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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Three"
},
"options": [
"One",
"Two",
"Three",
"Five"
],
"question": "Animals have ways to stay alive. How many of them are mentioned in the passage ?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
... | Many animals hide to stay alive. They hide in many ways. Some animals hide in leaves; some animals hide in snow. Usually their colors or shapes help protect them. It's hard to see an Arctic bear in snow. Its white fur helps protect it. Chameleons can hide by changing colors. Their skin turns the same color as what is ... | middle2492.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "six to 17 years old"
},
"options": [
"seven to 17 years old",
"six to 17 years old",
"17 years old",
"six years old"
],
"question": "Nearly 50% of all \"heavy games \" are _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_qu... | Computer games are more and more popular with teenagers. Games are fun. After hours of homework it's great to relax by playing a game. But do games ever do kidsany harm? And are there any ways parents can help kids stay away from bad games? US researches are trying to find answers to these questions.
One problem found ... | middle4975.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "tea cups"
},
"options": [
"toothbrushes",
"tea cups",
"shampoo",
"paper slippers."
],
"question": "Which of the following may still be provided in Beijing hotels after June?",
"question_type": null
},
{... | Have you ever stayed in a hotel? Most Chinese hotel often provide guests with things like disposable toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo and slippers. Many guests like the idea because they don't have to bring their own. But ,if you travel to Beijing, remember to bring your own things. Starting from June, some hotels i... | middle341.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "12"
},
"options": [
"1",
"11",
"12",
"13"
],
"question": "How many people did Jennifer invite?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "C... | Not long ago, I opened an interesting e-mail from Jennifer, a friend of mine. "I've realized I want to be around people who make me happy," she wrote, "I've been seeing how I feel after communicating with different people and making a mental list of who I feel good about. And you're on my list."
Then she invited me -- ... | middle355.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Australian"
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"options": [
"American",
"Russian",
"Australian",
"Chinese"
],
"question": "Mr Evans is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answ... | Mr Evans works in Sydney. Last week he had a two-week holiday, but he didn't know where to go. He said to his friend Robert, "I hate the hot weather here, but I can't think of a cool place in Australia. Where shall I take my holiday?"
"That's easy," said Robert, "You can go to Moscow. Snow and ice are covering the grou... | middle1819.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Before he graduated from college."
},
"options": [
"After he applied for the job in a store.",
"Before he graduated from college.",
"After he came back from Chicago.",
"Before he was a football player."
],
"ques... | "Everything happens for the best,"my mother said whenever I faced disappointment ."If you carry on,one day something good will happen."
Mother was right,as I discovered after graduating from college in 1932,I had decided to try for a job in radio,then work my way up to a sports announcer.I hitchhiked to Chicago an... | middle4961.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the patterns of behavior we learn"
},
"options": [
"book language of behavior we learn",
"the patterns of behavior we learn",
"traditional ideas",
"people's habits"
],
"question": "When we talk about \"culture\"... | Do animals have a culture? What do we mean by "culture"? Lately social scientists have begun to ask if culture is found just in humans, or if some animals have a culture too. When we speak of culture, we mean a way of life a group of people have in common. Culture includes the beliefs and attitudes we learn. It is the ... | middle3968.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "three"
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"options": [
"two",
"three",
"four",
"five"
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"question": "The writer tells us the influence of music on children from _ aspects .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Why is music so important to children? Here are some of my ideas.
Music has a positive influence on children's intelligence !
New research shows that music can offer children an interesting environment. It has a good influence on children's intelligence. Children can learn, understand and think in a logical way if t... | middle6810.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Bill"
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"options": [
"Dave",
"Bill",
"Jack",
"Frank"
],
"question": "Who is the eldest brother?",
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},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": ... | Bill, Frank and Dave were three brothers. Every year they sent their mother expensive gifts on her birthday,. They liked to show her how rich they were.
The eldest brother. Bill, had a lot of money and he wanted his mother to have the most expensive gifts, but he didn't know what to buy. So he put an ad in the newspape... | middle433.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "how animals act before an earthquake"
},
"options": [
"how animals act before an earthquake",
"how an earthquake starts",
"how mice leave their homes",
"when an earthquake begins"
],
"question": "This story is m... | Many animals do strange things before an earthquake.This news may be important.
Earthquakes can kill people and knock down houses.Animals may help to save lives.
Some animals make a lot of noise before an earthquake.Farmers know about this.Dogs that are usually quiet start to bark.Horses on farms run around in circles.... | middle6623.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a teacher"
},
"options": [
"a worker",
"a teacher",
"a doctor",
"a driver"
],
"question": "What's Jim's father? ----He is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_i... | This is a teacher's family. The father's name is Lake Smith. He's forty - four. The mother's name is Kate Green. She's forty - two. The Smiths have a son, Jim, and a daughter, Ann. Jim is fourteen, and Ann is twelve. The son looks like his father, and the daughter looks like her mother. They are all in No.4 Middle Scho... | middle3983.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "It's big and nice."
},
"options": [
"It's small but nice.",
"It's big and nice.",
"It's big but not nice.",
"It's small and not nice."
],
"question": "What's the reading room like?",
"question_type": "factio... | This is a reading room in Kate's school. It is big and very nice. There is a lot of furniture in it. There are twenty desks, eighty chairs and twenty computers. There're some pictures on the wall. They are all of famous people. Some students are in the reading room. They like reading books here. Kate is here too. Her m... | middle4752.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Because it was easy for them to get jobs there."
},
"options": [
"Because it was easy for them to get jobs there.",
"Because Limhouse had been almost destroyed during the war.",
"Because many British people enjoyed Chinese fo... | London's Chinese community dates back to the 18thcentury, when a small number of Chinese sailors moved to the city to work in Limhouse, east London. As time went on, other Chinese people came to this area and Limhouse began to be known as "Chinatown". However London's Chinese community remained very small for many yea... | middle6151.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "An Amazing Career"
},
"options": [
"An Amazing Career",
"The World's Oldest Tennis Player",
"Agassi's life",
"Great Championship Matches"
],
"question": "What is the best title of this passage?",
"question_t... | When thirty-two-year-old tennis player Andre Agassi made to the final of the U.S. Clay Court Championship in April 2003, he set a new world record: he became the oldest player ever to be number one in the world's tennis rankings. It was one of the greatest achievements in Agassi's long and successful career.
Andre Agas... | middle5458.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Lazy Sheep"
},
"options": [
"Lazy Sheep",
"Force Sheep",
"Warm Sheep",
"Happy Sheep"
],
"question": "_ doesn't like sports.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index... | Hello, my dear friends, today here's a funny cartoon for you! It is a Chinese cartoon. Its name is Happy Sheep and Big Big Wolf.
In this cartoon, there are some sheep and three wolves. Happy Sheep is the leading role. He likes playing football and running. He runs faster than the other sheep. Pretty Sheep likes making ... | middle2337.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Nobody"
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"options": [
"Somebody",
"Nobody",
"Anybody",
"Everybody"
],
"question": "_ saw the snake climb into the plane.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index"... | When the plane was waiting at the airport,a big snake climbed up the steps and into the plane. It went to sleep under the pilot's seat. Nobody noticed. Soon the passengers get on the plane and it took off. A little girl called Mary took out a whistle and began playing. But none of the passengers liked the music. The... | middle3029.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "but he was still not good at it"
},
"options": [
"but he was still not good at it",
"and then he could read English articles very quickly",
"so his pronunciation was quite good",
"and then he invented an effective way t... | I started learning English when I was 6 years old. For 8 years I have learned English in the way everybody else did--by going to English classes. It was useless. I did everything that the teachers told me to do. But I didn't get any results. I mean, I was always one of the best students in class. However, it took me a ... | middle4746.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "For a meeting."
},
"options": [
"For a meeting.",
"For a trip.",
"For a holiday.",
"To see his friend."
],
"question": "Why does the writer go to Australia?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
... | I go to Australia for a meeting with my workmate, Chris. We decide to drive across the country after the meeting. The drive will take four days and most of it was across the desert .
The first day is a lot of fun because we are happy to hear each other's jokes . But on the third day, we begin to get _ . We are quite q... | middle2451.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "in the same school"
},
"options": [
"American",
"in the same school",
"girls",
"boys"
],
"question": "Jim and I are _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": ... | Jim is my good friend. We are in the same school. He is an American. We are good friends. This is Jim's bedroom. It's not big, but new. A black desk is in the room. Some English books are on the desk. Jim's backpack is on it. The backpack is yellow, but old. What's under the red chair? It's a white cat. It's a Chinese ... | middle1158.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Difficult"
},
"options": [
"Easy",
"Possible",
"Simple",
"Difficult"
],
"question": "How was it for the writer to agree the hospital's use of her mother's corneas?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},... | I'll never forget that summer day in 1965 when my mother suddenly died of an unexplained illness at the age of 36. Later that afternoon, a police officer stopped by to ask my father if the hospital could use Mother's corneas . I was shocked. "The doctors want to _ Mum and give her away to other people!" I thought as I ... | middle7529.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "New York"
},
"options": [
"Cambridge",
"Paris",
"New York",
"London"
],
"question": "The Millie's home town is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
... | Hi, my name is Millie. I'm from New York but I'm living in a small town in England now. There is one wide road in this town and there is no train. You can see a shop, a restaurant and a pub along the road. There is a church near the shop. We usually go to the church on Sunday mornings. There is a lake to the east of th... | middle4008.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "America"
},
"options": [
"America",
"China",
"England",
"France"
],
"question": "Mr and Mrs Smith are from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | Mr and Mrs Smith come from America. They teach English in Yangzhou. They like their jobs. They have a son, Tom and a daughter, Mary. They are all in China now. Mr Smith can speak Chinese. He likes swimming and singing. Mrs Smith likes swimming and running. Tom and Mary like playing chess. They often play games with Chi... | middle3767.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Because many people are too busy."
},
"options": [
"Because they haven't many things to do.",
"Because many people are too busy.",
"Because people don't like home cooking.",
"Because they are too tired to cook."
],
... | Many people are so busy these days that they have no time to cook at home. This becomes a problem because most families love home cooking! The food tastes good and a family meal can bring everyone together. In some families, meals are often the only chance everyone gets to see each other at the same time during the day... | middle2479.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "by subway"
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"options": [
"by bus",
"by bike",
"on foot",
"by subway"
],
"question": "Bill gets to school _ every morning.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_inde... | My name is Bill. I come from China. Now I am in Grade Eight. I have to get up very early in the morning , because my home is very far from the school. After breakfast, I take the subway to get to school.
This term, I have a new subject . It's physics. I like it best. I think it is very easy and interesting. I have phys... | middle5316.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "on foot"
},
"options": [
"on foot",
"by bus",
"by bike",
"in a car"
],
"question": "Tom passed the shop _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"ans... | Today is Tom's birthday. After school he walks past the shop on the street corner. He looks at the window. That pair of trainers is still there. He really wants to have them very much.
He was very sad and walks away. He knows his mother can give him anything he likes if she can. But he also knows she has no money and t... | middle1170.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "On a mountain road"
},
"options": [
"In the river",
"On a mountain road",
"Under the water",
"In a big city"
],
"question": "Where did the trouble start?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"... | The trouble started when Mrs. Cady lost control of her car on a mountain road. The car fell down thirty feet from the road into the water. It rolled over once and landed right side up in the rushing water. All three people, Mrs. Cady, and her two daughters, were wearing their seatbelts. Luckily, nobody was hurt; howev... | middle7501.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a dinner party"
},
"options": [
"a birthday party",
"a dinner party",
"an English party",
"a movie"
],
"question": "One day, Mr. Smith went to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer"... | One day, Mr. Smith went to a dinner party. He was wearing very old clothes. He came into the room. But people in the room didn't look at him. They didn't ask him to sit at the table. He wasn't happy. But he said nothing.
Mr. Smith went home quickly and put on his best clothes. He went back to the party. Everyone in t... | middle7267.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "sleep"
},
"options": [
"drink",
"dreams",
"sleep",
"bananas"
],
"question": "A British scientist found out that _ could improve our memories.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {... | How do you remember the way to your house? Where do dreams come from? It is your brain that does these things. A British scientist showed that "sleep can improve one's memory." It's not a dream for students to study when they sleep. In fact, your brain is working day and night. If you learn words before bed, a certai... | middle1616.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "They will have less stress and anxiety."
},
"options": [
"They will have a successful life.",
"They will have less stress and anxiety.",
"They will work better.",
"They will grow up better."
],
"question": "If c... | If babies are given more love and feelings by their mothers, they will deal better with stress and anxiety when they grow up , research has shown.
The study of eight-month-old children shows even the very earliest life experiences can influence our happiness.
Lots of mother love makes children form a safe bond with the... | middle382.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because of the growth in the industry and the improvement of living standards."
},
"options": [
"Because Chinese people want to see more of the world.",
"Because taking the plane is more and more popular around the world.",
"... | Have you heard of "Kong Nao"? A new word appears on the Internet recently. In fact, it refers to some passengers who behave badly by plane and could endanger flight safety. On December 11, on the airline flight from Bangkok Thailand to Nanjing, two tourists conflicted with an _ The male tourist poured garbage in the ai... | middle5470.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "5"
},
"options": [
"4",
"5",
"6",
"3"
],
"question": "How many ways of becoming a good student are mentioned in the passage?",
"question_type": null
},
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"a... | Maybe you are an average student. You probably think you will never be a top student. This is not necessarily so. Anyone can become a good student if he or she wants to. Here's how you can be a good student.
Plan your time carefully. When planning your week, you should make a list of things that you have to do. After... | middle5464.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "share all the money they make"
},
"options": [
"learn the basics of economics",
"learn how to invest money",
"get a chance to make money",
"share all the money they make"
],
"question": "At Bills' school, studen... | Eighth-grader Victoria Bills is talking about money with her classmates. She is worried that a company's stock price could fall. It may be an unusual topic of conversation for a 13-year-old. But at Bills' school in Chicago, US, you hear it all the time.
The Chicago school's 420 students learn about economic . They al... | middle3015.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "All of the above."
},
"options": [
"Sleep badly.",
"Heart beats faster.",
"Feel sick.",
"All of the above."
],
"question": "What happens when you feel stressed?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
... | When you get worried or stressed out about something, your heart beats faster, your stomach feels tight or you feel sick. Sometimes it is hard to get to sleep. Everything seems to go wrong at once. What should you do if you feel stressed? Here is some advice.
1Think about what it is that's making you feel bad.
2Talk ov... | middle8140.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Exciting and dangerous"
},
"options": [
"Tiring and boring",
"Exciting and dangerous",
"Relaxing and colorful",
"Peaceful and comfortable"
],
"question": "What may MSF's work be like?",
"question_type": "fac... | .Chris is not a traditional explorer --he usually works in an office for a large organization. However, Chris' job can be just as exciting and dangerous as being an explorer.
Chris works for MSF, an organization also known as Doctors Without Border . Since 1971, MFS has sent trained doctors all over the world to help p... | middle396.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "whether the first cow was responsible"
},
"options": [
"whether the first cow was responsible",
"whether the owner of the first cow was responsible",
"whether both cows were responsible",
"whether both the owners were r... | A judge was working in his room one day when a neighbour ran in and said, "If one man's cow kills another's, is the owner of the first cow responsible?"
"It depends," answered the judge.
"Well," said the man, your cow has killed mine.
"Oh," answered the judge. "Everyone knows that a cow cannot think like a man, so a co... | middle1164.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Glasses with small round frames."
},
"options": [
"Glasses with heavy black frames.",
"Long and yellow glasses.",
"Glasses with bright red frames.",
"Glasses with small round frames."
],
"question": "What kind o... | My father is tall and has short gray hair. He wears glasses with heavy black frames . Today I find a picture of him in 1986. What a surprise! In the picture, he's 15 years old. He's short and he has glasses with small round frames. He has long black hair and it's really straight. He's wearing blue jeans and a T-shirt w... | middle7515.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "In a hospital"
},
"options": [
"In a bank",
"In a hospital",
"In a bookstore",
"In a supermarket"
],
"question": "Where does the writer possibly work?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"ans... | I think it's really very good to be a doctor. On the one hand, you can save people; on the other hand, they share their experiences of life with you.
I've been a doctor in Los Angeles. To be frank, my work is terribly busy but interesting. I can always meet patients in different conditions. One 'of my patients is a suc... | middle3773.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "half past twelve"
},
"options": [
"twelve",
"eleven thirty",
"half past twelve",
"twelve fifteen"
],
"question": "Every morning,Mr.Brown often comes home at _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
... | Mr.Brown is 80 years old.Every morning he goes for a walk in the park.And he comes home at twelve thirty for lunch.But today a car stops at his house.At twelve,two policemen help him get out.One of them says to Mr.Brown's daughter,"The old man can't find his way in the park.He asks us to take him home by car."The daugh... | middle5302.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "a newspaper"
},
"options": [
"a TV station",
"a school",
"a student",
"a newspaper"
],
"question": "Acronym is the name of _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_in... | The Acronym, our student newspaper, reports that many students go to sleep at 1:30 a. m. _ Scientists say teens should sleep nine hours each night. But that's hard to do.
Some even _ . In the morning they don't look good. One of my classmates did a survey on this problem. She found that most kids pull all-nighters to f... | middle4593.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Because the vegetables wanted more light."
},
"options": [
"Because the vegetables wanted more light.",
"Because the tree drank almost all the water.",
"Because the vegetables weren't the pride of the gardener.",
"Becau... | There was a lovely vegetable patch . A large tree grew there. Both the patch and the tree gave the place a wonderful look, and they were the pride of the gardener. But no one know that the vegetables and the tree couldn't stand each other. The vegetables hated the tree's shadow , because it left them only just en... | middle5855.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "ten"
},
"options": [
"five",
"ten",
"fifteen",
"twenty"
],
"question": "Jack has been a taxi driver for _ years.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
... | My friend Jack is a taxi driver. He has done this job for ten years. It's a nice job most of the time. He can meet a lot of people every day. He always works late into the night because there are lots of people calling his taxi during the night. He usually goes home after two o'clock in the morning. There are some very... | middle6384.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "in space"
},
"options": [
"in space",
"in the atmosphere",
"above the ground",
"above space"
],
"question": "Satellites travel _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answe... | Now satellites are helping to forecast the weather. They are in space and they can reach any part of the world. The satellites take pictures of the atmosphere , because this is where the weather forms . They send these pictures to the weather station. So meteorologists can see the weather of any part of the world. From... | middle619.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Mr. and Mrs. Green"
},
"options": [
"Mr. and Mrs. Bush",
"Mr. and Mrs. Green",
"Mr. and Mrs.",
"Mr. and Mrs. Brown"
],
"question": "Wan Li and his friends live with _ in London.",
"question_type": "clo... | When people travel in another city or country ,they sometimes stay in the homes of the local people. This is called _ . It is a great experience because you can meet people from a different country or city and learn something new about that place . ... | middle81.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "weekdays"
},
"options": [
"Thursdays",
"Wednesdays",
"weekdays",
"weekends"
],
"question": "On _ ,Paula usually gets up at 7:10a.m.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"ans... | Paula Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
get up 7:10a.m. 7:10a.m. 7:10a.m. 7:10a.m. 7:10a.m.
morning school school school school school
lunch pizza rice rice rice rice
afternoon Yo--yo Table tennis Table tennis Table tennis football
evening homework homework ... | middle2684.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "sings and moves along to the music"
},
"options": [
"sings and moves along to the music",
"laughs at others at the traffic lights",
"pretends to be serious",
"watches his favourite movies"
],
"question": "While ... | We all, at one time or another , were like a rock star, singing and dancing along to our favourite song. Most of us have done this in our own room when we were kids or even when we grew up. Me? I love to do that when I drive! I turn on the radio, find a song that I can sing along, and soon my arms are in the air. I am ... | middle2848.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "provide protection against colds"
},
"options": [
"make them catch a cold easily",
"provide protection against colds",
"make them cleverer",
"prevent all illnesses"
],
"question": "Most people believe that takin... | The days are getting shorter and shorter, and temperatures are dropping. Winter is coming and it is easy for people to catch flu. Many people have started taking vitamin C pills as a precautionary way. But a research has shown that vitamin C pills do not provide as much protection as they think. They are even not as go... | middle1399.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "there is less smoke near the floor"
},
"options": [
"you won't get burnt.",
"the floor is cleaner",
"there is less smoke near the floor",
"you won't breathe any smoke"
],
"question": "In a room filled with smoke... | The worst danger is a house on fire when people are asleep. Always be ready to leave through a window into the garden by making sure you can open it if necessary. If you should be on holiday in a tall building or hotel, make sure you know where the fire escape is . When you can't find any way out, try to find pieces o... | middle7930.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "He likes it very much"
},
"options": [
"He hates it",
"He likes it very much",
"He feels it too tiresome",
"He doesn't like it at all."
],
"question": "What does the writer of the passage think of his job?",
... | I am a writer. My job is to write something for the newspaper. I work very hard. Every morning I get up at seven. I take some exercise and then have a light breakfast. Then I drive to my office. It takes me thirty minutes, so I usually get there earlier than others.
I am very busy. I think every minute counts, so I pla... | middle95.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "it's famous for its boating and nightlife"
},
"options": [
"it's made up of two cities",
"there are good beaches along Danube",
"it's the capital of Hungary",
"it's famous for its boating and nightlife"
],
"ques... | Have you ever been to some big cities in the world? The information below will be helpful to you.
Budapest For many centuries, Budapest was two cities, with Buda on the west side of the river Danube and Pest on the east side. Budapest became one city in 1872, and it has been the capital city of Hungary for about eigh... | middle6390.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "She got along well with the other animals and had a lot of friends."
},
"options": [
"She was strong enough to face all the dangers.",
"She was friendly and all animals loved to help her.",
"She was ready to help the other an... | A hare was very popular with the other animals who all said they were her friends. But one day she heard the hounds getting close and hoped to escape them with the help of her many friends. So, she went to the horse, and asked him to carry her away from the hounds on his back. But he refused, because he had important ... | middle5699.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Five"
},
"options": [
"Seven",
"Six",
"Four",
"Five"
],
"question": "How many people are there in the family?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"a... | Mr. and Mrs White have a son and two daughters. They have a cat and a big house. In front of the house there are some trees and two cars. On weekends they go to the beach . Mr. White works from Tuesday to Friday. Mrs. White works from Tuesday to Saturday. They are teachers. Their students like them very much. There is... | middle4587.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "meat"
},
"options": [
"fruit",
"meat",
"vegetables",
"rice"
],
"question": "Tigers and lions like eating _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"... | There are also two big elephants and a baby. Children like to ride on one of them. The elephants are very kind and friendly. They eat much grass and bananas.
In the zoo, we can see different kinds of bears, brown bears, black bears and white bears. They are all slow and clumsy . They stand on their back legs and lift ... | middle5841.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Their different ways of doing business."
},
"options": [
"Their different ways of doing business.",
"Their different lifestyles.",
"The fact that the Japanese never say \"No\".",
"The fact that the Japanese are slow to ... | Close contacts between Japan and the rest of the world were created in the twentieth century. In the last forty years, business contacts between Japan and the West have become very important. Many foreign companies now have offices in Japan and Japanese businessmen do business around the world. Differences between Japa... | middle143.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "have dinner with her"
},
"options": [
"have dinner with her",
"go to a big red house",
"go to the cinema together",
"go shopping together"
],
"question": "Nancy asks Sheila to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze... | Nancy and Sheila are in the same class. They are friends. Nancy wants to invite Sheila to dinner on Sunday. But Sheila doesn't know the way. Now Nancy is telling her.
"It's easy. You can take No. 4 bus. After you get off at Red Road. cross it and take the first turning on the left. Walk along the road for about five mi... | middle2860.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "loved beautiful paintings"
},
"options": [
"loved beautiful paintings",
"did very well in painting",
"was good at painting roosters",
"Was very kind to the painter."
],
"question": "According to the writer, the ... | In ancient times, there was a painter. He was good at painting flowers and birds. But he never stopped practicing until he became very famous.
An emperor of China also loved paintings,especially roosters . So he asked the famous painter to paint a rooster for him. He wanted the rooster to be the best among all his coll... | middle2874.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "to conserve the world"
},
"options": [
"to conserve the world",
"to change the world",
"to develop the world",
"to destroy the world"
],
"question": "The United Nations hoped something could be done _ .",
... | 1970 was World Conservation Year. The United Nations wanted everyone to know that the world was in danger. They hoped something could be done.
Here is one example of the problem. At one time there were 1,300 kinds of plants, trees and flowers in Holland ,but now only 866 are left. The others have been destroyed by mode... | middle6347.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "watching TV"
},
"options": [
"studying",
"playing games",
"watching TV",
"helping their parents"
],
"question": "In America, some children spend eight hours or more _ on Saturday .",
"question_type": "cl... | American boys and girls like watching TV. Some children spend six hours a day at school and four to six hours a day in front of the TV sets. Some children even watch TV for eight hours or more on Saturday.
Television is like books and films . A child can learn good things and bad things from it. Some TV _ help children... | middle1428.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "in front of"
},
"options": [
"next to",
"behind",
"in front of",
"in"
],
"question": "The small garden is _ the house.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": ... | Hi! Let me tell you something about my beautiful house. There is a small garden in front of it. There are many beautiful flowers in the garden. Behind my house there is a big tree. Some birds always sing in it early in the morning. Near the tree, you can see a _ . Our new car is in it now.
My house is a two-storey bui... | middle4550.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "student"
},
"options": [
"worker",
"student",
"nurse",
"policeman"
],
"question": "The writer is a _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_... | Most people go to school or go to work by car or by bus. They think it's convenient . But I usually ride a bike to go to school. Here are some reasons :
It's healthy. Riding a bike is good exercise for us. It makes us feel good.
It's green. Riding a bike is green. It causes very _ , so if more people ride bikes, the o... | middle5896.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Relaxed."
},
"options": [
"Hungry.",
"Nervous.",
"Angry.",
"Relaxed."
],
"question": "How does the colour green make the students feel?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"... | Many scientists find that colours can change people's feelings. It's very interesting. Some colours can make people feel relaxed,and some colours can make people feel nervous. Now,this kind of knowledge is being used in many places. For example, school walls are always painted green because green makes students feel re... | middle2121.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Parents encourage them to live a free and wealthy life."
},
"options": [
"Young people want to take a break from studying.",
"Young people want to be sure about what to study.",
"Parents encourage them to be brave and indepen... | In Western society, especially in the English-speaking world, the chance for young people to see the other countries and experience life is considered important. Many young people, when they finish school at the age of 18, take a gap year before they go to university.
Parents often want their children to grow up a litt... | middle5128.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Nick; Kate"
},
"options": [
"Kate; Nick",
"Bob; Nick",
"Nick; Kate",
"Sue; Bob"
],
"question": "The e-mail is from _ to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_in... | Dear Kate,
You are in New York, but I am in Beijing now. China is a great country and Beijing is a big city in China. It's very beautiful. I like it very much. There are twenty-four girls and nineteen boys in our class. One of the boys is from England. His name is Bob. He likes swimming. Sue and I come from America.
S... | middle2647.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "we have a fight with our classmates"
},
"options": [
"we get good grades",
"everything goes well",
"someone is proud of us",
"we have a fight with our classmates"
],
"question": "We feel unhappy when _",
"q... | Sometimes we feel good, such as when we get good grades or when something good happens. Sometimes we feel bad, such as when we argue with our classmates or when the teachers criticize us. Both kinds of feelings are common. Of course, we all enjoy good feelings, but when we feel unhappy, sometimes we don't know what to ... | middle3559.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "I don't know."
},
"options": [
"Yes, there is.",
"There is a bed.",
"There is a computer.",
"I don't know."
],
"question": "Is there only one room in Kate's house?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},... | This is a room in Kate's house. There is a big bed, a table, a computer and some chairs in it. There's a glass and some books on the table. There is a picture on the wall. Kate is in the room. She is looking at the picture. Her father and mother are in the school. They work hard. | middle4236.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "On dry wood"
},
"options": [
"On dry wood",
"In places full of water",
"On living trees",
"Behind houses"
],
"question": "Where does Fungi not grow? _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"a... | When we talk of plants, most of us will think of things that grow from the ground and have green leaves, but there are plants that do not look or act like other plants. Some of these belong to a special class of plants called fungi.
Fungi may appear almost everywhere. They commonly grow in wet places where they call ge... | middle802.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Ninety."
},
"options": [
"Sixty.",
"Seventy.",
"Eighty.",
"Ninety."
],
"question": "How many classrooms are there in the teaching building?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | I have an American friend.Her name is Lily.This is a picture of her new school.Look! There are six floors in the teaching building.There are fifteen classrooms on every floor.In the school,there are 3,200 students and 300 teachers.The teachers' offices are behind the classrooms.The dining hall is next to the teaching b... | middle42.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "early"
},
"options": [
"late",
"early",
"at 6:30",
"at 7:00"
],
"question": "Rose gets up _ every morning.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"a... | Rose usually wakes up early in the morning. She always has her breakfast at half past six. She leaves home at about seven o'clock.. She is never late for school.
She has many classes in the morning. At about twelve fifteen, she comes back for lunch. In the afternoon, she isn't so busy. After school she does her homewor... | middle56.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Four."
},
"options": [
"Two.",
"Three.",
"Four.",
"Five."
],
"question": "How many musicians do they want?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answ... | Musicians wanted
We want four good musicians for our rock band. Are you a musician? Can you sing? Can you play the piano, the guitar or the drums? Do you want to be the best musician? If you want to join us, please send an e-mail. Our e-mail address is rockband2009@pep. corn.cn. Or you can call Mr. Liu at 790 -4566.
Te... | middle2653.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "history class"
},
"options": [
"history class",
"Chinese class",
"science class",
"music class"
],
"question": "Jane has a _ on Wednesday morning.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answe... | Dear Susan,
Today is Wednesday. I'm very happy because I have a history class in the morning. Our history teacher, Mr. Meng, always tells us some history stories. I think they're quite interesting.
But my good friend, Chen Kun, doesn't like Wednesday. He doesn't like history. He thinks it's difficult. He can't understa... | middle4222.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "To keep swimmers safe."
},
"options": [
"To keep swimmers running.",
"To keep swimmers swimming.",
"To keep swimmers safe.",
"To keep sharks swimming."
],
"question": "Why do people put nets around some beaches?... | Sharks are the most frightening animals in the sea. Sometimes we can see sharks swimming in the sea around Hong Kong. People put nets around some beaches to protect swimmers. When there is a "shark's flag", people must slay on the beach. It will be too late if a shark can swim sixty kilometers an hour to you.
There a... | middle4544.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "the smallest school that was closed down"
},
"options": [
"the smallest school that was closed down",
"the only pupil in the smallest school",
"the new teacher and her teaching",
"the old teacher who just retired"
]... | Britain's smallest school was closed down because its only pupil failed to turn up for class, a famous Britain newspaper reported in May.
The newspaper said the six-year-old girl's parents were unhappy with a teacher who just got the new job to teach the only pupil.
The school had been closed for the last nine months a... | middle4.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Playing basketball."
},
"options": [
"Music.",
"Playing basketball.",
"Drawing.",
"Playing football."
],
"question": "What does peter think is cool?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answe... | Some children are talking about their favourite subjects and activities at school.
Lucy: I think music is my favourite. I like listening to many beautiful English songs. I need to _ after a day's work, so I often listen to music after supper.
Kate: I like music, too. But I only listen to Chinese songs, especially Jay C... | middle5882.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "friends"
},
"options": [
"parents",
"friends",
"family members",
"brothers and sisters"
],
"question": "Many teenagers think _ are the most important people in their lives.",
"question_type": "cloze_quest... | Who do you think are the most important people in your life, your parents, your sisters or your brothers, or your friends? I think your answer must be "my friends". Some teenagers often say their parents don't understand them. In large families, brothers and sisters often argue with each other. So most of us think frie... | middle6353.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Five."
},
"options": [
"Four.",
"Five.",
"Three.",
"Six."
],
"question": "How many times did the young man try before the bird flapped its wings?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer":... | One day, a young man visited a small farm in the countryside. As he got closer to the farm, he saw many chickens and an eagle playing together.
He then went up to the farm house and talked to the farmer, "Sir, I was just passing by and I saw that you have many chickens and an eagle." The farmer smiled and said, "That... | middle3203.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "read an article"
},
"options": [
"read an article",
"meet Marlo",
"write a poem",
"take photos"
],
"question": "One evening my mother asked me to _ ,",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answ... | I was the typical"I can't"child-whatever my mother told or asked me to do was immediately followed by my cry,"I can't."As a result,very few tasks or goals that I set out to achieve were ever completed.
One evening,my mother called me into the family room."I want you to read this article,"Mother began."It's about Marlo ... | middle5672.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "he had to support his family in Boston."
},
"options": [
"hehad lost his job and wanted to find a new one.",
"he had to support his family in Boston.",
"his wife had recently died of a heart attack.",
"his daughter need... | I was being interviewed by a senior manager for a major insurance company. I told him honestly why I wanted the job----I needed to keep my family in Boston. My wife recently died of a heart attack. A job in Boston would help me reduce some of the extreme trauma and pain of the loss for my 16-year-old daughter. It wa... | middle180.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "an online shopping site"
},
"options": [
"a shopping mall",
"an online shopper",
"an online shopping site",
"a person"
],
"question": "Taobao is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answe... | Today more and more people like to go shopping online . Wang Xing is one of them. Wang Xing is a writer in Beijing. She likes shopping online. She often shops on Taobao.
Do you know Taobao? If you like shopping online, I am sure you know it. Taobao is China's biggest online shopping site . Taobao means "looking for tr... | middle1414.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Five."
},
"options": [
"Three.",
"Four.",
"Five.",
"Six."
],
"question": "How many tips does the writer give us to order healthy food at fast food restaurant?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
... | Now many people like fast food. We all know that fast food is notverygood for our health. So more and more fast food restaurants are serving healthier food and you can make healthier choices. Here are some tips for ordering healthy food at fast food restaurants.
*Don't order the biggest size. The biggest size seems che... | middle7065.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "farmers"
},
"options": [
"workers",
"teachers",
"officers",
"farmers"
],
"question": "From the passage, we know that Li Xin's parents used to be _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answ... | With more and more farmers working in big cities, their children go into the cities, too.However, problems appear. One of these problems is that is difficult for these children to receive education in cities.
Luckily, there are some free schools for them, but they are not enough. Ten-year-old Li Xin is one of the lucky... | middle1372.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "To find out the cause of death."
},
"options": [
"To help the poor family.",
"To do a research on death.",
"To find out the cause of death.",
"To ask questions about the person."
],
"question": "What is the purp... | When someone who is in good health dies suddenly ,there is usually an inquest .A coroner will do it.His job is to find out exactly how a person died.
If there is nothing suspicious about the death,he will decide that the person died from
natural causes or an accident.if, however ,he is suspicious,he may decide that the... | middle5114.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "To send instant messages , people usually have to download the app first"
},
"options": [
"people sent 19 billion SMS texts every day in 2012",
"All the messages sent on mobile phones and computers are free",
"Picture message... | If you hear the sound of a handset beeping in a bag or pocket, you could be forgiven for thinking that someone has received a text message. But nowadays there are so many different ways of messaging someone that it could spell the death of the traditional text as we know it.
Text messaging, or texting, is the art of s... | middle3565.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "They are friends."
},
"options": [
"They are friends.",
"They are relatives.",
"They are brothers.",
"They are neighbors."
],
"question": "What the relationship between Bill and Paul?",
"question_type": "fac... | There are two mice. They are called Bill and Paul. They are good friends. One mouse lives in the country; the other mouse lives in the city. On a sunny day they meet in the street.
Paul: Hi, Bill! Have a look at my house in the country. I'm sure you can enjoy yourself.
Bill: I'd love to. But I hear that the food is not... | middle5100.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "is needed in every country"
},
"options": [
"is needed in many countries",
"is needed in every country",
"can be used in many ways",
"is very important for factories"
],
"question": "From the passage we know tha... | Many places in the world need more fresh water. Every country is trying to find ways to turn salt water into fresh. Why aren't there many factories like the Symi factory?
In some places the sun is not hot enough. Or it does not shine every day.
In such places other ways of heating sea water can be used. These ways cost... | middle3571.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The famous buildings."
},
"options": [
"The parks.",
"The people.",
"The famous buildings.",
"The animals"
],
"question": "What do people from the world come to London to see?",
"question_type": "factiod_que... | There are about 7,000,000 people in London. London is one of the big cities in the world. London is famous for many things. People from all over the world come to see the famous buildings. There is a famous clock called Big Ben, too.
Like many big cities, the _ is very busy in London. When the work hours begin, over 1,... | middle7717.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Bicycles'returming"
},
"options": [
"Motorcycle ban.",
"Bicycles'returming",
"Convenience of riding a bicycle",
"Problems brought by bicycles"
],
"question": "What is the min topic of the passage?",
"questio... | Bicycles, a long-forgotten vehicle that seems to belong to the last century, are returning to the streets of Guangzhou, as the city starts to ban the running of motorcycle in urban Guangzhou.
"Business has never been so good for my shop," said Chen Yongwu, a bicycle shop owner at the city's Donghua West Road, "I have t... | middle1366.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "some children under the age of ten"
},
"options": [
"some officials",
"some of Sadli's friends",
"some children under the age of ten",
"some of Lelana's workmates"
],
"question": "According to the passage, _ ... | Do you still remember the disaster several years ago? In Indonesia thousands of people were killed by the tsunami that washed people out to sea and pulled children out of their parents' arms. "The weather was fine with no clouds .There was no warning and suddenly the sea water just hit the city. In some parts the wa... | middle194.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "thought of his family as his all"
},
"options": [
"liked to paint houses",
"had no friends around him",
"was not healthy in his youth",
"thought of his family as his all"
],
"question": "We know from the reading... | I never saw my father home from work late or ill, nor did I ever see my father take a "night out with the boys". He had no bobbies but just took care of his family.
For 22 years, since I left home for college, my father called me every Sunday at 9:00 am. He was always interested in my life-how my family was doing. The ... | middle3217.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Red."
},
"options": [
"Green.",
"Blue.",
"Red.",
"Yellow."
],
"question": "What color is Alice's jacket?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer... | Good afternoon! I'm Alice. My last name is Smith. I'm in a red jacket. I'm in Xingfu Middle School. My phone number is 569-2679. This is Cindy Brown. She is my good friend. She is in a yellow jacket. She is in Xingfu Middle School, too. What's her phone number? It's 865-2397. | middle5666.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "WarmPlacesforReading"
},
"options": [
"BuyingBooksinBookstores",
"WarmPlacesforReading",
"ANewBookstoreinChina",
"GreatBookstoresOnline"
],
"question": "The best title to explain the main idea of the text is \... | "On a spring night, we offer book lovers a desk and a light. You can stay here as long as you want to." This is the slogan of Sanlian Taofen Bookstore in Beijing. Earlier this month, Sanlian Taofen Bookstore became the first 24-hour bookstore in the city.
It hopes to encourage more people to read books. Bookstores a... | middle3388.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "to help the travelers carry their luggage"
},
"options": [
"to stand in the railway station",
"to answer the traveler's question",
"to help the travelers carry their luggage",
"to ask the travelers to help him"
],
... | An old porter had worked for the railway for a very long time. One morning he was standing in one of the big railway stations and waiting for travelers to ask him to help them with their luggage, when he saw a small man running toward the trains with a big bag in his hand.
The porter watched the man for a few seconds... | middle2096.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Five."
},
"options": [
"Four.",
"Five.",
"Six",
"Seven."
],
"question": "How many countries are mentioned in the article?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index":... | White bread is thought to have a long history.In ancient Egypt, people discovered white bread about 8,000 years ago.
There is something interesting about white bread.In the old times,many cities in ancient Greece said they owned the best quality.In the middle ages,bakers in England carefully _ their secrets of making b... | middle7688.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "radiation sickness"
},
"options": [
"your fingers to turn blue",
"radiation sickness",
"your parents to think you're smart",
"your games scores to go down"
],
"question": "Sitting to close to your computer for t... | If the only sports you do are dancing your fingers across your keyboard, you could be in serious danger of more than just becoming overweight and out of shape.
Do you often feel sleepy, like something is weighing down on your head? Do you feel forgetful? Do you sometimes feel uncomfortable up and down your neck and low... | middle6596.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "middle school"
},
"options": [
"primary school",
"middle school",
"university",
"college"
],
"question": "Jane is a school girl in a _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Jane is a school girl. She is twelve. She studies at a middle school. She is in Grade Seven. She is a good girl. Jane gets up at seven in the morning. Then she has her breakfast. For breakfast she has eggs and a cup of milk. She doesn't have tea for breakfast.
After breakfast Jane goes to school. At twelve she comes ho... | middle7850.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "it can help us a lot"
},
"options": [
"our country asks us to learn it",
"it can help us a lot",
"we can use it to play games",
"it can help us to find jobs"
],
"question": "Why do we say the computer is a usefu... | Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their life. For example, they can help people save much time, and they can help people do hard work.
Today more and more families have computers. Parents buy computers for their children. They hope computers can help their children improve their studies. But ... | middle4381.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "prefers going to a game to a friend's wedding"
},
"options": [
"goes to a game without caring for work",
"prefers going to a game to a friend's wedding",
"suffers from more depression than ordinary people",
"is not will... | San Russell is not your average baseball fan. He is a die-hard Boston Red Sox fan. He has a season ticket and he arranges his work schedule so he does not miss a game. San also attends game dressed in their uniform, and his car is red. He has even lost some friends by choosing to watch the Red Sox instead of going to ... | middle2928.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Two of them fell into a hole"
},
"options": [
"Two of them died",
"Two of them lost their way",
"Someone caught two of them",
"Two of them fell into a hole"
],
"question": "What happened when a group of frogs we... | A group of frogs were travelling through the bush when two of them fell into a deep hole. The other frogs tried to help them. When they saw how deep the hole was, they told the two frogs that they could not be saved and that they were almost dead. The two frogs didn't listen to their words and tried their best to jum... | middle6582.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "football"
},
"options": [
"tennis",
"football",
"baseball",
"swimming"
],
"question": "The park offered people all of these EXCEPT _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"... | Arthur Robert Ashe Jr. was the first African-American player to take part in the international sport of tennis at the highest level of the game. He was born on July 10, 1943.
When Arthur was 6, his mother died. Arthur, with his father and his brother, lived near a large park in Richmond, Virginia. His father was the ma... | middle779.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "15 years old."
},
"options": [
"11 years old.",
"13 years old.",
"15 years old.",
"17 years old."
],
"question": "How old was the writer when he wrote the passage?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answe... | Four years ago when I was a boy of 11, I got into the biggest trouble as a kid. It was a Saturday morning. Both my parents were out, leaving me and my 10-month-old sister home alone. Anyway, my sister was still asleep in her room. In fact I had the house to myself. I decided to do some drawing. Soon I gave up. Nothing ... | middle7844.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Tired"
},
"options": [
"Worried",
"Happy",
"Angry",
"Tired"
],
"question": "How does Mr Black usually feel when he gets back home?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answe... | Mr Black works in an office. He's very busy and he has no time to rest. Every evening, When he comes back from his office, he always feels tired and wants to go to bed early, but his wife often has something interesting to tell him after supper. She keeps talking until it's too late. But Mr Black has to get up early in... | middle5935.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Because she wanted to be looked after there."
},
"options": [
"Because she needed another operation.",
"Because she had been used to living there.",
"Because she waited for the writer to come.",
"Because she wanted to b... | Yesterday I went to the nursing home to visit my grandma. She just got out of the hospital recently where she had some serious operations. I wanted to surprise her after work, so I stopped by for a quick visit.
When I got there, she was happy to see me. We hugged, kissed and exchanged greetings. Then I heard a woman cr... | middle2914.txt |
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