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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Shanghai"
},
"options": [
"Shanghai",
"Toronto",
"New York",
"Zurich"
],
"question": "The following cities EXCEPT _ are on the list of the most polite cities in the world.",
"question_type": "cloze_quest... | So, let's imagine you are walking down the street drinking a box of tea. You finish drinking the tea. Now, what do you do with the box? Do you drop it on the ground? Or, do you do the right thing and drop it in a trash can? Hopefully, you drop it in the trash can because, besides harming the environment, littering is a... | middle6768.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "she had received a strange letter"
},
"options": [
"her father has just disappeared",
"she had got some lovely pearls",
"her father asked her to do so",
"she had received a strange letter"
],
"question": "Miss M... | Holmes rubbed his hands together excitedly. His eyes shone and he leant forward in his chair.
"Tell us your story," he said.
Miss Morstan began her story and we listened.
"My father," she began," was a captain in the army. When I was very young, he was sent to India My mother was dead and I had no other relatives in En... | middle3628.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The frogs were easy money."
},
"options": [
"They needed money to buy medicine.",
"They wanted to please the visitors.",
"The frogs were easy money.",
"The frogs made too much noise."
],
"question": "Why did the... | It was a village in India. The people were poor. However, they were not unhappy. After all, their forefathers had lived in the same way for centuries.
Then one day, some visitors from the city arrived. They told the villagers there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frogs' legs. However, they did not have en... | middle4147.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "seven"
},
"options": [
"six",
"five",
"seven",
"three"
],
"question": "If there are ten Germans , _ like reading.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
... | In Germany ,about 70% people like reading. They often read .They read in their homes. They read in libraries. They read in their schools. They also read in hospitals .Parents often read books for their kids.
You can buy all kinds of books in Germany. There are many bookstores there. A bookstore can sell many books ever... | middle5259.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "He couldn't buy the shoes"
},
"options": [
"the shoes were too small",
"he lost his shoes",
"He was without feet",
"He couldn't buy the shoes"
],
"question": "Bill felt so sorry and sad because _ .",
"que... | The date was like any other day in his life. After school Bill walked past the shop on the street corner. He stopped to look at the front row of shoes, and he felt sorry for himself. He really wanted to have a pair for his birthday.
He sadly walked away and thought of what to tell his mother. He knew she would give him... | middle2536.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "cartoon"
},
"options": [
"dirty",
"cartoon",
"hateful",
"silent"
],
"question": "Mickey Mouse is a _ mouse.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"ans... | People usually hate mice, but one mouse has won the hearts of the people all over the world---the famous Mickey Mouse.
Fifty years ago most movies were silent. A man called Walt Disney made a cartoon mouse that could talk his movies. He named his mouse Mickey Mouse. People, both young and old, were very excited at the ... | middle6988.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "He asked to sit next to her."
},
"options": [
"He walked past her.",
"He spoke to her dog.",
"He spoke angrily to her.",
"He asked to sit next to her."
],
"question": "What did Jack do when he saw the woman?",
... | One day when Jack was walking in the park, he saw a woman he knew sitting on a bench with a dog beside her. The dog was looking up at the woman.
Jack walked up to the woman and said, "Hello, Sue, how are you? May I sit and talk with you for a while?"
"Of course, please sit down," Sue said.
Jack sat down next to Sue on ... | middle7328.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Chinese"
},
"options": [
"China",
"Chinese",
"Japan",
"Canada"
],
"question": "Sally is a _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "E... | Hi! I'm a Chinese girl. My name is Liu Wei. My English name is Sally. I'm twelve. I'm in Class 8, Grade 1. My English teacher is Mr. Lee. He is from New York. He is a good teacher. I don't know how old he is. My good friend is Jane. She is from Canada. She is in Class 8, Grade 1, too. She is eleven. Who's Linda? She is... | middle1981.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "our school"
},
"options": [
"our city centre",
"our classroom",
"our school",
"our house"
],
"question": "The library is in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_... | There is a library in our school. It is near our classroom. It is on the first floor. Our school library is not very big, but it is very nice. There are many books in the library. Some are in Chinese, some are in English. I like reading very much. I often go there to borrow books. The _ is a woman. She is very good. We... | middle6036.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "reading can make you a good writer"
},
"options": [
"some children wish to be writers some day",
"it is good to write something for people to read",
"reading can make you a good writer",
"writers like to read more books... | Some children want to be writers some day. They mean that they want to write stories or books for people to read. That's good! It's good to write something for people to read! But they should know that they need to be good readers first before they really are good writers. They should read a lot of books, and read for ... | middle1759.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "fox"
},
"options": [
"dog",
"pig",
"cat",
"fox"
],
"question": "One day a tiger caught a _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "in... | One day a tiger caught a fox in the forest . Before the tiger eat him , the fox said, "You can't eat me, I'm king of the forest. If you eat me , all the other animals in the forest will be angry with you." The tiger didn't believe him. The fox said, "If you don't believe me, then take a walk with me in the forest. Yo... | middle2250.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "driver"
},
"options": [
"doctor",
"driver",
"teacher",
"worker"
],
"question": "Rose's father is a _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_... | My grandparents have two sons and one daughter. They are my uncle, my aunt and my father. My uncle, Peter, is a doctor. He likes fish and chicken a lot. He has a son and two daughters. I like playing with them. My aunt, Mary, is a teacher. She teaches in No. 5 High School. All the students there love her. My father, Th... | middle4621.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "both A and B"
},
"options": [
"learn things quickly",
"remember things easily",
"think about one thing",
"both A and B"
],
"question": "When you have good study habits, you will _ .",
"question_type": "cl... | All students need to have good habits : When you have good study habits, you can learn things quickly. You can also remember them easily.
Do you like to study in the living room? This is not a good place because it is usually too noisy. You need to study in a quiet place, like your bedroom. A quiet place will help y... | middle2244.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Four"
},
"options": [
"Three",
"Four",
"Five",
"Six"
],
"question": "How many ways to stop the virus are mentioned in the passage?",
"question_type": null
},
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
... | This March, the H7N9 virus hit Zhejiang, Shanghai, Anhui, Jiangsu and so on. It seemed that most people who were infected with H7N9 had the common flu. Some people suffered from a fever or a cough.
Don't be afraid---it's not easy to be infected with the virus. Here is some advice to help you protect yourself when it co... | middle1995.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because he didn't have much experience."
},
"options": [
"Because he never graduated from college.",
"Because he didn't work hard in college.",
"Because he didn't have much experience.",
"Because he didn't know about sp... | Everything happens for the best." Whenever I faced disappointment, my mother would say this to me.
After I graduated from college in 1932, I decided to find a job in radio as a sports announcer. I went to Chicago and knocked at the door of every station. But unluckily , I was refused every time.
At one station, a kind ... | middle6022.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Listening."
},
"options": [
"Writing.",
"Reading.",
"Listening.",
"Speaking."
],
"question": "At the end of the first term, what was the writer bad at?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"an... | I came to the USA because I needed to study English here. I went to an English language school. I was not a beginner, but I was not good at English. At the end of the first term, I could read, write and speak, and I thought I was good at them. However, I was not good at understanding when people spoke to me. My teach... | middle6744.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "goes to a cinema"
},
"options": [
"goes shopping",
"goes fishing",
"goes to the supermarket",
"goes to a cinema"
],
"question": "After lunch, Mr. Brad _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | Mr. Brad wants to see a film. After lunch, he goes to a cinema, buys a ticket and goes in. But after two or three minutes he comes out again and buys a second ticket and then walks in again.
After a few minutes he comes out again and buys a third ticket. Two or three minutes after that, he comes out a third time and a... | middle4153.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "student"
},
"options": [
"engineer",
"teacher",
"model",
"student"
],
"question": "The author's cousin was a(n) _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | Several days ago, while I got online, my cousin's QQ head popped out . We hadn't seen each other for a few months, so I decided to start a talk with her. My cousin is studying in a college of our city. Her hobby is surfing the Internet. Every time I am on the computer, she is always online, listening to music or decora... | middle2522.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "the rules for dinner time are not strict"
},
"options": [
"the rules for dinner time are not strict",
"dinner is always at six in the evening",
"a family offers food only at four in the afternoon",
"people usually invit... | Dinner customs are different around the world. If you are a guest in Ghana( ), this information will help you a lot.
In Ghana, dinner is usually from four in the afternoon to six in the evening. But there are no strict rules about time. Whenever a guest arrives, a family offers food. When you go to a home, the person w... | middle597.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "helps Iris get better over her autism"
},
"options": [
"likes playing with children",
"helps Iris paint better",
"helps Iris get better over her autism",
"teaches Iris how to look after an animal"
],
"question":... | For Iris Grace Halmshaw, the world was a lonely place. The autistic five-year-old girl tried to speak, and she was often thrown into pain by the world around her. She filled her days with painting, and nothing could quite change this situation. Until, that was, a cat called Thula came along.
The pair are now insepara... | middle7472.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "vegetables and fruit"
},
"options": [
"fish and fruit",
"vegetables and mutton",
"tofu",
"vegetables and fruit"
],
"question": "You should eat _ four or five times a week.",
"question_type": "cloze_questio... | Health is important for us.But how can we keep healthy?First,you should eat vegetables and fruit four or five times a week.Then you should eat some tofu products every day because they are good for people,both the young and the old.Milk is also necessary, _ for women.So you should have milk twice a day.It can help you ... | middle5265.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "24"
},
"options": [
"10",
"24",
"31",
"35"
],
"question": "Ma Yun became an English teacher at the age of _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"a... | Ma Yun was born on October 15,1964 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. He is the founder of Alibaba Group.
At the age of 10, Ma Yun took an interest in English. Each morning, he rode his bike to Hangzhou Hotel to talk with foreigners. In 1988, he became an English teacher. Then Ma Yun met Bill Aho, an American businessman... | middle5503.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "trying to stop a dog fight"
},
"options": [
"opening the door",
"cooking in the kitchen",
"making a phone call",
"trying to stop a dog fight"
],
"question": "Laura was badly hurt when she was _ .",
"quest... | A 2-year-od boy is being described as a hero after using Face Time to save his mother after she was badly hurt.
According to a report from KGUN, Laura was trying to stop a fight between two dogs when one of the dogs bit part of her middle finger almost completely off.
Laura tried to call 911 herself, but she said her ... | middle3172.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "David Crystal thinks Netspeak helps develop the habit of writing."
},
"options": [
"Cynthia Mcvey points out teenagers can deal with Netspeak properly.",
"Geoffrey Nunberg believes Netspeakers can write Standard English.",
"D... | My summer hols wr CWOT. B4, we usd 2 go 2 NY 2C my bro, his GF & thr 3 : -@ kids FTF. ILNY; its gr8.
Can you understand this sentence? If you can't, don't feel too bad. The middle school teacher in England who received this as homework couldn't either. This is Netspeak: the language of computerized communication found ... | middle8027.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "why the apple fell"
},
"options": [
"when the apple hit him",
"why the apple fell",
"who made the apple fall",
"where the apple fell"
],
"question": "Newton wanted to find out _ .",
"question_type": "cloz... | 1"I will think of it." It is easy to say this, but do you know what great things have come from thinking? Though we can not see, or hear, or feel our thoughts, they have great power !
2Isaac Newton was seated in his garden on a summer evening when he saw an apple fall from a tree. He began to think, and tried to find... | middle1765.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Six hours."
},
"options": [
"Five hours.",
"Six hours.",
"Four hours.",
"Three hours."
],
"question": "How many hours for lessons are there in my school?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"... | I like to get up late, so my ideal school starts at 9 a.m. It finished at 3 P.m., so we will have lots of time for after-school activities. There is a big dining hall.
We have an hour for lunch. We eat lunch and chat there. We can also listen to pop music in the hall. We eat fruit and vegetables every day.
We have Math... | middle8033.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Copenhagen"
},
"options": [
"London",
"Rome",
"Paris",
"Copenhagen"
],
"question": "Which of the following European capital cities has the least traffic noise and pollution?",
"question_type": null
},
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... | Copenhagen is a city full of fairy tales . If you want to _ it, you have to spend a long time and walk slower to enjoy yourself. Copenhagen was the first city to have a street for walkers only. The city has less traffic noise and pollution than any other European capital.
Walking along the river banks, you'll see the A... | middle7300.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Used toys and books."
},
"options": [
"Beautiful cars.",
"New magazines.",
"Her sisters'clothes.",
"Used toys and books."
],
"question": "What did Hannah often get for Christmas when she was a child?",
"ques... | Hannah was born and raised in a poor framily. She wore hand -me -downs from her older sisters.For Christmas she usually got used toys and books .As a chilld ,she wanted to have the beautiful clothes ,cars ,and homes that she often saw on TV and in magazines.
Five years after college,she became a manager.Her dream cam... | middle2278.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Elizabeth and Darcy become a romantic couple in the end."
},
"options": [
"Elizabeth and Darcy fall in love at first sight.",
"Elizabeth has a better family background than Darcy.",
"Darcy has a first good impression of Eliza... | Jane Austen(1775-1817),an English novelist, started writing young and completed six novels in her life. Today Austen's books are more popular than ever. In the last 10 years, five of her six novels have been made into Hollywood films, while her books continue to be best-sellers.
Richard Jenkyns, a professor of English ... | middle5517.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "your best friend"
},
"options": [
"your parents",
"your teachers",
"your best friend",
"your new friends"
],
"question": "You should start to be outgoing with _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},... | Being outgoing is good for your life. Those who are more outgoing like to meet lots of people and
have more fun in life. In fact, being outgoing is not as hard as you think. Even shy people can be outgoing. You can start becoming outgoing with your best friend or a group of friends. But the real challenge comes when yo... | middle4609.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "worried"
},
"options": [
"tired",
"angry",
"fantastic",
"worried"
],
"question": "The writer felt _ when he heard the news from Miss Chan.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Tuesday, 1stSeptember
I had mixed feelings today, nervous, worried, happy, excited... My heart went down when Miss Chan, our head teacher, said that Matthew and Beth, two students from England, would spend three months with us! I was worried that I had to speak English so much! But at the end of the school day, I was h... | middle3166.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "A teacher"
},
"options": [
"A doctor",
"A shop assistant",
"A teacher",
"A student"
],
"question": "What does Miss Green do?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_inde... | Miss Green came into the classroom with a piece of paper. There was a big black dot in the middle. Miss Green put up this piece of paper and asked, "What can you see in the middle of the white paper?" All the children watched the black dot. " A black dot," they answered quickly. "But can't you see this piece of white ... | middle3600.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "didn't go down in value"
},
"options": [
"still went up in value",
"was worth nothing",
"didn't go down in value",
"was still ours"
],
"question": "Even though it was dirty,the money _ .",
"question_type":... | A famous teacher was speaking to the students at our school.He began his lesson by holding up a Y=100 bill.Then he said to the three hundred students,"Who would like this Y=100 bill?"The students began to put up their hands at once.
Then he said,"I am going to give this Y=100 to one of you,but first,let me do this."He ... | middle5271.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "on the desk"
},
"options": [
"on the sofa",
"on the wall",
"on the desk",
"under the desk"
],
"question": ".Where are the books? They are _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Welcome to my room. Open the door . You can see a desk. There are some books on the desk. My pens are on the desk, too. Behind the door there is a basketball. I love it very much. On the wall there are two pictures. Look at the boy. It's me. Where is my football? Oh! It's on the sofa . Is my computer on the desk? No , ... | middle1017.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "wear a hat with flowers on it"
},
"options": [
"wear a hat with flowers on it",
"play on the playground",
"speak Chinese",
"pick flowers in the garden"
],
"question": "Yinzi likes to _ .",
"question_type"... | Do you know the girl in a hat with flowers on it? Her name is Yinzi. She is a nice Japanese girl, my new friend. She is in our class, studying Chinese.
I like Yinzi. I don't know Japanese, and Yinzi doesn't know Chinese. We know some English. We are the same age. In the same class we have the same interests . We like ... | middle583.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "go home"
},
"options": [
"go to school",
"go home",
"do homework",
"get up"
],
"question": "Nuan Yangyang _ at 4:15P.M..",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index"... | Do you like Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf ? It's an interesting cartoon movie. Do you want to know what they do in their village every day?
I'm Nuan Yangyang. On school days, I always go to school at 8:00 in the morning. Then I go home at four fifteen in the afternoon. Then I do my homework at 5:00 in the afternoon. I... | middle6778.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "They sometimes go to the Martyr's Park."
},
"options": [
"They usually enjoy cherry blossoms.",
"They usually go to the bird center.",
"They usually visit the seaside.",
"They sometimes go to the Martyr's Park."
],
... | It's time to take a spring trip. Do you know how the kids in different countries spend their holidays?
Children in China
When spring comes, children want to be outside, so some schools usually organize a spring trip for them. It could be a trip to a mountain. There, children can climb mountains, fly kites, enjoy flowe... | middle7466.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "show where we are"
},
"options": [
"show where we are",
"keep warm at night",
"cook our meal",
"drive animals away"
],
"question": "According to the passage, we should make a fire to _ .",
"question_type"... | A long walk in the desert or the mountains can be exciting. And it's a great way to keep fit. If you carry a tent and some food, you can camp overnight. But wild places can be dangerous. Here's how you can enjoy walking and camping safely.
Before your trip
Tell someone where you are going and when you expect to return... | middle568.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Talking about the same magazine"
},
"options": [
"Writing a letters in English",
"Talking about the same magazine",
"Visiting each other often",
"Thinking of your friends first."
],
"question": "_ makes you and... | Friends are important in our lives, but how to keep our friendship is more important. Here are some ways for you.
Write letters
If your best friend moves to other cities, you could buy the same magazine, E-mail, phone or write each other about the articles in the magazine that make you laugh. This will make you have th... | middle4184.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "It is an unfriendly place."
},
"options": [
"It is an unfriendly place.",
"It is a lively place.",
"It is a nice place.",
"It is a place with many plants."
],
"question": "What kind of place is the Moon?",
"... | Scientists tell us so much about the moon, it is quite easy to tell what it is like. It's certainly not a friendly place. As there is no air or water, there can be no life of any kind. Mile after mile there are only plains of dust with mountains around them above, the sun and the stars shine in the sky. If you _ the m... | middle2293.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "why Chinese food tastes fresh"
},
"options": [
"why Chinese food tastes fresh",
"what Chinese food tastes like",
"how Chinese food is cooked",
"what makes Chinese food special"
],
"question": "This passage is ma... | My interest in Chinese food started many years ago, when I had my first job. I was a young reporter for the Daily Journal in San Francisco. Our office wasn't far from Chinatown. I usually managed to arrange my time so that I could go there at least two or three times a week for a good meal.
The first time I ever ate Ch... | middle1942.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "small garden"
},
"options": [
"shed",
"small garden",
"an apple orchard",
"small house"
],
"question": "Mrs. Brown had a _ behind her house.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Mrs. Brown had a small garden behind her house and in the spring she planted some vegetables in it. She looked after them very carefully, and when the summer came, they looked very nice. One evening Mrs. Brown looked at her vegetables and said, "Tomorrow I am going to pick them and we can eat them." But early the next ... | middle1956.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the twins"
},
"options": [
"Gary",
"Gavin",
"the twins",
"a stranger"
],
"question": "After the twin's father died, the department store was managed by _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | Gary and Gavin were twin brothers who worked in a department store owned by their father. After their father had passed away, they took over the store. Everything went well until the day a twenty-dollar bill disappeared. Gary had left the bill on the cash register. But when he returned, the money was gone.
Gary then as... | middle3199.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the countryside"
},
"options": [
"Beijing",
"the countryside",
"Tianjin",
"a town"
],
"question": "Peter is staying in _ during the three- day holiday.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"... | The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming. Let's see what my friends are going to do during the three-day holiday.
Peter: I'm going to visit my uncle and aunt with my parents during the three days. They live in the countryside. It is far from our city, Beijing. We're going to take the train there. I am going fishing there with... | middle2287.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Other animals."
},
"options": [
"Dog.",
"Cat.",
"Fox.",
"Other animals."
],
"question": "Who eats the apples?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"a... | Dog, Cat and Fox are friends.
One day, Dog and Cat see some apples. They don't want to tell others. At this time, they meet Fox. They ask him not to tell others. But Fox tells other animals. The animals eat up all the apples. Dog and Cat are not happy.
The next day, Dog and Cat find some food again. But Fox tells it t... | middle3827.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "listen to classical music"
},
"options": [
"listen to Mariah Carey's music",
"go to the movies",
"listen to classical music",
"buy nice clothes"
],
"question": "Tina liked to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_... | Tina was not like many of her classmates. She didn't listen to popular music or watch many movies, and she wasn't interested in nice clothes. When she got together with her friends, they wanted to listen to rock and pop music. When Tina asked if they would like to try classical music, they all looked at her str... | middle4190.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "she is going to know something more about China"
},
"options": [
"she is going to know something more about China",
"she lives in America",
"she can know China on television",
"she is not Chinese"
],
"question":... | Gina's sister lives in England. She knows something about China on TV. But she wants to know more. So she is looking forward to visiting China. She will have a holiday next week. She is going to visit Beijing because she likes Chinese culture. She is going there by plane and then stay in a hotel. In Beijing she is goin... | middle7499.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "memory loss"
},
"options": [
"drop in body temperature",
"great weight loss",
"sickness",
"memory loss"
],
"question": "Lacking of sleep over four weeks leads to many problems, except _ .",
"question_type... | Did you sleep the day away on March 21? Well, you should have done that because it was World Sleeping Day. This is the one day of the year when people around the world care about their sleep and ask themselves a lot of questions about sleep.
Why do we need sleep? Nobody as yet can give a correct answer to this question... | middle6787.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "sells"
},
"options": [
"sells",
"eats",
"keeps",
"gives"
],
"question": "Tom _ most of the things in his garden.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
... | Tom grows the nicest vegetables and fruits, and the most beautiful flowers in his village. Plants grow in Tom's garden all through the year.Tom cuts some flowers for his sitting-room table and eats some fruits and vegetables, but he sells most of them in the market. His vegetables, fruits and flowers are so wonderful t... | middle554.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "In a bank."
},
"options": [
"In a bank.",
"At the police station.",
"In a school.",
"In a shop."
],
"question": "Where does Andrew's father work?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer":... | My name is Andrew.There are three people in my family--my father,my mother and I.
My father is a bank clerk.And he works in a bank.He thinks it's a boring job.He wants to be a policeman.My mother is a teacher.She teaches Chinese.She thinks her job is very interesting.She works hard and often comes back home very late.I... | middle232.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "in every room of the hotel"
},
"options": [
"in the hotel dining room",
"at the hotel bar",
"in every room of the hotel",
"in the hotel shop"
],
"question": "You can see the notice probably _ .",
"question... | Welcome to Moonlight Hotel! To make you stay as enjoyable as possible, we hope you will use our facilities to the full.
Dining Room: Breakfast in the dining room is from 6:30 a.m. Also the room _ may bring breakfast to your room at any time after 6:00 a.m. If you would like this, please fill out a card and hang it out... | middle4806.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "something about Sunday papers"
},
"options": [
"what people usually do on Sundays",
"when people get up on Sundays",
"something about Sunday papers",
"people can know from the paper who died during the week"
],
... | Many people go to church on Sunday, but others don't. Many people sleep late on Sunday morning, but others don't. Some people work on Sunday, but most don't. However, almost everyone reads the Sunday paper.
Often the paper is waiting outside the door when the family gets up. The newspaper boy has put it there. The pap... | middle226.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "both B & C"
},
"options": [
"play baseball",
"play video games",
"play the guitar",
"both B & C"
],
"question": "What things do the three children do together? They _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions... | I'm Tony. My best friends are Frank and Cindy. We often do many things together. Frank lives next to my home and we are in the same class. He is thirteen years old and tall and of medium build. He has curly hair and blue eyes. He's good-looking and very clever. He's good at math and often helps me with my homework. He ... | middle540.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Smoking, drinking and fighting."
},
"options": [
"Smoking , drinking and exercising.",
"Drinking, fighting and playing.",
"Smoking, drinking and fighting.",
"Chatting, watching and smoking."
],
"question": "What... | Who is reading your blogs or checking out your information online? Two reports show that surfing the Internet and sending personal information to people you do not know could be a problem.
Most sites give users their own webspace where they can write their diaries or post their pictures. The sites encourage users to ge... | middle2052.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Beautiful and interesting."
},
"options": [
"Beautiful.",
"Interesting.",
"Bad",
"Beautiful and interesting."
],
"question": "How are Jimmy's pictures?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"an... | Once there is a boy in London. His name is Jimmy. He starts painting when he is three years old, and when he is five years old, he is already very good at it. He paints many beautiful and interesting pictures, and a lot of people buy his pictures. They say, "This boy is going to be famous when he's a little older, and ... | middle6234.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Three."
},
"options": [
"Three.",
"Four.",
"Five.",
"Six"
],
"question": "How many books has Dou Kou written?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "l... | Dou Kou, a Chinese boy, is called "the youngest writer in the world" .He has written 3 books now.
Dou Kou was born in Jiangsu Province in 1994. When he was 7 months old, his parents started working in over 30 different cities, such as Xi'an and Shenzhen .This kind of life gave him things to think
and write about.
When ... | middle8219.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Three"
},
"options": [
"Two",
"Three",
"Four",
"Five"
],
"question": "How many written tests will the students get ready for?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_ind... | Here is an examination notice. Mrs. Dickson gave it to her students last week. Read it and answer the questions.
To the students of Class 3
*Examinations start on June 22 and end on June 23.
*The time for each of the subjects is:
English June 22 9:30 A.M.- 10:30 A.M.
Math June 22 11:00 A.M.- 12:00 A.M.
Hi... | middle971.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "It costs a lot of money."
},
"options": [
"It costs a lot of money.",
"It may have a bad effect on children.",
"It can lead to violent action.",
"It can cause addiction."
],
"question": "Which is NOT, mentioned ... | Parents and teachers worry about games having a bad effect on students, and, a large number of reports have been written about games leading to addiction and _ action. One who is addicted to games of violence might think fighting or even killing is not a very serious thing.
But not everything about gaming is bad. For ... | middle7894.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "take a test on first - aid badge"
},
"options": [
"take a test on first - aid badge",
"collect their first - aid badges",
"report a hit - and - run accident",
"help the victim of an accident"
],
"question": "Joe... | Joe and his friends were on their way to the Red Cross Headquarters to take the test for the first- aid badge .They had worked and practiced very hard the whole year and were confident that they would do well for their test.
On their way to the test place, they saw a hit - and - run accident. A taxi driver had sped thr... | middle2734.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "alone"
},
"options": [
"with friends",
"alone",
"on weekends",
"on weekdays"
],
"question": "Both Alice and Maria like shopping _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answ... | Alice, 35
I like shopping, but shopping with young children is not a good thing. I have to look after them while I'm shopping. I go shopping with my husband only when I buy something for him. When I look at a cheap dress, he always says, "It's beautiful on you." But when I have an expensive one in my hands, he always s... | middle4345.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "They live together in peace."
},
"options": [
"They live together in peace.",
"There are no problems at all in Hawaii .",
"It is difficult for them to live together .",
"There are serious problems among them ."
],
... | There are some special traditions in Hawaii . People there are very friendly and always welcome visitors . They give visitors a lei , a long necklace of beautiful fresh flowers . Men wear bright flowered shirts , and women often wear long flowered dresses .
In Hawaii you may find some traditional Chinese , Japanese and... | middle2720.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The one he feels most inspired."
},
"options": [
"The easiest one.",
"The most interesting one.",
"The one he feels most inspired.",
"The one he does worst in."
],
"question": "What type of writing should a begi... | From diaries to blogs, we're all used to recording our lives with words.
So why not take those words one step further? It's a great hobby that can produce something as simple as a 17-word poems, or as _ as a 900-page novel. All you need is just a pen and a notebook.
Types of Writing
You can jump into any type of creati... | middle4351.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "it's good manners not to talk with our mouths full"
},
"options": [
"it's good manners to use a knife and fork to eat",
"it's bad manners to stand and talk",
"it's good manners not to talk with our mouths full",
"how to... | From the time we were babies we have been taught manners. We are taught how to hold a knife and fork and not to talk with our mouths full. We are taught how to shake hands and when to stand and when to sit and the way to introduce people.
Sometimes good manners in one place are very bad manners somewhere else. Almost e... | middle965.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "six"
},
"options": [
"four",
"five",
"six",
"seven"
],
"question": "How many people are there in Tina's family?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
... | Hi, boys and girls! My name is Tina. I'm twelve. Welcome to my home. This is my*house. I think it's nice. I have two brothers. They are Tom and Tim. Tom is ten and Tim is seven. Tom likes playing tennis and Tim likes playing soccer. And I have one sister. Her name is Jenny. She is only five years old. She likes playing... | middle7658.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "1.27 billion"
},
"options": [
"1.58 billion",
"1.53 billion",
"1.36 billion",
"1.27 billion"
],
"question": "The population of India is _ now.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | India has a population of 1.27 billion. Its population is the second largest in the world. China has the largest population of over 1.36 billion. One out of six people on this planet live in India. Although, the crown of the world's most populous country is on China's head for ten years. India will take the _ by 20... | middle6546.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "An old woman"
},
"options": [
"A young woman",
"An old man",
"A young man",
"An old woman"
],
"question": "_ is sitting beside little Jerry.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Mum gives little Jerry twenty yuan. Then little Jerry goes shopping. He gets on a bus and sits down next to an old woman. Then he sees the old woman's bag is open. There is twenty yuan in it. He quickly looks into his pocket. The money isn't there now! Little Jerry is sure that the old woman is a thief . He wants to ta... | middle1229.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "all of them"
},
"options": [
"clowns",
"elephants",
"monkeys",
"all of them"
],
"question": "What can children see in the circus?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer... | One day, my father and I were in line to buy tickets for the circus . And a family was standing in front of us.
The family had eight children. Their clothes were not expensive but clean.The children talked about the clowns( ), elephants, monkeys and other things excitedly. It was their first time to go to the circus.
T... | middle6220.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "1964"
},
"options": [
"1964",
"1965",
"1969",
"1979"
],
"question": "Ann Moore made her first baby carrier in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | A baby carrier is like a backpack for carrying a baby. Ann Moore introduced the idea of a baby carrier to American people nearly 50 years ago.
Ann spent two years in Africa in the early 1960s. She worked as a nurse there. Ann saw babies wrapped in bright cloth tied to their mothers' backs. The babies snuggled close t... | middle3358.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "The Centres of Earthquakes"
},
"options": [
"The Centres of Earthquakes",
"Earthquakes",
"The Loss Caused by Earthquakes",
"Buildings and Earthquakes"
],
"question": "The best title of this passage should be _... | Some countries have a large number of earthquakes. Japan is one of them, while others do not have many, for example, there are few earthquakes in Britain.
There is often a great noise during an earthquake. The ground vibrates .Houses fall down. Railways are broken, which causes trains to turn over. Sometimes thousand... | middle4437.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The old man sells"
},
"options": [
"The young man buys",
"The old man sells",
"The two men sell",
"The old man buys"
],
"question": "_ the elephant.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answe... | One day an old man is selling an elephant. A young man comes to the elephant and begins to look at it slowly . The old man goes up to him and says in his ear, " Don't say anything about the elephant before I sell it, then I'll give you some meat." "All right," says the young man. After the old man sells the elephant, ... | middle5729.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Big"
},
"options": [
"Big",
"Small",
"I don tknow.",
"Yes,itis."
],
"question": "What s this family like ?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answ... | Tom has got a big family .His grandparents are in America.His parents are in China . His father is a manager and his mother is a teacher .They have got two children . Tom is a boy and Jane is a
girl . Tom is thirteen and Jane is eight . Jane and I are good friends and we are in the same class . | middle2046.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "A housewife"
},
"options": [
"A worker.",
"A housewife",
"A teacher",
"A writer"
],
"question": "What did the writer's mother do?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer... | My mother was a housewife. She thought that successful people spent a lot more time reading than watching TV. So she asked my brother and me not to watch too much TV, but to read two books every week in our free time. She would check them with marks, though she couldn't read the book at all.
When I went to high school,... | middle1567.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Read stories to Jenny."
},
"options": [
"Asked for the plastic necklace.",
"Talked with Jenny.",
"Read stories to Jenny.",
"Played dolls with Jenny."
],
"question": "What did Jenny's father do every night?",
... | Jenny was a five-year-old girl. One day, while she was shopping with her mother, she saw a plastic pearl necklace and loved it so much. So she asked her mother to buy it for her.
Every night, before Jenny went to bed, her dad would read stories to her. One night, when he finished the story, he asked, "Jenny, do you l... | middle7116.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "songs that keep going round in our mind"
},
"options": [
"songs that keep going round in our mind",
"worms that live in a part of our brain",
"tunes by pop singers like Lady Gaga",
"parasites clearly under our control"
... | "Earworms", some people call them. Songs that get stuck in your head go round and round, sometimes for days, sometimes for months. For no clear reason you cannot help yourself from humming or singing a tune by Lady Gaga.
To a psychologist, the most interesting thing about earworms is that they show a part of our mind t... | middle8225.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a small place for people to stay and drink something"
},
"options": [
"a small classroom",
"a small horse",
"a small place for people to stay and drink something",
"a kind of water for writing"
],
"question": "A... | Can you think of a sentence? It has the word "and" five times, without any words in between? There is one at the end of this story.
There was an inn. It was called "The Horse and Cart". Many people came to have a drink and chat with each other after work. It had a sign outside it, and there was a horse, a cart and some... | middle3370.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "an advertisement"
},
"options": [
"a story",
"an advertisement",
"a play",
"a song"
],
"question": "The passage is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,... | Are you looking for something fun and would you like to help other people in your free time? Then join us.
We have jobs for people of all ages;Anyone from twelve-year-old children to 80-year-old people can become one of us.
You can help people in many ways.Schools need help with taking care of children while their pare... | middle5701.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Playing computer games or watching TV alone."
},
"options": [
"Being kind.",
"Spending time with them together.",
"Playing computer games or watching TV alone.",
"Doing your best at whatever you do."
],
"questio... | You may meet many people in your life. But Mom and Dad are two of the most important people in your life. Over your lifetime, they may influence you more than anyone else you will meet. Moms and Dads need to care for their kids every day. Most parents will do _ as long as they live.
There are many ways to stay close, ... | middle2708.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "she wanted to develop his interest in piano"
},
"options": [
"her friend sent them two tickets",
"the pianist invited them there",
"she wanted to develop his interest in piano",
"her son liked the pianist very much"
... | A mother wanted to encourage her son to play the piano. She bought tickets to the concert of a great pianist. When they arrived at the theater, the mother found a friend. Sbe stopped to talk to ber friend and her son ran off.
At eight o'clock'the lights began to dim ,and the concert was set to start. The mother began t... | middle5067.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "In old clothes."
},
"options": [
"With his friends.",
"In old clothes.",
"With good food.",
"In good clothes."
],
"question": "How does Mr Clark goes to the party at first?",
"question_type": "factiod_questi... | Mr Clark goes to a dinner party in old clothes. He comes into the room, but the people in the room don't look at him. They don't ask him to sit at the table.
Mr Clark goes home and puts on his good clothes. He goes back to the party. People in the room stands up and smiles at him. They give him very good food to eat.... | middle4379.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "journal articles and textbooks"
},
"options": [
"a professional magazine",
"a recent blog post",
"journal articles and textbooks",
"a 3-D printer user"
],
"question": "Dudley got the information on making a 3-D ... | Amos Dudley, a 24-year-old boy who studies digital design at New Jersey University of Technology, felt ashamed about his teeth. But being a student, Dudley didn't have the money to get braces . So, he decided to
3-D print his own and marked down the DIY project in a recent blog post. His braces totaled less than $60, a... | middle7670.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Peter"
},
"options": [
"Peter",
"Barry",
"Peter and Barry",
"Nobody"
],
"question": "Who wants to play computer games?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,... | Peter: Let's play computer games!
Barry: That sounds interesting, but I don't have a computer.
Peter: Well, do you have a volleyball?
Barry: Yes.
Peter: Then let's play volleyball.
Barry: Oh, volleyball is so difficult.
Peter: OK, let's watch TV.
Barry: That sounds boring. Hmmm, let's play soccer! Do you have a soccer ... | middle795.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "trouble"
},
"options": [
"good luck",
"trouble",
"nails",
"a hammer"
],
"question": "Losing control may bring you _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,... | Once a boy often made trouble. His mother gave him many nails . She told him to hammer(,)one in the garden fence every time he lost his patience and fought with someone. The first day he hammered 27 nails. In the following weeks he learned how to control himself better and the number of nails hammered became smaller a... | middle7664.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Worried."
},
"options": [
"Excited.",
"Bored.",
"Worried.",
"Surprised."
],
"question": "How does the writer feel about exams?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_in... | Very few people enjoy exams. I don't, either. And although I tell myself not to worry about them, I always do! So I'm not surprised that my students worry about them, too, even though they usually don't need to. Because they are afraid of failing. However, since it is hard not to worry at all, we all must try not to wo... | middle1215.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "weakest"
},
"options": [
"longest",
"weakest",
"farthest",
"brightest"
],
"question": "According to the passage, the scattering of the red light is the _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | When the traffic lights turn red, we will stop driving a car or crossing a street. Why is red used for traffic lights instead of other colors?
As we know, scattering happens when light goes through the air. For the same media , if the _ is long, the sscattering will be short. If the wavelength is short, then the sca... | middle5073.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "wanted to realize her dream"
},
"options": [
"wanted to live longer",
"loved to stay with the young",
"wanted to realize her dream",
"planned to enjoy her life there"
],
"question": "Rose went to college because... | On the first day of school, our professor introduced himself and let us get to know someone we didn't know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. "Hi, girl! My name is Rose, I'm 87 years old."
"Why are you in college at such a young age?" I asked jokingly.
"I always dreamed of having a colle... | middle3364.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Unfriendly"
},
"options": [
"honest",
"kind",
"welcome",
"Unfriendly"
],
"question": "People thought that Mr. Dawson was a(n) _ person.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Mr. Dawson is an old man with a bad temper . Kids were afraid to go into his yard to pick apples.
One day, 12-year-old Janet and her friend Amy had to walk past Mr. Dawson' s house. When Janet saw him outside, she suggested they cross the street and walk on the other side. But Amy said they didn't need to.
When Mr. Da... | middle5715.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "five"
},
"options": [
"five",
"four",
"three",
"two"
],
"question": "In China, Wang Jun had _ English classes every week.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index... | Hi, my name is Wang Jun. Do you want to know about my staying in America? Well, to tell you the truth, it is really an eye-opening experience here.
In China, I had English classes five times a week since Grade Five. But I didn't know textbook English could be so different from everyday English until I came to Hotchkiss... | middle1573.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Good Night Sun Hello Moon"
},
"options": [
"Good Night Sun Hello Moon",
"Where the Wild Things Are",
"The Petit Appetit Cookbook",
"If You Give a Dog a Donut"
],
"question": "Lily, 5 years old, likes listening t... | The Petit Appetit Cookbook
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Product Description: Fresh, healthy meals that give little mouths something to smile about...In the Petit Appetit Cookbook, mother and professional cook Lisa Barnes offers healthy foods to help create delicious menus and bagin a l... | middle7102.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Nine hours."
},
"options": [
"Ten hours.",
"Nine hours.",
"Seven hours.",
"Eight hours."
],
"question": "How long is the reading room open every day?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answ... | Rules in the reading room
Hello, everyone. Welcome to the school reading room. We hope you have a good time here. Before you go into the reading room, there are some rules you need to keep.
1.The reading room is open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday.
2. Don't take your bag into the reading room.
3. Don... | middle8231.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "nurse"
},
"options": [
"doctor",
"nurse",
"teacher",
"farmer"
],
"question": "Mary is a young_.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Be... | Mary is twenty-three years old. She is a nurse at a big hospital. She is very kind, and all of her patients like her very much.
One day she was out shopping when she saw an old woman waiting to cross a busy street. Mary wanted to cross the street, too, so she went over to help the woman cross. When Mary was near her, s... | middle2091.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Comparing the price and quality"
},
"options": [
"Choosing good brands",
"Comparing the price and quality",
"Going to big shops",
"Learning business at school"
],
"question": "_ can help us use our money wisely... | There are many things we need to know, but we do not learn them at school. For example, if we want to use our money wisely, we need to shop carefully. We need to know how to compare the prices of things in different shops. We need to be able to compare the quality of different brands . We need to know how to make _ c... | middle5926.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "she was recommended by her university professor."
},
"options": [
"She replied to a job advertisement.",
"She was introduced by her family friend.",
"she was recommended by her university professor.",
"She met Mr. Kelle... | On March 3, 1887, the lives of two amazing women were changed forever when Anne Sullivan, a poor university graduate, arrived at the home of the wealthy Keller family to teach their six-year-old daughter Helen. It was a difficult job as Helen was unable to see, hear or speak because of illness.
Anne had been suggested ... | middle5098.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "His parents."
},
"options": [
"His parents.",
"His friends.",
"His teachers.",
"His brothers."
],
"question": "Who plan to visit Beijing with the writer?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"... | My parents want to take me to visit Beijing this summer holiday. I want to plan a good trip. So I must learn something about Beijing on the Internet. Beijing is a beautiful city. Autumn is the best season. There are many places of interest in Beijing. We want to visit the Great Wall, the Palace Museum and the Summer Pa... | middle6591.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "3"
},
"options": [
"2",
"3",
"4",
"5"
],
"question": "How many tips does the passage mention ?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "below 80"
},... | China's air pollution problems are more serious these days. But just try to remember that the air pollution shouldn't stop you from enjoying life in China. Here are some tips for you to keep the smog away.
Watch the weather report.
As you can see, it will give you an _ of pollution, but my general rule is: if it's abov... | middle7857.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The White Horse"
},
"options": [
"The Black Horse",
"The White Horse",
"Mr. Webster's Bar",
"Mr. Wilson's Bar"
],
"question": "The name of the bar is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | There is a bar with the name "The White Horse ". A picture of a white horse is on the door of the bar. It is Mr. Webster's. Few people go to the bar.
One day, Mr. Wilson comes in, drinks a cup, watches the bar, and then says to Mr. Webster, "Few people come here. Take down the picture of the white horse and p... | middle6585.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Stephen has had the answers to some very big questions."
},
"options": [
"Stephen is good at thinking.",
"Stephen cannot walk.",
"Stephen has had the answers to some very big questions.",
"Stephen had once studied math ... | Stephen Hawking was one of the most famous scientists in this century. He was born in
1942. He's a world well-known on space and time. Stephen is researching some very big questions, such as: How did the universe begin? How will it end?
Stephen was a student at Oxford University. He studied math and science. Then, at t... | middle7843.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "A group of people who have worked in the film industry for many years."
},
"options": [
"In 1927.",
"Oscar.",
"The Academy of Nicknames.",
"A group of people who have worked in the film industry for many years."
],
... | Do you know what Oscar is? When did it start? Maybe you can find the background of the awards in the following passage.
The awards started in 1929. Their full title is "The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Awards". The Academy is a group of people who have worked in the film industry for many years. They dec... | middle2085.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "for animals"
},
"options": [
"only for Tibet's antelopes",
"for Tibet's tourism",
"for animals",
"for Tibetans"
],
"question": "The special underpasses are _ to go through.",
"question_type": "cloze_ques... | Lamu was a 12-year-old Tibetan girl. She wanted to go to Beijing to watch the 2008 Olympics. Only one month ago, Lamu still thought it would be difficult.
In the past Tibet had no railroad . If Lamu took a bus, it would take her a long time to reach Beijing. And a plane ticket would cost lots of money.
However, things... | middle5932.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "In Europe"
},
"options": [
"In Europe",
"In Asia",
"In America",
"In Africa"
],
"question": "Where was the trash hotel built?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_in... | Maybe you can not imagine what a hotel made of trash looks like. But in Rome, Italy, there is a campaign called Save the Beach that has created a hotel out of 12 tons of trash in order to raise awareness of our waste.
Save the Beach is an environmental awareness campaign set up by the makers of Corona Beer. They coll... | middle756.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "In a university."
},
"options": [
"In a university.",
"In the Parliament Hall.",
"On the Internet.",
"In a tourist attraction."
],
"question": "Where did the speaker probably give the talk to the audience?",
... | Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you. Well, ni-hao. (Laughter) It is such a pleasure and an honor to be here with all of you at this great university, so thank you so much for having me. I'm here today because I know that our future depends on connections like these among young people like you across the world.
That's why w... | middle2913.txt |
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