tuesdays. Please do not leave rubbish bags out before Tuesday as birds and animals can break into them and they s... | middle3151.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "She wanted to play tennis."
},
"options": [
"She wanted to study stars.",
"She wanted to study science.",
"She wanted to play tennis.",
"She wanted to do researches."
],
"question": "What did Sally Ride want to ... | Sally Ride was born in California in 1951. She was the first American woman to travel into space. She loved to play tennis and wanted to be a tennis player when she was young. But after three months' professional training, she changed her mind. She went to Stanford University and started to study science. She studied ... | middle5520.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "studies on brains between two sexes"
},
"options": [
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"differences between men and women",
"studies on brains between two sexes",
"studies on white matter and grey matter"
],
"qu... | Do you know that women's brains are smaller than men's? Normally the women's brain weighs 10% less than men's. Since research has shown that the bigger the brain, the cleverer the animal, men must be more intelligent than women. Right? Wrong. Men and women always score similarly on intelligence tests, despite the diff... | middle1746.txt |
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"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The mobile phone can also cause hearing problems if we don't use it correctly."
},
"options": [
"Scientists tell young people to turn off their MP3 players.",
"Teenagers will lose their hearing if they listen to hundreds of songs i... | "Millions of young people will lose their hearing in five years if they listen to MP3 or MP4 players at a too high voice every day," scientists say recently.
Do you often listen to MP3 players at a too high voice? Are you frightened to hear this?
The sizes of MP3 players are very small, but small MP3 players make it ea... | middle8004.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "A worker."
},
"options": [
"Sports lover.",
"A farmer.",
"A worker.",
"In good health."
],
"question": "What does Mr Ling do?",
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},
{
"answer": {
"answer_ind... | Mr Ling lives in China. He worked in a factory and last year he retired. His wife died five years ago and his son works in Japan. He always has sports and he is in good health.
One day his son called him and asked him to have a journey to Tokyo. He was very happy. He was afraid to travel by plane and took the ship.
On ... | middle7337.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "the school only had a girls' dancing group"
},
"options": [
"the school only had a girls' dancing group",
"the school didn't allow boys to dance",
"the group had enough dancers already",
"he was not a good dancer"
]... | Last summer, 15-year-old Bob had a problem. Like a lot of children, Bob was interested in doing many things. He liked dancing most and wanted to join a dancing group. But Bob's high school didn't have a boys' dancing group but a girls' group. He tried to join the girls' group. And he made it.
Bob thought his problem wa... | middle6997.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "telling stories to him"
},
"options": [
"carrying him everywhere",
"making faces and singing to him",
"feeding him",
"telling stories to him"
],
"question": "When looking after his younger brother, the writer di... | Five years ago, my mother gave birth to a brother for me when I was 8. I have learned a lot from getting along with him.
After he was born, I almost became a babysitter. I had to _ him after school. I would make faces and sing to him when he was crying. Sometimes I even carried him everywhere in our yard to refresh him... | middle7451.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because Tommy's grades were dropping recently."
},
"options": [
"Because Tommy was late for school that day.",
"Because Tommy did well on his schoolwork.",
"Because Tommy's grades were dropping recently.",
"Because Tomm... | I called a meeting with the parents of my student, Tommy. I wanted to talk with them about his schoolwork and behaviour .Tommy was always an excellent student. How could I make his father and mother believe that their recent separation made his grades bad.?
Tommy's mother came in and sat down. Then his father arrived.... | middle1020.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "It's a movie."
},
"options": [
"It's a kind of 3D projector.",
"It's a kind of 3D TV set.",
"It's a movie.",
"It's an animal."
],
"question": "What is Avatar?",
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},
{
... | Have you seen Avatar? It's a popular 3D movie, and you may have to wear a special pair of glasses - 3D glasses, to see it. The 3D glasses make the images from the movie look as if they are coming straight at you.
3D movies are really exciting to watch. More and more 3D movies are coming to theaters. Some say that 3D TV... | middle2529.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Because she thinks her roommates always look down her."
},
"options": [
"Because she always thinks differently from others.",
"Because she thinks her roommates always look down her.",
"Because the condition of her dorm is ver... | Mei Qiyue, 13, of Chongqing, leaves her dorm early every morning and doesn't return until late at night. She feels stressed in the dorm. "My roommates look down on me. When I say something, they never agree with me. Sometimes, they even laugh at me together," said Mei. "The dorm is like hell. I want to leave the momen... | middle5246.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "American girls"
},
"options": [
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"an American girl",
"American girls",
"American girl"
],
"question": "The twins are _ .",
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},
{
"answer": {
... | I'm a Chinese girl. At school I have two good friends. Their names are Lucy and Lily. They are Americans. They are twins. They're eleven. They are good girls. Miss Gao is our English teacher. She is a good teacher. We like her very much. She likes us very much, too.
We go to school at seven in the morning. At four o'cl... | middle3637.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "see his teacher"
},
"options": [
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"see his teacher",
"get his school bag",
"ask some questions"
],
"question": "The writer went to the teacher's office to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_que... | One day after school, I went to the teacher's office to see my teacher, but nobody was there. As I was about to leave, I noticed a piece of paper on the floor. I picked it up and saw the words "FINAL-TERM EXAMINATION" at the top. I put the paper into my school bag secretly and ran out of the room.
After I came back hom... | middle5252.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "on August 18"
},
"options": [
"on August 18",
"on August 19",
"on August 17",
"on August 20"
],
"question": "If anyone has the newspaper of today, he will get a gift _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_question... | August 14, 2002
#The biggest shopping center KRF will open on August 18. Everyone with Today's newspaper will get a small gift. You are welcome.
Address: No. 6 Bridge Street
#English Newspaper, is looking for good English speakers as editors. He should study news in college. He will get $8,000 a year. Please send you a... | middle3623.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "some people choose a team to support as their parents do"
},
"options": [
"friends always choose different teams to support.",
"only 32 cities in America have their own football teams",
"some people choose a team to support a... | The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league with 32 teams in. How does one choose which team to support? Some people choose the team of their hometown, or where they now live, or the team that their parents or their friends follow.[:ZXXK]
A boy student from Oklahoma wrote a letter to e... | middle7445.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "read books"
},
"options": [
"repair a basket",
"do farm work",
"wake up his grandson",
"read books"
],
"question": "The grandfather got up early to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"a... | An old farmer lived with his little grandson. Every day the farmer got up early to read books.
One day the grandson asked, "Grandpa! I want to read books just like you, but I don't understand them. What are the advantages of reading?" The grandfather said, "Take this litter basket to the river and bring me back a baske... | middle1034.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "to make the unwanted gifts useful"
},
"options": [
"to make the unwanted gifts useful",
"to help people learn to think carefully",
"to save money from it",
"to make money for themselves."
],
"question": "The com... | To protect the environment, we are on the way. Here are a few things we can do.
Unwanted gifts? Give them away!
Have you ever received a gift that you didn't like? Did you throw it away? If so, you can have another choice now. Two British companies hopes people will give away their unwanted gifts to them. And they will... | middle1752.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "went to buy something"
},
"options": [
"had nothing to do",
"went out for a walk",
"went to buy something",
"went to see the man"
],
"question": "Last Sunday, an old woman _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_qu... | An old lady went to the shop last Sunday. She passed a bank and saw a car near the door. A man got out of it and went into the bank. She looked into the car. The keys were in the lock .
The old lady took the keys and followed the man into the bank. The man took a gun out of the pocket and said to the clerk, "Give me al... | middle8010.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "read the stories about exhibits and benefactors"
},
"options": [
"organize activities like special shows and talks",
"learn about the interests of all age groups",
"read the stories about exhibits and benefactors",
"wal... | Do you enjoy visiting a museum? Did you ever make a plan before a visit? Every museum must have something that attracts you. And there are many possible ways to enjoy yourself in a museum. If you follow these steps below, you'll know what is worth seeing and doing, so that you can make the most of your time at the muse... | middle7323.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "23 percent"
},
"options": [
"9 percent",
"23 percent",
"4.7 percent",
"10 percent"
],
"question": "According to the survey, how many American teenagers smoked in 2000?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
... | A recent survey showed that only 9 percent of teens in the United States smoke cigarettes.That's down from 23 percent in 2000.While this is good news for the US's overall health, tobacco use is still a problem.
Cigarettes can cause many diseases, such as cancer ,lung cliscases and heart problems.Although they know abou... | middle5534.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Seven."
},
"options": [
"Three.",
"Four.",
"Five.",
"Seven."
],
"question": "How many kinds of animals are mentioned in the passage?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,... | Come and see the Indian elephants and the new tigers form Northeast of China. The beautiful birds from England are ready to sing songs for you, and the monkeys from Mount Emei will be happy to talk to you. The lovely dogs from Australia want to laugh at you. Sichuan pandas will play balls for you. The giraffes from Afr... | middle6015.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "this Thursday"
},
"options": [
"this Sunday",
"this Saturday",
"this Friday",
"this Thursday"
],
"question": "Bill's birthday is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"an... | Sam: Hey, Maria and John. This Thursday is Bill's birthday. Let's think about the presents.
Maria: Sure, Sam. I want to give him a computer game.
Sam: No, Bill never plays computer games.
John: I want to buy a CD of his favourite songs.
Sam: Good idea. Bill likes listening to music.
Maria: How about buying a birthday c... | middle2273.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "England"
},
"options": [
"America",
"France",
"Germany",
"England"
],
"question": "The story happened in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"a... | Mr. and Mrs. Turner live outside a small town. They have a big farm and they are always busy working on it. Their son, Peter, studied at a middle school. The young man studied hard and did well in his lessons. It made them happy.
Last month Peter finished middle school and passed the entrance examination . Mrs. Turner... | middle2515.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "an English lesson"
},
"options": [
"an English lesson",
"a long meeting",
"a big meal",
"a good time"
],
"question": "One day, the students are having _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | One day, in an English class, the students are doing their lessons. Their teacher, a young woman, is very happy. She sings some nice songs with them and then she goes to the blackboard and writes "SMILES" on it.
"This is the longest word in English, " she says to the class.
A girl stands up and says, "It has only six l... | middle6773.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "playing basketball"
},
"options": [
"singing",
"playing basketball",
"dancing",
"drinking"
],
"question": "The boys are _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index... | It' s Sunday morning. There are many people in the park, some boys are playing basketball. There are some girls under a big tree. They' re singing and dancing. What are those women doing? They are drinking tea. Look at the woman in a blue coat. Who' s she? She' s my mother. She is talking to Edward. Edward is her stu... | middle588.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "have breakfast"
},
"options": [
"have a drink",
"have breakfast",
"drive cars",
"wait for buses"
],
"question": "In the morning, some people in London are really busy, they don't _ .",
"question_type": "c... | In London, everyone is busy in the early morning. Some are running to the stations, buses and cars. Some are stopping only to drink a cup of coffee. They usually have no time for breakfast. At about eight thirty, one after another, the shops open for business .Taxis and buses are running in the streets. People work bus... | middle7479.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "People have different traditional foods to celebrate different festivals."
},
"options": [
"People have different traditional foods to celebrate different festivals.",
"New Year begins from January 10\nthin Japan",
"In France... | Around the world, people have different traditional foods to celebrate different festivals. Traditional foods also show a new year of good luck and good health:
An English Christmas dinner has a meal of turkey, and it also includes pies and plum puddings . In Germany, Christmas is celebrated with bread, cookies and cak... | middle6767.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "changes a lot"
},
"options": [
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"changes a lot",
"is \"wonderful or smart\"",
"is \"new and surprising\""
],
"question": "The meaning of the word \"cool\" _ .",
"question_type": "cloz... | "Cool" is a word with many meanings. It means a little cold at first. As time changes, the word gets many different meanings. We can use "cool" when we talk about something wonderful or somebody looking smart. For example. When you see a beautiful and expensive car in the street, you can say, "It is cool." You may thin... | middle1008.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "egg"
},
"options": [
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"salt",
"water",
"egg"
],
"question": "What is NOT necessary when we are making chocolate?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_in... | Do you like eating chocolate? Companies spend millions of dollars on tools and machines to make chocolate. With a little ingredients, however, you can turn your kitchen into a chocolate factory. Today we will teach the Cocoa Powder Method , it is easier for beginners. Try it and make your own homemade chocolate.
Here ... | middle2501.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Rose's"
},
"options": [
"Rose's",
"David's",
"Rose's mother's",
"David's mother's"
],
"question": "Whose birthday is it?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answe... | David is eight. One day his friend Rose says to him, "This Sunday is my birthday. Can you come to my birthday party?" David says, "Yes".
On Sunday, David asks his mother if he can go to the party. His mother says, "Yes, you can go, but you must be polite. Don't ask for any food. They will give you some." "All right, Mu... | middle4170.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "test who his true friends are"
},
"options": [
"sit on in the school",
"be his birthday present",
"test who his true friends are",
"play games with his friends at school"
],
"question": "Mario's grandpa gave him... | A boy called Mario had many friends, and he was proud of it. Whoever he met, he would like to show off how popular he was at school.
One day, his grandpa said to him, "Mario, I know that you don't have as many friends as you think. Many of them are not true to you."
Mario thought maybe his grandpa was right. However, ... | middle3179.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "in a cold winter"
},
"options": [
"on a rainy day",
"in a cold winter",
"when the husband lost his work",
"when the wife saw her husband's diary."
],
"question": "The couple moved out of their house _ .",
... | In a cold winter, a couple had to move out of their big house because fo bankruptcy . The husband worked day and night but with no care of his wife. SO she thought, " He doesn't love me any more , he just thinks about his work."
One day, she wanted to take a shower , but her husband stopped her at the door. "Let me ta... | middle4616.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "He was quite successful as a farmer."
},
"options": [
"He was the richest in his village.",
"He was unable to feed his family.",
"He loved daughters more than sons.",
"He was quite successful as a farmer."
],
"q... | Many years ago, there lived an old man with his three sons, Dharma, Harrison and Keith, in a village. The man worked hard when he was young, son he had the largest farmyard and the most beautiful house in the village. However, his sons were all born to be lazy, which mad him disappointed. He was worried that his sons w... | middle5508.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "a science report"
},
"options": [
"a science report",
"a car advertisement",
"a rubbing introduction",
"a chemistry programme"
],
"question": "This text is most probably _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_quest... | Have you ever rubbed your hands together when they get cold? Why do we do that? We do that for _ . Friction happens when two things that aren't very smooth rub together to make heat energy. The faster you rub two things together, the more friction ( and heat) you can make. Let's discover friction!
WHAT YOU'LL NEED
*Soa... | middle2267.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "12"
},
"options": [
"7",
"9",
"10",
"12"
],
"question": "David Copperfield was the youngest member of the Society of American Magicians when he was _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"a... | Choose the best answer (,):
David Copperfield is one of the world's most famous magicians . He became the youngest member of the Society of American Magicians when he was 12. Now he is famous all over the world. In 1983, he made the Statue of Liberty in New York disappear for a few minutes. In 1986, Copperfield f... | middle6001.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Basketball."
},
"options": [
"Soccer.",
"Ping-pong.",
"Volleyball.",
"Basketball."
],
"question": "What sport does David play every day?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | My name is David. I'm 23and I'm a middle school teacher. I go to the school at 7:30 in the morning. I like sports. I play basketball every day.
My name is Jake Smith. I'm in China with my kids . I have a daughter and a son. My daughter Lisa is in Huangzhou Middle School. She likes yellow and white. My son Eric is only ... | middle7306.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "7:00"
},
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"6:30",
"7:00",
"7:30"
],
"question": "Sandra goes to school at _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_tex... | Sandra usually gets up at six in the morning. She usually has breakfast at six thirty. She goes to school at around seven o'clock. School starts at seven thirty.
Sandra learns many subjects at school: math, English, science, history, art, music and PE. Her favorite subject is music. It's relaxing, and the music teacher... | middle8035.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "India"
},
"options": [
"India",
"America",
"Britain",
"China"
],
"question": "The first Laughter Club was started in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index":... | Do you want to live a happier, less stressful life? Try laughing for no reason at all. That's how millions of people start their day at Laughter Clubs around the world and many doctors now think that having a good laugh might be one of the best ways to stay healthy.
The first Laughter Club was started in Mumbai, Indi... | middle1777.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Deng Xiaoping."
},
"options": [
"Deng Xiaoping.",
"Hu Jintao.",
"Mao Zedong.",
"Jiang Zemin."
],
"question": "Do you know who mentioned \"on country, two systems\" according to the passage?",
"question_type"... | 1. The family planning policy ("") was introduced in 1979 to solve the population problems. Most couples could have only one child except some special families and those in some special areas.
2. Usually, all around good student, which was called "thricegood", was given to the students who were virtuous , talented and... | middle6018.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Scientists."
},
"options": [
"Scientists.",
"Astronauts.",
"Engineers.",
"Directors."
],
"question": "What do Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris do?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"an... | We usually believe what our brain tells us, but there are some amazing facts which show that the brain tricks us. As a result, we think we can see something that is not actually there or we ignore things that actually are there.
Scientists Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris have researched this phenomenon , which th... | middle5511.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "share their feelings with their teens."
},
"options": [
"invite their teens' friends home.",
"leave their teens' problems alone.",
"share their feelings with their teens.",
"pay little attention to their teens' daily li... | Teens want structure in their lives, which means they want their lives well-planned. To begin building structure, teens need love and trust. They need to know their parents arc there to give them needed love and support .Teens want to be sure that nothing can prevent parents from shouldering their responsibility for t... | middle3160.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "It's a good place to do some shopping."
},
"options": [
"It's a good place to do some shopping.",
"People can learn about the history of a place there.",
"People can learn about science there.",
"It's a good place to le... | What is a museum? A museum is a good place to keep old and beautiful things. A museum may be a place to learn about science and a place to find out about art or people or animals.
What is inside a museum? Some museums have old cars and airplanes. Many museums have pictures and statues . Others have rocks and old bones.... | middle4169.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "On almost every part of the body"
},
"options": [
"On head",
"On almost every part of the body",
"On lips",
"On palms"
],
"question": "Where can hair be seen?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
... | When you think of your hair, you probably think of the hair on your head. But there's hair on almost every part of your body. (some places that don't have hair include the lips, the palms of the hands ,and the soles of the feet.)
Some of the hair on your body is easy to see, like your eyebrows and the hair on your head... | middle3606.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Mystery of Monarch butterflies"
},
"options": [
"Family of Monarch butterflies",
"Mystery of Monarch butterflies",
"Monarch butterflies' birthplace",
"Monarch butterflies' winter home"
],
"question": "The best t... | Monarch butterflies from eastern Canada make the most amazing journey in the insect world. Each year, this butterfly travels about 3000miles to its winter home in central Mexico . How can it fly so far? And why does it make this long and dangerous trip? Scientists still don't have an answer.
For many years, people in M... | middle5277.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "an American"
},
"options": [
"a Chinese",
"an Englishmans",
"a worker",
"an American"
],
"question": "Mr Smith is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
... | Mr Smith is a teacher of English.He comes from America.He teaches English in China.He speaks Chinese quite well.
He reads a lot of books and his wife often writes books for the students at home.Mr Smith gets up at five in the morning.He leaves home at ten to six.He begins the first lesson at 8:00.He teaches English eve... | middle585.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "helps deaf people"
},
"options": [
"is developed by a deaf person",
"helps deaf people",
"now has 150,000 users",
"creates hand signs"
],
"question": "The app FIVE _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
... | What can technology do to make the world better? Three young people are starting new businesses to answer the question.
Eighteen-year-old Mach was the youngest person in Poland to receive money from others to develop his company. He started FIVE, a mobile messaging app , for deaf people. The app lets deaf people create... | middle7460.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "using it"
},
"options": [
"writing",
"using it",
"listening",
"learning grammar"
],
"question": "The writer thinks that the best way for you to learn a language is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
... | The best way of learning a language is using it .The best way of learning English is talking in English as much as possible. Sometimes you'll get your words mixed up ( )and people will not understand you .Sometimes people will say things too quickly and you can't understand them. But if you keep your sense of humor ,y... | middle591.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "While listening to an uninteresting talk."
},
"options": [
"During a very interesting movie.",
"While playing at a fun park.",
"While listening to an uninteresting talk.",
"When making a movie."
],
"question": "... | It is said that all dreams serve a purpose . While there is no agreement among scientists about why we dream, there are many ideas about the different kinds of dreams we have.
One common kind of dream is the repeating dream, in which the same story is repeated again and again, often for many months or even years. Some ... | middle1005.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "In the newspaper."
},
"options": [
"In the newspaper.",
"Somebody told her.",
"On TV.",
"On radio."
],
"question": "Where did Fanny get the ad.? _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer"... | Dear Sir,
I read your ad in the newspaper yesterday. I'm writing to tell you I'd like to work as a volunteer for the 2008 Olympics. My name is Fanny. I am 16. I study in No.46 Middle School from September, 2002. I love sports , and table tennis is my favorite . I can speak English very well and I am quite healthy. If I... | middle7474.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Human beings"
},
"options": [
"Human beings",
"Animals",
"Plants",
"People in other planets"
],
"question": "_ have made the earth change a lot.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": ... | The earth is about 4,600 million years old. Modern man has lived on the earth for only 35,000 years, but during that time, we have changed our planet in many ways. Many of the things that we have done are good, but more are not good for the earth.
Water pollution
A lot of people, birds and fish die each day because of ... | middle3612.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "\"pinyin\""
},
"options": [
"\"pinyin\"",
"letters",
"words",
"spelling"
],
"question": "We use _ to show how to read the Chinese characters.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {... | China is a country with a long history. It has great traditional culture, especially Chinese characters. Chinese characters usually have more than one meaning and some of them are very interesting. Here are six ones. We use "pinyin" here because "pinyin" is the Chinese spelling way for the characters. For example, "fu"... | middle5505.txt |
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