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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "What it is made of"
},
"options": [
"Its long history",
"The price of the rooms.",
"The guests that stay there",
"What it is made of"
],
"question": "What is unique about the Salt palace hotel ?",
"question_... | There are many unusual hotels around the world .In Greenland ,there is a hotel made out of ice ,open between December and April every year .In Turkey ,there is a cave hotel with a television ,furniture ,and a bathroom in each room .And in Bolivia ,there is the Salt Palace Hotel .
Thousands of years ago ,the area has th... | middle1833.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Wu Tong; Nancy"
},
"options": [
"Wu Tong; Nancy",
"Nancy; Wu Tong",
"Lim; Wu Tong",
"Nancy; Lim"
],
"question": "The letter is from _ to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": ... | Dear Nancy,
How are you? Now I want to tell something interesting. Last week we had a trip to Mount Tai. On Tuesday we went to Taian by bus, a city at the foot of the mountain. We had a good rest at a hotel. At about one o'clock early the next morning, we began to climb the mountain. It took us about four hours and a h... | middle419.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "To throw a stone into the water."
},
"options": [
"To catch some fish in the fishpond.",
"To throw a stone into the water.",
"To swim with him.",
"To do some farm work."
],
"question": "What did the writer's gra... | My grandfather took me to the fishing pond on the farm when I was about 7 years old, and he asked me to throw a stone into the water.
I did what I was asked. Then my grandfather told me to watch the waves made by the stone. Moments later, he asked me to think of myself as that stone.
"You may make a lot of splashes in ... | middle3942.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "both A and B"
},
"options": [
"give a lecture",
"go to a meeting",
"record her lecture",
"both A and B"
],
"question": "Miss Evans had to _ on Friday afternoon.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
... | Miss Evans was going to give a lecture on Friday afternoon. But on Thursday night she was told that she had to go to an important meeting the next day at the same time. "No one can be in two places at the same time. What shall I do?" she thought. But soon, she had an idea. At five to three on Friday afternoon, Miss E... | middle2484.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "a monster"
},
"options": [
"a monster",
"a person",
"his wife",
"money"
],
"question": "The man thought _ was under the bed at night.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"a... | There was once a man who couldn't sleep well because he was afraid that there was a stranger under his bed.He thought that as soon as he went to sleep,the stranger would come out from under the bed and rob him.He was worried that the stranger might even kill him!
Every night,after he got into bed,the man had to get up ... | middle3956.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Crows eat old bad food."
},
"options": [
"Crows eat old bad food.",
"Old bad food is crows' nests.",
"Crows make their nests on old bad food.",
"Crows sleep on old bad food."
],
"question": "Crows \"live on bad ... | A crow is about twenty inches long and black all over. Crows are dirty birds because they live on bad food. Crows eat a lot of waste food. In this way they are more useful to us than any birds. They clean up the dirty things in our streets. Crows are always hungry. They look for food all day, and in the evening you c... | middle2490.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "It requires less insecticide."
},
"options": [
"It's more expensive.",
"It could taste different.",
"It requires less insecticide.",
"It's not labeled in the supermarket."
],
"question": "What could be a good th... | Sugar--free beets that still taste sweet, tastier tomatoes and brighter-colored fruits and vegetables that stay ripe longer are all foods that are being grown now. How can they
carry traits, such as being tastier, brighter, and riper? They are genetically engineered.
Genetic engineering is like making a change in a rec... | middle1199.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "dream"
},
"options": [
"think",
"dream",
"work",
"study"
],
"question": "It may be less important to sleep than to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1... | " Dreams may be more important than sleep. We all need to dream." some scientists say. Dreams take up about one quarter of our sleeping time. People have several dreams each night.
Dreams are like short films. They are usually in color. Some dreams are like old films. They come up over and over again. That may be the d... | middle1827.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Sam."
},
"options": [
"Sam.",
"Mr Li.",
"Both.",
"Neither."
],
"question": "Who spent the first Spring Festival in China, Sam or Mr Li?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"... | Mr Li: Sam, did you enjoy your first Spring Festival in China?
Sam: Yes, I did. During this festival, many family members get together.
Mr Li: Yes. I hear that at Thanksgiving Americans also get together for a special meal. It sounds similar.
Sam: Yes. It's similar. During these holidays, both the Chinese and Americans... | middle5499.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Every day."
},
"options": [
"Every day.",
"Every week.",
"Twice a week.",
"Every month."
],
"question": "How often does Li Qiang clean his bedroom?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer... | Li Qiang and Li Gang are brothers. But their living habits are different. Now let's go to Li Qiang's room. Li Qiang cleans his bedroom every day and puts his things away. Look! There is a computer on the desk. There are two balls under the bed. A guitar and a kite are on the wall. Some books are on the shelf. So he m... | middle4787.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "tell orange from yellow"
},
"options": [
"see in a weak light",
"tell different shapes",
"kill mosquitoes",
"tell orange from yellow"
],
"question": "With the help of the cones, we can _",
"question_type": ... | About ten men in every hundred suffer from colour blindness in some way. Women are luckier. Only about one in two hundred is affected in this matter. So some people say it is safer to be driven by women.
There are different forms of colour blindness. In some cases a man may not be able to see deep red. He may think tha... | middle3957.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "windows"
},
"options": [
"doors",
"gardens",
"newspapers",
"windows"
],
"question": "The children often break Mrs. Smith's _ when they play soccer.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answ... | The children often play soccer in the garden .Sometimes they break Mrs. Smith's windows.
One afternoon , Mrs. Smith is reading a newspaper at home.After a short time, she closes her eyes and goes to _ At that time a little boy knocks at the door.Mrs. Smith opens the door and asks, "Do you break my windows again ?" "O... | middle4786.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "was asked to miss a shot"
},
"options": [
"missed a shot quickly",
"was not able to throw a basketball",
"was asked to miss a shot",
"misses a shot without any difficulty"
],
"question": "In the TV advertisement... | Michael Jordon is the greatest basketball player so far. Once he was making a television advertisement. All Michael needed to do in the advertisement was to miss a shot. For Michael, this was difficult. He always succeeded whenever he was throwing the ball. Every time he threw a basketball, it went in. Every time he tr... | middle5498.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "an important lake in Africa."
},
"options": [
"an important lake in Africa.",
"the largest lake in the world.",
"the source of water, food and power for America.",
"the only source for the Nile River."
],
"quest... | Lake Victoria is the largest lake in AfricA. It is also the second largest lake in the world. It is an important lake because it is one of the sources for the longest river in the world, the Nile River.Lake Victoria provides a source of water, food, and power for several African countries.Lake Victoria is a big part o... | middle6191.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "on next Wednesday"
},
"options": [
"the next day",
"in four days",
"in a week",
"on next Wednesday"
],
"question": "Mrs Smith always spent all the money _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | Mr Smith gave his wife money every Friday evening. His wife always spent it all the next Wednesday, so that for the next three days she had no money to spend at all. One day Mr Smith asked her," But how did you spend all that money?" She answered, "I don't know . "So one Friday evening, Mr Smith gave her money together... | middle1826.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "warm"
},
"options": [
"cool",
"hot",
"warm",
"cold"
],
"question": "According to the passage, you can use _ water to wash your body.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"ans... | We all want our skin to look good. If your skin is clear and healthy, it makes you feel better about yourself. How do you get great skin? Here arc some suggestions.
Protect your skin against the sun.
* If you are going outside, especially in the sun, you'd better put on sun cream about half an hour before going out i... | middle6185.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "they make him or her think of special feelings"
},
"options": [
"they are very interesting",
"they are not about real life",
"they make him or her think of special feelings",
"They often have a happy ending"
],
... | Although I am not in my childhood. I still prefer reading fairy tales. They often make me think of some special experiences and feelings. This summer I have received this kind of tales ,The Little Prince .It was
Published in 1940 .It is the world-famous fairy tale by the Frenc h author Antoine.
I ,the narrator of the... | middle1832.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "discuss with each other"
},
"options": [
"discuss with each other",
"sit in the classroom",
"push desks together",
"teach a lesson"
],
"question": "After the new classroom arrangement it was easier for Wu Li and... | One morning, Wu Li discovered that her classroom had changed. She found that the desks were no longer in rows , but pushed together to make eight bigger desks. She was too excited about it for the first two days and she couldn't listen to the teachers carefully. But soon she and her classmates got used to this new clas... | middle2485.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "talk about TV shows"
},
"options": [
"play ball games to keep fit",
"watch the American Idol show",
"talk about TV shows",
"perform on TV shows"
],
"question": "On Wednesday morning, US middle school kids often ... | If you go to an American middle school on Wednesday morning, you will hear kids talking about the American idol show from the night before. Some have called it the most influential show in the history of television.
American Idol has been extremely successful in the country since 2002. The show was number one for six y... | middle3943.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because they wanted to plan the vacation."
},
"options": [
"Because they wanted to save money.",
"Because they had a party.",
"Because they wanted to plan the vacation.",
"Because they were in trouble."
],
"ques... | The Wilsons decided to go overseas for vacation. They had a family meeting to plan the vacation. "First," Mr. Wilson said, "we should decide where we are going."
"I don't agree," Mrs. Wilson said, "I think we should decide when we are going first. We don't want to go to places when they are cold." [:Zxxk.Com]
Mr. Wilso... | middle418.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a middle school student"
},
"options": [
"in Class Seven",
"a middle school student",
"in Grade Eight",
"a Chinese student"
],
"question": "Frank is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"... | My name is Frank. I am from St. John Middle School in America. I am in Class Three, Grade
Seven. We study Chinese at school. Our Chinese teacher is Joy Black. He is not Chinese, but he is good at Chinese.
I have a lot of friends in my school. Jimmy is tall and has black hair. He is good at playing basketball. He is in ... | middle6813.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Telephone him or her before visiting."
},
"options": [
"Visit him or her at any time.",
"Say no time to him or her seriously.",
"Telephone him or her before visiting.",
"Visit him or her soon."
],
"question": "W... | In Britain you may often hear "Drop in any time" or "Come to see me soon", but you can't really do that. People just say those things to make you feel welcome. It is better to telephone before visiting someone at home. If you receive a written invitation to an event that says "RSVP", you should reply to let the pers... | middle430.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Uniforms."
},
"options": [
"Casual clothes.",
"Sportswear.",
"Blue jeans.",
"Uniforms."
],
"question": "What do pilots and police officers wear to work?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"a... | For some people, it's easy to get dressed for work. Pilots and police officers, for example, don't have to make decisions about their work clothes. They wear uniforms to work every day.
For many office workers, however, it is more difficult to choose clothes for work. They do not wear uniforms to the office. Also, many... | middle356.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Because the corridor inside the carrier is too long."
},
"options": [
"Because they don't have a map.",
"Because the living space is quite small.",
"Because there are too many corridors for rooms.",
"Because the corrido... | It's a long-awaited day for China. The navy now has its first aircraft carrier , Liaoning. It's a unique experience to get to know the life in the carrier. The carrier is just like a small city on the sea. It has all the functions for daily life. There are 4 words to sum up its characters: big, small, much and high. Th... | middle8180.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "At an airport."
},
"options": [
"In a hospital.",
"At a train station.",
"At an airport.",
"In a park."
],
"question": "Where did the story happen?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"ans... | In their last moment before the flight took off, I heard a father saying to his daughter, "I love you, I wish you enough." The daughter said, "Daddy, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough to." They kissed goodbye and the daughter left. I could see the father was ... | middle4962.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "telephone 119"
},
"options": [
"look for your pet",
"telephone 119",
"call 120",
"put out the fire yourself"
],
"question": "According to the passage, when something is on fire, you must _ at once.",
"qu... | What should we do if a fire happens? Look at the following.
1. Shout----Shout as loudly as you can ,because people may be asleep.
2. Call 119----Never try to put out a fire yourself. Tell 119 where you are and what is on fire.
3. Keep down close to the floor----There's less smoke down there, so it's easier to breathe a... | middle4976.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "run"
},
"options": [
"have breakfast",
"clean her room",
"run",
"skate"
],
"question": "Mary often gets up early because she wants to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Mary has a lot of hobbies. She usually gets up early so she can run before work. She doesn't often have time to skate, but she sometimes goes on Saturdays during the winter. Mary often rides a horse near here home. She sometimes goes after work, but she usually goes horseback riding on Sundays. She loves music. She alw... | middle342.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "his work is to keep the forest"
},
"options": [
"it's very quiet there",
"he has a farm there",
"his work is to keep the forest",
"he can have a good rest there"
],
"question": "Mr. Clarke lives at the foot of t... | I Have to See Another Doctor
Mr. Clarke lives at the foot of the mountain. He keeps the forest for a rich farmer there. The only road to the forest is just in front of his house. He can easily see the people who want to enter the forest. Sometimes he has to be on duty at night. When he hears some sound, he has to get u... | middle6807.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "sleeping"
},
"options": [
"reading",
"watching TV",
"having supper",
"sleeping"
],
"question": "The doctor is _ when the doorbell rings.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | A young American doctor is asleep when his doorbell rings. It is late at night, but he has to put on his coat to answer it.
It is a man! He is standing with a hat in his hand. "How do you do?" says the man.
"Can you go with me now to a place out of the town? It is quite far from here, but I know you have a car and I ca... | middle2452.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "it easy for us to live"
},
"options": [
"our daily life more stressful",
"it easy for us to live",
"our work easily done",
"us work less time"
],
"question": "Our past inventions have made _ .",
"question_... | People have always wanted to know what our future will look like. Go on reading this text, and you will know what will happen in the next fifty years.
How can we know what the future will look like? To be able to understand the future, you have to know the past, what has taken us to where we are today and what has chan... | middle6634.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "try to keep their beauty by dressing up"
},
"options": [
"are born to be beauties",
"like to buy cheap clothes",
"try to keep their beauty by dressing up",
"are proud of their beauty"
],
"question": "Why does th... | It seems that beauty and women are twins.You are joking? No,I am not.Watch it for yourself! Ads on fashion TV screens,radio programs,magazines,newspapers,and the streets.Whether they have realized it or not, women are surrounded by a sea of fashion. They are taught to think that without beautiful clothes they will grow... | middle6152.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "on the Internet"
},
"options": [
"in the classroom",
"over the radio",
"on TV",
"on the Internet"
],
"question": "Teachers teach their students _ in the future.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
... | Life in the future is different from now. There are not any paper money in the future. People use their _ when they go shopping. There are not so many stores. At weekends, people needn't go out. They usually do some shopping at home on the Internet.
Children don't get up early to go to school. They have lessons at hom... | middle2334.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "She won't get to see her daughter before her death."
},
"options": [
"She will never leave her daughter far away.",
"The goodbye will last forever in their hearts.",
"Her daughter has never said goodbye to her before.",
... | Recently, I happened to hear a mother and daughter in their last moments together at the airport as the daughter prepared to leave.
They hugged and the mother said "I love you and I wish you enough." They kissed and the daughter left.
The mother walked over to the window where I sat. Standing there, I could see she was... | middle4745.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "My father"
},
"options": [
"Everyone",
"My father's friend",
"My father",
"My mother"
],
"question": "_ goes to work in the morning.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"ans... | My family lives in London. In the morning, my father goes to work and we go to school. My father takes us to school every day. My mother stays at home. She does the housework. She always has lunch at home, and visits her friends in the afternoon. In the afternoon, we go home from school by bus. My father gets home from... | middle4989.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "half a year"
},
"options": [
"half a year",
"a year",
"three months",
"two years"
],
"question": "Sally has been in the company for _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Sally came to China last year. She is now living in Beijing and works in a computer company. She has been in the company for six months. The company is in the north of the city, and her flat is in the south. But Sally has never been late for work.
Sally is very popular in the company. She is kind to everybody and gets ... | middle2320.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "he would let the owner of the wallet know who helped him."
},
"options": [
"he wanted to write a report to the newspaper.",
"he would let the owner of the wallet know who helped him.",
"he wanted the owner to give me some mon... | I was walking down the street the other day when I suddenly saw a small wallet lying on the ground. I picked it up and opened to see if I could find the owner's name. There was nothing inside it except some money and an old photo of a woman and a young girl about twelve years old. The girl looked like the woman's daugh... | middle4751.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "five"
},
"options": [
"five",
"ten",
"fifteen",
"twenty"
],
"question": "You should warm up at least _ minutes before you do exercises.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Sports may be fun, but you need to play them safely. Here are some tips to help you stay safe while you're playing sports in winter.
* Get your body ready!
Before you do any exercise, be sure to warm up for at least five minutes. During warming up you should stretch all parts of your body.
* Wear the right clothes!
Be... | middle7258.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "To relax themselves."
},
"options": [
"They play it for fun",
"They want to know how clever they are.",
"They want to find out different ways of escaping.",
"To relax themselves."
],
"question": "Why do people p... | News one: As the pace of life in big cities is getting faster, people are looking for more ways to relax. Let's take a look at one way people are reducing stress in Beijing. The game is "Room Escape". "Room Escape" was originally a computer game. In recent years, it has been adapted to a real life game. There are more ... | middle1629.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "PS22.95."
},
"options": [
"PS15.95.",
"PS14.00.",
"PS22.95.",
"PS31.90."
],
"question": "How much will Jack, a boy of 6, and his father pay if they visit the Beatles Story?",
"question_type": "factiod_questi... | Liverpool
Discover the best music, sport, culture ... in the UK
Liverpool MUSIC
The Beatles Story
The world-famous 1960s music group came from Liverpool. Find out about The Beatles at the Beatles Story.
Open every day except Dec. 25th and 26th.
Adult:PS15.95
Child:PS7.00
Child under five: Free Liverpool SPORT
Liverpool... | middle6146.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "A teacher."
},
"options": [
"A writer.",
"A teacher.",
"A student.",
"We don't know."
],
"question": "What does the writer do?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_in... | This week, I ask my students about fashion. I show each student seven things and ask their opinions about each thing. Some of their answers are interesting! Here's what the students in Class 8 like:
Jodie Smith likes the key ring. Her friend Jordan says he can' t stand the scarf." It' s for old people!" he says. Willia... | middle6620.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "$17."
},
"options": [
"Gifts.",
"$17.",
"Birthday wish.",
"Clean water."
],
"question": "What does Bieber ask his friends for his 17thbirthday?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {... | Justin Bieber's birthday wish has come true. The teenage star announced earlier this week that he wanted his fans to donate $17,000 to charity---so far the total of gifts that have poured in is more than $31000.
"I have had a great year and it is all because of the fans helping me live my dream," said the young singer.... | middle4037.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "different"
},
"options": [
"the same",
"a little same",
"different",
"a little different"
],
"question": "The weather can be _ in different parts of a country if it is very large.",
"question_type": "clo... | The United States of America is a large country. On the same day in the winter, it may be warm in some places and cold in others. In parts of the South , in the winter, the temperature might be over 27degC. At the same time, in parts of the North , the temperature might be below (......) 0degC.
In the summer, it may b... | middle3758.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the air is fresh and our minds are clear"
},
"options": [
"we can be more patient",
"we can have a good time",
"the air is fresh and our minds are clear",
"we can relax ourselves"
],
"question": "Morning is the ... | The purpose of students who come to school is to study.But studying needs right ways,or we would waste the time or the money.The followings are ways for studying.
The best time for reading is morning.Because in the morning,the air is fresh and our minds are clear.For that reason,we can get good results.
When we study w... | middle5329.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "celebrate success"
},
"options": [
"make people laugh",
"ask for money",
"celebrate success",
"search one's pocket"
],
"question": "\"Give me five \" is a gesture to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_question... | If someone says to you, "give me five", do not search your pocket for five yuan! It will make others laugh! The person's not asking for your money, but your fingers.
In the US, "give me five" or "give me the high five" is a popular gesture. You can see it often in films or on TV. It means the slapping( ) of each other'... | middle3980.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "A lizard was stuck in the small space between the walls."
},
"options": [
"A lizard died between the walls.",
"A lizard's foot was hurt by the fallen wall.",
"The nail on the wooden wall had dropped.",
"A lizard was stu... | Mr. White's family decided to repair their house. Mr. White bought the house two and a half years ago. Since his kids were growing up, he and his wife wanted to make some changes to the house.
They decided to knock down their living room wall to open up the space. When the wooden walls were moved, they were shocked to ... | middle6608.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "by train"
},
"options": [
"by ship",
"by train",
"by plane",
"by car"
],
"question": "Mr Green takes a trip _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
... | Mr Green has a holiday, so he said , "I'm going to the city by train." He put on his best clothes, took a small bag, went to the station and got into the train. He has a beautiful hat, and he often put his head out of the window during the trip and looked at the mountains, But the wind blew his hat off. Mr Green quickl... | middle1167.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "It's orange."
},
"options": [
"It's orange.",
"It's blue and red.",
"It's green.",
"It's black and white"
],
"question": "What color is the pencil case?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"a... | I'm Tom. This is a pencil case. It's orange. It's my pencil case. What's in the pencil case? A ruler is in the pencil case. It is my ruler. The ruler is blue and red. That is a pencil. It is black and white. It is not my pencil. Look! That girl is Lucy. It is her pencil. That boy is Tim. I found his green pen in the pe... | middle7516.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Four"
},
"options": [
"Two",
"Three",
"Four",
"Five"
],
"question": "How many musicians do they want?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "sing"
... | Musicians wanted
We want four good musicians for our rock band .Are you a musician?Can you sing?Can you play the piano,the guitar or the drums?Do you want to be the best musician?If you want to join us,please send an e-mail.Our e-mail address is rockband2009@pep.com.cn.Or you can call Mr.Liu at 790-4566.
Teachers need... | middle5301.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "She listened to a stranger's story and hugged him."
},
"options": [
"She developed a friendship with a stranger.",
"She helped a stranger with cancer on the escalator.",
"She listened to a stranger's story and hugged him.",
... | People like to tell me rubbish. Not just friends, but strangers ,too.
Once, at the airport, my husband stepped off an escalator before me. When he realized I wasn't with him, he looked back and saw me hugging ( ) a stranger.
I'd asked the man behind me: "Did you have fun in Vegas?"
His answer broke me heart. After 50 ... | middle5467.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "in August, 2008"
},
"options": [
"in August, 2009",
"in May, 2008",
"in August, 2008",
"in June, 2010"
],
"question": "The first CRH train runs _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answe... | Many people take trains for their trips in China, because the train is fast and cheap. But there are many problems when people take trains. It's not easy to take trains when it is a festival. Lots of people hope someone can solve the problems.
Then, the CRH trains come out. The first CRH train from Beijing to Tianj... | middle2308.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the road was strange"
},
"options": [
"it was rainy",
"the horse was tired",
"the road was strange",
"the time was early"
],
"question": "John Randolph traveled slowly because",
"question_type": "factiod_que... | One day, John Randolph rode on his horse to a town many miles from his home. The road was strange to him, so he traveled very slowly. When the night fell, he stopped at a nice roadside inn for accommodation .The innkeeper welcomed him.
A fine supper was prepared. The innkeeper talked about the weather, the roads, the c... | middle4779.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Vegetable soup."
},
"options": [
"Tofu soup.",
"Vegetable soup.",
"Bone soup.",
"Chicken soup."
],
"question": "Which soup can't you have in this restaurant?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
... | Beijing Restaurant
_
SOUPS :Tofu soupY=10. 00 Bone soupY=15. 00 Chicken soupY=20. 00
STAPLES:Fried riceY=8. 00 Fried noodlesY=10. 00 Hot dogY=4. 00
Meat pieY=10. 00 SandwichY=10. 00 HamburgerY=10. 00
MAIN COURSES:Roast chickenY=30. 00 Italian pizzaY=9. 00 Indian curriesY=15. 00
Pork and cabbageY=15. 0... | middle7270.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "a website on the Internet"
},
"options": [
"a website on the Internet",
"an electronic dictionary that can pronounce words",
"a website teaches you how to write",
"a part of the Pronunciation Help"
],
"question"... | There are two websites I think you should know about. Do you find it difficult to say a word correctly? Do you want to hear the correct pronunciation ? If so, what you've been looking for is cooldictionary.com. This site is designed to pronounce words and phrases in precise manner. All you have to do is to go to the P... | middle395.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Some famous buildings in the city"
},
"options": [
"The Tower of London",
"St. Paul's Cathedral",
"Some famous buildings in the city",
"The whole city of London"
],
"question": "The Englishman showed the foreign... | An Englishman was showing a foreign visitor around London. "What's that strange building?" asked the visitor. "That's the Tower of London." "I see. How long did it take to build it?" "About 500 years." "In my country we can build it in five months," Shortly after that they came to St. Paul's Cathedral . "Very interesti... | middle1601.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "on the street"
},
"options": [
"in a high school",
"in a music class",
"on the street",
"in a CD shop"
],
"question": "Rap music started _ in the New York City in the 1970s.",
"question_type": "cloze_q... | Hip hop or rap music started on the street and in the clubs of the New York City in the 1970s. People rap to express how they feel about their lives and problems.
Rapping in class.
Would you like to rap in class? Well, actually hip pop music is played in more than 10,000 schools in the USA. Why? There is a new school... | middle8157.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "rich"
},
"options": [
"Cute",
"poor",
"rich",
"tall"
],
"question": "The young man is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The s... | A young man and a young girl get married . The man has much money, and he likes reading very much in his spare time. The woman is very beautiful, but she doesn't have anything to do because the servant does everything for her every day. She isn't happy, either. Do you know the reason? Her _ is busy reading his books... | middle1615.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the Maya were intelligent and culturally rich people"
},
"options": [
"most Maya lived in beautiful cities",
"many Mayan cities and temples are still standing",
"the Maya were intelligent and culturally rich people",
"t... | The Mayan Indians lived in Mexico for thousands of years before the Spanish arrived in the 1500s. The Mayan achievements were many. They had farms, beautiful palaces, and cities with many buildings. The Mayan people knew a lot about nature and the world around them. This knowledge helped them to live a better life than... | middle381.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "He wanted to pay for school."
},
"options": [
"He wanted to pay for school.",
"He was hungry.",
"He wanted to make money.",
"His mother made him do it.."
],
"question": "Why did the boy want to sell things ?",
... | One day, a poor boy was trying to sell things from door to door to pay for school. He was hungry. Then he decided to ask for a meal at the next house. However, when a nice young woman opened the door, he changed to ask for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry and brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it... | middle5473.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "England"
},
"options": [
"America",
"Canada",
"Japan",
"England"
],
"question": "Jane is from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text":... | My name is Jane King. Jane is my first name and King is my family name. I'm twelve. I'm also an English girl.I have a brother. His name is John. He is only five. He is very lovely.
Both my father and mother are teachers. They love their work. They work very hard.
We have a house with a garden. The house is big and nice... | middle3764.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "France"
},
"options": [
"America",
"France",
"Britain",
"Germany"
],
"question": "Country western music comes from the folk songs of immigrants from _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"ans... | American country music is also known as country western music .It has a very long history . It comes from the folk songs of immigrants from Britain.
Country music users simple music and words to express everyday feelings such as loneliness, love , and sadness . That is to say , country music describes life . It talk... | middle5315.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "might have developed Alzheimer's"
},
"options": [
"went to the restaurant himself",
"might have developed Alzheimer's",
"visited his friend in the hospital",
"worried about his wife very much"
],
"question": "We... | Last week when I was sitting in my office,I heard an elderly lady talking on the phone about her husband.Her husband's name was Ed.He dropped her off for her doctor's appointment and was going to park the car and wait for her.She was so upset that she started to cry.I knew I should take action.
The lady told me her nam... | middle7502.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "In a shop."
},
"options": [
"In a restaurant.",
"In a shop.",
"In the library.",
"On the street."
],
"question": "Where might the story happen?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {... | I noticed that the little boy was paying mostly with change . It seemed that he had broken his pig bank to do this shopping. However, the cashier told him he was $ 8.00 short after counting his money.
It was clear that the boy had already used all the money. The lady in front of me said, "Well, I could pay half of t... | middle5842.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "table manners"
},
"options": [
"how to burp",
"what to eat",
"school rules",
"table manners"
],
"question": "The topic of this passage is _ in the west.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"a... | If you have dinner with people in the west, I think you must pay more attention to the table manners. Here are some good table manners for you.
When you eat something, try not to make a noise or burp at the table. Because people think that is not polite. People will say "Excuse me" when they want to burp.
Talking wit... | middle2693.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "An unlucky day"
},
"options": [
"An unlucky day",
"A happy day out",
"A traffic accident",
"A strict teacher"
],
"question": "What is the best title for this passage?",
"question_type": null
}
] | When Daniel woke up yesterday morning, he found he was a bit late for school, so he started running to catch the bus. Moments later, he saw a dog, but not its lead. He tripped over the lead and fell down. He jumped up quickly, went on running and got on the bus. After a while an old coach broke down in the middle of th... | middle7933.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because they can keep healthy."
},
"options": [
"Because they can make friends.",
"Because they can play with other people.",
"Because they can keep healthy.",
"Because they want to see Yao Ming."
],
"question":... | Do you like doing sports every day? A lot of people like doing sports because they can help them to keep fit. Today Yoga is women's favorite kind of sports. But many people like to watch others to play ball games. They like Yao Ming and David Beckham very much. Yao Ming plays basketball very well. David Beckham is good... | middle96.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "often wants his mother to draw pictures for him"
},
"options": [
"loves watching TV very much",
"often wants his mother to draw pictures for him",
"likes old pieces of paper very much",
"always wants his mother to buy p... | When Bill is very young, he loves picture. His mother often draws some for him on old pieces of paper. She is very bad at drawing, but bill likes her pictures and always wants more. Then, when he is a little older, Bill's mother gives him some pencils and a drawing book, and he begins drawing pictures, too. But they ar... | middle82.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "because of China's fast development"
},
"options": [
"because of China's fast development",
"because of China's interesting culture",
"because they have more free time",
"because Chinese is easy to learn"
],
"qu... | You have been working hard to learn English. Do you know American kids are trying to learn Chinese? More than 60,000 American students now study Chinese.
"Because of China's fast development, Chinese has become more useful, and more and more Americans begin to learn it, " said Scott McGinnis, a Washington language expe... | middle3599.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "in the afternoon"
},
"options": [
"in the morning",
"in the afternoon",
"in the evening",
"at night"
],
"question": "The story happened _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Mr. White works in an office. One day, when he had lunch, a friend came to visit him . They were very happy and talked a lot. Then they looked at the clock on the wall. It was time to go to office. He had to stay goodbye to his friend and left. It was raining hard and the streets were wet. He drove too fast to see the ... | middle2687.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "more than"
},
"options": [
"less than",
"for",
"more than",
"without"
],
"question": "People began to make clocks _ 500 years ago.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"ans... | People began making clocks over 500 years ago. The first clocks had only one hand---the hour hand. At a later time the clocks had the minute hand. The first clocks were big and heavy. Some rich people had servants to carry the clocks when they were out. Time passed and clocks became smaller.
Bells became a part of so... | middle5856.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "To help make flour from wheat."
},
"options": [
"To help make flour from wheat.",
"To help get water from the river.",
"To help make electric lights.",
"To help dig wells in faraway areas."
],
"question": "What ... | Think about the different ways that people use the wind. You can use it to fly a kite or to sail a boat. Wind is one of our cleanest and richest power sources, as well as one of the oldest. Something shows that windmills began to be used in ancient Iran back in the seventh century BC. They were first introduced to Eur... | middle7099.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "A rice cooker."
},
"options": [
"A coffee maker.",
"A cassette player.",
"A fax machine.",
"A rice cooker."
],
"question": "What are these instructions for?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
... | First, open the lid (-) and put water, salt, and rice in the pot. Then put the cover on the pot and close the lid. Next, press the button for "white" or "brown", and then press the "start" button. Let the rice cook for about 30 minutes. You'll hear a beeping sound when it's finished, but you should wait about five... | middle154.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "you can't speak it"
},
"options": [
"you can speak it",
"you can study it",
"you can't speak it",
"you can't study it"
],
"question": "You know a lot about English, but maybe _ .",
"question_type": "cloze... | We are learning English, but how can we learn English well ? A student can know a lot about English, but maybe he can't speak English.
If you want to know how to swim, you must get into the river. And if you want to be a football player, you must play football. So, you see, you can learn by using it. You must listen to... | middle2877.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Making some popcorn and lemonade."
},
"options": [
"Swimming with their friends.",
"Buying some sugar and cookies.",
"Making some popcorn and lemonade.",
"Going to the movies and playing games."
],
"question": "... | Tom and his best friend Rob were out of school for the summer. They had been swimming, gone to the movies, played video games, and even built a castle out of some old cardboard boxes. But today they were so bored. "At least we would have something to do." Tom thought for a while and suggested, "Let's make some popcorn ... | middle2863.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Thomas Sullivan."
},
"options": [
"An English tea seller.",
"Chinese.",
"Lipton.",
"Thomas Sullivan."
],
"question": "Who invented the tea bag?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {... | Tea bag drinking is most Westerners' favorite way of drinking tea. Do you know how it came about?
The tea bag was invented in 1908 by Thomas Sullivan, an American tea seller. He was sending out free tea in silk bags for people to try. People put the bags together with the tea leaves into the cup and added hot water. T... | middle626.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "d"
},
"options": [
"a",
"b",
"c",
"d"
],
"question": "Paul: I don't think I can talk fluently because it's difficult for me to remember all the words.",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"an... | Read the suggestions for making an English speech.
a. Looking at and talking to one person in the audience helps keep you natural, but it feels foolish talking to only one person. Speak to that person as long as 15 seconds and then change another one.
b. The audience have a hard time understanding what they hear. The... | middle140.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Four"
},
"options": [
"Three",
"Four",
"Five",
"Six"
],
"question": "How many people are there in Lily's family?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | Hello, I'm Lily. I am a student of No. 6 Middle School. I like singing and dancing. I can sing pop music very well. I like eating meat, because I think it's very delicious. I am good at English, because I like it very much.
My mother is a shop assistant. She likes listening to Zhang Xueyou's songs. She always goes shop... | middle4547.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "warning signs sent by gods"
},
"options": [
"warning signs sent by gods",
"lucky signs for good behavior",
"great shows of lights",
"flying suns"
],
"question": "In ancient times, people thought comets were _ ... | Ancient humans were afraid of the sight of comets . Many cultures believed that comets were messages sent by gods, and people thought these messages were warning signs for bad behavior. But today science and technology give us a better understanding of comets.
Last week, comet Ison ended its million-year-long journey a... | middle3228.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "few families"
},
"options": [
"few families",
"all the families",
"many families",
"a few families"
],
"question": "The passage tells us that _ in the U.S.A. have no radio or television set.",
"question_... | There are few families in the United States that do not have either a radio or television set. Both of them have become a necessary part of our daily life, keeping us filled with the news of the day, teaching us in many fields of interest, and making us happy with singing, dancing and acting.
Marconl, the Italian inven... | middle7.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "be the next leader"
},
"options": [
"be the next leader",
"grow beautiful flowers for him",
"be his daughter or son",
"make friends with him"
],
"question": "The king wanted to choose a person to _ .",
"q... | A king had a wonderful talent for growing flowers. He became old and didn't want to deal with big things anymore. So he began to look for someone to take his place. But who could he trust for the job? He thought for a while and got an idea. He would let the flowers decide. He gave everyone a little seed . The one who ... | middle2136.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Learning about Sports"
},
"options": [
"Sports Are Good for You",
"What Sport Is Most Suitable for You",
"Learning about Sports",
"How and Where to Have Sports"
],
"question": "Which would be the best title for ... | Sometimes, kids feel that they don't like sports because they may not understand how to play them or they haven't had much practice doing them. Sports can seem _ because of all the rules and special equipment . Even the fields and courts they are played on come in different shapes and sizes and have confusing - lookin... | middle5659.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "A girl."
},
"options": [
"A girl.",
"A boy.",
"An old woman.",
"A man."
],
"question": "What did the old man see on the other side of the pool?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {... | One day an old man went for a walk in a park in Washington and when he was tired, he sat down on a chair by a swimming pool. A young person was standing on the other side of the pool.
"Oh!" the old man said to the person sitting next to him. "Do you see the person with the loose clothes and long hair? Is it a boy or a ... | middle7728.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The First Black Woman Pilot"
},
"options": [
"Learning to Fly",
"The First Black Woman Pilot",
"Air Show of Long Ago",
"How Women Learned to Fly"
],
"question": "The best title is _ .",
"question_type": "c... | Born in Texas in 1893,Bessie Coleman drew she wanted to do something exciting with her life.Then Coleman saw her first airplane, and she knew she wanted to fly.But no school would teach her because she was a woman and a black woman.So Coleman went to Europe.At the age of twenty-eight, she became the world's first black... | middle815.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "15"
},
"options": [
"12",
"13",
"14",
"15"
],
"question": "According to the passage ,if a driver needs 10 seconds to stop when driving normally, they will need _ seconds to stop when talking on a mobile phone... | Last year in the UK at least 45 people died and 900 more were injured in car accidents where drivers were using their mobile phones. Yet many people continue to use them while driving even though it' s dangerous.
Research has shown that it is difficult to concentrate on driving and talking at the same time. It can ev... | middle6436.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "strange"
},
"options": [
"friendly",
"careful",
"strange",
"funny"
],
"question": "The word \"foolish\" probably means _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index... | If you go to Finland, you'll be surprised to find how "foolish" the Finnish people are.
Take the taxi drivers for example. Taxis in Finland are mostly high class Benz with a fare of two US dollars a kilometer. You can go anywhere in one, tell the driver to drop you at any place, say that you have some business to att... | middle55.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "staying calm"
},
"options": [
"keeping quiet",
"staying calm",
"looking outside",
"moving indoors"
],
"question": "When an earthquake happens, _ can help you deal with it.",
"question_type": "cloze_quest... | You may hear about earthquakes, but do you know what to do before, during and after an earthquake? Here is some advice for you:
Before an earthquake It is necessary to prepare yourself and your family. All family members should know how to turn off gas, water and electricity and know useful telephone numbers ( doctor... | middle2888.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "chicken"
},
"options": [
"hamburgers",
"chicken",
"eggs",
"porridge"
],
"question": "Rita doesn't like _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"ans... | My name is Donna and I have two sisters, Liza and Rita. We like hamburgers and milk for lunch. Lisa and I like chicken, but Rita doesn't. I don't like noodles for breakfast, but Liza and Rita do. I like porridge for breakfast. We really like vegetables and eggs for dinner. | middle4235.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Playing dress-up"
},
"options": [
"Playing football",
"Playing dress-up",
"Watching TV",
"Having a party in clubs"
],
"question": "How do kids in foreign countries spend their free time? _ .",
"question_ty... | What do you usually do after school? Playing football? Watching TV? Let's see how kids in foreign countries spend their free time?
Mess around with Dress-up Do your parents have any old clothes? See if you can get an old box and start collecting hats, shoes and clothes now! Then, when your friends come over after scho... | middle801.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a red sweater"
},
"options": [
"a red T-shirt",
"a red sweater",
"a white sweater",
"a white dress"
],
"question": "The woman's son was wearing _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answe... | One day at a park, a woman sat down next to a man on a bench near a playground. "That's my son over there," she said, pointing to a little boy in a red sweater.
"He's a lovely boy," the man said. "That's my daughter on the bike in the white dress." Then, looking at his watch, he called to his daughter, "We have to ... | middle41.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "is good at writing pop songs"
},
"options": [
"is a musician",
"can play the piano",
"wants her to be a singer",
"is good at writing pop songs"
],
"question": "We can learn from the material that Samantha's fath... | My dad and I both love music. He taught me how to play some pop songs on the piano and he is teaching me to play the drums and sing. He even creates custom tracks for me to help me perform my best!
-- Samantha, age 11, California, USA
My dad encourages me to do my best in school so I can achieve my dream of being an ... | middle6422.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "lie around us"
},
"options": [
"are difficult to find",
"lie around us",
"are simple to understand",
"make people become fearless"
],
"question": "According to the writer, answers to life _ .",
"question_... | Answers to life can be found in everyday events. Watching nature, watching people and watching animals communicate with each other provide some of the simplest ways to life's biggest problems.
This became clearer to me yesterday. It caused me to ask myself, "How do I respond to the storms in life?"
People usually run... | middle6344.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Our parents"
},
"options": [
"Our parents",
"Our cousins",
"Our brothers",
"Our friends"
],
"question": "_ come to see our school today.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Today is our Open Day. Our parents come and see our school on this day. Our school is very big and beautiful.There are five buildings in our school. Look! The office building is on your right. Our teachers work in it. Behind the building, there are two classroom buildings and a school library. In the library there are ... | middle4553.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "parents and children of all ages"
},
"options": [
"parents and other people",
"school kids and their parents",
"teachers and their students",
"parents and children of all ages"
],
"question": "The passage tells ... | Some people think only school children do not agree with their parents,however,it is not true.
Communication is a problem for parents and children of all ages.If it's hard for you to communicate with your parents,don't worry about it.Here are some advice for you to bridge the generation gap .
Don't argue with your pare... | middle2122.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "by herself"
},
"options": [
"with Mr Jones",
"with her friend",
"by herself",
"with the other woman"
],
"question": "Mrs Jones goes shopping _ one day.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"a... | One day Mrs Jones goes shopping alone . When Mr Jones comes home in the evening, she begins to tell him about a beautiful dress. "I see it in a shop this morning," she says, "and..." "And you want to buy it," says Mr Jones, "how much is it?" "Fifteen pounds." Every evening, when Mr Jones comes back from work, his wife ... | middle1403.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "to make bigger nature reserves"
},
"options": [
"to build more zoos",
"to send more scientists",
"to make bigger nature reserves",
"to ask the WWF to work in China."
],
"question": "The government is trying _ ... | The panda is one of the animals most in danger. There are about 1,000 pandas living in nature reserves today. Zoos and research centers look after about 160 pandas. Scientists are studying how they live and more baby pandas are born in the zoos.
Pandas live in the forests and mountains of Southwest China. They mainly l... | middle197.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "healthbenefits"
},
"options": [
"healthbenefits",
"healthproblems",
"happinessandsuccess",
"sometrouble"
],
"question": "Accordingtosomesurveys,singingcanbring _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}... | Somepeoplethinkthatsingingcanliftourspirits ,whilesomeotherpeople don'tthinkso.Theydon'tlikesingingandtheythinksingingcannevermakethemhappy.Ido thinksingingcanmakeusfeelgood,anditcanliftourspirits.Letmetellyoumoreaboutthat.
Someresearchers oncedidsomesurveysandprovedit.Thesurveysshow thatsingingcanbringalotofhealthbe... | middle7072.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "ugly but kind"
},
"options": [
"beautiful",
"ugly",
"kind",
"ugly but kind"
],
"question": "In fact, the boy's mother was _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_in... | A little boy invited his mother to attend his school's first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy's dismay , his mother said she would go. This would be the first time that his classmates and teachers met his mother and he was _ by her appearance . There was a severe scar that covered nearly the whole right s... | middle3214.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Tony"
},
"options": [
"Tony",
"Green",
"Tony Green",
"Green Tony"
],
"question": "My first name is _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_tex... | Hello! I`m Tony Green . My telephone number is five five seven four one zero two ,and my school ID card number is two six five nine .This is my English book . It's blue. I like it very much . | middle5665.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "what \" love \" means to children"
},
"options": [
"what \" life \" means to children",
"what \"family \" means to children",
"what \" friendship \" means to children",
"what \" love \" means to children"
],
"qu... | A group of reporters asked a group of 4-to-8-year-old children this question, "What does love mean?" The answers were surprising. The children would answer like they did below.
Rebecca --- age 8
"When my grandmother hurt her knees , she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails any more. So my grandfather would do ... | middle5103.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "We don't know."
},
"options": [
"50 grams.",
"100 grams.",
"125 grams.",
"We don't know."
],
"question": "How much does the glass weigh?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | A professor began his class by holding up a glass with some water in it. He held it up for all to see and asked the students, " How much do you think this glass weighs?"
"50 grams ! " "100 grams ! " "125 grams ! " the students answered.
"I really don't know unless I weigh it , " said the professor, " but , my question ... | middle3572.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "13"
},
"options": [
"15",
"14",
"13",
"11"
],
"question": "How old is Sophia?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Seven days."
}... | Sophia is very happy these days. The 13-year-old girl from the UK has a lot of fun during her trip in Beijing. She eats dumplings, tries Chinese calligraphy , climbs the Great Wall and speaks Chinese, all for the first time!
She even stays with a Chinese family for a week. "Beijing is very big and beautiful. And the pe... | middle829.txt |
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