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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "baseball"
},
"options": [
"basketball",
"baseball",
"volleyball",
"tennis"
],
"question": "You can't play _ in Ball Games Club.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer... | Do you like sports? Here are some sports clubs for you.
Ball Games Club
Do you like ball games? We have basketball, soccer, volleyball and tennis for you. Let's play them together!
Sunday: 8: 30 a.m.~ 11: 00 a.m. 3: 00 p.m. ~ 6: 00 p.m.
Telephone: 15934678726
Roller Skating Club
Do you like roller skating? You can have a lot of new friends in our club. Students are 6~16 years old.
Saturday and Sunday evenings: 7: 00~ 10: 00
Meet on Renmin Square .
Telephone: 13473401430
Cycling Club
Let's go out with our friends on our bikes. It's really cool and exciting.
Saturday morning: 6: 00~11: 00
Start in the city park.
E-mail address: cycling@163.com
Kung Fu Club
Do you want to do kung fu well? Come and join us!
Sunday evening: 6: 00~8: 00
Call us at 746-3838. | middle6580.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "doctor; Austria"
},
"options": [
"doctor; Austria",
"general; Vienna",
"King; Austria",
"doctor; Australia"
],
"question": "Freud was a famous _ of _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | Sigmund Freud was a world-famous doctor of Vienna . He was also a man full of humour. Once, at his 70th birthday party, a friend asked Freud if he could put his work into several words."Well,"said Freud, "we take the sick out of their trouble and return them to the common suffering."
As a devoted son, Freud often visited his old mother. His mother usually spent her summer in a small mountain town in Austria. The King Josef usually spent his summer there, too. One day in the summer, a band was playing a lively tune when Freud's mother was sitting at the window and watching the people singing and dancing on Main Street. The old woman had a poor memory. She heard the band playing, but forgot it was the King's birthday. Freud was visiting his mother on her 95th birthday. He told his mother, "Mama, the band is playing for your birthday."She believed him and had a wonderful day. | middle4397.txt |
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"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Because they think that they are fashionable and have a good taste."
},
"options": [
"Because they think that they are fashionable and have a good taste.",
"Because they think the products are good in quality.",
"Because they... | Every day, it is easy to see advertisements all around us. Look around. How many different advertisements can you see?
Often products show the names of the companies that made them. This is a popular form of advertising. The special picture or symbol, for example, _ , appears on many different products. When you see a logo, it is hard to forget the product or the company.
Many people buy a product because it is made by a certain company. In fact, some people only buy the products of the famous companies. They think it proves that they are fashionable and have a good taste.
It is common to find or hear advertisements on TV or on the radio. Most advertisements are very short for people to remember. Nike, for example, has a simple slogan used all around the world:"Just do it." Advertisements often use funny situations as well. It is easy to remember an interesting ad.
All advertisements are designed to make people buy the products. An advertisement for a soft drink, for example, might show a group of fashionable young people who are having fun. The young people are all drinking the soft drink. Advertisers are saying to you, "Why don't you buy it like these people? You can be young, modern and fashionable,too."
You might think that advertisements do not affect you, but the next time you buy a soft drink, ask yourself: Why am I buying this special product? | middle5089.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "America."
},
"options": [
"China.",
"Canada.",
"America.",
"Shenzhen."
],
"question": "Where is Mrs. White from?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
... | Mrs. White comes from America. She is an English teacher in No. 12 High School of Guangzhou. She speaks Chinese a little and often has Chinese classes. She likes here very much. She often says the Chinese people are very nice. She is Lucy and Lily's mom. Lucy and Lily live in America with their dad, Mr. White. They are students. They have some Chinese pen pals.
,. | middle4208.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Washing a lot of water and needing a costly sewage system."
},
"options": [
"Wasting a lot of water and energy.",
"Washing a lot of water and needing a costly sewage system.",
"Spending too much time and energy.",
"Impr... | Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft and one of the richest people in the world, is now making efforts to reinvent the toilet. Gates has donated a big part of his wealth to charity. Now his charitable organization, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is looking for future toilets that can improve the living conditions of millions of people.
The flush toilet we use today was invented in 1775. While it works well in getting rid of our waste, it also uses a lot of water and needs a costly sewage system . Besides, it's not necessarily practical for the developing world. In some developing countries, lack of toilets leads to poor hygiene ,and _ could kill people. According to the World Health Organization, 1.5 million children under the age of five die each year because of hygiene problems.
Last year, the Gates Foundation gave money to eight universities around the world and asked them to start inventing the toilet of tomorrow: a toilet that uses little or no water is cheap and easy to fix, and is safe and hygienic.
At the " Reinvent the Toilet Fair " competition recently held in Seattle, twenty-eight designs were displayed. The winners, from the California Institute of Technology , were awarded a $ 100,000 prize by the Gates Foundation.
"We couldn't be happier with the response that we've gotten," Bill Gates said at the event. Many of the new designs would not only greatly improve hygiene in the developing world, but also help change the dependence on traditional flush toilets in developed nations, he said. | middle3567.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "It was not until after the 18th century that Americans began to grow tomatoes for food."
},
"options": [
"Americans never ate tomatoes after the 17th century.",
"Even now Americans don't eat tomatoes.",
"It was not until afte... | People have strange ideas about food. In the 18th century, Americans never ate tomatoes. They grew them in their gardens because tomato plants are so pretty. But they thought the vegetable was poisonous . They called tomatoes "poison apples."
President Thomas Jefferson, however, knew that tomatoes were good to eat. He was a learned man. He had been to Paris, where he learned to love the taste of tomatoes. He grew many kinds of tomatoes in his garden. The President taught his cook a way, for a cream of tomato soup . This beautiful pink soup was served at the President's next dinner party. The guests thought the soup tasted really good. They never thought their President would sever his dinner guests poison apples. Jefferson never spoke to his guests about the fact. | middle5116.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Seven"
},
"options": [
"Four",
"Five",
"Six",
"Seven"
],
"question": "_ different colors of fruits and vegetables are mentioned in the passage.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answer": {
... | Do you know that colorful fruits and vegetables are good for your health? Their natural colors help protect your body from disease. Think about the colors of the food: the red of tomatoes, the orange of carrots, the green of kiwi fruit , and the purple of grapes.
You can enjoy eating fruits and vegetables of all colors: green, yellow, orange, red, blue, purple and white. Each color has something unique and important for good health. They work together to protect your body.
Scientists have surprisingly discovered the _ of colorful fruits and vegetables. The list below shows the benefits of some colors in fruits and vegetables.
Red gives you a healthy heart. It can reduce the risk of heart disease. Red helps prevent cancer. It helps improve your memory, too.
Yellow and orange give you a healthy immune system . They are also good for your eyes. They help prevent blindness in the old.
White can keep cholesterol at a lower level.
Green helps prevent cancer. It is good for your eyes. It also gives you strong bones and teeth.
Blue and purple help protect your memory as you grow old. They also help fight cancer and heart disease.
So when you buy or eat fruits and vegetables, remember: the more colors, the better! | middle1370.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "stones"
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"options": [
"stones",
"cows",
"dinner plates",
"salt"
],
"question": "On the island of Yap, people use _ as money.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answer": {
"answer_... | When we think of money, we think of coins and paper bills. That is what money is today. But in the past people used many things in place of money. Some countries used cows. Other countries used salt, tobacco, tea or stones. Today there are stills some places in the world that do not use paper money. One place is the island of Yap in the Pacific Ocean.
On the island of Yap, people use the heavist money in the world --Yap stones. These are round, white stones with a hole in the middle. The Yap stones do not originate from the island. The Yap men have to go to the islands four hundred miles away to fetch them. Big stones can be twelve feet high -- as big as two tall men. Small stones are as big as a dinner plate.
Rich people do not carry the Yap stones. Servants follow the rich. Each servant carries a stone on a pole over his shoulder. Today the people on the island use paper money for everyday shopping. But for other things they still prefer Yap stones.
,. | middle7701.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "the weather was very hot then"
},
"options": [
"the white clothes looked clean",
"they were ordered to wear like that",
"they were too poor to buy colorful clothes",
"the weather was very hot then"
],
"question"... | Ancient Egypt was one of the greatest civilizations in the history of the world. It lasted for over 3000 years from 3150 BC to 30 BC.
Looking nice and being clean was very important to the Egyptians. Most men and women wore jewelry of some type. The rich wore jewelry made of gold and silver, while the poorer people used copper. Because it was so hot, most people wore white clothes. Men wore kilts and women wore a straight dress.
Ancient Egypt was a complex society needing people to do many different tasks and jobs. Most of the people were farmers. They grew their crops near the banks of the Nile River where the rich black soil was good for crops. There were different kinds of craftsmen jobs. How skilled a craftsman was would determine his success. Most of the soldiers were footmen. In peacetime, soldiers would help with government projects such as moving stones for a pyramid . Scribes were important people in Ancient Egypt as they were the only people who know how to read and write. Scribes came from wealthy families and took years of training to learn the Egyptian hieroglyphics . | middle7067.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "not the only way"
},
"options": [
"not a way",
"the best way",
"the only way",
"not the only way"
],
"question": "Listening to the teacher is _ for students to learn something.",
"question_type": "cloze_q... | Students learn their lessons in class. In class teachers teach them. Students sit in the classroom listening to the teacher. This is a way of learning. Is this the only way for students to learn something? Of course not. There is another way to learn: students can teach themselves. For example, if you can't remember something when you are doing your homework, you can look at your book to find the answer. This is a way to teach yourself. And it is not a difficult thing. We can do this at any place and at any time.
How do you teach yourself? The first thing you must do is reading. Read something you are interested in. or you have to read. The second is that you must ask yourself questions. The question is something you don't understand, or you want to know more about. You can write down these questions. A clever student is usually good at asking questions. The third is to answer the question yourself by thinking hard, by reading the passage or other books, and sometimes by asking other people. This is the way of teaching yourself. And you must do this all by yourself. If you keep doing like for a long time, you are sure to succeed in your study. | middle1416.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Europe"
},
"options": [
"Asia",
"Europe",
"America",
"Africa"
],
"question": "The writer came to London from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | Dear Linda,
I have been in England three months now, and it's my first time to be here. I hope you don't think I've forgotten you. There have been so many places to see and so many things to do that I've not had much time for writing letters.
I shall soon be starting my studies at King's College. So far I've been learning about England and British ways of living. I won't tell you about London. There are plenty of books you can read and plenty of pictures you can look at. I'm sure you'll be more interested to know what I think about the life here.
I find some of the customs new and interesting. People here do not shake hands as much as we do in Europe. During the first few weeks I was often surprised because people did not put out their hands when I met them. Men raise their hats to women but not to each other.
Yours
Alice | middle182.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The second Sunday of May."
},
"options": [
"The first Sunday of May.",
"The second Sunday of May.",
"The first Saturday of February.",
"The second Saturday of February."
],
"question": "When is Mother's Day?",
... | Now people in England, the US and many other countries celebrate Mother's Day. Mother's Day is on the second* Sunday of May*. On this day, children give flowers, cards, chocolate and other things to their mothers, but they don't give money to them. And they also make presents for their mothers. And some of them get up early to cook breakfast for their mothers. They also help their mothers do housework. They want to show their love to their mothers. They know if* they have no mothers; they can't live a happy life.
Many people in China celebrate this festival for their mothers because they want to show* their love to their mothers too. In every Chinese family, the mother looks after* the children, does the housework and cooks meals for the family, so she is quite _ and she is always busy in the family. Now more and more people celebrate Mother' Day in China.[:Zxxk.Com] | middle6379.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "She had to stay in a hotel for one night."
},
"options": [
"She had to buy the return ticket in Jersey.",
"She had to return home a day earlier.",
"She had to stay in a hotel for one night.",
"She couldn't use the ticke... | Having returned from her round trip, the angry woman stood outside the ticket office of the station. "The railway should pay me backPS12, so you owe me the money," she said to Harry Jenks, the young man who was working at the office. "You sold me a ticket for May 22nd, but there was no ship from Jersey that night. So my daughter and I had to stay in a hotel. It cost me PS12."
Harry was worried. He remembered selling the woman a return ticket. "Come into the office, Madam," he said politely, "I'll just check the Jersey timetable for May 22nd."
The woman and her little girl followed him inside. She was quite right, as Harry soon discovered. There was no sailing on May 22nd. How could he have made such a careless mistake? He shouldn't have sold her a ticket for that day. Wondering what to do, he smiled at the child. "You look sun burnt," he said to her, "Did you have a nice holiday in Jersey?"
"Yes," she answered, shyly, "The beach was lovely. And I can swim, too!"
"That's fine," said Harry. "My little girl can't swim a bit yet. Of course, she's only three..."
"I'm four," the child said proudly, "I'll be four and a half."
Harry turned to the mother. "I remember your ticket, Madam," he said, "But you didn't get one for your daughter, did you?"
"Er, well..."woman looked at the child, "I mean... she hasn't started school yet. She's only four."
"A four-year-old child must have a ticket, Madam. A child's return ticket to Jersey costs...let me see...PS13.50. So if the railway pays your hotel, you will owePS1.50. The law is the law, but since the fault was mine..." | middle3201.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a friend takes care of you"
},
"options": [
"you have a delicious dinner",
"a friend takes care of you",
"there's something wrong with your car",
"you are writing something"
],
"question": "According to the pass... | Some friends invite you over and serve you a delicious dinner. Someone lends you his car while there's something wrong with yours. You are sick, and a friend brings you a meal and cares for you. How do you show your gratitude ?
Sometimes simply saying thank you is enough. At other times, it is thoughtful to say thank you in a more different way. Be sure to tell that person what you are grateful for and why you are grateful.
Here are some common ways to say thank you.
You can write a thank-you note. People are very busy these days. A handwritten note shows you took the time to tell someone you are grateful to him or her. Or you can call and thank the person. You would be surprised how this can _ . Another idea is to send a thank-you e- mail. This is not quite as personal, but it still shows your gratitude.
There are many other ways to say thank you. To say thank you in a creative way, you can:
Select some flowers from a shop. Write a thank-you note.
Give the person a basket of fresh fruit or a homemade treat.
Invite a friend to a movie, meal, snack or coffee.
Give a gift card for a bookstore or a restaurant. That way the person can pick out a favourite book or eat out.
Find out what the person likes and give something related to that.
To say a big thank you to someone, have a party for that person.
As you can see, there are many ways to say thank you. Think of some ways of your own. You will feel good trying one of the ideas, and the person being thanked will feel good too. It's a win-win situation ! | middle5664.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "may increase your wealth"
},
"options": [
"can hardly keep the value of your savings",
"will cost much of your savings",
"may increase your wealth",
"needs your bravery"
],
"question": "According to the passage,... | How should one invest a sum of money in these clays of inflation ? Left in a bank it will hardly keep its value, however high the interest rate. Only a brave man, or a very rich one, dares to buy and sell on the Stock Market. Today it seems that one of the best ways to protect your savings, and even increase your wealth is to buy beautiful objects from the past. Here I am going to offer some advice on collecting antique clocks, which I personally consider are among the most interesting of antiques.
I sometimes wonder what a being from another planet might report back about our way of life. "The planet Earth is ruled by a mysterious creature that sits or stands in a room and makes a strange ticking sound. It has a face with twelve black marks and two hands. Men can do nothing without its permission, and it fastens its young round people's wrists so that everywhere men go they are still under its control. This creature is the real master of Earth and men are its slaves ."
Whether or not we are slaves of time today depends on our culture and personality, but it is believed that many years ago kings kept special slaves to tell the time. Certain men were very clever at measuring the time of clay according to the beating of their own hearts. They were made to stand in a fixed place and every hour or so would shout tire time. So it seems that the first clocks were human beings.
However, men quickly found more convenient and reliable ways of telling the time. They learned to use the shadows cast by the sun. They marked the hours on candles, used sand in hour- glasses, and invented water-clocks. Indeed, any serious student of antique should spend as much time as possible visiting palaces, stately homes and museums to see some of the finest examples of clocks from the past.
Antique clocks could be very expensive, but one of the joys of collecting clocks is that it is still possible to find quite cheap ones for your own home. After all, if you are going to be ruled by time, why not invest in air antique clock and perhaps make a future profit ? | middle3215.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "He was washed up on an island."
},
"options": [
"He fell into a river.",
"He was washed up on an island.",
"He lives on a small island.",
"He was free."
],
"question": "What happened to Tom?",
"question_type... | Tom was the only person alive after a shipwreck, the sea water washed up on a small island.There was nobody on the island,Tom hoped someone could come to save him,and every day he looked at the sea,but he didn't see any ship.
A few days later,Tom built a little hut for himself.But then one day, after looking for food,he arrived home and found his little hut was on fire.The smoke went up to the sky,the worst thing happened,everything was lost,Tom was so sad and angry.He cried.Early next day,however,the sound of a ship woke him up.The ship was coming close to the island.It came to save him!
"How did you know I was here?"Tom asked the men from the ship.
"We saw your smoke,"they answered.
It is easy to get sad when things are going bad,but we shouldn't lose hope.Remember,next time little hut is on fire and we lost everything,maybe the smoke is calling for help for us.For all the bad things happen to us,life has good answers for them. | middle7073.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because he doesn't like school."
},
"options": [
"Because he often coughs.",
"Because he often has colds.",
"Because he doesn't like school.",
"Because he always has a headache"
],
"question": "Why is Jimmy alwa... | Jimmy doesn't 1ike school and is always looking for excuses not to go.If he coughs,he asks his mother to write a note saying he has a cold . If he has a headache,he asks his mother to take him to the doctor during school hours.He spends more time at home than he does at school. Even when he is at school.he looks for excuses to go home early.
One day he came home from school in the middle of the morning.His father was of course
surprised to see him back so early.
"You're home early.Jimmy,"he said"Is the school closed today?"
"No.Dad,"Jimmy said."It's open.But I came home early."
"How did you do this?"his father asked him."What did you say to the teacher?"
"I told her that I had a new baby brother and I had to come home and help you.''
"But your mother has had twins." his father said."a boy and a girl. You have a baby brother and a baby sister."
"Yes.I know, Dad."Jimmy said"I'm saving my baby sister for next week." | middle1402.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "By car"
},
"options": [
"By bike",
"By car",
"On foot",
"By train"
],
"question": "How does Mike go to school ?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
... | Mike is an American. Now he's in No. 8 Junior High School in Tengzhou. He's in Class 5, Grade 7. Every day he gets up early. He always goes to school in his father's car. His classes begin at 8:00 a.m. He has four classes in the morning. He has lunch at school at about 12:00 a.m. He has two classes in the afternoon. After school, he goes home by car at 5:30 p.m. and has dinner at 6:30 p.m. After dinner, he does his homework with his sister and then he plays the guitar for a while. At about 9:00 p.m. he goes to bed. | middle68.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Hi"
},
"options": [
"Hi",
"Goodbye",
"Sorry",
"Thanks"
],
"question": "\"Kia ora\" probably means\" _ \"in English.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
... | New Zealand is in the Pacific Ocean and it' s made up of two islands: the North Island and the South Island.
About a thousand years ago, the Maori people came from the islands of the Pacific Ocean to New Zealand and made _ their home. Since then, people have come from all over the world to live in New Zealand.
New Zealand has three official languages: English, Maori and New Zealand Sign Language. Many places in New Zealand have Maori names. "Kia ora" is a Maori language greeting .
In 1865, Wellington took Auckland's place and became the capital ( ) of New Zealand, but the largest city is Auckland. Both cities are on the North Island.
New Zealand has high mountains, active volcanoes , lakes, rainforests and beautiful sandy beaches, which made it a location for the movie The Lord of the
Rings.
New Zealand has mild ( ) temperatures and lots of sunshine. January and February are the warmest months of the year, while July is the _ .
New Zealand has many special birds. The best known is the kiwi. The kiwi, about the size of a large chicken, can' t fly. It is the symbol of the country and you can find pictures of kiwis on New Zealand stamps and coins. The kiwi is named after its calls-- kewe,kewe. New Zealanders are also called Kiwis, but very. few New Zealanders have ever seen a kiwi bird in the wild!
New Zealand is also famous for its sheep. There are millions of sheep living in farms all over New Zealand.
,. | middle7715.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "comes once a year"
},
"options": [
"comes once a year",
"is on February 4th",
"comes twice a year",
"is on the first day of spring"
],
"question": "Valentines Day _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
... | Valentine's Day is on February 14th every year. On this day, people send valentines to their loved ones, Valentine's Day is a special time to tell how much you care about a person.
Many people send candy in hearted shaped("")boxes to people they love. Flowers are also presents that people send on Valentine's Day. Valentine cards with words are often used by many people.
Can you guess who gets the greatest number of Valentine cards in the United States each year? Is it mother or father, sister or brother? Is it uncle or aunt? Is it the special friend? No, it isn't!
Mothers get a lot of cards, but school teachers get the most each year. Do you know who sends the most? Children do. Children send five times as many on February 14th as adults do. | middle828.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Four"
},
"options": [
"Three",
"Four",
"Five",
"Six"
],
"question": "How many colors are mentioned in the article?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | Colors play an important role in our world. They have different meanings to people of different cultures. Here are some colors and what they _ to various people of the world.
Red is the favorite color of brides in Vietnam. In this country, red represents fortune, success, and good luck. In China red is a symbol of luck and is used for many celebrations such as weddings and the beginning of the new year. In India red is a symbol of purity and commitment, and it is used in wedding clothing. In the United States red represents love and is used during Christmas and Valentine's Day. Red also represents speed and power in the west, which is why it is a popular color for race cars and toy rockets.
In Paris, all garbage collectors are clothed in green. They drive green trucks and dispose of waste in green bins. In many parts of the world, green has become a symbol of kindness to the earth. In Ireland, green symbolizes Catholicism, and in India it is the color of Islam.
Yellow is the color that symbolizes the sun. Yellow can make people feel happy and excited, but at the same time can make people feel angrier or more frustrated. In the United States, school buses and taxicabs are often yellow, because you can see this color ruore easily. In Japan, yellow is the color of bravery.
To the Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese and Koreans, white symbolizes death. To people of India and in the west white is a color of purity.
,. | middle3573.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Both B and C"
},
"options": [
"going shopping",
"doing chores",
"looking after their families",
"Both B and C"
],
"question": "In the survey, mothers spend about 70 hours a week _ .",
"question_type": "cl... | They spend more than ten hours a day cooking, cleaning the house, getting children ready for school and helping with homework. Cooking takes up about one hour and nine minutes a day. Doing the laundry takes about 61 minutes. Mothers also spend about 55 minutes getting children ready for school, about 53 minutes putting them to bed and about 47 minutes helping with homework.
However, 30% of those mothers with children under 16 get less than six hours' sleep at night. 83% are not happy because they have less than an hour of their own time every day. Only 17% are happy with this kind of life. | middle40.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "takes her to the zoo"
},
"options": [
"buys her a new skirt",
"cooks nice food for her",
"takes her to the zoo",
"goes for a picnic with her"
],
"question": "Rose's mother _ , so Rose is very happy today.",
... | Rose's mother wants to take Rose to the zoo today. Many kinds of animals are in the zoo. So Rose is very happy.
Rose and her mother go to see the tigers and lions first. Tigers and lions are scary so they lives in strong cages in the zoo. And they eat much meat every day.[:..Z.X.X.K]
Rose sees two big elephants and a baby one. The elephants are very kind to people. Rose rides on an elephant and she is glad.
Some cute pandas are in the zoo, too. They are a little shy. So people need to be very _ when they go near them. Look! Five giraffes are there. They have long necks. They are from Africa . They like eating grass and leaves very much.
,. | middle6423.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "A , B and C"
},
"options": [
"He can sing.",
"He can dance",
"He can do a little Kungfu",
"A , B and C"
],
"question": "What can Han Geng do?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Do you know the famous pop singer, Han Geng ? He was born on Feb. 9, 1984.In fact, he is really a handsome boy. He is 181cm high. He can dance, sing , and do a little Kungfu
He is in the famous group of Super Junior. I think he sings best .He is my favorite singer. He not only loves singing and dancing very much but also can dance 56 kinds of dances. And he can also play in the movie very well.
He loves the stage very much and he loves his fans very much ,too. Everyone who knows him says he is really a kind boy. His best friend is Kim Heechul, who also belongs to the Super
Junior. They are best friends in the group. | middle800.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Shanghai"
},
"options": [
"Beijing",
"Shanghai",
"New York",
"Hong Kong"
],
"question": "Ann is in _ now.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answe... | Ann is my classmate. She comes from New York, and she lives in Shanghai with her parents now. Every morning, she goes to KFC to have breakfast. Sometimes she buys a hamburger for me. She can't speak Chinese well. In the evening, her father often helps her with it. He's a teacher in our school. He can speak Chinese very well.
Ann thinks the school life in China is very interesting. Ann likes reading Chinese books because she wants to know more about China. She tries to talk with her Chinese friends in Chinese. She hopes to speak Chinese well. She is very happy to live in China. She loves people here. | middle4234.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Eleven."
},
"options": [
"Nine.",
"Ten.",
"Eleven.",
"Twelve."
],
"question": "How many tips does the writer mention?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
... | Here are some tips that may help you live a beautiful life.
When you wake up in the morning, think about what you are going to do.
No matter how you feel, get up and dress up.
Take a thirty-minute walk every day. And when you walk, smile.
Spend more time with old people over the age of seventy and young kids under the age of six.
Smile and laugh more. And try to make at least three people smile each day.
Life is very short, so don't wastetime hating others. Time _ almost everything. Give time time.
Call your family and friends often.
Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what they are going through.
Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
Each night before you go to bed, say to yourself, "Today, I did ... I feel great."
Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Try to "pass all your tests". The lessons you learn will last a lifetime . | middle2645.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "in front of a house"
},
"options": [
"in the park",
"in the street",
"in front of a house",
"in front of a shop"
],
"question": "One day, Henry is playing _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
... | Henry is a naughty boy in Bayern, Germany. He has big eyes and a small mouth. One day, Henry is playing in front of a house. A woman comes up. She has small eyes. And she asks Henry, "Little boy, is your mother at home?"
"Yes, she is." answers the boy. And Henry goes on playing happily.
Then the woman goes over to ring the bell. The bell rings and rings, but no one comes to open the door. The woman gets angry and calls out to him, " You tell me your mother is at home, don't you?"
"Yes," the boy answers. "My mother is at home, but this isn't my home."
Then the woman stares at Henry. The boy says, "You have big eyes, too!" | middle5894.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Yes, it is."
},
"options": [
"Yes, it isn't.",
"No, it is.",
"Yes, it is.",
"No, it isn't."
],
"question": "Is this a picture of Mr Wang's family?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer"... | Here is a picture of Mr Wang's family. The man in the middle is Mr Wang, the father. The woman is the mother. They only have a daughter. Her name is Wang Jia. She is 14 years old. She is a good student in Foreign Language School. Her classmates like her very much, and her parents like her very much, too. | middle4552.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Ellen lying on the floor, blood all over"
},
"options": [
"a burglar in his house",
"the bedroom window closed",
"Ellen lying on the floor, blood all over",
"Ellen waiting for him in the concert hall"
],
"questi... | The judge thought Geoffrey Payne killed his wife. Now for the first time Payne wrote to a magazine from the prison about what happened on the night of 13 October 1999.
I had to stay late at the hospital that night to do an operation. I finally left at about 11p.m.. I drove home slowly because the wind was blowing and it was raining heavily. I was running into our road when a man suddenly ran in front of my car. I almost hit him but I stopped just in time. I was scared and the man looked scared, too. I got out of the car but he ran away before I could ask if he was all right. It was very strange.
When I got home, the lights were on but it was very quiet. I called to my wife but there was no answer. Then I remembered that she was out at a concert.
I was still very unhappy about what happened on the road, so I made myself a drink. Then I went upstairs to have a bath. I saw that the window in the bedroom was open. This was strange because my wife always locked the doors and windows before she went out. She was afraid of burglars. When I went to close it, I found Ellen. She was lying on the floor. There was blood everywhere. I rushed over for her pulse but she was dead. I was so scared. I sat on the floor beside her body without knowing what to do.
The next thing I knew was that the sky was getting light. I can't remember a thing about that night. In the morning I phoned the police. They arrived half an hour after I phoned them. But it seemed like hours. During that time I tried hard to remember anything I could about the night before. I couldn't stop thinking about the man in the road. What was he doing at that time of night in our quiet neighborhood? | middle6345.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "people have killed them"
},
"options": [
"they don't lay eggs",
"people have killed them",
"they live in the ocean",
"there are laws against them"
],
"question": "There are not many kinds of whales left because ... | Many people think the dinosaurs were the biggest animals that ever lived. They are wrong. The world's biggest animal is still living and it lives in the ocean . It is the blue whale . Blue whales can be as long as 30 meters and weigh as much as 1,000 kilos. The largest dinosaurs weighed only 500 kilos.
The whale is not only the world's biggest animal; it is also one of the cleverest. We know that whales can talk with each other, but we do not know what they are saying. Maybe one day we will learn how to talk with whales, and then they will be able to tell us about themselves.
Whales live in the ocean, but they don't _ eggs like fish do. They are mammals . They give birth to babies and have milk inside their own bodies to feed them. Humans are also mammals.
Sadly, there are not many kinds of whales left. People have killed them for food and other things for a long time. Now there are laws to stop people killing most kinds of whales. So maybe there will be more of them in years to come. | middle6351.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "the first one was too old"
},
"options": [
"he has much money",
"the one he had was cheap",
"his dad would like to",
"the first one was too old"
],
"question": "The writer wanted to have a new computer because ... | When I was young, my family got our first computer. As years went by, I wanted to get a new one, and my father agreed. We went to many stores and looked at many flyers . At last we bought an HP computer.
During the first week, I noticed that our computer had some problems. I tried to fix it, but failed. Finally I had to phone the HP company. After five hours' hard work, the computer still did not work. My dad didn't have a choice but to return the whole thing.
A few days later, we decided that I should go on the internet and order some parts to build a new computer by myself.
It was not an easy thing for me to deal with it, but in the end I finished. From these setbacks , I have learned, and now believe if the computer that I bought from the store didn't have problems, then I would not learn how to build a new one. Even though I spent lots of time on it, I know it wasn't a waste of time.
I now have a self-built computer, and I am very pleased. | middle5658.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "their teeth are not beautiful"
},
"options": [
"they don't like smiling",
"they think they are ugly",
"their teeth are not beautiful",
"they can't open their mouths"
],
"question": "Many people don't smile becau... | A smile will tell people around you that you are a kind and friendly person. However,many people don't smile because they think they ugly teeth. For example, one of my classmates, Mile, doesn't have very nice teeth,so thatis why he seldom opens his mouth.he even says that he has lost cofidence because of his teeth.So it is very important for us to look after our teeth. In fact, a lot of people have this problem.Some people inherit teeth problems from their parents,while others'teeth are damaged because of bad habits,like heavy smoking,eating too much sugar or not brush-ing teeth often.If your teeth are in bad shape, you should see a dentist and ask for help. They can help improve your teeth and tell you how to take care of then.
Smiling can help you to feel more confident and make other people think of you as a more friendly person. If you want to keep healthy,you should not only smile but also laugh. An Indian doctor called Kataria said that young children should laugh about 300 times a day, wile adults should laugh between 7 and 15 times a day. So please take this chance to smile and laugh now!
,. | middle2137.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "two mice"
},
"options": [
"two mice",
"two cities",
"two countries",
"A mouse and a cat"
],
"question": "The story is about _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_... | The City Mouse and the Country Mouse
Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, "Do come and see me at my house in the country." So the City mouse went. The City mouse said, "This food is not good, and your house is not good. Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone. You would have nice food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city."
The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was set ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise. The City mouse cried, "Run! Run! The cat is coming!" They ran away quickly and hid.
After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country mouse said, "I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid." | middle6.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Because he was washed to Lilliput after a ship crash."
},
"options": [
"Because he enjoyed traveling in Lilliput.",
"Because his ship brought him to Lilliput.",
"Because the tiny people brought him to Lilliput.",
"Becau... | Lemuel Gulliver enjoyed travelling. He was a ship's doctor. On May 4, 1699, they were going to the Far East in the ship called the Antelope. One night, his ship crashed against the rocks, Gulliver was washed to the land. He found himself a prisoner of tiny people. They were less than 6 inches tall and lived in the island country of Lilliput. After he promised to behave well, they set him free and he could visit the city. The people of Blefuscu wanted to attack Lilliput. The king of Lilliput turned to Gulliver. He stopped Blefuscu attacking Lilliput by pulling its ships to Lilliput. The king was happy. _ wanted to make the people of Blefuscu his slaves , so he asked Gulliver to bring some more ships. Gulliver did not like this plan. The king got angry. Some bad men in Lilliput wanted to kill Gulliver. Gulliver had to run away from Lilliput to Blefuscu.
He was welcomed by the king of Blefuscu. They soon became good friends. Three days after that , he asked king to send him twenty of his largest ships and two thousand men to pull the boat to the shore. In this boat, he set sail for England.
On the third day he saw a big ship to the southeast. He called out to the ship. The ship was moving very slowly. They raised a flag .His heart was full of happiness when he saw the English flag . | middle3229.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Many children"
},
"options": [
"Everyone",
"Animals",
"Good friends",
"Many children"
],
"question": "Who likes to go to the zoo?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer... | As we all know, animals are our good friends. Many kids love animals very much. They like to go to the zoo every Saturday, Sunday or even every day on weekdays. But do you want to go to the zoo at night?
Usually, the zoos aren't open at night. But if you are in Singapore, you may have a chance to visit a zoo at night. There is a night zoo in Singapore. Its name is Night Safari. It is open at night. Why? That's because many animals only wake up in the evening, like tigers and wolves. During the day, they like to sleep, so it's the best time to watch them at night.
Is that interesting? Welcome to the Night Safari! | middle4546.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the second Sunday in May"
},
"options": [
"the second Saturday in May",
"the second Sunday in May",
"May the second",
"May the twelfth"
],
"question": "Mother's Day is on _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_que... | Mother's Day is a holiday for mothers. And on this day, mothers don't work. It is on the second Sunday in May. It is celebrated in the United States, England, Sweden, India, Mexico and some other countries. Little by little, it becomes widely celebrated. On that day, many people send presents of love to their mothers. Those whose mothers are still living often wear a pink or red rose or carnation , while those whose mothers are dead wear a white one.
The idea of a day for mothers are first given by Miss Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia . The celebration of the first American Mother's Day was held in Philadelphia on May 10, 1908. Soon the holiday became popular around the country and the world. | middle4220.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "saw many wonderful things"
},
"options": [
"discovered Cai Lun invented paper",
"learned to make paper",
"saw many wonderful things",
"read a lot of books"
],
"question": "When he was in China, Marco Polo _ ."... | In the 13th century , the famous Italian traveller, Marco Polo, travelled a long way to China.During his stay in China, he saw many wonderful things. One of the things he discovered was that the Chinese used paper money. In western countries, people did not use paper money until the 15th century. However, people in China began to use paper money in the 7th century .
A Chinese man called Cai Lun invented paper almost 2,000 years ago. He made it from wood. He took the wood from trees and made it into paper. He then put these pieces of paper together and made them into a book. Now paper still comes from trees. We use a lot of paper every day. If we keep on wasting so much paper, there will not be any trees left on the earth. If there are no trees, there will be no paper. Every day, people throw away about 2,800 tons of paper in our city. It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper.This means that we are cutting nearly 48,000 trees every day. Since it takes more than 10 years for a tree to grow, we must start using less paper now. If we don't, we will not have enough time to grow more trees to take the place of those we use for paper.
So how can we save paper? We can use both sides of every piece of paper, especially when we are making notes. We can choose drinks in bottles instead of those in paper packets. We can also use cotton handkerchiefs and not paper ones. When we go shopping, we can use fewer paper bags. If the shop assistant gives us a paper bag, we can save it and reuse it later.
Everyone can help to save paper. If we all think carefully, we can help protect trees. But we should do it now , before it is too late. | middle2651.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "give40 kisses to his father."
},
"options": [
"help his father write the bills.",
"give40 kisses to his father.",
"buy a gift for his father.",
"talk with his father."
],
"question": "On his father's birthday, t... | A father was sitting at his desk and looking at his bills when his little son rushed in and said, "Dad, because today is your birthday and you're 40 years old, I'm going to give you 40 kisses, one for each year!" When the boy started kissing, the father shouted, "Oh, Andrew, don't do it now. I'm too busy!"
The boy soon became silent as tears fell down from his big blue eyes. Feeling sorry, the father said, "You can finish the kisses later ."
The boy said nothing but quietly walked away. That evening the father said, "Come and finish the kisses now, Andrew!" But the boy didn't.
Unluckily, a few days later, the boy had an accident and died. His sad father wrote,"If only I could tell him how sorry I am for my thoughtless words and how much my heart is hurt."
Love is a two-way street. We must warmly accept any loving acts, or others will take it as a "No" and it may leave a scar . If we don't have love, our life will lose its true meaning.
If we are too busy to give and receive love, we are too silly! Nothing is more important than loving the people who are important to us. | middle6437.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Saturday and Sunday"
},
"options": [
"Saturday",
"Sunday",
"Saturday and Sunday",
"weekdays"
],
"question": "Many matches are played on _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | For many young people sport is a popular part of school life. Being in one of the school teams and playing in matches is very important. If someone is in a team it means a lot of extra practice and often spending a Saturday or Sunday away from home, as many matches are played then.
In can also involve travelling to other towns to play against other school teams and then staying on after the match for a meal or a drink. Sometimes parents, friends or the other students will travel with the team to support their own side.
When a school team wins a match it is the whole school. It means the whole school feels proud, not only the players. It also means a school becomes famous for being good at certain sports and students from that school may end up playing for national and international teams, so that the school has some really famous names. | middle54.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "both A and B"
},
"options": [
"the rich man",
"the servant",
"both A and B",
"neither A and B"
],
"question": "In the story, _ liked wine and good food very much.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}... | Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant . He and the servant loved wine and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that.
One morning, when he left home, he said to the servant, "Here are two bottles of poison and some nice food in the house. You must take good care of them." With these words, he went out.
But the servant knew that the rich man had said was untrue. After the rich man was away from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground. When the rich man came back, he couldn't find his food and his wine. He became very angry. He woke the servant up. But the servant told his story very well. He said a cat had eaten up everything. He was afraid to be punished , so he drank the poison to kill himself. | middle1358.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "From an ad in a newspaper."
},
"options": [
"From an ad on TV.",
"From one of her friends.",
"From an ad in a newspaper.",
"From the shopkeeper."
],
"question": "How does Aunt Ma know about the bed?",
"quest... | Aunt Ma sees an ad in a newspaper for a nice bed in a shop. It costs 600 yuan. Aunt Ma likes it, so she goes to the shop. The shopkeeper shows one to her. Aunt Ma has a look at it and says, "There aren't any beautiful pillows on this bed, but there are many on the bed in your ad."
"Yes, that is an ad," answers the shopkeeper. "If you want a bed the same as the one in the ad, you need to pay 60 yuan more."
Aunt Ma isn't happy. Then she says, "That's _ ."
"Well," answers the shopkeeper. "Look, there is a girl on a bike in an ad in your newspaper too, but can you buy the bike with the girl?" | middle814.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "she would miss the big dance"
},
"options": [
"there wasn't a dance ball at the hospital",
"of her unpleasant job",
"she couldn't look after the sick children",
"she would miss the big dance"
],
"question": "Joa... | Joan worked in a hospital as a nurse. One evening there was a big dance at the hospital. Most of the doctors and nurses would be there, but it was Joan's turn to look after the sick children. She liked dancing very much, so she felt very sorry for herself.
She went to each sick child one after another and said good-night, until she came to one little boy, Dickey. He was eleven years old, but he was already able to talk like an adult( ). Poor Dickey had a very serious illness, and now he was hardly able to move any part of his body except his hands. Joan knew he would never get any better, but he was always happy and always thinking about other people instead of about himself.
Dickey knew that Joan loved dancing, so now when she came to say good-night to him, he greeted her with the words, "I' m very sorry that you have to miss the dance because of us. But we are going to have a party for you. If you look in my drawer , you ' Il find a piece of cake. I saved it from my supper today, so it' s quite fresh. And there is also a dollar there, You can buy something to drink with that. And I' d get up and dance with you myself if I was able to," he added.
Suddenly the hospital dance seemed very far away and not at all important to Joan. | middle627.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "On Tuesday"
},
"options": [
"On Tuesday",
"On Friday",
"On Thursday",
"On Monday"
],
"question": "When is Parents' Night?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index":... | Grade 9
Welcomes You to Parents'Night!
Welcome to Parents' Night at Johnson School On Tuesday night. We will share some of our work with you.
Please spend some time looking around our classroom. Here are some of the things you will find:
A class book, the Bare Facts about Bears, that we just published. Each student wrote one page about a bear of his or her choice.
Some of the bears you will about polar bears.
Maps of the countries we are studying. Through our maps, you will learn about India, Mexico, and France. You will also know about the different countries and languages of these countries.
Models of the planets in our solar system. We used small balls and colored paper to build a model of planets and the sun.
Our classroom store. Here we buy and sell things. We learn about money and also practice math skills. | middle2862.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "more couples now would like to have children than before"
},
"options": [
"people live longer than before",
"there are less wars than before",
"medicine is developing faster than before",
"more couples now would like to... | Is the world too crowded? Well, that's a hard question to answer. It's all a matter of perspective .In Montana, you might drive for a mile in any direction and not see another human being. In Macao, 60,000 people live in every square mile!
What is true is that the world's population doesn't stay the same. It has been increasing at a very fast rate .That's in part because in each generation these are more people who then have children than in the last generation.
Five hundred years ago, the population of the world was about 460 million. In 1900,the world's population was under 2 billion .Right now it is doubling every 40 years. That means, if this rate of growth continues, when you are a parent, there will be twice as many people on earth as there are now. Wow! Now that's a whole lot of people! Soon the world's population will probably reach 7 billion. Some people worry about that! But there is a lot of disagreement about just how many people on earth equals too many people. But everyone agrees that the more people there are, the more resources the world needs to feed, house and take care of all of them, and the more need there is to think carefully about how we live and use the earth's resources. | middle141.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "drives very well"
},
"options": [
"always drives very slowly",
"is not afraid of danger",
"has driven for years",
"drives very well"
],
"question": "Mr. King is paid more because he _ .",
"question_type":... | Mr. King works in a shop and drives a car for the manager. He drives carefully and can keep calm in time of danger. And he escaped from several accidents. The manager pays him more and the traffic policemen often speak highly of him.
Mr. Baker, one of his friends, works in a factory outside the city. It is far from his house and he has to go to work by bus. As the traffic is crowded in the morning, sometimes he is late for the work. His manager warns the young man will be sent away unless he gets to his office on time. He hopes to buy a car, but he hasn't enough money. He decides to buy an old one. He went to the flea market and at last he chose a beautiful but cheap car. He said he wanted to have a trial drive, the seller agreed. He called Mr. King and asked him to help him.
Mr. King examined the car at first and then drove it away. It was five in the morning and there were few cars in the street. At first he drove slowly and it worked well. Then he drove fast. And when he reached a crossing, the light turned red. He tried to stop it, but he failed and nearly hit an old woman who was crossing the street. A policeman told him to stop, but the car went on until it hit a big tree by the road.
"Didn't you hear me?" the police man asked angrily.
"Yes, I did, sir," said Mr. King, "Since it doesn't listen to me, can it obey you?" | middle2876.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "in a newspaper"
},
"options": [
"in a dictionary about read animals",
"in a newspaper",
"in a book on art",
"in history textbooks"
],
"question": "We can most probably read this story _ .",
"question_type"... | Ruby, the artist, is an Asian elephant, She is17 years old. She lives in the zoo. Ruby has produced about 100 paintings since last year. She has made more than $ 40,000 for the zoo. Zoo leaders say Ruby first showed the talent about four years ago. Zoo workers watched her make the marks in the sand with her trunk. She rubbed out the marks, then made the new ones. The zoo worker gave her brushes and paints. Soon Ruby painted pictures.
Newspaper reporters wrote Ruby, then people asked about buying her pictures. And in this way, she made a lot of money for the zoo. This is how Ruby does the paintings. A zoo worker holds different color paints. Ruby touches the colors she wants. Then the worker gives her brushes with the chosen colors in her trunk and Ruby begins painting. | middle633.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Six."
},
"options": [
"Three.",
"Four.",
"Five.",
"Six."
],
"question": "How many robots give food to the guests in the restaurant?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answ... | My friend John has got a restaurant in a big city. It is near a supermarket. He gets ten robots for the restaurant. Each robot costs 20,000 yuan. The restaurant is not big, but very popular. Now more and more people come here for dinner.
The robots have different jobs in the restaurant. Two robots cook different kinds of food; one washes the dishes; one cleans the floor and the others give food to the guests .
Although robots do most of the jobs in the restaurant, John is still very busy. He must do many things to keep the robots working well. Luckily, John is good at studying robots and he knows robots very well. I think in the future, there will be a lot of robot themed restaurants around the world. | middle2686.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "I won't let the rider go until I rail my parents."
},
"options": [
"I will remember the bicycle number.",
"I won't let the rider go until I rail my parents.",
"will let the rider go before I call my parents.",
"I will l... | According lo a new survey . Students' safety has become a big problem .Nearly 50% of students say they are worried about robbery on the way to and from school.Now in main big cities.in China some schools have taught all unusual lesson: self-protection. Students like this lesson because there are no exams or boring classes. And they can learn how to save lives and know how to stop danger before it really happens.
Chen Haoyu, a teacher at Beijing No 25 Middle School .give young students advice on how to deal with danger
If you are robbed
Keep calm.lf youcan not cry for help or run away.Give the robber your money.Try to remember what the robber looks like and tell the police later. If you are in a traffic accident.
It a car hitsyou. You should remember the car number.If it is a bicycle. Try to call your parents before you let the rider go. This is because you don't know how seriously you are hurt
If it is raining hard and there is lighting.
Don't stay in high places and stayaway from trees.
When there is a fire.Get away as fast as yon can.Put wet things on your body and try to find an exit.Do not lake the lift.
If someone is drowning
If you can't swim. don't get into the water. Cry out for help.
Remember that danger is never as far away as you think.Take care of yourself at alI times! | middle3598.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "be healthy"
},
"options": [
"have enough exercise",
"be healthy",
"think better",
"have strong blood"
],
"question": "If we get up early and go to bed early , we'll _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_question... | Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
This is an old English saying. Have you heard of it before? It means that we must go to bed early and get up early in the morning. Then we shall be healthy. We shall also be rich (wealthy) and clever (wise).
This is true. The body must have enough sleep to be healthy. Children of young age should have ten hours' sleep every night. Children who do not have enough sleep cannot do their work very well. They will not be wise and they may not become wealthy!
The body also needs exercise. Walking, running, jumping, swimming and playing games are all exercise. Exercise keeps the body strong. Exercise also helps the blood to move around inside the body. This is very important. Our blood takes food to all parts of our body. The head also needs blood .Exercise helps us to think better! | middle83.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "one was trying to help the blind one"
},
"options": [
"one was biting the other",
"the mouth of the hole was too small",
"they were not afraid of smoke",
"one was trying to help the blind one"
],
"question": "Ne... | One day when some government officials were building a barn , they found a mouse hole in a corner and used smoke to make the mice inside the hole come out. A while later they indeed saw mice running out, one after another. Then, everyone thought that all the mice had escaped. But just as they began to clean up, they saw two mice squeezing out at the mouth of the hole. With some efforts, the mice finally got out. However, it was strange that after they came out of the hole, they didn't run away immediately. Instead, one chased after the other near the mouth of the hole. It seemed that one was trying to bite the tail of the other.
Everyone was puzzled , so they stepped near to take a look. They realized that one of the mice was blind and couldn't see anything, and the other was trying to allow the blind mouse to bite on his tail so that he could pull the blind one with him to escape.
After seeing what happened, everyone was speechless and lost in thought. During the meal time, the group of people sat down in a circle and started to chat about what happened to the two mice.
One serious American official said, "I think the relationship between those mice was that of king and guard ." The other thought for a while and said, "That is why!"
A smart Frenchman said, "I think the relationship between those two mice was that of husband and wife." Again the others thought for a while, and all felt it made sense.
A Japanese said, "I think the relationship between those two mice was that of mother and son." Once again the others thought for a while, and felt this was more reasonable. So they expressed agreement another time.
At that moment, one Chinese asked, "Why did those two mice have to have a certain relationship?"
Suddenly, the group looked back at the Chinese and stayed speechless. The American official, the French and the Japanese who had spoken earlier all lowered their heads in shame , and did not dare to answer.
In fact, the true love is not built on friendship, loyalty or blood relationship.
Instead, it is based on no relationship. | middle7926.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Reading more bout healthcare."
},
"options": [
"Watching films on TV after dinner.",
"Being interested in sports clothes.",
"Reading more bout healthcare.",
"Not taking medicine when got sick."
],
"question": "W... | After the Spring Festival, I found some of my mom's daily habits have changed.
Her cooking way was different. Vegetables that had been cooked crisply became very tender and soft. Fish that had been fried became soup. Her old shredded potato turned into diced potato... Feeling strange, dad and I asked Mom the reason for the change. But all she said was, "Just trying a different taste". Then she was silent.
But it wasn't just her cooking way. Mom also change other habits. After dinner, instead of watching films on TV as usual, she would put on her newly-bought sports clothes and asked Dad to go out for a walk. After they came back home, mom would lose herself in magazines or newspapers about healthcare. Mom almost never gets sick. Why was she suddenly interested in medicine?
I couldn't understand her "abnormal" behavior. Then one day I came across her micro blog . "While visiting my parents during the Spring Festival, I suddenly realized that they are in their 70s now," my mom had written. "They move slowly and it is hard for them to do the housework. I should visit them more often...
"Some cooking should be changed to keep them healthy. They like fish soup, diced potato, tender and soft vegetables...
"I must also keep fit by doing physical exercise. If my parents are too weak to move around, I can be strong enough to take care of them. When I am old, my son can also pay less attention to taking care of me..."
When I read this, I felt very sorry. I used to complain that Mom didn't understand me and couldn't give me everything I wanted. I always thought there was a wide gap between us. But now I completely understand her. How great she is! She always thinks of others before herself. Everything she does is to help the people she loves live better lives. How unselfish her love is! | middle7098.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "more"
},
"options": [
"more",
"fewer",
"less",
"no"
],
"question": "Cars in the future mustn't bring _ pollution in the air.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_in... | Now cities are full of cars. Some families even have two or more cars. Parking is a great problem, and so is the traffic in and around the cities. Something will have to be done to change it.
What will the cars of tomorrow be like?
Little cars may some day take the place of today's big cars. If everyone drives little cars in the future, there will be less pollution in the air. There will also be more space for parking cars in cities, and the streets will be less crowded. Three little cars can fit in the space now needed for one car of the usual size.
The little cars will cost much less to own and to drive. Driving will be safer, too. What is more, these little cars can go about 65 kilometers per hour.
Little cars of the future will be fine for getting around a city, but they will not be useful for long trips. If big cars are still used along with the small ones, two sets of roads will be needed in the future. Some roads will be used for the big, fast cars, and other roads will be needed for the slower small ones. | middle5857.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He should learn to drive in a driving school."
},
"options": [
"He should reach the age of 17.",
"He should get a special two-year driving license.",
"He should learn to drive in a driving school.",
"He should pass a dr... | In Britain you're allowed to drive a car when you're seventeen. You have to get a special two-year driving license before you can start. When you're leaning, someone with a full license always has to be in the car with you because you aren't allowed to drive the car on the road alone. You don't have to go to a driving school --- a friend can teach you. The person with you isn't allowed to take money for the lesson unless he's got a teacher's license.
Before you're allowed to have a full license, you have to take a driving test. You can take a test in your own car, but it has to be fit for the road. In the test you have to drive round for about half an hour and then answer a few questions. If you don't pass the test, you're allowed to take it again a few weeks later if you want to. In 1970 a woman passed her fortieth test after 212 driving lessons! When you've passed your test, you don't have to take it again, and you're allowed to go on driving as long as you like. Britain's oldest driver was a man who drove in 1974 at the age of 100.
Before 1904 everyone was allowed to drive, even children. Then from 1904 car drivers had to have a license. But they didn't have to take a test until 1935. On the early days of car driving, before 1878, cars weren't allowed to go faster than four miles an hour and someone had to lead the car with a red flag. | middle4585.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "In New York City."
},
"options": [
"In New York City.",
"In a school in New York City.",
"In the streets in New York City.",
"In most libraries in New York City."
],
"question": "Where did the story happen? _ ... | What is a library for? Most libraries have books and other things to read. Many of them have things to listen to. Some libraries even have computers. Very few people would think of a library as a place to live in.
One library in New York City turned into a home for 250 people for a few days. These were all people near the library. They slept on the floor. Why did the people move into the library?
The people moved into the library because the city wanted to close it to save money. These 250 New Yorkers loved their library. They didn't want to lose it. So they moved in. They knew that the library couldn't be closed if they were living inside it. At last the city agreed to keep the library open, and the people all went home. | middle169.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "1984"
},
"options": [
"1980",
"1984",
"2001",
"2010"
],
"question": "The first working 3D printer was created in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
... | You've heard of 3D printing from newspaper and TV programs. It can "print" in plastic, metal, nylon, and over a hundred other materials. 3D printing technology has been around since the 1980s, it was not widely used until the early 2010s. The first working 3D printer was created in 1984 by Chuck Hull.
3D printers use many different types of technologies, but they all share one thing in common: they create a three-dimensional object by building it layer , by continuing layer, until the whole object is completed. Imagine a baker lay down each layer one at a time until the whole cake is formed. 3D printing is somewhat similar, but just a bit stricter. How can 3D printers work so well? The most important thing-a program, a 3D printer also needs to have instructions for what to print from a computer. It needs a file as well. The file which is a Computer Aided Design (CAD) paper is created with the use of a 3D modeling program. The program creates a paper that is sent to the 3D printer. Along the way, software pieces the design into hundreds, or more likely thousands of layers. The 3D printer builds up one layer at a time, from the bottom to the top, until the object is done.
3D printings can be used for making many kinds of things such as machine parts, daily life objects, even human organs using a person's own cells.
Nowadays, Marc. Dillon founds a project which deals with many world famous paintings like Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, Van Gogh's Sunflower with 3D technology. This project helps the blind people enjoy the fantastic art through touching. In order to provide a good user experience, these 3D paintings have special instruments which can tell people what they touch. | middle6392.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "three men and one woman"
},
"options": [
"two men and two women",
"three men and one woman",
"three women and one man",
"four women"
],
"question": "There are _ in this passage.",
"question_type": "cloze... | Several years ago, a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people in America. One was a very rich banker, another owned one of the largest companies in the world, and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York.
The reporter was talking to them about being important. "How do we know if someone is really important?" the reporter asked the banker. The banker thought for a few moments and then said," I think anybody who is invited to the Whiter House to meet the President of the United States is really important. "
The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company. "Do you agree with that?" she asked. The man shook his head, "No. I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House. You'd only be important if while you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call from the president of another country, and the President of the US said he was too busy to answer it. "
The reporter turned to the third man. "Do you think so?" "No, I don't." he said. "I don't think that makes the visitor important. That makes the President important. " "Then what would make the visitor important?" the reporter and the other two men asked.
"Oh, I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang, and the President picked up the receiver, listened and then said, "It's for you." | middle7932.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Because of the story about the apple tree."
},
"options": [
"Because of the story about the apple tree.",
"Because of the long history of the apple tree.",
"Because of the sweetness of the apple.",
"Because of the unusu... | Legend has it that an apple which fell from its branches was the inspiration for Sir Isaac Newton's discovery of gravity . But now history's famous fruit tree is paying the price of fame.
The thousands of visitors drawn to Sir Isaac's childhood home each year could be damaging the tree. A willow barrier has been put around the tree. It means visitors to the 17thcentury Woolsthorpe Manor, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, will no longer be able to sit under its branches as Newton was said to have been doing in 1665 when "the notion of gravitation came to mind."
The National Trust, which owns the small manor where Newton was born in 1642, said the 2ft-high barrier was designed to _ the tree. Official Ann Moynihan said there had been no damage so far but warned that there could soon be a problem."Visitor numbers have gone up by around 50 percent, to 33,000 a year in three years. The more people who visit, the more the earth will become compacted around the tree and over the roots. We just want to _ the tree for another 400 years if we can."She said visitors will still be able to take apples from the tree.
Visitor Chris Gwyther,37,said,"I suppose it is a pity that you can't sit under the tree like Newton. But you can still see it and the tree is 400 years old, it needs saving for the future."
Newton left no information saying he had been inspired by a falling apple. The story appeared in a book by French philosopher Voltaire published in 1727, the year Newton died at the age of 84. | middle2692.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "the name of a book by Andrew Matthews"
},
"options": [
"the first thing you must do to make your dream real",
"the most important dream to have for teenagers",
"the name of a famous Australian writer",
"the name of a bo... | As teenagers, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize, or they can be small. You may just want to become one of the ten best students in your class.
Once you find a dream, what do you do with it? Do you ever try to make your dream real? Follow Your Heart by Australian writer Andrew Matthews tells us that making our dreams real is life's biggest _
You may think you're not very good at some school subjects, or that it is impossible for you to become a writer. These kinds of thoughts stop you from getting your dream, the book says.
In fact, everyone can make his dream come true. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is.
Don't let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want. Do this step by step and your dream will come true faster because a big dream is, in fact, many small dreams.
You must also never give up your dream.
There will be difficulties on the road to your dreams. But the biggest difficulty comes from yourself. You need to decide what is the most important. Studying instead of watching TV will lead to better exam results, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book. As you get closer to your dream, it may change a little. This is good as you have the chance to learn more skills and find new interests.
,,. (5,2,10) | middle5472.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "enjoys Grandma's apple pie very much"
},
"options": [
"likes to watch clouds in the attic",
"comes to the orchard after school",
"enjoys Grandma's apple pie very much",
"picks many apples in the orchard"
],
"que... | I'm lying on my back in my grandfather'sorchard , looking up at the branches above me. It is one of the last days of summer. Already the days are shorter and the nights are cooler. Some kinds of apples are alreadyripe . Others will be ready to pick soon. I think of my grandmother's apple pie, and how I used to make it with her. She died last year, before the apple harvest, and I have not had her pie since then. I really miss her. I hear bees busily humming about, visiting the late summer flowers. The gentle hum of their wings nearly sends me to sleep.
The sky is as blue as my grandfather's eyes. Above me, big white clouds ran across the sky like pieces of cotton blowing in the wind. School starts in another week, and time seems to have slowed down.
"Sophie!" calls my grandfather. "Is that you?" I stand up, take his hand, and tell him all about my day as we walk through the orchard. We talk about apples, and bees and Grandma. He tells me that he misses her too.
He puts his rough, brown farmer's hand around my shoulder and pulls me close. " You know, Sophie," he says, " I spent the morning in the attic , and you'll never guess what I found. It's the recipe for Grandma's apple pie. I used to help her make it sometimes. I can't do it all alone, but you used to help her too. Maybe between the two of us, we can work it out. Want to try?"
" But it won't be the same without Grandma," I tell him.
"That's true," he says, "but _ . Still, I don't think that she would want us never to have another apple pie. What do you say?" I nod yes, and we walk towards home...toward an afternoon in the farmhouse kitchen, making Grandma's famous apple pie. | middle380.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "on the top of the right corner"
},
"options": [
"At the beginning of the letter",
"at the left corner",
"on the top of the right corner",
"at the end of the letter"
],
"question": "When we write a letter in Engl... | Do you know how to write an English letter? It is different from the Chinese letter. When we write a letter in English, we should write the date on the top of the right corner. Sometimes we write the _ ---the number of the house and the names of the street, city and country. Then we can begin the letter at the left corner. We always use words like "Dear sir", "Dear Mr/Miss/Mrs ..."to begin the writing. At the end of the letter, we usually use expressions as "Yours", "Yours ever" or "Yours sincerely". Then sign the writer's name.
It is also different to write an English envelope. You should write your name and address on the top of the left corner and write the receiver's in the middle or on the bottom of the right corner. | middle1614.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "to get things going"
},
"options": [
"for you to make more and more new friends",
"to begin your business talks",
"to get things going",
"for you to make a deep and lasting impression on others"
],
"question": "... | Some people have a kind of magic. They will make you comfortable while they are around. You feel at ease while talking to them. How is it done? Here are several skills that good talkers have. If you follow the skills, they'll help people feel relaxed and make friends with them quickly.
First of all, good talkers ask questions. Almost anyone, no matter how shy he is, will answer a question. One well-known businesswoman says, "At business lunches, I always ask people what they did that morning. It's a common question, but it will get things going." From there you can move on to other matters--sometimes to really personal questions. And how he answers will let you know how far you can go.
Second, once good talkers have asked questions, they listen to the answers. This point seems clear, but it isn't. Your questions should have a point and help to tell what kind of person you are talking to. And to find out, you really have to listen carefully and attentively. Real listening at least means some things. First it means not to change the topic of conversation. If someone insists on one topic, it means he's really interested in it. Real listening also means not just listening to words, but to the voice. If the voice sounds bored, then, it's time for you to change the topic.
Finally, good talkers know well how to deal with the moment of saying good-bye. If you're saying it, you may give him a handshake and say, "I've really enjoyed meeting you." If you want to see that person again, don't keep it a secret. Let people know your thoughts. | middle8156.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "farmer"
},
"options": [
"farmer",
"soldier",
"worker",
"teacher"
],
"question": "Abraham Lincoln's father was a _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
... | When Abraham Lincoln was just a boy, he had to help his father to look after their farm. It was hard work and there wasn't anything interesting for him. Abraham wanted to go to school, but there was no school there. He was sad most of the time.
Mrs. Lincoln loved the boy very much. She tried her best to make Abraham happy. One morning she got up early and went to the town. It was a long way, so it took her a long time to get there. She bought something there and went back. It was late in the evening when she got home.
The next morning Mrs. Lincoln said to Abraham,"Today is your birthday, so we're going to have a party."She put some food on the table, and then brought out a present.
"A book!"Abraham cried. It was an old book, but he liked it. A smile came on his face. He looked up at Mrs. Lincoln and said,"Thank you, Mom." | middle7265.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Huang Ge decided to thank everyone who had helped him"
},
"options": [
"Huang Ge decided to ask for more",
"Huang Ge decided to thank everyone who had helped him",
"Huang Ge's story went on TV",
"Huang Ge had a happy li... | If you knew you had only three years left to live, how would you use your time? It's a hard question and few of us would even like to think about it. But 18-year-old Huang Ge has to answer this question and he says, "I want to thank the people who have helped me."
At the age of one, Huang's mother left the family. Six years later, he was badly ill. He has been using a wheelchair since 9 years old. Doctors said he would only live to be 18.
After Huang's story went on TV, hundreds of Chinese sent money to help him. The boy was so moved that he decided to thank everyone of them. But it is not an easy job, because Huang was too sick even to drive a mosquito away from his leg. Huang has to be tied to his wheelchair to stop him from falling out. And the family can only afford a three-wheeled motorcycle . Since 2003, the father and son have traveled 14,000 kilometers to 10 provinces, and thanked more than 30 helpers.
"I am moved by the story of this boy. We need the courage to face death, and we should also feel the thankfulness for those who help us," reads an online article on CCTV,com. | middle1172.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "watching his favorite TV show"
},
"options": [
"listening to the news",
"watching his favorite TV show",
"watching a video",
"listening to music"
],
"question": "Denial's father is _ .",
"question_type": ... | Dear Tim,
Today is Saturday.It's 7:00 in the evening here.I'm writing to tell you something about my life.My father is watching CCTV news.That's his favorite program.My brother is playing computer games.My dog Dick is taking a hat to me.He wants me to put it on and go out for a walk with him.What a clever dog!My little sister is practicing playing the piano.It sounds beautiful today.Outside,I can hear cars and buses coming and going quickly .Also there are some boys playing ball games.
It's really a noisy but happy evening.Do you think so?
What are your family doing?I know the time here is thirteen hours ahead of that in New York.Are you getting up?
Please write to me soon.Best wishes!
Yours,
Denial | middle5314.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the name of an airline"
},
"options": [
"the name of a plane",
"the name of an airline",
"an air lab",
"a radio programme"
],
"question": "Bel Air is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | People travel a lot with Bel Air because they know they will get what they want.
They want to go quickly and safely across the country, across the sea or right across the world, and they know Bel Air will take them where they want to go, when they want to go. Bel Air flies all the newest and fastest planes to more towns and cities, in more countries of the world than any other airline.
Do you want to go to Paris, Washington DC, Tokyo? Bel Air will take you there, at all times of the day and night, right through the week. But Bel Air flies not only to the biggest cities, in the rich counties---we fly two or three times a week to towns and cities in the centre of Asia, Africa and South America.
People who travel a lot fly with Bel Air, because they know they will leave on time and arrive on time. They know that they will receive the best food and watch the best films.
Bel Air is second to none. When you fly, fly with Bel Air. | middle3765.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "An office worker."
},
"options": [
"A boss.",
"A teacher.",
"An office worker.",
"An artist."
],
"question": "What does John Brown do?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"a... | John Brown, an office worker, lives in Washington. He inherited $1 000 000 when he was 23. He didn't feel happy at all. His college friends were looking for their first jobs, but he didn't tell any of his friends and gave $ 1 000 000 of his money to a charity that helped poor children to live better lives. Today he is 36, he still wears cheap shoes and clothes and owns a small car only, but he is much happier.
Up to now, John has helped 15 children from poor countries all over the world, $200 a month for each. The money is used to afford the child's education, food, medical care and clothing. John receives a report each year on the child's progress. They can write to each other, but usually the children do not speak English.
Once John went to meet a little girl in Africa. He said that the meeting was very exciting. "When I met her, I felt very happy." he said. "I saw that the money was used for a very good plan. It brought me closer to the child. I will do everything I can to help those children in need." he added.
,A, B, C, D,. | middle7517.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "None."
},
"options": [
"None.",
"one.",
"Two.",
"We don't know."
],
"question": "How many dogs are there in the river?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,... | A dog has a piece of meat in his mouth. He's going to eat it at home. As he is walking on a bridge, he looks down and sees himself in the river. That dog looks like him and he has a piece of meat in his mouth, too. The dog thinks it's another dog. So he says to himself, "I want to eat more meat. I must make him run away from here and get the meat in his mouth. Then I can have two pieces." He opens his mouth to bark. That dog in the water barks at him. Suddenly, his meat goes down into the water. The dog is so angry, he jumps into the water to catch the other dog. | middle1166.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "18-month-old children who live in Germany"
},
"options": [
"young chimpanzee that live on an island",
"18-month-old children who live in Germany",
"kids who are living with adult chimpanzees",
"adult chimpanzees that li... | When an animal helps another animal, it usually gets something valuable in return. For a long time, many scientists thought that only people could act generously just because it feels good.
However, a new study in Germany suggests that chimpanzees also do good things for no real reason. And so do children who are as young as 18 months of age. Maybe it is because humans and chimpanzees share an ancestor about 6 million years ago.
People and chimpanzees appear to develop such features without any other training, says Warneken, a scientist in Germany. Warneken and his partners worked on adult chimpanzees that live on an island in the African country of Uganda. They also worked with 18-month-old children in Germany. The researchers performed three experiments on the adult chimpanzees and two experiments on the kids. In the first animal experiment,a person tried to reach his arm into a cage to get a stick,but he couldn't reach it. A chimpanzee was in the cage,and it could reach the stick if it wanted to.
Thirty-six chimpanzees took part in this experiment one by one, and no chimpanzee saw what the other chimpanzees had done. Even though the animals hadn't met the person before, they usually took the stick and gave it to the person. What's more, they did this whether or not the person offered them bananas as a reward. In a similar experiment, 36 children acted in a similar way. They helped the person reach the stick, whether or not they were offered toys for their help.
Researchers did other experiments on chimpanzees and babies. No rewards were offered in either experiment. And still, both the chimpanzees and children went out of their way to help. Still, the new study is different from earlier findings. Researchers have found that chimpanzees don't give rewards of food to other chimpanzees, even if it costs them nothing to be generous. | middle1600.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Skipping meals"
},
"options": [
"Eating healthy meals",
"Walking or riding to school every day",
"Skipping meals",
"Doing sports exercise"
],
"question": "According to the writer, what is not a proper way to los... | Teenagers live very busy lives and often forget to think about their diet and exercise. How much do you know about keeping healthy and fit?
Healthy eating along with regular exercise is probably the only way to become fit. Diets are useless in the long term, about 20% of teenagers say they have tried eating less and _ meals to control their weight. If you eat properly and exercise regularly, you will lose weight, keep fit and feel great.
As a teenager, it is important to give your body energy it needs. If you skip meals, you don't get enough energy, and then you feel tired. For a healthy diet, you should eat mostly rice, bread, vegetables and fruit.
Exercise is something that can help to make you look good, feel good and be healthy. Teenagers should spend at least 30 minutes exercising, five times a week. It is easy to do! Walking and riding your bike to school, and doing some school sports. If you follow the suggestions above, you will look and feel much better! | middle394.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Black and white."
},
"options": [
"Black.",
"White.",
"Black and white.",
"Red"
],
"question": "What color is Mimi?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
... | My name is Mimi. I'm black and white. I like sitting on the chair in the sun in winter. Do you know my favorite food? It is fish. I don't like apples. I can climb trees. I can sing " Miao, miao". What am I? Can you guess? | middle8142.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Chris is an American"
},
"options": [
"Chris is an American",
"Chris is thirty years old",
"Chris has been to China",
"Chris is in China now"
],
"question": "From the passage we know that _ .",
"question_t... | Now more than 40 million foreigners around the world are learning Chinese,according to a report. The relationship between the United States and China is becoming more and more important in the world. This has really influenced the growth of Chinese language learning in U.S.
I am Chris from the United States. I am one of the many people who are learning Chinese. I am studying at a Confucius Institute in New York. There are 10 students in our class. Some are over thirty years old. Some are middle school students. Our teacher comes from Beijing. He is fun and often tells us interesting things in China.
I think Chinese is difficult to learn. The biggest challenge for American learners is the writing. Chinese is completely different from any other language in the world. It will take me a lot of time to learn enough Chinese characters . But 1 think there are many benefits of spending time in learning Chinese. One important benefit is that it makes me see things from a different point of view, because Chinese is such a different language from English. I think for American students the most important benefit is that learning a challenging language can open up their eyes. | middle4778.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a uniform for her brother"
},
"options": [
"a pair of new shoes",
"a uniform for her brother",
"a uniform for herself",
"a pair of second-hand shoes"
],
"question": "What did the girl need?",
"question_type"... | Today, I felt terrible. My head was full of problems and confusion . I decided to take a walk even though I didn't know where to go. The most special thing happened when I was out for this walk.
I saw an old man sitting on a chair. He was a seller of second-hand shoes. I thought he looked at least 70 years old. He seemed so tired and nobody was buying his shoes. I wanted to give him something but I had not brought anything with me.
Then, a little girl came toward him. I heard the child say, "Grandfather, may I polish your shoes?" That old man took pity on her, smiled and gave her a shoe to polish.
The girl told him she needed money to buy her brother a new school uniform.
"Oh, little girl. Just stop doing this. Come with me and I will buy you a uniform." Then they walked to a market , and he bought her brother a uniform.
The girl said "thanks" to him and left, leaving the old man smiling.
He walked away from the market, but I stopped him. I whispered in his ear, "You are a hero! Thank you for your kindness!" As I walked away, I looked back and I could see him still smiling.
I was blown away by the kindness I had just seen. Someone who had so little was so generous! Amazing! My own sadness had completely disappeared, chased way by the light of this kind act.
I began realizing that I have a lot to be thankful for. I hope, some day, I can show my appreciation of what I have by following the example of the old man. He only had a little, but shared it so beautifully with someone who had nothing. | middle3017.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "enjoy themselves"
},
"options": [
"have dinner with their friends",
"go shopping",
"watch a football game",
"enjoy themselves"
],
"question": "From this passage, we can see Americans often travel to _ .",
... | Most Americans enjoy moving from place to place. For example, they often drive their cars 120 to 160 kilometres away just to have dinner with a friend or even fly to London or Paris just to watch a football match. In some states only one person in five lives in a place for more than five years. One may be born in one city, and go to school in another. He may finish his middle school in two or three cities, and then go to college far across the country. When he begins to work, he may possibly move from job to job. Moving from one job to another, which is called "job-hopping", can be seen in many places in the United States.
Job-hopping does good to workers because every change of a job gives them a chance to get better pay. And job-hopping also gives bosses the chance to get new ideas and skills from him or her. | middle2309.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The city's La Scala opera house will offer additional performances in 2015."
},
"options": [
"It is the largest city in Italy and has the longest history.",
"It is hosting the world's largest Fashion Week in 2015.",
"Football... | FOOD, football, and fashion - Milan has it all. The city is perhaps most famous for its annual Milan Fashion Week and its world-class soccer teams AC Milan and Inter Milan. And May will see it host the six-month Milan Expo , the theme of which is food and nutrition .
Milan may not be the first place tourists think of when they think of Italy. Rome is the most famous city in Italian history, Venice draws visitors who want to travel along its canals and Florence is popular with the art lovers. Yet Milan can often be let off tourists' lists. But although some see Milan as the "Ugly Sister" of these cities, in 2015, the city is "Suddenly back in fashion in a big way".
The delicious Milan Expo will look at the future of food, trying to answer the question of how Earth's fast-growing population can be fed in the future. According to the Lonely Planet website, "144 countries will set up shops in northwest of central Milan, forming a mini city-within-a-city".
Milan's famous opera house, La Scala, normally closed in the summer, will also host daily performances during the Expo, reported Fox News.
Not interested in opera? Don't worry. Visitors who prefer sports may want to visit the San Siro Stadium , home of the soccer teams AC Milan and Inter Milan. The stadium is one of the most famous in Europe and has seen many important games over the years, both in Series A and the European Champions league .
So even if all of its fashion and beautiful people can make Milan seem "Soulless " as Lonely Planet said, it still has "a serious sense of history and place". Many people will be discovering it this year, and eating great food from all over the world to help solve world problems. Will you? | middle5466.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "heard"
},
"options": [
"heard",
"seen",
"done",
"written"
],
"question": "If you are an auditory learner, you understand and remember things you have _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | If you are an auditory learner, you learn by hearing. You often learn by reading out aloud because you have to hear it or speak it in order to remember it.
Here are some things that auditory learners can do to learn better.
*Sit where you can hear.
*U se cards to learn new words; read them out aloud.
*Read stories or material out aloud.
*Record yourself when you are spelling words and then listen to the recording.
*Study new material by reading it out aloud.
If you are a visual learner, you learn by reading or seeing pictures. You like to see what you are learning.
Here are some things that visual learners can do to learn better.
*Sit near the front of the classroom.
*Use cards to learn new words.
*Try to visualize things that you hear or things that are read to you.
*Write down key words or ideas.
*Draw pictures to help explain new ideas and then explain the pictures.
If you are a tactile learner, you learn by touching and doing. You are a "hands-on" learner who likes to touch, move, build, or draw what you learn.
Here are some things that tactile learners can do to learn better.
*Do lots of hands-on activities like doing art projects , taking walks, or acting out storie s.
*Use cards and put them in groups to show relationships between them.
*Follow words with your finger to learn spelling (finger spelling).
*It's OK to tap a pencil, shake your foot, or hold on to something while learning.
,. | middle6147.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Because a composition moved her deeply."
},
"options": [
"Because a composition moved her deeply.",
"Because the composition was very bad.",
"Because the students were lazy.",
"Because she had a fight with her husband."... | A primary school teacher asked her students to write a composition about what they would like God to do for them. At the end of the day, while marking the compositions, she read one that impressed her deeply. Her husband, who had just walked in, saw her crying and asked her, "What happened?"
She answered, "Read this. It is one of my students' compositions."
"Dear God, tonight I ask you for something very special: Make me into a television. I want to take its place and live like the TV in my house. Have my own special place, and have my family around me. To be taken seriously when I talk. I want to be the centre of attention and be heard without interruption or questions. I want to receive the same special care that the TV receives even when it is not working. Have the company of my dad when he arrives home from work, even when he is tired. And I want my mom to want me close when she is sad and upset, instead of ignoring me. And ...I want my brothers to fight to be with me...I want to feel that my family just put everything aside, every now and then, just to spend some time with me. And last but not least, make sure that I can make them all happy and entertain them. God, I don't ask you for much. I just want to live like our TV. "
At that moment the husband said, "My God, poor kid, what horrible parents!" .The teacher looked up at him and said, "That composition is our son's!" | middle1628.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "A teacher."
},
"options": [
"A worker.",
"A painter.",
"An artist.",
"A teacher."
],
"question": "What did Pablo Picasso's father do?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"an... | Pablo Picasso was born in Spain in 1881.His father was a painter and art teacher who gave his son the first lesson in drawing.He won a prize--"Science and Charity" for his first important painting when he was only fifteen.He studied in several cities in Spain.But there was no one to teach him all that he wanted to know.When he was nineteen,he visited Paris.
Paris was then the center of the world for artists.Everything that was new and exciting in the world of paintings seemed to happen there.When he was twenty-three,Picasso moved there to live and lived in France for the rest of his life.
When he was over ninety,this great painter still lived his life like a young man.He was still looking for new ideas and new ways to use his artistic materials.
When he died in 1973,he was ninety-one years old.
,. | middle7259.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "middle school student"
},
"options": [
"middle school student",
"Young Pioneer",
"worker",
"teacher"
],
"question": "Peter is a _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answ... | Peter is thirteen years old. He is in Grade Two this year. He likes playing football and watching football matches. And he often reads newspaper. He does his best to know where and when there is going to be a football match. Now Peter is having lunch. He is listening to the radio, too. He is very happy because there is going to be a nice football match on TV at four this afternoon.
He wants to watch it very much. But he is going to have English and Chinese lessons. He thinks hard and finds a way.
"Hello, Mrs. Black," Peter says to his teacher on the telephone. " Peter is ill in bed. He wants to ask for half a day's leave ."
"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that," says Mrs. Black, "But who's that? "
"It's my father, Mr. Black." | middle4750.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "are 12-15 years old"
},
"options": [
"are 12-15 years old",
"play soccer well",
"come from King's School",
"live near City Sports Hall"
],
"question": "The camp is for the children who _ .",
"question_typ... | Interested in soccer?
Join us now!
King's School is organizing a soccer camp for children aged 12-15. Join us for 5 days of fun when you learn to play this exciting sport!
When
13-17 January, 2014 (Monday to Friday)
3:00 p.m --5:00 p.m
Where
City Sports Hall
267 State Street
Cost
$ 10 each
Our special service:
Players from the National Soccer Team will be your coaches for the 5 days of camp!
After the camp, you will be able to:
* understand the rules of the game
* carry the ball with your feet
* pass the ball to other players using your feet
* kick the ball towards the goal
Please come in comfortable clothes and sports shoes.
For more information, please call us at 01159515092, or e-mail us at kssoccercamp@hotmail.com.uk. | middle2321.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "liked very much"
},
"options": [
"had a lot of things for",
"was bad for",
"liked very much",
"was careful in"
],
"question": "The words\" was very fond of\" mean \" _ \".",
"question_type": "cloze_questio... | Mr. Jackson was a doctor in a small town. He was very absent-minded . One afternoon, he went to visit a friend who lived not far from the town. They had dinner together and then talked and talked, for Mr. Jackson was very fond of talking. It was already midnight, then one o'clock, two o'clock and still Mr. Jackson kept on talking. But this time the friend was feeling very tired and kept looking at the clock on the wall. He didn't want to be impolite , but at last he said, "Charles, my dear friend, I don't want to put you out, but I have to go to work at six tomorrow morning, I must go to bed now. " "Oh, my God!" said Mr. Jackson in surprise. "I thought you were at my house. " | middle3981.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "How to learn English well."
},
"options": [
"How to speak English well.",
"How to write English well.",
"How to read English well.",
"How to learn English well."
],
"question": "What do students and teachers oft... | My Plan for Learning English
Many students and teachers always ask this question"What's the best way to learn English well?"Different people have different answers.Here is my plan for learning English.It is based on my own experience in learning languages.It helped me when I learned English.I hope that it can help you,too.
*Speak to Americans as much as possible.
*Write,write,write--letters,e-mails,notes,etc.
*Make phone calls to practise your English.
*Watch TV and movies.
*Listen to the radio.
*Read as much as possible.
It is important to believe that you will improve your English.Sometimes when you make plans,they seem very difficult.Progress comes little by little.Think about where you are today,and where you were last week or last month.Maybe it doesn't seem you have come very far.But if you stop and think about where you were six months ago,or even a year ago,then you will see your _ .That progress gives you hope.Keep on studying,and you will reach your goal sooner or later! | middle5328.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "in the country"
},
"options": [
"with his family",
"near town",
"in the country",
"in town"
],
"question": "Tom lived _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index"... | Tom lived by himself a long way from town. He hardly went to town, but one day he went into town to buy a few things. After he bought them, he went into a restaurant and sat down at a table. When he looked around, he saw some old people put glasses on before reading their newspapers. So after lunch he decided to go to a shop to buy himself one pair, too. He walked along the road, and soon found a shop.
The man in the shop let him try on a lot of glasses, but Tom always said, "No, I can't read with these."
The man became puzzled , and he said, "Excuse me, but can you read?"
"No, of course I can't!" Tom said angrily. "If I could read before, do you think I would come here to buy your glasses?" | middle3759.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "She was in bad condition when she was born."
},
"options": [
"She was in bad condition when she was born.",
"She liked singing songs with his brother.",
"She was treated badly by the doctors.",
"She looked more like her... | Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she could do to help her 3-year-old son Michael prepare for it. She and her husband found out that the new baby was going to be a girl. Day after day, night after night, Michael sang to his sister in his mom's tummy .
Finally, Michael's little sister was born. But she was in a very serious condition. The doctor told the parents there was very little hope. They kept the baby girl in the intensive care unit (ICU, ). Karen was so sad. She decided to plan for her funeral . Michael, however, kept begging his parents to let him see his sister. "I want to sing to her," he would say. Finally Karen decided to take Michael to his sister. This may be the last time he sees her alive.
Michael looked at his baby sister. After a moment, he began to sing. In the pure-hearted voice of a 3-year-old, Michael sang: "You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are gray."
Instantly the baby girl seemed to _ . Her pulse rate began to calm down.
"Keep on singing, Michael," encouraged Karen with tears in her eyes. "You never know, dear, how much I love you, please don't take my sunshine away." As Michael sang to his sister, the baby's breath became smooth.
After a few days, the little girl was well enough to go home. The doctors called it a miracle .
,. | middle4036.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "the homes of some animals"
},
"options": [
"some trees",
"some people",
"some animals",
"the homes of some animals"
],
"question": "The story is about _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | Everybody has a home. People have homes. Animals have homes. People live in many different kinds of houses. Animals have different kinds of homes, too.
Some animals live in holes under the ground . The woodchuck lives under the ground .His home has two doors. If any animal comes into one door, the woodchuck goes out through the other. Some animals live in holes in trees. Some squirrels build nests high in trees. Most of the birds live in nests in trees. But hawks build their nests high in the mountains . | middle6621.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "his family was very poor"
},
"options": [
"his daughter often wasted water",
"his daughter didn't send him gifts",
"his family was very poor",
"his daughter asked him for gifts"
],
"question": "The man easily go... | A man punished his 5-year-old daughter for wasting some expensive gold wrapping paper. Money was little and he became more upset when the child used the gold paper to decorate a box and put it under a Christmas tree.
However, the little girl brought the gift box to her father the next morning and said, " This is for you, daddy."
The father was embarrassed by his earlier anger, but he got angry again when he found the box empty. He spoke to her in a serious manner, "Don't you know young lady, when you give someone a present, there's supposed to be something inside the package?"
The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and said, "Oh Daddy, it is not empty.I blew kisses into it until it was full." The father was moved. He fell on his knees and put his arms around his little girl and he begged her to forgive his unnecessary anger.
An accident took the life of the child away only a short time later and it is told that the father kept the gold box by his bed for all the years of his life. Whenever he was discouraged or faced difficult problems, he would open the box and take out an imaginary kiss and remember the child who had put it there. | middle6635.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Pop, folk, country and western music."
},
"options": [
"Pop, folk, country and western music.",
"Pop, folk and classical music.",
"Pop, folk and country music.",
"Pop, country and western music."
],
"question": ... | Popular music in America is what every student likes. Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class, and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers and play the music loudly as they drive on the street.
Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the news about sports, the weather, and the life of American people. Most of the radio programmers are music.
Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or a tape which radio stations use in many places. Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tape. Some of the money from these tapes goes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has become a national star.
There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk music. It tells stories about the common life of Americans. Another is western or country music. This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about country life and the 1ove between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music.
,. | middle3995.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Basketball."
},
"options": [
"Basketball.",
"Football.",
"Ping-pong ball.",
"Tennis."
],
"question": "What's Lin Feng's favorite sport?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"... | Lin Feng is a student of Class One, Grade Seven. He likes basketball very much. He often plays it after school. And he often goes home late. His home is not far from school. And his mother knows _ . So she doesn't worry about him.
One Saturday morning Lin Feng goes to a shop with his mother. The shop is very big. There are many things in it. It sells clothes, food and books. Then his mother says to him, "What do you want?" "I want a red blouse." says Lin Feng. "a red blouse?" asks his mother. "You can't wear a red blouse."
Lin Feng smiled, "OK, please get me basketball clothes." | middle2453.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Few"
},
"options": [
"More and more",
"Many",
"A few",
"Few"
],
"question": "_ British sit down for an afternoon tea now.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": ... | The 30th Olympics will be held in London soon. More and more people will travel there and watch the games. And it's necessary for the tourists to know the customs there. Here are some tips given by William Hanson, an English manner expert.
* Afternoon tea. The traditional view that the British sit down for an afternoon tea is not popular any more. Few people keep the tradition nowadays.
* Give tips -- but not in a clear way. The British would like to choose a quiet way of saying "thank you" when they get good service. In fact, many British waiters will not mind if you decide not to tip at all.
* Greeting with a kiss. The British aren't like their neighbors in France. They do not greet others with a kiss very often. Many people prefer to shake hands or pat on the back to say " hello" .
* Conversation tips. If you are not sure what you are talking about, end a sentence with the word "mate".
* Don't talk about money. According to Hanson, British people don't like to talk about money and it is rude to do so. Especially, never ask anyone how much money he or she makes a month. | middle4744.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "He goes to a washroom."
},
"options": [
"He goes to school.",
"He goes to a washroom.",
"He goes to a mall.",
"He goes to a hospital."
],
"question": "Where does the driver go on the way to school?",
"questi... | On the way to school, a school bus driver stops the bus in front of a washroom and then he goes in. But the bus doesn't stop. After the driver gets off, the bus begins to run down the road, and there are 27 students on the bus.
Luckily ,the 11-year-old student, David, goes to the driver's seat and begins to drive the school bus. He can't stop the bus, but he drives the bus away from a car. At last, he stops the bus near a shop and everyone is all right.
A woman worker in the shop sees the whole thing. She says the bus nearly runs into a river. We do not know how the boy stops the car.
David is very quiet about the accident , but he is a hero. "If he doesn't drive the bus, all the students will go down into the river with the bus." says a teacher in the school. | middle2335.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "on the sofa"
},
"options": [
"on the sofa",
"on the bed",
"under the sofa",
"under the bed"
],
"question": "My books are _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_in... | Hello , boys and girls ! I'm Anna Green . Look ! This is my bedroom . The wall is white . And this is my bed . B-E-D , bed . It's green . What's this on the bed ? It is a quilt . It's a yellow quilt . And that's a jacket . It's green , too . What are those on the sofa ? They are my books . Oh , what's this on the wall ? It's a map of China . What color is it ? It is green . Oh , no . It's yellow . No , it's blue , yellow and brown . I like my bedroom very much . | middle6153.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "after the given time"
},
"options": [
"at eight o'clock in the morning",
"after the given time",
"before the given time",
"on time"
],
"question": "Bob got to the school _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_qu... | At London College, the boys can go to the city in the afternoon. But they must return to the school before six. And Bob doesn't often obey the rule. One afternoon, Bob walked to the city and went to the cinema. When he got to the school, it was eight o'clock. He was a little worried. He ran quickly to the gate. It was closed. He went round the school building to another door. That one was closed, too. Then he saw an open window on the ground floor. It was the head teacher's office. Bob looked into the room, and no one was there. He quickly climbed up and jumped into the room. Just then he heard a voice. He looked around and hid under the sofa. One minute later, Mr. Scott, the head teacher, came in. He turned on the light and sat down on the sofa. Then he began to read. Bob lay under the sofa and looked at the head teacher's feet for an hour. He could not move. At last the head teacher stood up and walked towards the door. "Thank goodness, he didn't find me under the sofa." thought Bob. Then the head teacher stopped. He turned his head and spoke to the sofa, "Would you mind turning off the light when you leave?" he said and left the office. | middle8195.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "need food to eat"
},
"options": [
"need water to drink",
"need food to eat",
"don't need water to drink",
"don't need food to eat"
],
"question": "I need some money because I _ .",
"question_type": "cloz... | I am an adult. I'm not a kid. I'm a grown-up. I need some money. I have no food. I am hungry. I am not thirsty, because water is everywhere. But water has no taste. I want to drink a soda. I want to drink milk. I want to drink coffee. I want to work. Nobody will hire( )me. Nobody is hiring anybody. Companies are firing people. Everyone is looking for a job. I cannot pay my rent . I will have to live in my car. I don't want to live in my car. My car has no bed. Everyone should live in a house or a flat. Many people don't have a car. They live on the street. A street has no bed. Nobody should live on the street. I don't know what to do. I don't know where to go. Maybe I will go to church . Maybe I will find help there. | middle343.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "July 11, 1859"
},
"options": [
"July 11, 1854",
"1834",
"July 11, 1859",
"July 11, 1852"
],
"question": "Big Ben's birthday is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"ans... | In 1834, the clock tower in London was burned down. People planned to build a new clock which would be the biggest and best in the world. So the clock had to be big and keep very good time. The big clock was made in two years. Five more years later the tower was finished. Then people put the big clock in the tower, and made it ring out for the first time on July 11, 1859.
In order to give the bigclock a good name, people held a meeting. Someone wanted to call it the Queen of Bells, and someone thought Victoria was good. At last, a man named Benjamin Hall stood up. He was a big man. Before he started to speak, someone shouted, "Why not call it Big Ben? "Everybody laughed and agreed with him.
From then on, Big Ben became its name. And it also became a famous building of London. People all over the world write to Big Ben. They even send birthday presents--bottles of oil-to help keep Big Ben running. Big Ben is not only a clock but also a dear friend ofpeople. | middle4977.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "not to get angry"
},
"options": [
"not to get angry",
"to work hard at school",
"to do more exercise",
"to help each other"
],
"question": "The writer wants to tell us _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questio... | Do you get angry at your friends' singing loudly while you are working? Or when your best friend does not wait for you after school?
If you do, you need to control your feelings and stop getting angry so easily. Getting angry with people can make you lose friends.
Gary Egeberg, an American high school teacher, has writtenMy feelings Are Just Like Wild Animalsto help you control your feelings. It tells teens how to stay cool when bad things happen to them. The book says that getting angry only makes problems worse. It can never make them better. Getting angry is not a natural way to act. It is just a bad habit, like smoking. The book says you can control your anger easily--all you have to do is telling yourself not to be angry.
When a baby falls over, it only cries if people are watching it. Like a baby, you should only get angry if you are sure it is the right thing to do.
*Keep a record. Every time you get angry, write down why you are angry. Look at it later and you will see you get angry too easily.
*Ask your friends to stop talking to you when you get angry. This will teach you not to be angry.
*Do something different. When you get angry, walk away from the problem and go somewhere else. Try to laugh! | middle425.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "English"
},
"options": [
"English",
"American",
"German",
"Japanese"
],
"question": "The report was written by _ scientists.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_inde... | Scientists have written a report on the future of trade and industry. They talk about the role robots will play in industry.
What is a robot?Basically ,it is a machine which is designed to do the work of a human being. It is usually controlled by a computer. Once it has been given a set of things to do,it will do the job on its own.
Nowadays,Britain has 120 robots at work in industry. This compares badly with other industrial countries. In Japan,there are 4,000 robots in use. In the USA there are 2,000 and in Germany there are 500. According to the report,the government must help people understand how robot technology can be used. Also,people must be educated to know how important this new technology is. The designing of new robots will be very important in the future. The report says that special robot centres should be set up where people who design robots and people who will use them work together. The assembly work of the future will be complex . So firms must develop robots to do it. | middle6806.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "a newspaper"
},
"options": [
"a newspaper",
"a novel",
"a detective story",
"a science book"
],
"question": "The article is probably taken from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer... | Chen Guangbiao was born in Jiangsu in July,1968. He is the chairperson of a company in Jiangsu. Now he is one of China's richest men and he has donated a great amount of money to charity projects. He says he will donate everything he has to charity after he dies.
When people are in need of help, he will appear at once. He helped people during the Wenchuan earthquake, the Yunnan earthquake and the Taiwan earthquake. He also gave a helping hand in Japan's earthquake. He has built many Hope Primary Schools to support the education in poor areas.
He doesn't do charity for honour. He wants to encourage more people to make contributions to charity. After announcing he would donate everything to charity after his death, many businesses, overseas Chinese people and common people encouraged by him have also promised to do something for charity.
As a philanthropist , he is asked for help every day. Sometimes he gets very tired, but he has never stopped caring.
So far, he has received a lot of awards, including Pioneer of the Year, and National May Day Labour Medal. He is considered as one of China's top philanthropists. | middle431.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "has a Chinese friend in China now"
},
"options": [
"has a Chinese friend ill England",
"is in all English school now",
"is Wang Fei's English teacher",
"has a Chinese friend in China now"
],
"question": "Tony Gr... | Hello.I am Chinese.My name is Wang Fei.I am thirteen.I am in No.5 Middle School in Nanjing.This is my friend.His name is Tony Green.He is an English boy.He is twelve.He and I are in the same class.Our classroom is next to the teachers' office.We have Chinese and English lessons every day.Our English teacher is Mr. Read.He is English but he can speak Chinese,too.Our Chinese teacher is Mr. Ding.They are good teachers,and they are our friends.too. | middle6812.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "120 minutes."
},
"options": [
"30 minutes.",
"60 minutes.",
"90 minutes.",
"120 minutes."
],
"question": "How much time did the Australian children spend outdoors on average according to the research?",
"que... | Spending two or three hours playing outdoors each day can reduce the chance of becoming short-sighted, a research shows. It challenges the belief that short-sightedness is caused by computer use, watching TV or reading in weak light.
The Australian government researchers believe that the sunlight is good for people's eyes. They compared the vision and habits of 100 seven-year-old children in Singapore and Australia. In all, 30% of the Singaporean children were short-sighted--this rate was ten times higher than Australian children.
Both groups spend a similar amount of time reading, watching television and playing computer games. However the Singaporean children spent an average of only half an hour a day outdoors--90 minutes less than the Australian children.
Professor Ian Morgan, from the Australian Research Council's vision Centre, said, "Humans are naturally long-sighted, but when people begin to go to school and spend little or no time outdoors, the number of short-sighted people gets larger. We're also seeing more and more short-sighted children in cities all around the world and the main reason may be that city children spend less time outdoors.
Daylight can be hundreds of times brighter than indoor light. But why does playing outside prevent us from becoming short-sighted? Scientists believe that natural light has a special chemical which stops the eyeball from growing out of shape and prevents people from becoming short-sighted.
So be outdoors. It doesn't matter if that time is spent having a picnic or having sports. | middle4963.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Sleeping habits."
},
"options": [
"Eating habits.",
"Sleeping habits.",
"Reading habits.",
"Writing habits"
],
"question": "What differences between the teens and adults are mentioned in the passage?",
"ques... | Your homework habits might be affecting your grades. Are you feeling tired or bored when it comes to homework time? Are you arguing with parents about your grades? You can change the way you feel by taking better care of your mind and your body. Get the sleep you need.
Studies show that teens' natural sleeping habits are different from those of adults. This often causes less sleep among teens, since they tend to have trouble going to sleep at night, and have trouble waking in the mornings. You can avoid some of the problems that come with less sleep by changing some of your nighttime habits.
Improve your memory
A great way to improve your homework habits is to improve your memory with brain exercise. There are many theories and ideas about improving memory, but there is one mnemonic method that has been around since ancient times. Ancient accounts show that early Greek and Roman orators used the "loci" method of remembering long speeches and lists. You may be able to use this method to improve your memory at test time.
Fight the desire to delay
Do you get the sudden desire to feed the dog at homework time? Don't fall for it! Delay is like a little white lie we tell ourselves. We often think we'll feel better about studying later if we do something fun now, like playing with a pet, watching a TV show, or even cleaning our room. It's not true.
Avoid repetitive stress
During text messaging, Internet surfing, and computer writing, you are using your hand muscles in all new ways, and you're very easily to be influenced by something dangerous or the repetitive stress injury. Find out how to avoid pain in your hands and neck by changing the way you sit at your computer. | middle8181.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "September 30"
},
"options": [
"June 8",
"July 29",
"August 30",
"September 30"
],
"question": "If you want to watch the national flag raising ceremony on National Day, which departure date should we choose?",
... | Beijing is the place to go
.....................................................
Best Beijing of 5 days
From Y=799
2 nights Beijing Hotel
&
2 nights Changcheng Hotel
Book online or call 0541-7666888
www.yangzhoutour.com
.....................................................
Beijing Hotel:
Close to Tian'anmen Square
Prize-winning garden Bars & French restaurants
Swimming pool
Changcheng Hotel:
Gardens with mountain views
Restaurants & Cafes
Night club
Buses to the downtown
.....................................................
Departure Date Price
Jun.8 Y=899
Jul.29 Y=999
Aug.30 Y=799
Sept.30 Y=1299
To book, choose your
Preferred departure date
Business Hours
Weekdays: 24 hours
Weekends: 8:00 am ----6:00 pm | middle4793.txt |
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