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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He is a pet dog."
},
"options": [
"He is Daniel's brother.",
"He is Eric's classmate.",
"He is a pet dog.",
"He is a sporty boy."
],
"question": "Who is Spot?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
... | Mom: Daniel, I need to talk to you about your behavior. Dad and I realize there is probably an explanation for why the house is so dirty, but you shouldn't have run out of the room and closed the door so hard like that.
Daniel: Mom, I'm sorry, but I was so angry! You want me to act like an adult but you and dad ... | middle751.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Understanding."
},
"options": [
"Understanding.",
"Honesty.",
"Reliability.",
"A sense of humor."
],
"question": "Which of the following qualities the writer thinks is the most important in choosing a friend?",
... | In choosing a friend, one should be very careful. A good friend can help you study. You can have fun together and make each other happy. Sometimes you will meet fair-weather friends. They will be with you as long as you have money or luck, but when you are down, they will run away. How do I know when I have found a goo... | middle2900.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "she enjoyed a great time out with her family"
},
"options": [
"she enjoyed a great time out with her family",
"she could get up late during the holidays",
"she could eat eggs on that day",
"it was the most important hol... | When I was a kid, the Easter holidays in Australia were my favorite time of the year. As soon as they began in April, my family would head straight to the beach for a weekend of camping.
Unlike most of the world, Easter falls in autumn in Australia. This means that Easter is our last chance to enjoy the warm weather,... | middle5909.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "She wanted to find a job."
},
"options": [
"She wanted to visit a lot of interesting places.",
"She wanted to visit her uncle.",
"She wanted to find a job.",
"She wanted to have a good time there."
],
"question"... | This holiday my sister and I went to Shanghai. My sister had just graduated and she wanted to find a job in Shanghai.
My uncle lived in Shanghai, so we lived with him after we got there. On the first day we went to a lot of interesting places, including Waitan and Huangpu Park. We spent the next few days helping my sis... | middle6233.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "friends or classmates"
},
"options": [
"friends or classmates",
"parents",
"head teacher",
"teachers"
],
"question": "Most of the students would like to talk about their problems with _ .",
"question_type... | When you are in trouble,whom will you tell the problems to and ask for help? Someone has made a survey in a middle school.500 students were asked to choose one answer among friends or classmates,parents,head teacher and teachers.Here is the result.Please read the chart and try to get some information. | middle2055.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "making"
},
"options": [
"making",
"playing",
"selling",
"advertising"
],
"question": "Nowadays, many people want to make money by _ video games.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer"... | Nowadays many young people want to make money by making video games. Creating a good game often needs a lot of game developers. The graphic designers, the programmers, writing and music are all important to the final product.
With the development of the Internet, _ games become more and more popular. In the past, if ... | middle4424.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "twenty-three"
},
"options": [
"twenty-nine",
"twenty-six",
"twenty-three",
"twenty"
],
"question": "Ann graduated from college when she was _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {... | Six years ago, Ann graduated from college with a degree in Art. Now she is twenty-nine and works for a large computer company. She takes classes twice a week after work. She is learning to use the computer program PowerPoint. "I enjoy the college, but my job doesn't use the information I learned at college." Ann says.... | middle2733.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He's tall and has short hair."
},
"options": [
"A mirror.",
"A good friend",
"He's tall and has short hair.",
"Reading books"
],
"question": "What does Peter look like?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"... | Hello, everyone! My name is Peter. I think a good friend is like a mirror. I'm tall and have short hair. My best friend Jack looks similar to me. I'm quiet and like reading books. He likes reading, too. So we often spend time together reading and studying. I like sports. I play basketball very well and he is good at pl... | middle6555.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "by car"
},
"options": [
"by bus",
"on foot",
"by car",
"by subway"
],
"question": "The writer goes home _ every afternoon.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index"... | I think it's hard for a teenager to live in the modern society. For example, how to go to school is a problem I often worry about. Every afternoon, my father picks me up at the gate of the school. Many parents pick up their children, too. Most of them drive private cars. Of all the cars, Anna's father's car is the bes... | middle7893.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "going online"
},
"options": [
"going online",
"how to communicate with others",
"how to spend our free time",
"different kinds of activities"
],
"question": "The short passage is about _ .",
"question_typ... | Good morning, class!
We know that there are too many net bars around us. The Internet is popular and it makes our lives colorful. Many of us like going online very much because we can learn how to use the computer and get more information from the Internet. We can learn English. We can read some good newspapers and mag... | middle976.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Math"
},
"options": [
"Chinese",
"Math",
"Geography",
"Art."
],
"question": "According to the passage, which subject do students always learn in different grades at school?",
"question_type": null
},
{
... | Ask any student which subject he or she hates most. 9 out of 10 students will answer "math". No matter which country you visit, no matter which grade you are in, you may not learn art, geography, chemistry or Chinese, but you always learn math. Why is this so? How come so many students hate math, and yet cannot avoid l... | middle6541.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Because their parents want them to do well in school, it give them much pressure."
},
"options": [
"Because they don't work hard enough",
"Because their parents give them little pressure",
"Because they can't do well in their... | Japanese students work very hard, but many are unhappy. They feel heavy pressure from their parents to do well in school. Most students are always being told by their parents to study harder so that they can have a wonderful life. Though this may be a good idea for those very smart students, it can have terrible result... | middle7887.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "she likes eating snacks"
},
"options": [
"she is an American girl",
"she has a balanced diet",
"she likes eating snacks",
"she likes vegetables soup"
],
"question": "Fangfang becomes overweight, because _ .",... | Fangfang, a 15-year-old Chinese girl, likes eating snacks very much. She prefers cream biscuits, McDonald's food, KFC, and Beijing roast duck. Sometimes she eats two packages of biscuits a day. As a result, she becomes _ .
Today in China, there are many children like Fangfang. They like snacks. They don't eat enough he... | middle962.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Math"
},
"options": [
"Chinese",
"Math",
"English",
"History"
],
"question": "Which subject is Winnie's favourite?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
... | Hello, everyone!
My name is Winnie. I'm a 15-year-old girl. I live in the beautiful city of Rizhao.
I'm an active , lovely and clever girl. In the school my favourite subject is Math. Maybe someone thinks it's difficult to study well. But I like it. I believe that if you try your best, everything can be done well.
I a... | middle4356.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "likes music very much"
},
"options": [
"likes to sit by the sea",
"is not interested in music",
"likes to travel by plane",
"likes music very much"
],
"question": "The passage tells us that the writer _ .",
... | To me, music is food and water. I can't live without it. I know this is not true for everybody. Many people don't listen to music and they can get along quite well. But music is everywhere in our life. For example, when you watch films or TV plays, do you find them interesting if there is no music? You would find them ... | middle3439.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "seeing a film"
},
"options": [
"watching a TV play",
"listening to the music",
"watching a football match",
"seeing a film"
],
"question": "The woman was _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | A woman was at the cinema, and she was enjoying the film very much. But there was a man in the next seat, and he began looking on the floor under him. The woman was angry and whispered, "What are you doing there? What are you looking for?" "A piece of hard chocolate ,"the man whispered to her, "I dropped it on the floo... | middle2727.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "It's dirty but fun."
},
"options": [
"It's dirty but fun.",
"It's easy but dirty.",
"It's easy and fun.",
"It's cheap and dirty."
],
"question": "What does the writer think of car wash?",
"question_type": nu... | Looking for a new way to raise money for charity ? Has your school run out of clever and fun ideas? Don't give up. There are several ways to support your favorite charity.
How about organizing a car wash? Everybody who has a car sooner or later washes it or has it washed. So why don't you and your classmates do the jo... | middle5048.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "spoken"
},
"options": [
"good",
"spoken",
"dirty",
"poor"
],
"question": "Blue sometimes means sad in _ English.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
... | Mary can't understand such sentences as "She is blue today." "You are yellow." "He has a green thumb ." "He tells a white lie." and so on. And she goes to her teacher for help.
Mary: Mrs. Smith, there is a colour in each of these sentence. What do they mean?
Mrs. Smith: In everyday English, blue sometimes means sad. Y... | middle2041.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "At the bus stop."
},
"options": [
"In the bus.",
"Near the bus stop.",
"At the bus stop.",
"In a big shop."
],
"question": "Where does Mr. Green meet the old man?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
... | It is a beautiful spring morning. There isn't a cloud, and the sun is warm but not too hot. So Mr. Green is surprised when he sees an old man at the bus stop with a big strong black umbrella in his hand.
Mr. Green says to him, "Do you think we are going to have rain today?"
"No," says the old man,"I don't think so."
"T... | middle4430.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Six."
},
"options": [
"Six.",
"Five.",
"Three.",
"Four."
],
"question": "How many family members did 2-year-old Ye Chengfeng save?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answe... | Two-year-old hero Ye Chengfeng saved most of his family from a deadly gas leak . As his grandfather lay dead, the child woke up his grandmother and saved five other family members from deaths.
More and more British school kids use their mobile phones to cheat in exams. They use them to send messages to get the answers... | middle7139.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "saying something about the weather"
},
"options": [
"saying hello to each other",
"Drinking tea",
"Looking for good weather",
"saying something about the weather"
],
"question": "People often begin their talk by... | An American writer, Mr Green once said, "Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it." It is true that everybody talks about the weather. Many people begin their talks by saying, "Isn't it a nice day?" "Do you think it will rain?" "I think it's going to snow."
Many people think they can tell w... | middle1548.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "John would be punished by his father."
},
"options": [
"His father would buy a book for John.",
"John's artwork was beautiful.",
"His father didn't love his children.",
"John would be punished by his father."
],
... | My little brother sat in the corner of the living room, a pen in one hand and my father's book in the other.
As my father walked into the room, my brother knew that he had done something wrong. I could see that he had scribbled in the book with a pen. Now, he and I both waited for our father's punishment.
My father p... | middle6227.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Tell the teacher you don't know"
},
"options": [
"Repeat the question",
"Tell the teacher you don't know",
"Give an answer",
"Put up your hand"
],
"question": "When a teacher asks you a question but you don't kn... | The class in America is almost the same as that in China. But something is different.
1.In America, if the teacher asks you a question but you don't understand, you should put up your hand and ask the teacher to repeat it. If you don't know the answer, it is all right to tell the teacher that you don't know. Then he or... | middle5706.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Age."
},
"options": [
"Weather.",
"Actions of others.",
"Personality.",
"Age."
],
"question": "Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a factor that can affect one's emotions?",
"question_type": null
... | For hundreds Of years, scientists have been trying to answer what things have an effect on people's emotions . How you feel is controlled by many things. Your emotions can be affected by your personality, by the actions of others and by events around you. Perhaps you don't know your emotions can be influenced by the w... | middle2069.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "it might be Dad's last birthday"
},
"options": [
"Dad was to leave the hospital",
"it might be Dad's last birthday",
"they would celebrate Thanksgiving Day",
"Dad was at the nursing home"
],
"question": "The who... | We always celebrated Dad's birthday on Thanksgiving Day. even afier he stayed in a nursing home . When we knew it might be his last birthday, the whole family decided to have a big birthday celebration at the nursing home.
Dad was a good storyteller. But this time I told Dad to listen to some stories for a change. One ... | middle3377.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "their pretty faces"
},
"options": [
"their beautiful songs",
"their pretty faces",
"their lovely voices",
"their rich families"
],
"question": "Some people believe that TFboys has become popular only because of"... | Overnight, TFboys, a boy band consisting of three middle school students, became the talk all over China. Founded last year, the oldest member of TF boys is only 14. But the number of their followers on Sina Weibo has reached 11 million. Their music videos are also getting millions of views online.
Some say that TFboys... | middle4418.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "on the beach"
},
"options": [
"on the beach",
"at home",
"in the school",
"in the park"
],
"question": "Kate and Susan are _ on Sunday.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Today is Sunday. It is sunny. Kate and her friends go to the beach.
There are lots of people here now. Some are playing volleyball. Others are swimming in the sea. Look at this group of people singing and taking a sunbath on the beach.
After swimming for some time, Kate feels very tired. So she has a rest at the swim... | middle7111.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "difficult times"
},
"options": [
"difficult times",
"good things",
"challenges",
"blessings"
],
"question": "According to the poem, _ make us grow.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"an... | Be Thankful
Be thankful when you don't already have everything you want.
If you did, what would there be to look forward to?
Be thankful when you don't know something,
for it gives you the chance to learn.
Be thankful for the difficult times
During those times you grow.
Be thankful for each new challenge ,
because it ... | middle8222.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "In the street."
},
"options": [
"In the school.",
"At home.",
"In the courtyard.",
"In the street."
],
"question": "Where was Pan Aiying robbed?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": ... | Pan Aiying, a Chinese teacher at Wutou Middle School in Qihe County, in East China's Shandong Province, didn't think her text messages would help to get her belongings back.
A young man riding a motorcycle robbed her of her bag, in which there was her mobile phone, bank cards and 4,900 yuan, as she was riding her bicyc... | middle1560.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "she was late for class again"
},
"options": [
"she was late for class again",
"she didn't finish her experiment",
"she was absent form science class",
"she didn't clean up the classroom"
],
"question": "Mr. Malo... | "This is the third time that you have been late , Julia . Why?"Mr. Malone stopped Julia as she walked by his desk. Julia explained , "I'm sorry . I was cleaning the tables in the science room . Someone spilled the chemical , so cleaning took me longer than usual . "
Mr. Malone replied . "I've talked to you about your l... | middle6569.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Six."
},
"options": [
"Five.",
"Six.",
"Seven.",
"Eight."
],
"question": "How many children did Ellie had in total?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
... | Ellie lived with her six children in a small house. One winter, there was a big flood and quite a few houses were washed away, but Ellie's house was high enough to keep them safe.
Many families lost everything in the flood. And Ellie took in one of the families. She shared her home with them until the family could buil... | middle792.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "four"
},
"options": [
"two",
"three",
"four",
"three or four"
],
"question": "Many English people have _ meals a day.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
... | In many English homes people eat four meals a day: breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner.People have breakfast at any time from seven to nine in the morning.They eat porridge,eggs or bread.English people drink tea or coffee at breakfast.Lunch comes at one o'clock.Afternoon tea is from four to five in the afternoon and dinne... | middle1206.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "At midnight."
},
"options": [
"In the morning.",
"At noon.",
"In the afternoon.",
"At midnight."
],
"question": "When does the writer come home from work?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
... | Every time I came home from work at midnight, I often saw a shadow walking in our neighborhood. Was it "a night walking"? Someone walked alone in the dark, and this always made me afraid a lot.
I think it was "a sleep walker". So I never bothered it. But one night, when I walked past it quietly and quickly as usual, ... | middle7677.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "More than 100"
},
"options": [
"Only 100",
"Just 100",
"More than 100",
"less than 100"
],
"question": "How many libraries are there at Oxford?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {... | University of Oxford is the oldest university in the English-speaking world and it's one of the top university in the world. There is no clear date when the university started, but teaching began at Oxford in some forms in 1096 and developed quickly from 1167.
There are 39 independent colleges at Oxford, attracting st... | middle3411.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Good education."
},
"options": [
"Working hard.",
"Good education.",
"Strong desire.",
"Enjoying failure."
],
"question": "Which of the following is NOT mentioned in achieving success?",
"question_type": nul... | Success does not belong to a select group of individuals . Success belongs to those who are willing to go after it and try their best to do what they have to do. Here are some useful practical ways for you if you want to be a success.
Desire. Desire is the strong wish to achieve a goal. Without desire you have nothing... | middle5060.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "he had not received proper treatment"
},
"options": [
"he had been hurt too seriously",
"he had been taken to hospital too late",
"he had not received proper treatment",
"he had not followed the doctor's advice"
],
... | For 21 years,Georges Bwelle watched his ill father traveling to hospitals,which could not offer him all necessary help.
Jamef Bwelle suffered only a broken arm at first,but it finally developed into a hematoma. That would affect him for the rest of his life. Bwelle spent years taking his father to overcrowded hospitals... | middle3405.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "he can't find a seat at the station"
},
"options": [
"he wants to eat something",
"he sees his old friend",
"he can't find a seat at the station",
"he is very tired"
],
"question": "Jack goes into the restaura... | Jack gets to the bus station very early. The bus for London leaves at twelve. He sees many people at the station. Some are waiting in line , and others are walking around. Jack looks around but there is no room for him to sit in. He walks into a restaurant. He looks up at the clock there. It's only 11:30. Then he fin... | middle5074.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "three"
},
"options": [
"two",
"three",
"four",
"five"
],
"question": "There are _ monkeys in the family .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answ... | In the jungle of Africa, there lives a family of monkeys. There is a Mama Monkey and a Papa Monkey, and they have a young daughter named Hananh. The monkey family lives very happily,swinging and playing in the trees. But it isn't all play. Papa Monkey has to make sure their home is warm and safe. Mama is responsible fo... | middle1212.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Autumn."
},
"options": [
"Spring .",
"Summer.",
"Autumn.",
"Winter."
],
"question": "In which season did the fourth son go and look at a pear tree?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer... | Many years ago, there was an old man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. So he told them to go and look at a pear tree. It was far away from his home. The first son went in winter, the second in spring, the third in summer, and the youngest son in autumn.
When the sons came ... | middle7663.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "is sent into the air"
},
"options": [
"is sent into the air",
"helps the five homeowners",
"is used twice",
"makes the computer work better"
],
"question": "Before the e-Radiator appears,usually the heat of a co... | When a computer works on a group of programs,it can get very hot.Cooling the computer can cost a lot.So some scientists wonder what would happen if the heat from the computer could beused.
Large Internet companies such as Google and Microsoft have thousands of computers.As these computers deal with information,they pro... | middle7105.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "middle school student"
},
"options": [
"middle school student",
"a father",
"worker",
"teacher"
],
"question": "Peter is a _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_i... | Peter is thirteen years old. He is in Grade Two this year. He likes to play soccer and watch soccer games. And he often reads newspapers. He does his best to know when and where there is going to be a soccer game. Now Peter is having lunch. He is listening to the radio, too. He is very happy because there is going to b... | middle1574.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Guangdong"
},
"options": [
"Beijing.",
"Shanghai.",
"Guangdong",
"Jiangsu."
],
"question": "Where was Su Bingtian born?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0... | Do you know Su Bingtian? He is a Chinese runner. He was born in Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province on August 20th, 1989.
When he was a child, he liked running in the school running team. His parents supported him in practicing running and they often encouraged him to run. Though it's very hard for him to win every race... | middle5712.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "needn't pay for it"
},
"options": [
"have to pay for it",
"have to help others",
"must be quite poor",
"needn't pay for it"
],
"question": "People who get help from Dear Mrs. Web or Help Line Volunteers _ .",... | A. Dear Mrs. Web
Dear Mrs. Web provides free personal advice and opinions for you. She receives and answers worldwide e-mail questions . She will offer you some new suggestions on your problems, like study project, problems in making friends... Dear Mrs. Web welcomes all questions and suggestions. You can receive the r... | middle3363.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a complete ban"
},
"options": [
"a ban on blankets",
"a ban on short and tight clothes",
"a complete ban",
"a sudden ban"
],
"question": "The underline phrase \" a blanket ban\" probably means \" _ \".",
... | Schoolgirls have been wearing such short skirts that a Staffordshire school has ordered them to wear trousers instead. All skirts will be banned from September at Paget High School in Branston. Tight-fitting trousers will also be banned and Muslim head-dressed will have to be "School blue" colour.
Head teacher Don Smi... | middle3834.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Read books"
},
"options": [
"Listen to music.",
"Beg some money.",
"Sell clothes and cosmetics.",
"Read books"
],
"question": "What do many people usually do when they are in the subway?",
"question_type": "... | Paris is the capial of France. Its subway is very special. You can enjoy its culture when you are in this city. First you see many people reading books in the subway. Whenever they are in the subway or at the station, there is always a book in the hand.
The subway station in Paris is not big , but each of them has its ... | middle1945.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Out of the taxi"
},
"options": [
"Out of the taxi",
"In the taxi",
"At home",
"At school"
],
"question": "Where does Peter throw the banana skin?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer":... | Peter is a student. He usually goes to school on a bus. This morning, He takes a taxi with his father because he may be late for school. His mother gives him a banana when they go out. On the way, he eats the banana and then throw the banana skin out of the taxi. At that time, an old man passes there. The old man ju... | middle209.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "$ 8."
},
"options": [
"$ 15.",
"$ 12.",
"$ 8.",
"$ 30."
],
"question": "What's the price of having breakfast in Hawaii?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1... | If you want to live in Hawaii,you need to think about how to save money,because it is one of the most expensive states in the USA.
Hawaii buys most of its goods from other countries.This makes the prices very high.Eating out can be expensive.Breakfast is at$5 or$8 and lunch ia around$12,while dinner goes from $15 to$30... | middle2294.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Three times a week."
},
"options": [
"Sometimes.",
"Always",
"Every time.",
"Three times a week."
],
"question": "How often does David go to KFC?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer":... | David likes to eat in KFC. He often eats a chicken hamburger and French fries. Most people working in KFC know David very well. Sometimes they often ask him, "How many times do you eat chicken hamburgers and French fries a week?" David will answer, "Three times a week." "Why do you like KFC better?" They ask. "Because ... | middle2280.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the rock cover was moved away"
},
"options": [
"her mother was not watching her",
"she was too weak",
"the rock cover was moved away",
"other children played with her"
],
"question": "Jessica fell into the well ... | At a day care center in Taxes, children were playing outside. One of the children was Jessica McClure. She was 18 months old. Jessica's mother, who worked at the day care center, was watching the children. Suddenly Jessica fell and disappeared. Jessica's mother cried and ran to her.
A well was in the yard of the center... | middle4829.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "to see lovely places"
},
"options": [
"to school",
"to work",
"to see lovely places",
"to his home"
],
"question": "Jim comes to take Helen _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {... | Helen's eyes are not very good, so she wears glasses. But she doesn't wear glasses when she is with her friend, Jim. When Jim comes to her house to take her out, she will take her glasses off, and when she gets back, she puts on the glasses.
One day her mother asks her, "Helen, why don't you wear glasses when you are w... | middle1951.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "An interesting life."
},
"options": [
"A short life.",
"An interesting life.",
"A lonely life",
"A poor life."
],
"question": "What kind of life has Jack lived?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
... | My grandfather Jack is 96 years old, and he has had an interesting life. He has travelled a lot in his life in the Far East. He visited the Taj Mahal in India and the Pyramids in Egypt. He hunted lions in Africa, and rode a camel in the Sahara Desert. He says the most beautiful place he has travelled to is Kathmandu ... | middle1789.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "1000 dollars"
},
"options": [
"250 dollars",
"500 dollars",
"1000 dollars",
"1500 dollars"
],
"question": "If you want to rent the room for two months, you should pay _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_question... | House For Rent Lost Dog
2 sunny bedrooms with one kitchen Small size
$500 a month Black and white, short hair
Call Mr. Winter at 555--7843 Call Gus. Reward at 555--6238
Taxi Driver W anted Titan... | middle6780.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "on a winter night ."
},
"options": [
"on a winter morning .",
"on a winter night .",
"on a rainy day.",
"on a rainy night ."
],
"question": "The story probably happened _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_quest... | It was a cold night. The taxi driver didn't take even one passenger all day. When he went by the railwaystation, he saw a young man coming out with two bags in his hands. So he drove to him and asked, " whereare you going ,sir?
"To the Red Hotel," the young man answered. When the taxi driver heard this, he didn't feel ... | middle6958.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "he broke his right leg"
},
"options": [
"he like to",
"his wife told him to",
"he broke his right leg",
"he had to"
],
"question": "Mr Smith spent Christmas Day in hospital because _ .",
"question_type": ... | Before Christmas Mr Smith broke his right leg and had to stay in hospital. When he was there, he always asked his doctor when he could go home. He didn't like to spend Christmas in hospital. Though the doctor did his best, Mr Smith didn't get better. So on Christmas Day he was still in hospital. He spent a bad day in b... | middle3820.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "England"
},
"options": [
"England",
"Spain",
"Madrid",
"a hotel"
],
"question": "Sam came from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text"... | Sam was an English student. He always stayed at home for his holidays. But last winter he thought, "I have never left the country. All my friends have been to Spain. They like it very much. So this year I'm going there for my holiday."
First he went to Madrid and stayed in a small hotel for a few days. One morning he w... | middle5289.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Prana brought the dirty apples into the house"
},
"options": [
"Prana loved apples",
"Prana caught an apple and ate it",
"the apples fell on the ground and were dirty",
"Prana brought the dirty apples into the house"
... | Prana was a beautiful dog, whose name means "breath of life". Although he died several years ago, I can still remember the days we spent together and what he has taught me about love.
I have two apple trees in the garden. Prana loved apples. When he went outside, he'd catch an apple and take it into the house to eat la... | middle553.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "wanted to thank the waitress for her kindness"
},
"options": [
"wanted to thank the waitress for her kindness",
"thought the meal was delicious",
"wanted to show that he was rich",
"wanted to get married with the waitre... | An old man walked slowly with a cane into the restaurant.His old jacket,worn-out shoes and warm personality made him different from the usual crowd.
A young waitress watched him move toward a table by the window.She ran over to him,and said:"Here,sir...let me help you with that chair."
Without saying a word ,he smiled ... | middle3808.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "America."
},
"options": [
"England.",
"America.",
"France.",
"Japan."
],
"question": "Where does Morgan come from?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
... | Morgan is very happy these days. She is in Grade 7 at L.B Clarke Middle School, the USA. She gives her journals to the teacher. She writes them in the summer holiday. She says, "I read many books to finish them."
In the summer holiday, most schools in the USA ask students to read. But L.B.Clarke starts a program th... | middle4801.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "can sit back and relax themselves"
},
"options": [
"need to watch their cars",
"have to worry about the driving",
"have to find places to park the bus",
"can sit back and relax themselves"
],
"question": "When t... | East Bus --- maybe the best choice on your visit to the famous places of interest in Beijing.
Sit back, relax and see all there is to see, with no need to worry about driving, finding a parking place or leaving your car with no one to watch it.
We have lots of buses taking you to visit Tian'anmen Square, the Forbidden ... | middle1979.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "weak"
},
"options": [
"strong",
"weak",
"dangerous",
"heavy"
],
"question": "Most earthquakes are too ----to hurt people.",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index":... | Earthquakes happen without warning .They can happen any time of a day,at any point during the year.But don't worry because most are so weak that they cannot be felt. Only a few big ones hurt people. However,it's important to know what to do when an earthquake is happening.
Do NOT go outside.You could get injured from f... | middle235.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "an English lesson"
},
"options": [
"a good time",
"a big meal",
"a long meeting",
"an English lesson"
],
"question": "One day, the students are having _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | One day, in an English class, the students are having their lessons. Their teacher, a young woman is very happy. She sings some nice songs with them and then she goes to the blackboard and writes "SMILES" on it. "This is the longest word in English," she says to the class.
A girl stands up and says, "It has only six le... | middle221.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Healthy lifestyle ."
},
"options": [
"Healthy food.",
"Healthy lifestyle .",
"Junk food.",
"Healthy sports."
],
"question": "What's the passage mainly about?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": ... | Keeping better eating habits can help you reduce disease. _ means choosing the right foods to eat and preparing foods in a healthy way.
_
Do you often change your toothbrush? Maybe you think it is not necessary. A study shows old toothbrushes bring disease. You should often change your toothbrush.
Exercise
Swimming... | middle4815.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Because in that way they won't float away."
},
"options": [
"Because in that way they won't float away.",
"Because that makes them sleep well.",
"Because they can't get to sleep if they don't do that.",
"Because the sle... | Can you imagine astronauts' everyday life in space? They also need to eat, sleep, exercise and relax. They do the same things as us, but they do them differently.
On Earth, we put food on a plate. _ holds the food down and keeps it on a place. But there is almost no gravity in space, so food can float away, and astro... | middle547.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "extracurricular activities are supervised by adults"
},
"options": [
"most extracurricular activities take place on weekends",
"extracurricular activities help students have same interests",
"students feel worthless in extrac... | Extracurricular School Activities
Many schools today provide various extracurricular activities. Some activities are before school, some are after school, and a few may even take place on weekends. Many parents like their children to take part in these activities. Yet some parents are still a little _ it. Actually, th... | middle6964.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "A ball hurt him on the head."
},
"options": [
"The window was broken by a ball.",
"A ball hurt him on the head.",
"A ball hit the window.",
"The door was broken by a ball."
],
"question": "What happened while Mr... | One day,Mr.Li was reading a book in his office after school.To his surprise,a ball flew in suddenly and hurt him on the head.He took the ball to the window,but he only saw a group of boy students running away quickly and disappearing in a minute.He sat down again and continued his reading.As it got dark,it was time for... | middle7449.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "keep the old number of jobs of people"
},
"options": [
"get more money",
"keep the old number of jobs of people",
"make new machines",
"let people look for jobs"
],
"question": "The economics of the world need t... | Most people want to work, but in today's word ,it is more difficult to find work for everybody.The economics of the world need to grow by 4% each year just to keep the old number of jobs for people.
Often this is not possible,and so more people are out of work.
Some people have no jobs now because new machines can do t... | middle1038.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "there was a Mother's Day."
},
"options": [
"there was a Mother's Day.",
"there was a Children's Day.",
"businessmen wanted to get a lot of money.",
"people liked their father very much."
],
"question": "Father's... | Father's Day has a very short history. It was started because there was a mother's Day, and just because some Americans thought that if we had a Mother's Day, we should also have a Father's Day. Father's Day has become important in North America. And businessmen found it was a good way to get people to buy a present fo... | middle6757.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "15,000 years ago"
},
"options": [
"there were humans",
"15,000 years ago",
"there were wolves",
"the wolves looked like dogs"
],
"question": "People have started keeping dogs as pets since _ .",
"question_... | Do you like dogs? Do you know the following things about dogs?
The first pet dog
Dogs are meat-eating animals. They belonged to the family of wolves a long time ago. About 15,000 years ago, people started keeping wolves for hunting . Over the time, the wolves began to look like dogs and they became people's pets.
Wh... | middle2531.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "4021877"
},
"options": [
"4668736",
"4021877",
"4210877",
"4888688"
],
"question": "If you want to watch dancing, you can call _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_i... | Live Music----Late Night Jazz
Enjoy real American jazz from Herbie Davis, the famous trumpet player. He is known to play well in the early hours. So don't want to get much sleep.
PLACE: The Jazz Club DATES: 15-23, June
PRICE: Y=200-250 TIME: 10 p.m. till late
TEL: 4668736
Scotti... | middle4626.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "UNICEF"
},
"options": [
"Oxfam",
"ORBIS",
"UNICEF",
"Spring Bud Project"
],
"question": "Which charity is Save the Children like?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer... | The Save the Children Fund is known as Save the Children. It is an internationally organization that protects children's rights and helps support children in developing countries. It was set up in the United Kingdom in 1919 in order to improve the lives of children through better education, health care, and economic ch... | middle3149.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a school report of Edward Scott"
},
"options": [
"a studying plan of Edward Scott",
"a teaching plan of Ivy",
"a school report of Edward Scott",
"a working plan of M.L.Martin"
],
"question": "After reading this,... | Name: Edward Scott School: Revin Grove State High School
Grade: 7 Term ending: 6 May
Subjects :
Mathematics
He is a little weak in this, but he has tried his best to catch up with others.
Science
He can work out many difficulties.Well done!
French
He is the best in the class.Keep it up.
History
He is not so good at ... | middle5538.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Yellow."
},
"options": [
"Green.",
"Purple.",
"Red.",
"Yellow."
],
"question": "What color is Bob's bag?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer... | Hello! My name is Bob Smith. I am an English boy.
Here are some school things . This is my school ID card. Its number is 201289767. This yellow bag is mine. A yellow eraser, a purple pencil, a red pen and a book are in it. Oh, that dictionary is mine, too. Is the green pencil box mine, too? No, it isn't. It is my good ... | middle6031.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "12"
},
"options": [
"12",
"13",
"14",
"15"
],
"question": "--How old is Gina today? -- _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "th... | Today is November 8th. It's Gina's birthday. She is twelve. Jim, Kate and Bill are her friends. They want to buy some presents for Gina. They go to the store near the school. There are lots of things in the store. They buy a big cake , two boxes of color pencils, a pencil case and some nice books. They want to buy tw... | middle6025.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "sleeping"
},
"options": [
"eating",
"playing",
"sleeping",
"reading"
],
"question": "Our body grows most while we are _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index"... | During the day we work and play,and at night we sleep. Our body rests when we sleep. In the morning we are ready to work and play again. Our body grows most when we are asleep. Children who are tired usually need sleep. We can get better at our lessons after having plenty of rest. Boys and girls who are eight or nine y... | middle1992.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Monday is the first school day of a week"
},
"options": [
"Monday is the first day of a week",
"he just spent a happy weekend",
"Monday is the first school day of a week",
"he will have many lessons on Monday"
],
... | Monday.....oh, I don't like Monday because I will have to go back to school again after the weekend. Tuesday is not so bad. I usually play tennis with my friends after school. On Wednesday evening I don't go out. I stay at home and do my homework. I like Thursday because the next day is Friday. I always go out on Frid... | middle8008.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "over four"
},
"options": [
"less than four",
"over four",
"less than 16",
"over 16"
],
"question": "It takes people _ hours to travel from Groningen to Vlissingen by train.",
"question_type": "cloze_quest... | The Netherlands is a small country on the North Sea. From any place in the country, the farthest point is never more than 350 kilometers away. It takes only a little more than four hours to travel by train from Vlissingen, in the southwest, to Groningen, in the northeast.
More than 16 million people live there. Most of... | middle4632.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "swing"
},
"options": [
"sleep",
"swing",
"swim",
"jump"
],
"question": "The monkey thinks the elephant can't _ in the tree like him.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"a... | An elephant wants to have some friends. He sees a monkey in a tree. "Can you be my friend?" asks the elephant.
"You are too big. You can't swing in the tree like me."
Then the elephant meets a rabbit. "Please be my friend," he says.
"How can I? Sorry, sir. You are strong."
The elephant is very _ . Then he goes home.
... | middle2243.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Once a month."
},
"options": [
"Once a year.",
"Once a month.",
"Once a week.",
"Once a day."
],
"question": "How often does Reader's Digest come out in the USA?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
... | Reader's Digest is a monthly magazine. Before the 1980s, it belonged to a privately held company, which was started in 1922 by Lila Bell Wallace and Dewitt Wallace. This magazine is small and easy to carry, just half the size of most American magazines, which caused a phrase in 2005, "America in your pocket." It is the... | middle2525.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Mandarin Hotel"
},
"options": [
"Haikou",
"Wanlu Garden",
"Mandarin Hotel",
"Binhai Road"
],
"question": "The passage mainly introduces _ to everyone.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"a... | Hello, everyone! Welcome to Haikou. You are going to stay in Mandarin Hotel, a 5-star hotel. It was built in 1998 and is one of the best hotels in Haikou. It is near Wanlu Garden on Binhai Road. It is 5 minutes' walk from the seaside and 10 minutes' ride from the city centre. Buses No. 7 and No. 41 can take you there.
... | middle4154.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "had never liked being in a teacher's office"
},
"options": [
"was too old to find a job as a teacher",
"wanted to work as a nurse in a hospital",
"had never liked being in a teacher's office",
"would not get a job until... | I was twenty years old, and my parents were looking forward to the day when I would be earning my own living. Unfortunately, I had absolutely no idea what I wanted my future occupation to be. The only thing I did know was that I did not want to spend the next 45 years teaching, being a nurse or sitting in an office. Bu... | middle5262.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "eight"
},
"options": [
"five",
"six",
"seven",
"eight"
],
"question": "There are _ people in the family.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answ... | It's Sunday morning. My family are all at home. My father is sitting near the window. He's reading newspapers. He wants to know what h appens all over the world. My mother is watering the flowers in the small garden. My brother is a worker. He's watching TV. He's a basketball fanAnd he is good at p laying basketball. ... | middle3613.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "2"
},
"options": [
"2",
"3",
"4",
"6"
],
"question": "In 1918, Captain Hedley fell off his plane in the sky, but soon he fell back into it again! You may read about this story in Chapter _ .",
"question_t... | A man fell out of his plane and fell back into it again. Two people rowed a small boat from New York to England in 56 days. One person was so big that he wouldn't fit in any hospital room. Would you believe these stories? Well, they may sound strange, but they did happen. James Cornell has more strange but true storie... | middle1004.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "do some shopping"
},
"options": [
"work",
"do some shopping",
"the bank",
"play"
],
"question": "The old woman went out to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_i... | An old woman went out shopping last Tuesday. She came to a bank and saw a car near the door. A young man with dark glasses got out of it and went into the bank. She looked into the car and found some keys in it.
The man took a gun out of his pocket and said to the man in the bank, "Give me all the money." But the woman... | middle590.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "give general information about pet travel"
},
"options": [
"warn people to leave their pets at home",
"give general information about pet travel",
"tell people how to choose their pet boxes",
"tell people about foreign ... | If you plan to take your pet on a trip,prepare ahead of time. At least two weeks before you leave,take your pet to a vet. See if he or she is tit for travel and ask if he or she should have any medicine before leaving. The vet may suggest certain pills for sickness or for calming the pet.
Some states or foreign countri... | middle1762.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "shopping"
},
"options": [
"watchingTV",
"reading",
"studying",
"shopping"
],
"question": "Many people are interested in _ online.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answ... | Nowadays, shopping online becomes a new way of shopping. It is getting more and more popular. Many people like doing some shopping through Internet.
Why is shopping online becoming more and more popular? First, it provides lots of advantages . There are many goods on the Internet. People can find anything they want. T... | middle7313.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "If you need some medicine, make a symbol \"II\"."
},
"options": [
"Swinging your arm from side to side means \"yes\".",
"If the ground is dark, light smoke can't be seen.",
"If you need some medicine, make a symbol \"II\".",
... | What do you do if you're stranded on a lonely island? Surely you need to find a way to get in touch with the outside world. Your best chance of doing this is to draw the attention of a passing plane.
Body signals
Pilots from different countries understand body signals if they have the correct training. When you wave y... | middle3175.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "she was badly ill"
},
"options": [
"she was badly ill",
"she was 60 years old",
"she believed in her husband",
"her husband made her angry"
],
"question": "The old woman let her husband open her shoe box because... | Once there was a man and a woman. They had been married for more than 60 years. They kept no secrets from each other except that the old woman had a shoe box under her bed. She told her husband never to open or ask about it.
For all these years, he had never thought about the box. But one day the old woman got very sic... | middle5504.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "the females carry the eggs"
},
"options": [
"the females carry the eggs",
"the females eat more",
"the males are more active",
"the males have smaller wings"
],
"question": "The female butterflies have bigger an... | Butterflies are common all over the world,but butterflies in hotter countries are usually bigger and more brightly colored than those in coo1er countries,and there are more different kinds.
Usually the male butterflies are more brightly colored than the females.The females have bigger and heavier bodies since they carr... | middle3161.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "A letter to his kids' school headmaster."
},
"options": [
"His kids' poor performance in a test.",
"A letter to his kids' school headmaster.",
"A three - day -trip to Boston with his kids.",
"A warming notice from his k... | Michael Rossi is the Internet favorite Dad right now.
Mr. Rossi, a father from Philadelphia, recently took his kids, Jack and Victoria, to Boston for three days during the school term. But Rydal Elementary School, one of the oldest schools in Boston, doesn't accept family holidays as an excuse for their absence and giv... | middle5510.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "On the island."
},
"options": [
"On the island.",
"On the ferry.",
"In the hotel.",
"On the sea."
],
"question": "Where do people enjoy the music party at the Bestival?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"... | If you are really interested in music festivals, then you have probably heard of the Bestival Music Festival. It takes place every September on the Isle of Wight, the UK. As it is at the end of summer, people think it's their last chance to go to a festival and have fun before going back to boring work.
The dream begin... | middle6019.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the Spring Festival"
},
"options": [
"Mid-autumn Festival",
"the Spring Festival",
"Christmas Day",
"the Dragon Boat Festival"
],
"question": "'The Chinese New Year\" in the passage means \" \" .",
"questi... | The Chinese New Year is the most important festival for the Chinese people. It usually comes in January or February. It takes about 15 days to prepare for it.
On the eve of the festival, people close the shops and stay at home. They all get together for a big dinner. They stay up late and enjoy dumplings at midnight fo... | middle1776.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "clothes and things for room and school"
},
"options": [
"fruit",
"food",
"vegetables",
"clothes and things for room and school"
],
"question": "Jenny' s sells _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
... | Great Sale at Jenny's
Come to Jenny's great sale on clothes, things for your room and things for school. We have jackets in black and brown for thirty-five dollars, sweaters in blue and red for fifteen dollars and bags in green and yellow for five dollars.
See our great tables, beds and chairs. Get a new bookcase in br... | middle7307.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The Spring Festival"
},
"options": [
"the Mid-Autumn Festival",
"The Spring Festival",
"Children's Day",
"May Day"
],
"question": "Which is the most important festival in China?",
"question_type": null
},
... | Every year people celebrate the Spring Festival in China. Usually it is in January or February. It's the most important festival in China. So before it comes, everyone buys many things, and they often make a special kind of food called dumplings. It means "come together". Parents always buy new clothes for their child... | middle584.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Being shy."
},
"options": [
"Being shy.",
"Making a lot of language mistakes.",
"Nothing to say.",
"Can't speak a foreign language."
],
"question": ".Why do many Chinese people feel worried to speak to the forei... | Being shy keeps many Chinese people from getting to know westerners. You may feel nervous about making language mistakes in front of a native English speaker.
But remember, westerners living in Asia know how it feels to try to communicate in a foreign language. They have made many mistakes when speaking Chinese!
So don... | middle1010.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "one Sunday evening"
},
"options": [
"one Sunday morning",
"next Thursday morning",
"one Sunday evening",
"next Thursday evening"
],
"question": "The car accident happened _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_que... | One Sunday evening, it was quite dark when old Stanley went for his walk. He was walking along the sidewalk, Suddenly, he saw a white car coming around the corner at high speed. It was going too fast and crashed into a red car in the street where he was walking. He rushed up to the cars to see if anyone was hurt and ne... | middle5276.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a pain in your throat"
},
"options": [
"headache",
"a cough",
"a pain in your throat",
"feeling a little cold"
],
"question": "A cold often starts with _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | The most common disease in the world is the cold. It often starts with a sore throat . You sneeze and your nose runs. You usually have a headache, too. Often you have a cough later. It's not a serious disease, but you can feel quite bad.
There isn't a cure for a cold, but you can take some medicine to make you feel b... | middle2519.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Doubtful."
},
"options": [
"Supportive.",
"Doubtful.",
"Confident.",
"Satisfied."
],
"question": "At the beginning, what's her daughter's attitude towards her decision?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"... | It all started a year before when my daughter Suzanne and I were shopping in Sydney. In the window of a sports shop I noticed a photo of a group of young people climbing the rock along a canyon . "That's what I'm going to do next year," I said. Suzanne laughed. "Sure, Mom! Don't forget you're 65 years old. "
I didn't f... | middle3607.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "fish and chips"
},
"options": [
"burgers",
"fish and chips",
"vegetables",
"fish"
],
"question": "The favourite food in Britain is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"... | Life in Britain today
Food
British people like good food, and more than half of them go to a restaurant every month. Fast food is also very popular---30% of all adults have a burger every three months, but 46% have fish and chips!
Sports
British people don't do a lot of sport. Only 17% of people go swimming every week.... | middle4168.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "wood of earth"
},
"options": [
"wood of earth",
"grass and leaves",
"wood and leaves",
"sand or grass"
],
"question": "According to the passage, you can use _ to build Ground-to-air signals on a lonely islan... | What do you do if you are in trouble on a lonely island? Surely you need to find a way to get in touch with the outside world. Your best chance of doing this is to draw the attention of a passing plane.
Body signals
Pilots from different countries understand body signals if they have the correct training, When you wave... | middle5506.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He felt great sadness."
},
"options": [
"He caught some fish.",
"His arm was bitten by the fish.",
"He felt great sadness.",
"Nothing special happened."
],
"question": "What happened to the boy when he stuck his... | Once upon a time, a boy was walking through a wood and he thought he could hear a sad cry. Following the sound he came to a big, round, mysterious, grey fountain. The sad sound seemed to be coming from the fountain pool. The boy swept aside the pool's dirty surface water and saw a group of grey fish swimming in a slow ... | middle3177.txt |
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