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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "winter" }, "options": [ "spring", "summer", "autumn", "winter" ], "question": "According to the passage, many people think _ is the best time to visit Quebec.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, ...
Canada is famous for its winter lifestyle, for the season lasts half the year there. A great example of this is the Quebec Winter Carnival . Quebec is an old city with beautiful historic building, and many agree that winter is the best time to visit. The city comes alive in the snow, especially during the winter festiv...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "northeast" }, "options": [ "southeast", "northwest", "northeast", "southwest" ], "question": "Alcott grew up in the _ of the US.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "ans...
Today we tell about Louisa May Alcott. She wrote . In 1868, an American publisher asked Louisa May Alcott to write a book for girls. At first, she was not sure if she wanted to do it. She said she didn't like girls. However, she decided to write the book finally. She told about her experiences growing up in the northea...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Canada" }, "options": [ "China", "Canada", "Korea", "Japan" ], "question": "_ celebrates the Thanksgiving Day like the U.S.A. .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_i...
In the United States, every year, Thanks-giving Day is on the fourth Thursday in November. Because Canada is on the north of the United States, and is colder, the harvest comes earlier in the year. In Canada, people have Thanksgiving Day on the second Monday in October. The harvest brings a lot of food to the people. ...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "in the afternoon" }, "options": [ "in the morning", "in the afternoon", "in the evening", "at night" ], "question": "Jim and Peter meet _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { ...
Jim: Good afternoon, Peter! Peter: Good afternoon, Jim! Jim: Do you like computer games? Peter: Yes, I do. Jim: Let's play computer games. Peter: That sounds good, but I don't have a computer. Do you have one? Jim: No, I don't. But I have a TV. What about watching TV? Peter: No, it's boring. Let's play tennis. I have t...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "A simple act of care will bring more happiness than you can imagine." }, "options": [ "Few people don't know that a simple act of care will bring a lot of happiness.", "A simple act of care will bring more happiness than you can im...
The weather was perfect. We were just out for a picnic. When lunch time came, we decided to go and get something to eat, and meet back on the grass. Susan and I headed for a hot dog stand . We watched the seller put together the hot dog. But when Susan took out her money, the man surprised us. "It looks a little ov...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "there is no man" }, "options": [ "there is a man", "there is a woman", "there are a lot of people", "there is no man" ], "question": "On the moon _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "ans...
When we look at the moon through a telescope , we can see lines and circles . People used to think that this was the moon's face and that there was a man in the moon! This is not true. There is no man in the moon. What do we know about the moon? First of all, the moon is much smaller than the earth. Days and nights on...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "a student" }, "options": [ "a teacher", "14", "a student", "an actor" ], "question": "Joan is _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text...
My name is Joan. I'm a student. I'm fifteen. My dad and mom are teachers. I have a sister. Her name is Lily. She is sixteen.She is a student,too.We are from Canada, but we are in Beijing now. Look! The man in a white coat is my dad. The woman in a red dress is my mom.The girl in a pink skirt is Lily and I'm in a yello...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Four." }, "options": [ "Three.", "Four.", "Five.", "Six." ], "question": "How many ways of traveling are mentioned in the passage?", "question_type": null }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, ...
Traveling is very interesting. Many people love traveling. There are many ways to travel: by plane, by train, by ship or by car. Everyone has their favorite way. Greg:My favorite way of traveling is by car. I can bring my pet dog along. I can travel three hundred miles or only fifty miles a day. I can stop at a good re...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "May is" }, "options": [ "May is", "Dick is", "May is as old as Dick", "Dick's brother is." ], "question": "Which child is younger? _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "...
Dick is seven years old, and his sister May is five. One day, their mother takes them to their aunt' s house to play and she goes to the town to buy some new clothes. The children play for an hour, then at half past four their aunt takes Dick into the kitchen. She gives him a nice cake and a knife and says to him, "Now...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Because they tried to keep themselves from the rain." }, "options": [ "Because the daughter loved the place.", "Because they liked walking there so much.", "Because they tried to keep themselves from the rain.", "Becaus...
We went into a secondhand shop to get out of the rain. I took my 6-year-old daughter's hand and we started to walk around. Suddenly she reached out her hand to touch a pair of shiny black shoes. "Buy for me?" she asked. "Oh, Sweetie, they are tap dancing shoes. You aren't taking tap dance." "Buy for me?" she repeated...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "nothing" }, "options": [ "anything", "nothing", "gold coins", "some anthills" ], "question": "The man might get _ from the field before he found the snake.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { ...
Once upon a time, there was a poor man. One day, after working for hours, he had a rest under a tree in the middle of the field. Just then, he saw a terrible snake coming out of an anthill . The man thought that the snake might be the god of the field. He did not give it anything, so he could not get anything from the ...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "bought a box of chocolates" }, "options": [ "bought some stamps", "bought a box of chocolates", "had a good meal", "bought a ticket to a film" ], "question": "Tom _ with the two pounds.", "question_type":...
Children always did not do what their parents wanted them to do. They did the things in their own ways. But they always made their parents very happy. Old Mr. Brown had a little son named Tom. He was ten years old. He was very happy when his father wanted him to buy something for him. One day at five o'clock in the aft...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "5." }, "options": [ "1.", "3.", "5.", "4." ], "question": "How many Disney theme parks were there in the world at the end of 2005?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answe...
Hong Kong Disneyland opened its door to the public on September 12, 2005. It's the first Disneyland in China as well as the cheapest on in the world. Ticket prices have also been set for Hong Kong Disneyland, the fifth theme park in the world. On weekdays, adults will pay 295 HK dollars, children aged between 3 and ...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Anhui and hubei" }, "options": [ "Anhui and hubei", "Beijing and Anhui", "the history book", "the literature and novls" ], "question": ".Beijing Opera's singing is from _ .", "question_type": "cloze_quest...
Beijing Opera is also called Peking Opera.. It came into being after 1790 when the famous four Anhui opera troupe came to Beijing. Its music and singing came from Xipi and Er-huang in Anhui and Hubei. Its costtumes are all fascinating and artistic.It is the highest expression of the Chinese culture. It's full of fam...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Because it was full of memories with his wife." }, "options": [ "Because it was very expensive.", "Because it was full of memories with his wife.", "Because it was a gift from his first child.", "Because it had been wit...
Joe was an old man. The 75-year-old lived very happily in a village and had a beautiful family. Joe had four grandchildren, and they visited him during their holidays. During one vacation, Joe was preparing his home for the kids: cleaning and buying their favorite foods. After he finished working, he realized he lost h...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "a newspaper" }, "options": [ "a newspaper", "a story", "a science book", "a guide book" ], "question": "The above job ads are probably from _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": {...
Are you working hard? Do you like to Do you like to talk with people? Do you like to meet people? If your answer is "Yes", then we write stories? If you want to work for our have a job for you as a waiter. magazine as a reporter, please call Karen at Call AL Hotel at 556779 558366 (3)HEL...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "She is eleven." }, "options": [ "She is eleven.", "She is twelve.", "She is ten.", "She is nine." ], "question": "How old is Wang Fang?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "...
Look at the girl. She is eleven. Her name is Wang Fang. I am eleven, too. My name is Kate. Wang Fang and I are good friends. She is in Class 1, Grade 7. She is Number 8 in Row 5. I am in Class 1, Grade 7, too. I am Number 9 in Row 6. We are at school today.
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "In 2002" }, "options": [ "In 2000", "In 2001", "In 2002", "In 2003" ], "question": "When was Wang xiaojun born?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, ...
Wang Xiaojun is twelve years old.He lives in the country in Hubei.Today is his birthday.His parents prepare a nice dinner for him, but the boy says,"I won't have the dinner , today is over, and my parents are going to Shenzhen tomorrow.I don't want to let them go. Wang Xiaojun has the birthday with his parents for the ...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "he was a football fan" }, "options": [ "he was easy to get ill", "he was a football fan", "his father was a football player", "his mother was worried about him" ], "question": "The writer played football in the ...
When I was a boy, I was a football fan. I played football with some other boys in the backyard all the time. My mom was worried that I would get ill in the hot summer. One day my brother gave me a new football. I came into the yard and played it excitedly. But suddenly, the ball flew through the window and nearly hit m...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "at the end of the term" }, "options": [ "at the end of the term", "in the middle of the term", "at the beginning of the term", "at the beginning of the school year" ], "question": "This story most probably took ...
A teacher stood in front of his history class of twenty students just before handing out the final exam. His students sat quietly and waited for him to speak. "It's been a pleasure teaching you this term," he said. "You've all worked very hard, so I have a pleasant surprise for you. Everyone who chooses not to take th...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "exercise" }, "options": [ "drink", "sleep", "exercise", "have mind" ], "question": "In the passage, the writer tells us that we all need to _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": {...
All the people know that exercise is important. We all need to exercise. Doctors say it is good for us. It makes your heart and body strong. Children who often exercise are more alert . It is healthy for the mind and the body. This means they do better in tests and schoolwork than those who don't exercise. There are ma...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "He is an English teacher." }, "options": [ "He is Mr. Black's friend.", "He is Linda's husband.", "He is an English teacher.", "He has a daughter and a son." ], "question": "What is Bill Jones?", "question_t...
I am Bill Jones. I am a teacher of English. My wife is Linda Jones. She is a nurse. We have a daughter and a son. We have many friends. Look! These are my friends. This is Mr. Black. He is a worker. He works in a shoe factory He makes shoes there. That's Mrs. Black. She is a worker on a farm near here. The girl is thei...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Bob's teacher" }, "options": [ "Bob's teacher", "Bob's friends", "Bob's father", "Bob's mother" ], "question": "Who taught Bob new words in the school?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "an...
Bob is six years old.He is old enough to go to school. On the first day,his teacher taught him three words,"I,you,he".Then the teacher said,"I am your teacher.You are my student.He is your student. He is your classmate."When school was over,Bob went home. His mother asked him,"What has your teacher taught you today?"Bo...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "taking photos" }, "options": [ "shopping", "having food", "drinking juice", "taking photos" ], "question": "Girls can do the following things in the first Barbie shop in Shanghai except _ .", "question_t...
Fifty-five years ago Barbie Millicent Roberts first came out in the world of toys. Since then, Barbie doll, as everyone called her, has become the most famous toy doll in history. Her parent, the Mattel Company, said that 90% of all American girls between 3 and 10 have at least one Barbie at home. However, Barbie is fa...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "She takes her grades much too seriously." }, "options": [ "She sets herself a goal too high to reach.", "She should be more polite to her parents.", "She is hard-working but not very bright.", "She takes her grades much...
Reading Oliver James'Affluenza, I thought about what often happens at home. My 12-year-old daughter is in tears."I have so take a test tomorrow. I don't understand any of it," she cries out. After shouting and shutting her door, she calms down enough to go through her notes. The following dry I ask her how the test wen...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "having fun" }, "options": [ "food", "having fun", "playing games", "swimming" ], "question": "The writer's town is the best place of _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { ...
My Town the Best Place to Be! My town is a great place to live in . It's the best place to enjoy your free time. There are three movie theaters in the town. They are all good, but the one nearest my house is the best. Shopping is also easy, There are many shops and most of them are trendy. They sell very fashionable cl...
middle1950.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "lifelong learning becoming more common." }, "options": [ "Rachel Lopez's studying and working experience.", "the education in the United States", "people's life in New York.", "lifelong learning becoming more common." ...
Five years ago, Rachel Lopez graduated from college with a degree in history. Today she works for a large software company. Now twenty-seven, Rachel takes classes twice a week after work. She is learning to use the computer program PowerPoint. "I enjoyed college, but my job doesn't use information I learned when I was ...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "see a film" }, "options": [ "see a film", "buy tickets", "meet his friends", "sell tickets" ], "question": "Tommy goes to the cinema to _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { ...
Tommy buys a ticket and goes in. But after two or three minutes he comes out. He buys a second ticket and goes in again. After a few minutes he comes out again and buys a third ticket. Two or three minutes after that, he comes out a third time and asks for another ticket. Then the girl selling tickets says to him, "Wh...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "he met his wife there" }, "options": [ "it has many water ways", "he met his wife there", "he likes its beauty", "it has lots of cafes" ], "question": "The writer likes Guilin best mainly because _ .", "q...
Guilin is my favorite city in China because of its beauty, its waterways, its cafes, and most of all because I met my wife there. It is her hometown and we will both retire there in a few years. Not only is Guilin a fascinating city, but there are many interesting places to visit within a short drive from there. The Li...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "3%" }, "options": [ "3%", "10%", "11%", "15%" ], "question": "The Chinese government will put a tax of _ on online sales.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index...
Now QQ coins are popular among Chinese teenagers. People use real money to buy Web money. Then they buy clothes for their online characters or services for their online pets with it. And these fancy things will cost QQ fans more in the future. The government will put a tax of 3% on online sales. For example, if QQ ...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Sarah." }, "options": [ "Sarah.", "Jane.", "Peter.", "Mary." ], "question": "Who likes walking?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "...
Sarah is a keen walker. She lives in a big city. When she goes on holiday she likes to walk in the hills. She is looking for new places to go. Jane is keen on music. She also likes reading about the personal life of famous people to find out what they are really like. Peter is going to France next week on business. And...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "7" }, "options": [ "5", "6", "7", "8" ], "question": "How many people are there in Mike's family?", "question_type": null }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "He is reading...
My name is Mike. I have a big family. It's Saturday morning. My grandfather is sitting on the sofa near the window. He is reading the newspaper. My grandmother is taking photos of some flowers in the garden near the house. My father is watching sports games on TV in his bedroom. Basketball games are his favorite but he...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "2" }, "options": [ "2", "4", "6", "8" ], "question": "Dr Bethune work in China for about _ years.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text...
Norman Bethune Born in 1890 in Canada. A doctor Came to China in 1937. Died in 1939 in China. Thomas Edison Born in 1847, Kentucky, USA Made over 1,000 inventions .Died in 1931. Celine Dion Born in Quebec, Canada In 1997, sang the song My Heart Will Go On for the film Titanic A singer. Bill Gates Born in 19...
middle1944.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "His ship had an accident at sea." }, "options": [ "He tried to test his skills to live there.", "His ship had an accident at sea.", "He liked the beauty of this island.", "His friends left him on this island." ], ...
Once a man was shipwrecked on a small, lonely island. There was no one living on this island, so he hoped that someone could come to save him. Every day he watched the sea, but no ships ever appeared. He thought he should do something to save himself. He built a little house out of wood. But one day, he arrived home to...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "30th" }, "options": [ "27th", "28th", "29th", "30th" ], "question": "The 2012 London Olympic Games is the _ Olympic Games.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_inde...
London has held two Olympic Games , in 1908 and 1948, with a third one in 2012. The thirtieth Olympic Games will make London the first city to have held the modern Games of three Olympics and it's the only city in the United Kingdom to have ever held the Olympics. The Games will start on 27 July local time, which is 2...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "a music club" }, "options": [ "a big school", "Miller's shop", "a music club", "a bus stop" ], "question": "Mrs Brown's son works in _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { ...
Mrs Brown goes to see her son in London . Her son works in a music club there . Mrs Brown doesn't know London well . And she can't find her way . She sees a man at a bus stop . She wants to ask the man the way . "Excuse me , but can you help me . please ?Which bus goes to Miller's shop ?" Mrs Brown asked . The man is v...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Common people" }, "options": [ "City cleaners", "Haze producers", "Local governments", "Common people" ], "question": "Which does the writer think should play an important rode in reducing haze?", "question_...
These days haze is around us here and there. In fact,everyone has the power to change their living habits to help reduce it. Many local governments call on their people to take action to make the air cleaner. Transport is one of the biggest contributors to haze. When,where,how,why and what you drive all affect air qual...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "They quickly ran back into their house and locked the door." }, "options": [ "They fought with the creatures by throwing rocks at them.", "They ran into the woods and hid there for several hours.", "They made a big fire to fr...
One day in 1924, five men who were camping in the Cascade Mountains saw a group of huge apelike creatures coming out of the woods. They hurried back to their wooden house and locked themselves inside. While they were in, the creatures threw rocks against the house. Several hours later these strange hairy giants went ba...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "25th December" }, "options": [ "7th January", "8th August", "25th December", "1st April" ], "question": "Leeds Castle is closed on _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "...
Leeds Castle One of the most popular places of interest in Britain Opening times Open all year round except 7th and 8th November and Christmas Day(25th December)2014. 1 April to 30 September 2014 Open:10:30 am--5:30 pm; Gates close at 6pm 1 October 2014 to 31 March 2015 Open:10:30 am--4 pm ; Gates close at 5pm Prices...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "in1949" }, "options": [ "in1949", "in1965", "in1975", "in2014" ], "question": "The book was borrowed out of the library of the high school _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { ...
Have you ever returned a book late to the library before?If so,you may pay a small fine .How much would you have to pay if the book is returned 65years late? A high school in Washington,Us had to deal with such a problem recently.A copy of Gone with the Wind was finally returned to its library 65years late. However,the...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "The Soviet Union sent a total of 9 space stations into space in the 1970s and 1980s." }, "options": [ "Astronauts can never have a chance to eat fresh food when they live in space station.", "The Soviet Union sent a total of 9 spac...
Space travel is nothing new. The first spacecraft with a human was sent up into space in 1961. Since then, people have not only traveled to space, but also many of them have lived there in space stations for some time. The Soviet Union sent the first space station into space in 1971. This space station was called Saly...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "a rich man" }, "options": [ "a driver", "a teacher", "a blind man", "a rich man" ], "question": "Ann's grandpa was _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index":...
Ann's grandpa was very rich and he had some shops. The old man began to learn drawing when he was sixty, and he loved it very much. For twelve years he drew a lot and there were many pictures in his workroom. He was pleased with them and kept them well. One day, the old man was ill. He had to stay in hospital. Before...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "hip-hop music" }, "options": [ "hip-hop music", "country music", "American singers", "dancing" ], "question": "Many basketball players in NBA like _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "an...
Basketball stars become hip-hop singers. It's true. In NBA, hip-hop music is very popular. Many of the players, like Shaquille O'Neal of the Los Angeles Lakers, write rap words when they travel on planes from one city to another. Some of them even have rap radio shows and others perform in music video. When some of...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "chat with each other" }, "options": [ "sell their things", "make money", "chat with each other", "set up their own website" ], "question": "Wechat is used by people can _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questi...
When we talk about instant messaging tool, which will be the first one jump into your mind? If your answer is QQ or MSN, I must say you're a bit old fashioned. Today, Wechat is becoming the most popular text and voice messaging tool all over the world. It has had 700 million registered users all over the world up to ...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "The expression \"play cat and mouse\" usually means \"play tricks on others\"." }, "options": [ "The expression \"a fat cat\" is used to describe someone who is very fat.", "The expression \"play cat and mouse\" usually means \"pla...
Cats are the most popular pets among Americans. So it is not surprising that there are a lot of expressions about cats. Some cats like to catch small birds, like canaries . If someone looks very proud and satisfied with himself, we say "he looks like the cat that ate the canary." Sometimes, a cat likes to play with a ...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Sally." }, "options": [ "Hand.", "Sally.", "Sally Hand.", "Hand Sally." ], "question": "What's the girl's first name?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, ...
Hello! I'm Sally Hand. I'm an English girl. I'm in EEC Middle School. Here's a picture of my room. A bed, a desk and a chair are in it. They are green. A computer is on the desk. Next to the computer is my telephone. It's red. My phone number is 523-6851. I always call my cousin in the evening. He is in China. Can you ...
middle5707.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "he may hurt her" }, "options": [ "he may hurt her", "he was n't going to stop", "he could n't help her", "she did n't have enough money" ], "question": "When the lady saw Bryan,she was worried because she though...
One day a man saw an old lady standing by her expensive car,clearly in need of help.So he stopped his old truck and got out.Although he was smiling,the old lady was worried.Was he going to hurt her ?He didn't look safe. The man could see that she was frightened,so in his friendliest voice he said," I'm here to help you...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Customers had to pay for things in full." }, "options": [ "They could be used everywhere.", "Customers had to pay for things in full.", "They were very popular before the 1920s.", "Everyone could get this kind of credit...
How do you pay for things? Do you usually use cash , or do you like to pay by credit card ? If you are like a lot of people, you probably have at least one credit card. Also, you might use it more often than you probably should. Credit cards first became popular in the 1920s, At that time, businesses, such as hotels an...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Her son drew pictures on the white clean wall." }, "options": [ "Her children fought with each other at home.", "Her daughter didn't look after her son well.", "Her son drew pictures on the white clean wall.", "Her husb...
As soon as the woman got into the house, her eight-year-old daughter told her that her younger brother drew so many pictures on the clean wall of his bedroom and left the white wall in a mess. When the woman heard this, she was angry. "Where's your brother now?" "He's hiding himself in the cupboard in his bedroom." The...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "early and get up early" }, "options": [ "late and get up early", "early and get up late", "early and get up early", "late and get up late" ], "question": "If we want to be healthy and clever, we must go to bed ...
Everyone must go to bed early and get up early, or we won't be healthy and clever.Is this true? Maybe it is.The body must have enough sleep.Children of your age need ten hours'sleep every day.If you don't go to bed early, you won't have enough sleep .Then you can't think properly and can't do your work properly.You wil...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "67538293" }, "options": [ "67538293", "63875629", "64639818", "63986423" ], "question": "If you want to enjoy the sunshine with your friends at the seaside, you can call _ .", "question_type": "cloze_ques...
Trip 1 One week in the Mountains Bring your strong shoes and warm clothes for this walk in a beautiful area of the Green Mountains. You may go hiking or have a try of rock climbing. This is also a protection area for wild animals. You can find many kinds of animals living in this area. Time: May 8--May 14 Tel: 64639...
middle793.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "$4.50." }, "options": [ "$ 1.00.", "50cents.", "30cents.", "$4.50." ], "question": "How much is the cookbook ?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "...
Harrison School Spring Fundraisers From the zoo to the art museum, Harrison students look forward to spring field trips. Please take part in these school fundraisers to help make these exciting experiences possible. Share a Harrison Recipe What is your favorite food? Share your recipe in the Harrison community. *Ask r...
middle6568.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "In 1919." }, "options": [ "In 1919.", "In 1941.", "In 1951.", "In 1964." ], "question": "When was Shakespeare and Company first opened?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "...
If you enjoy reading, don't miss Shakespeare and Company when you visit the city of Paris. It is a famous English-language bookstore on the left bank of the river Seine. The first Shakespeare and Company in history was opened in 1919 by an American, Sylvia Beach. Ms. Beach did more than sell books. Her bookstore was al...
middle5049.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "blue" }, "options": [ "yellow", "blue", "nice", "big" ], "question": "My bag is_.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "bag" }, ...
Look at this. It's a blue bag. It is my bag. What's in it? Look, this is my English book. It's blue, too. My Chinese book is also in my bag. It is yellow. This is my pencil case. It's big and nice. I like English and Chinese. My bag is my good friend. .
middle2726.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "mow the lawn" }, "options": [ "read books", "travel", "mow the lawn", "watch TV" ], "question": "In order to do something different, Jessie decide to _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { ...
Jessie felt her life so boring one summer day. She was tired of watching TV, she read all her books, and her friends were on vacation. She wanted something different to do. Suddenly, she saw the lawn mower sitting in the yard. "Mom," she shouted, ''I think I will mow the lawn." Her mom ran into the yard and said,"Oh no...
middle3438.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "population" }, "options": [ "pollution", "population", "flood", "hunger" ], "question": "The passage tells us that the whole world is suffering from(......) the _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }...
The one-child policy in our country has made most families much smaller than before. That is to say, there are fewer children in a family. But the population of China is still growing faster. Why? In fact, it's a serious problem not only in China, but also in the whole world. It's reported that the world population is ...
middle963.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Behind the park." }, "options": [ "Across from the river.", "Behind the school.", "In front of the park", "Behind the park." ], "question": "Where is the hill?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, {...
There is a park near our school. We can see many trees and flowers there. We can see a hill behind the park, too. At the foot of the hill we can see a river. There are some boats on it. It is Sunday today. There are many Young Pioneers in the park. Some are walking and singing. Some are dancing or playing games. Ann a...
middle1549.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "30 minutes." }, "options": [ "2 hours.", "90 minutes.", "1 hour.", "30 minutes." ], "question": "How much time did the Singaporean children spend outdoors on average every day in the research?", "question_ty...
Spending two or three hours playing outdoors each day can reduce a child's chance of becoming short-sighted, a research shows. It challenges the belief that short-sightedness is caused by computer use, watching TV or reading in weak light. The Australian government researchers believe that sunlight is good for people...
middle7138.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "in the USA" }, "options": [ "in winter", "for breakfast", "in England", "in the USA" ], "question": "Iced tea is popular _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_ind...
All around the world, people drink tea. But tea does not mean the same thing to everyone. In different countries people have very different ideas about drinking tea. In China, for example, tea is always served when people get together. The Chinese drink it at any time of the day at homes or in teahouses. They prefer th...
middle4431.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "sunny" }, "options": [ "sunny", "cloudy", "rainy", "windy" ], "question": "The weather is _ today", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text...
Today is Sunday, March 20. We, sixteen boys and seventeen girls, go to school early, but we have no lessons. Our teacher takes us to the zoo. We are very excited about the trip. We get on a bus, it goes fast and at half past nine we get there. How beautiful the zoo is! There're a lot of trees, some hills, and a big lak...
middle2040.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "about Picasso's different styles of painting" }, "options": [ "about Picasso's different styles of painting", "Picasso was always strange", "about some pictures of different style", "it is not easy for a painter to find...
Most painters discover a style of painting that suits them and stick to that, especially if people admire their pictures. As artist grows older his picture may alter , but not very much. But Picasso, the great Spanish painter, was like a man who had not yet found his own particular style of painting. He kept on strugg...
middle4425.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "the sun" }, "options": [ "the moon", "the sun", "the stars", "the Earth" ], "question": "When the moon goes between the Earth and the sun, we have night in the day, we call it the eclipse of", "question_typ...
Our nearest neighbor is the moon. In the sky, the moon and the sun seem to be of the same size because the moon is much nearer. The moon makes the tides--the changes in the level of the sea. The moon and the sun together pull the sea. In some parts of the world, the difference between * high tide' (when the sea is ve...
middle2054.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Because the price of the things is high in shops." }, "options": [ "Because the writer likes it.", "Because the writer's friends all do that.", "Because the price of the things is high in shops.", "Because it is easy to...
This year I am very busy doing my Christmas shopping. I really never find what I want, and many things my daughter wants are not in shops or their price is too high. You know children don't think about the price much. So I have to buy some online . I never think about online shopping before now. I have a few friends a...
middle6232.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "They stop using them." }, "options": [ "They repair them.", "They sell them.", "They send them to others.", "They stop using them." ], "question": "What do many people do with old computers?", "question_type...
What do people do with their old, out-of-date but still useful computers? Most people don't know what to do with them. Many old computers are put away in homes. Many more are simply thrown out with the rubbish. Finally, some companies are thinking of ways to bring down the number of old computers. Sony has agreed to he...
middle977.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "The writer had a good time with her father yesterday." }, "options": [ "The writer didn't like swimming at all.", "The writer' s father bought a new truck this morning.", "The writer's father lived in another town.", "T...
Yesterday, Dad and I made a big snowman. I was very cold, so Dad made some delicious soup and bread. When I got sleepy, Dad carried me to my bedroom and said, "Good night, Pumpkin ." This morning, there was a truck in front of our house. A truck is not a bad thing unless it' s carrying your dad's things to the other...
middle7892.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "the roles in Peking Opera" }, "options": [ "the roles in Peking Opera", "the changes of dramas", "the forms of dramas", "the positions of dramas" ], "question": "The passage is mainly about _ .", "question...
Peking Opera (Beijing Opera), is one of the oldest forms of dramas in the world. The roles in it were Sheng, Dan, Jing, Mo, Chou, Wuhang, and Longtao during its early age. But with the change of Peking Opera, there are four main roles in it today: Sheng, Dan, Jing and Chou. Sheng----Men Roles Sheng are the men roles ...
middle6554.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "different" }, "options": [ "hard", "difficult", "same", "different" ], "question": "The call in English is _ from the one in Chinese.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "...
Can you make a telephone call? Of course you make it in Chinese. But the call in English is quite different from the one in Chinese. If you want to ask somebody to answer the telephone, you cannot say, " Please ask Mr/Mrs/Miss... to answer the telephone." Instead, you must say, " May I speak to Mr/Mrs/Miss..., please?"...
middle4343.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "She was just a little girl." }, "options": [ "She was just a little girl.", "She was the 2002 champion.", "She was from Germany.", "She remembered more words." ], "question": "Why was Lara's success special?", ...
Give this memory test a try. Mix up 52 playing cards. Now look at the top seven for a second. Can you remember them in order? Players at the World Memory Championships can. In fact, the 2002 champion , Andi, memorized the order of 1196 cards after looking at them for only an hour! And a German girl, Lara, only ten yea...
middle2901.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "an American" }, "options": [ "an English", "a Chinese", "an American", "a Japanese" ], "question": "Einstein was _ scientist.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_i...
One day Einstein was walking in the street in New York. His friend met him and said to him, "Einstein, you should buy a new coat. Look, how old your coat is!" But Einstein answered, "It doesn't matter. Nobody knows me here." After a few years Einstein became a famous scientist. But he still wore the old coat. His frie...
middle744.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "He wants to know something about English people." }, "options": [ "He wants to know the girl's name.", "He wants to know the girl.", "He wants to know something about English people.", "He wants to know something about ...
Li Ping is going to England. He wants to know something about English people. One day he sees an English girl in the street. Then he comes up to her. "Excuse me, may I ask you some questions?" "Of course you may."answers the girl politely. "I'll go to London. What should I notice when I'm talking with English people in...
middle7879.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "a mysterious island" }, "options": [ "a strange light", "a blue whale", "a mysterious island", "a mountain" ], "question": "After the earthquake, what did people see in the sea?", "question_type": "factiod_q...
The shock of the recent earthquake in Pakistan has brought another shock: the rise of a small, mysterious island, coming out from the water. In the aftershock of the earthquake, people living in Gawadar, near the southwest coast, began to see a strange sight. They looked out into the Arabian Sea and saw a mountain-like...
middle5908.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Henry." }, "options": [ "Annie.", "Henry.", "Lucy.", "We don't know." ], "question": "Who is the letter from?", "question_type": null }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "s...
Dear Annie, Thank you for your letter. I'm glad you like your school. I go to school from Monday to Friday. We have four classes in the morning and two classes in the afternoon. We have many things to do after class. On Monday and Wednesday afternoon we do sports. On Tuesday afternoon some of us have a singing class an...
middle988.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Flat B" }, "options": [ "Flat A", "Flat B", "Flat C", "None" ], "question": "If you are a student of University of Greenwich, which flat would you better rent?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, {...
Flat A:Lovely double bedroom with own store space in the house, garden, garage and parking space. 5 minutes to the library,18 minutes to the bank. TV broadband available. 115 pounds per week including all the bills. Four weeks rent ,four weeks deposit required. Tel:07912100237 Flat B:A double room available to rent atP...
middle2915.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Germany" }, "options": [ "Australia", "Germany", "England", "Indonesia" ], "question": "Siggi Siebold is from _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, ...
International students in Christine Rhodes' English class in Australia share theirimpressions of places they have visited in Australia. Canberra, the nicest city in Australia I went for a short holiday to Canberra. My uncle lives there. It's the nicest city in Australia, a little bit similar to Cairns. There're lots ...
middle778.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "a dog" }, "options": [ "a tiger", "the boy's name", "a dog", "the girl's name" ], "question": "Tiger is _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "an...
I love to tell the story about how I met my best friend-Tiger. We met at the school fair . Each year, all the fourth-grade classes hold a school fair. Everyone in the fourth grade works at the fair. Some sell ice cream, drinks and snacks, others take care of the little children who ride the horses. I got the second jo...
middle6583.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Shanghai" }, "options": [ "Shanghai", "Xi'an", "Tianjin", "Chongqing" ], "question": "Some buildings in _ are taller than in Beijing.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "...
If you go to Beijing and Shanghai, you can see the same and the different _ between them. In some ways they look the same, in some ways they look different. Both of them have tall buildings and wide streets, although some buildings in Shanghai are taller than in Beijing. They are both important in China. Beijing is the...
middle5934.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Because they thought no meals would be served late in the evening." }, "options": [ "Because it's a 5-star hotel.", "Because they thought no meals would be served late in the evening.", "Because they were very tired after the...
Mr. and Mrs. Harris had always spent their summer holidays in a small hotel at the seaside near their hometown. One year, however, Mr. Harris made a lot of money in his factory, so they decided to go to a foreign country and stay at a really good hotel. They flew to Paris, and arrived at a 5-star hotel late in the eve...
middle2097.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Spainruledtheislandfor300years." }, "options": [ "Spainruledtheislandfor300years.", "Twonationssharedtheisland.", "TheDominicanRepublicjoinedtheisland", "ThenameofHaitibegantouse." ], "question": "What happened ...
South of Florida, many islands dot the ocean. One of them is Hispaniola. Its name points to the fact that Christopher Columbus visited the island in 1492. As a result, Spain ruled theisland for th e next 300 years. Two nations now share the island. Haiti makes up the western third. The Dominican Republic makes up ...
middle3389.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "watching TV" }, "options": [ "studying", "playing card games", "watching TV", "helping their parents" ], "question": "Some children spend eight hours or more _ on the weekend.", "question_type": "cloze_que...
American boys and girls love watching television. Some children spend six hours a day in school and four to six hours a day in front of the television set. Some even watch television for eight hours or more on the weekend. Televisions are like books or films. A child can learn both bad things and good things from them....
middle5920.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "swimming" }, "options": [ "football", "basketball", "running", "swimming" ], "question": "Both Li Ping and Zhao Hui like _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_inde...
Hi, I'm Li Ping. I am 15 years old. I am pretty healthy. I like doing all kinds of sports, such as football, basketball, running and swimming. Every morning, I get up early and do exercise. I play basketball on Wednesdays and Saturdays with my friends every week. I do my homework every day. I like watching TV, but I ca...
middle4380.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "good" }, "options": [ "bad", "good", "polite", "poor" ], "question": "We know John is a _ child from the passage.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, ...
John is five years old now. He is a good boy. He is very clever and can read very well. But he can't tell the right time by clock. He doesn't say eight o'clock in the morning, twelve o'clock or four o'clock in the afternoon. He always says "breakfast time" for eight o'clock, "lunch time" for twelve o'clock and "tea-tim...
middle7851.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "He was on his way to his workplace." }, "options": [ "He was cleaning the windows.", "He was up to visit his friend.", "He was on his way to his workplace.", "He was cleaning the lift." ], "question": "What was ...
Jan was a window cleaner. One morning, Jan was in a lift of a high building with his window cleaning tools when the building was on fire. There were five other passengers in the lift. All of a sudden the lift stopped. Although they didn't know what had happened outside, they had only 100 minutes to get out of the build...
middle6597.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "He is the CEO and founder of Facebook." }, "options": [ "He is a billionaire who wouldn't like to help charities.", "He is the CEO and founder of Facebook.", "He promised to give away all of his money to charities.", "H...
If you had billions of dollars,would you give away almost all of it to charity ?Well that's what Mark Zuckerberg,CEO and founder of Facebook,just said he would do.Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan promised to give 99 percent of their money to society.Right now that is about $45 billion(289 billion yuan),and they p...
middle7689.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "1961" }, "options": [ "1965", "1961", "1969", "1975" ], "question": "The boy was born in _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "He...
It is 1965, a 1ittle boy is on the beach with his parents. He is four years old. The boy plays near the water. He walks into the water. His parents aren't watching him. The water is over the boy's head! A woman sees the boy. She _ the boy and carries him to his parents. The woman's name is Mrs. Blaise. It is 1975, ten ...
middle6408.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "three" }, "options": [ "one", "two", "three", "four" ], "question": "There are _ people in Yang Yang's family.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, ...
There are three people in Yang Yang's family. They like different kinds of food. Yang Yang likes rice a lot. But she doesn't like chicken at all. Her father is from Shanxi. He doesn't like rice at all. He likes chicken and bread very much. Her mother is from Dalian. She doesn't like rice or bread at all. But she likes...
middle7716.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Red." }, "options": [ "Green.", "Red.", "Black.", "blue" ], "question": "What's Grace's favorite color?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_...
Here are three girls. They are talking about their favorite clothes and colors. "I like skirts very much. I have many skirts in my wardrobe . Red is my favorite color. I have a red skirt, and it's my favorite skirt. My mother buys it for me. It's$168," Grace says. "My mom often buys new skirts for me. All my skirts ar...
middle3570.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "have teaching experience" }, "options": [ "have rich knowledge", "have teaching methods", "have teaching experience", "are healthy" ], "question": "According to the passage, those who _ are likely to be welc...
At EF--English First, we provide the best English language training program available, and teachers are at the heart of our learning center. EF has over 120 schools in 50 cities, and is a very popular name in China. EF is looking for native English speakers with teaching experience to help Chinese people learn English ...
middle5101.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "nobody would like to listen to him" }, "options": [ "he lived in a poor village", "nobody would like to listen to him", "the spells didn't work", "he had a lot of things to do" ], "question": "Jim was sad becaus...
There was once a boy called Jim in a village .Whenever Jim asked people to do things,no one would listen to him.He was sad.So Jim asked a wizard to solve the problem by using magic.The old wizard tried a lot of spells,but didn't work.. A young man heard about the problem .He went to Jim and said that he knew the solut...
middle5667.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "boring" }, "options": [ "interesting", "boring", "exciting", "surprising" ], "question": "Mary thinks sitcoms are _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 3,...
Most people like watching TV.So does Mary.She doesn't mind soap operas or talk shows.But she can't stand sitcoms,for they are too boring.Sports shows are her favorite programs.She likes sports very much,and she likes watching football matches on TV. Mary likes women's volleyball,too.She often watches matches on TV,some...
middle2108.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "in your high school years" }, "options": [ "in your high school years", "at the beginning of your high school years", "before your high school begins", "after finish your high school" ], "question": "The writer ...
You are going to high school, aren't you? Maybe you don't know what to do. Well, here's a list of the top six things to do when you are in high school. These things will give you ideas of what your high school life could be like. Here you go! 1 Find your passion and what kind of person you are: Whether it's dance, bas...
middle3216.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "24th June,1947" }, "options": [ "11th June,1947", "24th June,1947", "11th October,1973", "11th October,1983" ], "question": "When did Kenneth Arnold see something strange as he was flying?", "question_type":...
People have talked about whether aliens are real or not for thousands of years.Some ancient drawings over 50,000 years ago are thought to be the first pictures of spacecrafts.Alien spacecrafts are often called flying saucers .The first person to use this name was an Amerlean,Kenneth Arnold.On 24th June,1947,he was flyi...
middle7070.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Six" }, "options": [ "Five", "Seven", "Six", "Eight" ], "question": "How old is Todd?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "8:30" ...
It was a Saturday in May. When Mrs. Black opened the door and looked out, she smiled and said,"It's going to be a beautiful day." She woke her little son up at eight thirty and said to him,"Get up, Todd. We're going to the zoo today. Wash your hands and face, brush your teeth and have breakfast quickly. We are going to...
middle7064.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "chocolates" }, "options": [ "reading books", "eating", "chocolates", "God" ], "question": "John likes _ very much.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, ...
John is an American boy. His family is in China now. John likes chocolates very much. But his mother doesn't give him any. She thinks they are not good for him. But John has a very nice grandfather. The old man loves him very much, and sometimes he buys John some chocolates. Then his mother lets John eat them. She wa...
middle1415.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Three" }, "options": [ "Two.", "Three", "Four.", "Five." ], "question": "How many basic questions do the students often ask?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_inde...
Many students ask for advice about improving their English. There are three basic questions. The first question is about real English. Li Hao from Hubei wrote, "I enjoy watching English films and listening to real English songs. But it takes a long time. What do you think?" This is a great way to learn English! Talk ab...
middle181.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Art Institute of Chicago has a mixture of traditional and modern art." }, "options": [ "There are a lot of interactive parts in waxwork museums.", "Art Institute of Chicago has a mixture of traditional and modern art.", "You'...
Some people love going to museums,while others absolutely hate it and would rather stay at home,enjoying their favorite TV shows.Increasingly,museums are being seen as outdated and boring by today's youngsters. I have just returned to the UK after travelling around the USA.While there,I visited lots of museums I must ...
middle5673.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "It means a lot for a whole country." }, "options": [ "It means a lot for a whole country.", "It proves how excellent the winners are.", "It helps the country out of natural disasters.", "It brings the winners satisfacti...
Why play games? Because they are fun, and a lot more besides. Following the rules, planning your next move, acting as a team member------these are all "game" ideas that you will have throughout your life. Think about some of the games you played as a young child, such as rope-jumping and hide-and-seek. Some games are e...
middle3202.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Smart." }, "options": [ "Funny.", "Silly.", "Smart.", "Careless." ], "question": "What do you think of the fox?", "question_type": null }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": ...
farmer had a faithful horse which had grown old and could do no more work, so his master no longer wanted to give him anything to eat and said, "I can certainly make no more use of you, but if you prove yourself still strong enough to bring me a lion here, I will keep you. " And with that he chased him into the open fi...
middle3564.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "The bathroom was fight above the kitchen." }, "options": [ "Mrs.Woolf's bedroom door opened on to the garden.", "The kitchen window looked out over fields.", "The breakfast room was upstairs.", "The bathroom was fight a...
There was one thing that I found rather strange on my first day as housekeeper at Monk'S House.The floors in the house were very thin.The bathroom was right above the kitchen,and when Mrs.Woolf was having her bath before breakfast,I could hear her talking to herself.on and on she went,talk,talk,and talk,asking question...
middle5115.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "England" }, "options": [ "England", "New York", "Paris", "USA" ], "question": "Jane lives in _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": ...
Jane is a nice girl. She lives in London. She studies in a middle school, she gets up at six every day. She likes learning English. She's a clever girl. She draws pictures well. After school, she often reads newspapers with her grandmother. At seven o'clock in the evening. Jane has supper at home. Every day at eight ...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Call an ambulance for her baby." }, "options": [ "Call an ambulance for her baby.", "Take care of her baby al home.", "Help her to find her cell phone.", "Play football in from of her house." ], "question": "Wha...
Rocky Hurt and Ethan Wilson were playing football in their front yard in Marietta. Suddenly a woman they had never met ran out of her house shouting to them to call an ambulance. That woman was Susanna Rohm. Her 12-week-old baby seemed to stop breathing. She was so scared that she couldn't find her cell phone. so she h...
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