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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The Spring Festival"
},
"options": [
"The Mid-Autumn Festival",
"The Spring Festival",
"Children's Day",
"May Day"
],
"question": "Which is the most important festival in China?",
"question_type": null
},
... | Every year people celebrate the Spring Festival in China.Usually it is in January or February.It's the most important festival in China.So before it comes,everyone buys many things,and they often make a special kind of food called dumplings-It means"come together".Parents always buy new clothes for their children and c... | middle804.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "She thought the poem was well written."
},
"options": [
"She was so moved that she cried.",
"She thought the poem was well written.",
"She considered Buddy had no talent for poetry.",
"She believed Buddy needed advice f... | When I was nine years old, I wrote my first poem. My mother read the little poem and cried. "Buddy, it's a beautiful, beautiful poem!" My mother poured out her praise.
"What time will Father be home?" I asked. I could hardly wait to show him my poem. My father had begun his movie career as a writer. He would be able to... | middle6427.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Ireland"
},
"options": [
"America",
"China",
"Ireland",
"Germany"
],
"question": "Westlife is from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_... | Have you ever heard of the group Westlife? Maybe you have, but I'm sure many of you don't know very much about it.
Westlife is an Irish boy band group, which was made up of 6 boys in the beginning and called IOU. The group quickly became popular with young people thanks to their song Swear It Again, which was at the to... | middle44.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "win a silver cup for growing a rose of a new color"
},
"options": [
"build glass-houses in his spare time",
"grow the rose in a glass-house",
"win a silver cup for growing a rose of a new color",
"grow a rose with the l... | There was once a man called Mr. Flowers, and flowers were his only joy in life. He spent all his spare time in one of his four glass-houses and grew flowers of every color, with long and difficult names, for competitions, he tried to grow a rose of a new color to win the silver cup for the Rose of the Year.
Mr. Flower... | middle1348.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "England"
},
"options": [
"China",
"America",
"England",
"Canada"
],
"question": "The story happened in _ last Saturday night.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_i... | Last Saturday night Jenny was walking through a mall in London , texting on her phone. She wasn't watching where she was going , so she fell into a sewer and got trapped. Luckily she didn't hurt badly. She quickly climbed out and walked away. But her accident was caught on a mall camera. Then someone posted it on You... | middle2906.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "kites are good examples to those who want to get freedom"
},
"options": [
"without restrictions and rules we can make endless progress",
"kites are good examples to those who want to get freedom",
"restrictions are necessary ... | One windy spring day, I noticed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites. Colorful creations of different shapes and sizes filled the skies like beautiful birds flying and dancing. As the strong winds blew against the kites, a string kept them in control.
Instead of blowing away with the wind, they ros... | middle2912.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the dresses they would wear at the party"
},
"options": [
"the dance at the party",
"the teacher at the party",
"the dresses they would wear at the party",
"the boys at the party"
],
"question": "Before the scho... | There would be a school party on Friday evening. The girls were talking about what they were going to wear.
"I'm going to wear a black dress, so everybody will notice me," said Emily. "How about you, Linda?"
"I'm not sure. Maybe jeans, an old shirt, and a hat. People will notice me more than you!" Linda said.
"What are... | middle757.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "common"
},
"options": [
"funny",
"common",
"strange",
"careless"
],
"question": "The word \"typical\" probably means \" _ \".",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_ind... | Does this ever happen to you? Someone introduces you to a friend, you hear his or her name, and then two minutes later, you forget it. Or you go to the same restaurant every day and the owner always says "Hello" to you but you can never remember her name. If this happens, you are _ -- actually most people have the prob... | middle6584.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Excited."
},
"options": [
"Unhappy.",
"Excited.",
"Nervous.",
"Confident."
],
"question": "How did Phil feel when he was going home?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"ans... | Something caught my eyes when I was walking down the street. Two silver coins were shining in a melting snow bank, so I dug through the snow looking for more. Of course, I just ended up with really cold hands. I slipped the two coins into my pocket and went home, colder but richer. I began to think about how to spend... | middle5933.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Robert."
},
"options": [
"Nathaniel.",
"Robert.",
"Black.",
"Green."
],
"question": "What's the writer's name?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"... | Ever since I was a child, my mouth has caused me trouble. I'm not a bad person; I have a hard time learning when to keep my mouth closed. My mom has told me again and again, "Robert, your constant bad words are hurting me. If you continue to be this rude, you will get into big trouble."It's been a problem at school sev... | middle5927.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Angel was thinking of an idea to help the animals"
},
"options": [
"Angel wanted to cook the animals for food",
"Angel was cooking a meal for the animals",
"Angel wanted to help the animals to run away",
"Angel was thin... | "The zoo has money problem," Grandmother Sandy said.
Angel listened. She heard that Fresno's Chaffee Zoo didn't have enough money to take care of its animals.
Angel loved animals. She planned to study them when she grew up. Angel's family had four cats. Angel took good care of them and made sure that they always had fo... | middle1599.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "A tall building."
},
"options": [
"A large lake.",
"A big city.",
"A high mountain.",
"A tall building."
],
"question": "What is \"Taipei 101\" in the passage?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": ... | Taiwan island, the biggest island of China, is between the South and East China Seas. Almost two-thirds of the island is covered by mountains.
Traveling in Taiwan, you can do lots of things. In Taipei, you can taste all kinds of delicious food . Standing at the top of Taipei 101, the world's tallest building until now,... | middle7856.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Beijing"
},
"options": [
"Beijing",
"Qinhuangdao",
"Sanya",
"Taiyuan"
],
"question": "If you want to go on a trip on Saturday and Sunday, you can choose a trip to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions... | A Two-day Trip to Beijing
If you want to know about China. Please come to Beijing. You can visit the Great Wall and other places of interest and enjoy Beijing Duck.
Time: May 6~May 7
Price: 480 yuan per person Tel: 78456895
A Four- day Trip to Qinhuangdao
If you like warm weather and clean city, Qinhuangdao is a good ... | middle6590.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "communication methods"
},
"options": [
"eating habits",
"living places",
"learning activities",
"communication methods"
],
"question": "\"Dolphin Intelligence\" is probably a story about dolphins' _ .",
"... | GEOGRAPHICNews Video Photogaphy The Magazine Environment Travel Adventure Television
Main Stories
Controlling the Mekong
The 5000km long Mekong River provides China with fresh when it flows and electricity when it's dammed.
Dolphin Intelligence
300 of these social animals have been studied for over 30 years by Dr. Deni... | middle5099.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Black"
},
"options": [
"White",
"Brown",
"Black",
"Green"
],
"question": "_ is the girl's last name.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_tex... | Look at the picture. Who is the girl? She is my friend. Her name is Alice Black. She is an English girl.
Alice has a big family. Her grandparents have two daughters and one son -- her father. Alice lives with her grandparents, parents, two brothers and one sister. Alice has two dogs -- Bobby and Tony. Bobby is black an... | middle4387.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "don't understand friendship"
},
"options": [
"don't understand friendship",
"make wrong friends",
"don't treasure friendship",
"blame their friends"
],
"question": "The writer feels sad because some people _ .... | Today the word friendship has been used so often that it has lost its meaning. Some jokingly or seriously say that friends are made to be used. It makes me very sad.
True friendship doesn't mean that when you need your friend's help,you will treat him to dinner,and when you have to protect yourself,you will put your fr... | middle3403.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "a singer"
},
"options": [
"a singer",
"a teacher",
"a doctor",
"a swimmer"
],
"question": "Justin Biber is a _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | A video is very popular on the Internet these days. It's South Korean star PSY's Gangnam style <<style>> video. He stands above Justin Bieber and becomes the most popular singer on YouTube.
In fact, the video sets the Guinness World Record in YouTube history. Gangnam Style was put onto the Internet on July 15,2012.Wha... | middle1214.txt |
[
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"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'm not in my childhood, I still prefer reading fairy tales. They often make me think of some special experiences and feelings. This summer I've reviewed this kind of tales, The Little Prince. It was published in 1940. It's the world-famous fairy tale by the French author Antoine.
"I", the narrator of the sto... | middle958.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Five."
},
"options": [
"Three.",
"Four.",
"Five.",
"Six."
],
"question": "How many students are described in the passage?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"an... | There is a student from China in our class. He is very good at his lessons, but he is also very shy. He doesn't talk too much with us because he thinks that there are so many differences. When he came into our classroom for the first time, he was so frightened that he cried out.
That's because of our appearances. For... | middle7665.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "in the morning"
},
"options": [
"in the evening",
"at night",
"in the morning",
"on weekends"
],
"question": "The old man went to meet his wife _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"ans... | It was a morning, about 8:30 am, when an old man in his 80's reached my hospital to take care of his finger. He said he was in a hurry because he had an appointment at 9 am.
While taking care of his finger I asked him if he had another doctor's appointment this morning, as he was in such a hurry. The old man told me no... | middle8230.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "HGH is not allowed to be produced in many countries."
},
"options": [
"HGH is a natural substance.",
"HGH is needed to help bones and muscles grow.",
"HGH is used as medicine for children.",
"HGH is not allowed to be pr... | HIGH (Human Growth Hormone) could be the favorite drug at the next athletic world championships, and we might never know it. It is a natural substance produced by the human body, and it helps children's bones and muscles to grow. Scientists are allowed to make the drug and it is also legal to take HGH in most countri... | middle7103.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "The Voice of China."
},
"options": [
"The Voice of China.",
"Sports News.",
"Football.",
"Animal World."
],
"question": "Which was the most popular TV show last summer?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"... | Last year The Voice of China, the most popular TV talent show became a popular topic in people's chatting and media information from both home and abroad. It began on July 13, 2012 and ended on September 30, 2012. Liang Bo, a handsome boy from Changchun, Jilin was the champion of The Voice of China in 2012. Before the ... | middle1572.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Because she wanted his fishing rod"
},
"options": [
"Because she didn't like fish.",
"Because she wanted his fishing rod",
"Because the old man had few fish.",
"Because she wanted to learn fishing skills"
],
"qu... | An old man was fishing on the bank of a river. A child came to see him fishing. The old man was really good at fishing and it didn't take long for him to catch a full basket of fish. The old man saw that the child was very cute, and he wanted to give her a whole basket of fish. But the child shook her head. The old man... | middle5714.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "parents"
},
"options": [
"teachers",
"friends",
"parents",
"classmates"
],
"question": "According to the passage, _ help children most.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Most people want their children to be successful in school and a parent's role in that success must be very important. Parents should help children to build their confidence and achievements. Parents should also play the role of a friend as well as a teacher in children's education.
Learning about math or reading isn't... | middle3365.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "To do business."
},
"options": [
"To relax.",
"To buy oil.",
"To go shopping.",
"To do business."
],
"question": "Why did people stop in Dubai in the early 20th century?",
"question_type": "factiod_question... | Dubai is a city of big business, expensive hotels , skyscrapers ,and shopping malls, In the early 20th century, Dubai was a successful trading port. People from the world stopped in Dubai to do business, But it was still a small city, and most people lived as fishermen and businessmen. Then in 1966, oil was discovered.... | middle5700.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "14"
},
"options": [
"14",
"12",
"16",
"13"
],
"question": "How many toes did a horse have millions of years ago?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
... | Have you ever seen a horse with toes ?Millions of years ago, horses had many toes. They had four toes on each front foot. They had three toes on each back foot. The horses were no bigger than the cats.These small horses lived in the forest. The toes helped the horses run on the soft, wet ground.
At first, it was very h... | middle8224.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "pandas"
},
"options": [
"penguins",
"koalas",
"elephants",
"pandas"
],
"question": "Han Dan likes _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_t... | Han Dan comes from China, she is a clever and beautiful girl. She studies in a middle school. She has four pen pals. They are from different countries and like different animals. Linda is from America. Her favorite animal is the penguin. The penguin likes ice very much. Lily comes from Australia .The koala is her favor... | middle7117.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Beijing Chaoyang Foreign Language School."
},
"options": [
"Mashan School.",
"Beijing Chaoyang Foreign Language School.",
"Project School.",
"Training School."
],
"question": "Which school does Peng Xianzhe stud... | One day Peng Xianzhe learned he would go to the Mashan School in Guizhou. The 16-year-old boy tried to imagine how serious the drought was for the students at that school. However, he realized it was more serious than he had imagined when he saw the sign "DON'T wash clothes with water,or you will be punished . "
Becaus... | middle6209.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "when he was a pupil"
},
"options": [
"when he was a pupil",
"when he became a writer",
"when he taught at a school",
"when he was beaten by his father"
],
"question": "Mark Twain earned his first money _ .",
... | Mark Twain's First Money
Mark Twain was asked one day if he could remember the first money he ever earned.
He thought a long time and then said , "Yes, it was at school.I can remember everything about it .School boys in those days did not take good care of their chairs and desks.There was a rule in our school that if a... | middle1566.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "by train"
},
"options": [
"by bus",
"by train",
"by plane",
"by ship"
],
"question": "Tom went to see his grandparents with his father _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Tom went to see his grandparents with his father. In the train Tom often put his head out of the window. His father said, "Tom, don't put your head out of the window." But Tom went on putting his head out of the window.
His father took Tom's hat quietly and hid it behind his back and said to Tom, "You see your hat is g... | middle794.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Not big but beautiful."
},
"options": [
"Big and beautiful.",
"Big but not beautiful.",
"Very beautiful.",
"Not big but beautiful."
],
"question": "How is the school?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
... | My school is not big but beautiful. There is a garden in the school. There are
many flowers in the garden. The flowers are colorful-they are all kinds of colours. In the center of the garden, there is a pool. The fish are swimming in it. They look very happy and free.
There are two teaching buildings around the garde... | middle1200.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "A, B and C"
},
"options": [
"go to different kinds of museums",
"see all kinds of plays and films",
"buy things from all over the world",
"A, B and C"
],
"question": "In big cities people can _ .",
"quest... | Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other big cities are great places to live in. There are many interesting things to see and do. You can go to different kinds of museums, see all kinds of plays and films. You can also buy things from all over the world.
But there are serious problems in big cities, too. It's expensive t... | middle7671.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "getting the secret of happiness"
},
"options": [
"helping the wise man carry the oil",
"becoming famous",
"getting the secret of happiness",
"going sightseeing in the palace"
],
"question": "The boy visited the ... | Once a boy went to a palace to ask a wise man what the secret of happiness is. After talking with the boy, the wise man asked the boy to look around the palace and return in two hours. "And , I want to ask you to do something,"said the wise man ."As you look around, carry this spoon with you without making the oil spil... | middle3417.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Australia"
},
"options": [
"America",
"Canada",
"Australia",
"China"
],
"question": "Where are Jim and Sue from?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | Mr. and Mrs. Smith come from Sydney . They teach English in a middle school in China. They like their work. They have a son and a daughter, Jim and Sue. They are all in China now. Mr. Smith can speak Chinese. He likes swimming and reading. Mrs. Smith likes swimming in the afternoon and cooking . Jim and Sue like playin... | middle4378.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "the poor"
},
"options": [
"the poor",
"the officials",
"the rich",
"the old"
],
"question": "If the college entrance exam were called off, it would be unfair for _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
... | Why do you study? Many students would simply reply: "To get good result in the college entrance examination ." For several years, many have spoken out against the exams. Some say they have turned children into studying machines. Others think that one exam cannot possibly _ a student's true level of knowledge. So, shou... | middle5066.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "It is helpful to our bodies."
},
"options": [
"It is a kind of special food.",
"It makes us worried by affecting our brains.",
"It is helpful to our bodies.",
"It is in the sunlight."
],
"question": "Which of th... | Scientists are trying to find out how things affect our feelings. How you feel is controlled by many things, such as your personality , the actions of others. Maybe you don't know the weather can affect your feelings as well.
People often say they feel good when the sun is shining and sad when it is cloudy. In fact, s... | middle2709.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "telephone number"
},
"options": [
"school name",
"e-mail address",
"year of birth",
"telephone number"
],
"question": "All the information about the writer must be included except his / her _ .",
"questio... | Articles wanted
School life
Articles should be typewritten and double spaced, using only side of the page.
Your name, year of birth, school name (and English teacher), home address and e-mail address must be included.
For photos, place the information on the back of each envelope: PLEASE DON'T FOLD.
Please keep copies... | middle7881.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a house but not big"
},
"options": [
"a small country",
"London city",
"a house but not big",
"a small town"
],
"question": "Mr. Black and his wife live in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
... | Mr. and Mrs Black live in a small house near London with their children. Usually Mr Black comes back from work very late. At that time, his wife and the children are sleeping. So he opens the front door of his house with his keys and comes into the house quietly.
One night he comes home very late. It is 11:00 p.m. But ... | middle1228.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "red"
},
"options": [
"red",
"yellow",
"white",
"green"
],
"question": "Mike's hat is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Bill's... | There are four hats. They are red, yellow, green and white. They are Mike's, Bill's, Tom's and John's. Tom's hat is not yellow, green or red. John's hat is not green. And Mike's hat is not yellow or green. What color are their hats?
,. | middle6547.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "get some water to drink"
},
"options": [
"make the lake clear",
"drive away the cow in the lake",
"get some water to drink",
"get some water to wash his face"
],
"question": "One day the teacher asked his studen... | One day a famous teacher was walking with his student. On the way, they saw a lake. They stopped and the teacher told the student, "I'm thirsty. Get me some water from that lake."
Just when the student reached the lake, a cow was walking in the lake. So the water became very dirty. He thought "I can't give the dirty wa... | middle7659.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He'nan"
},
"options": [
"Beijing",
"Liaoning",
"He'nan",
"Xingzhi"
],
"question": "Li Beibei came from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"ans... | How much pocket money do you get from your parents every month? Maybe 200 yuan? But for Li Beibei, 30 yuan each month is enough. The only thing she buys is lunch--1.5 yuan each day. "Meat is too expensive for me," said Li.
Li, 14, is a Junior 1 student at Beijing's Xingzhi Experimental School. Her parents are migrant w... | middle964.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "He uses slang words and has a strange appearance"
},
"options": [
"He wears pretty clothes",
"He uses slang words and has a strange appearance",
"He speaks strange English .",
"He played the guitar in a rock band ."
... | My English teacher is very funny . He has really long hair and wears earring in one ear . He likes to wear purple shirts and orange pants . He also uses all kinds of slang words from 1970s. When he likes something , he'll say it's really " groovy ". I think he played the guitar in a rock band when he was young .
The o... | middle2721.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "72"
},
"options": [
"72",
"71",
"35",
"36"
],
"question": "There are _ desks in Class 8.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "good"... | I study in the No.5 Middle school. It is a big and nice school. In the school there are more than one hundred teachers and about 2000 students. They all walk very hard.
I am in Class 8,Grade One. There are 35 girls and 36 boys in my class. Our classroom is very big and bright. There are four windows in the wall of the ... | middle5728.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Warm and sunny."
},
"options": [
"Cold and snowy.",
"Windy and rainy.",
"Warm and sunny.",
"Cloudy and foggy."
],
"question": "What's the weather in Ken Libbrecht's hometown usually like?",
"question_type": ... | Snowflakes! You can catch them on your tongue or use them to make a perfect snowball. But have you ever thought about taking pictures of them? Ken Libbrecht did. He is a physics professor from California. Although the weather in California is usually warm and sunny, Ken's hobby is taking pictures of snowflakes. He tr... | middle3359.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "go shopping"
},
"options": [
"go to a movie",
"go shopping",
"see a doctor",
"have fast food"
],
"question": "If you live in Jinjiang Hotel, you can _ easily.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
... | Have you ever heard of Jinjiang Hotel? It is on our busiest street. It's the best place to live in if you travel here. The hotel is only 0.5 kilometer from the biggest supermarket and the subway.
It has three kinds of rooms for different people to use. The first kind is standard room, that is two beds with a bathroom... | middle6221.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "500"
},
"options": [
"500",
"250",
"100",
"10"
],
"question": "The owner of the shop asked _ dollars for the watch.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2... | A rich American went into a shop in London. He wanted very much to buy a nice looking watch, but the owner of the shop asked five hundred dollars for it. Suddenly a young man came into the shop, took the watch out of the owner's hands and ran out with it. It all happened in a few seconds. When the owner ran out into th... | middle8218.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "there is danger everywhere"
},
"options": [
"they can easily find food this way",
"there is danger everywhere",
"they can get warm at night",
"they will not feel lonely"
],
"question": "Many birds travel in larg... | Animals do many different, amazing things to get through the winter. Some of them migrate .Many birds migrate in autumn. Because the trip can be dangerous, some travel in large groups. For example, geese fly in noisy, "V"-shaped groups. Other kinds of birds fly alone.
Some animals stay active in winter. They must cha... | middle6235.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "all of the above"
},
"options": [
"learn English and send e-mails",
"get more information",
"play computer games",
"all of the above"
],
"question": "Many of us like going online because it can help us _ .",
... | Good morning, boys and girls. Today I'll talk about going online.
We know that there are too many net bars around us. The Internet can make our lives interesting and enjoyable. Many of us like going online very much because we can learn how to use the computer and can get more information from the Internet. We can lea... | middle2053.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Li Junzhe"
},
"options": [
"Dong Xu",
"Nobody",
"Zhu Hangjian",
"Li Junzhe"
],
"question": "Who has the experience of travelling alone?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"... | Will you be excited when you finally get to relax? Here, three of the studetns tell us what they plan to do after the big exam.
Li Junzhe, 15, Huaihua, Hunan Province My friends and I will travel to Beijing right after the exam. We planned to go by ourselves but were turned down by our parents. They said we were too... | middle4422.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "in Rome"
},
"options": [
"in Rome",
"in Europe",
"in America",
"in Africa"
],
"question": "The topiary gardening first began _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_... | Is it a tree? Is it a bear? If you're looking at a tree in the shape of a bear, it's a topiary . A topiary is a tree or bush that is trained into a shape. Growing a topiary garden takes both time and skills.
A topiary gardener should make a drawing first. The drawing shows the final shape that the gardener likes. Th... | middle4344.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "his invention could stop wars in the world"
},
"options": [
"he would become the richest person of the world",
"his invention could stop wars in the world",
"the Nobel Prizes could be world - famous",
"no one could use ... | Alfred Nobel, a Swedish - born chemist, who died in 1896, at one time believed that his invention of explosives could bring wars to an end, But later he found he was wrong.
Nobel was born in Sweden in 1833. With only one year of formal schooling, he became a chemist and inventor by age of 16.
He was also a _ , speak... | middle2735.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a skirt"
},
"options": [
"a hat",
"a shirt",
"a skirt",
"a sweater"
],
"question": "A kilt is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text"... | Not only women wear skirts. Men can wear them, too. In Scotland , men wear a kilt - a kind of skirt. The kilt is their national dress.
The kilt has checks and different colors, like red or blue. Each family in Scotland has its own colors. How did the Scotsmen start to wear kilts. There is a story about it. Rawlins... | middle7895.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "It's worse than it used to be"
},
"options": [
"It's as good as it used to be.",
"It's worse than it used to be",
"It's better than it used to be.",
"It's the same as it used to be."
],
"question": "What does Mr... | My neighbor Mr. Black is seventy years old. He always complains about how fast things have changed, and he often says that life was better in the past than today. Now cities are full of cars. Some families even have two or more cars, so parking is becoming a big problem. The traffic in some cities is very bad. Some car... | middle6553.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "A natural park."
},
"options": [
"A hotel.",
"A natural park.",
"A hospital.",
"A cafe."
],
"question": "What kind of place is the Yorkshire Moors?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer... | Hello Sandy,
We have just returned from our holiday. We went with our friends Edward Smith and his wife Tina to the Yorkshire Moors. This is a beautiful place. It is a natural park. There are lots of places to walk on the tops of the hills, miles of grassland with no people, just sheep and birds.
Edward, who had just c... | middle970.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "He fell down with the branch of the tree. Then he took the nuts and ate them."
},
"options": [
"He climbed up the tree and ate the nuts there.",
"He shook the apples off a tree and ate them.",
"He picked up the nuts on the gr... | It was getting late. There was no noise in the forest. We could only hear the birds singing. And then, a bear--a big brown bear--came into the forest.
The bear stopped under a tall tree. He was very hungry. He looked up into the tree. There in the nut tree was his supper--a supper of nice nuts. But the nuts were high u... | middle541.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "In Mrs. Windsor's house."
},
"options": [
"In her school.",
"In Mrs. Windsor's house.",
"In a music club.",
"In Pasha's house."
],
"question": "Where did Jenny have her piano lessons?",
"question_type": "fac... | The Piano Lesson
Jenny wasn't interested in playing the piano. She liked writing stories and acting them out with her friends. But Mrs. Windsor gave her piano lessons for free, so she felt she should have a try. Every Sunday she had her piano lessons in Mrs. Windsor's house.
One Sunday morning, Jenny walked into Mrs. W... | middle6962.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Because his paws were full of honey."
},
"options": [
"Because his paws were full of honey.",
"Because there was something wrong with his legs.",
"Because he liked walking like that.",
"Because he wanted to get more hon... | It was a nice day, an old man decided to go fishing. But he got nothing.Finally, he gave up and went back home. He found the door open when he got home. He walked into his house and saw a big bear. The bear poured his honey all over the floor. His paws were full of(...) honey.
The old man was very angry, so he shouted... | middle555.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "It's sunny and warm."
},
"options": [
"It's snowy.",
"It's windy.",
"It's Saturday.",
"It's sunny and warm."
],
"question": "How's the weather today?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"a... | Today is Saturday. It's sunny and warm. Many children from No. 1 Middle School are at the Old People's Home. Now, they're helping the old people.
Look! Li Min and Zhan Ran are cleaning the windows. Ma Lan and Liu Qian are washing clothes.
What's Li Na doing over there? Many old people are clapping their hands for her. ... | middle233.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "a science magazine"
},
"options": [
"an advertisement of a typhoon",
"a travel record",
"a weather report",
"a science magazine"
],
"question": "This passage is most probably from _ .",
"question_type": "c... | Maybe you know floods, earthquakes, sandstorms and so on. But have you heard of typhoons?
Typhoons are some of the worst storms, usually around the Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea. Most happen in July, August and September.
How does a typhoon happen? When lots of sea water gets hot in the summer sun, it evaporate... | middle2286.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "3"
},
"options": [
"2",
"3",
"4",
"5"
],
"question": "In fact, how many people are mentioned in the story? _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
... | A little boy went to a telephone booth at the cash counter of a store and made a phone call. The store owner looked at him and listened to the conversation.
Boy: "Lady, can you give me the job of cutting your lawn ?"
Woman (at the other end of the phone line): "No, thank you. I already have someone to cut my lawn."
... | middle3198.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Five"
},
"options": [
"Three",
"Four",
"Five",
"Six"
],
"question": "How many people are there in Michaels's group?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | Michael Jackson was one of the world's best singers. He was born in the middle west of the city of Gary, Indiana,in 1958. He began singing with his four brothers. They called the group, "The Jackson Five". The group became very popular after appearing on a television program. In 1970 the group made their their first re... | middle6786.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "he won't get to see his daughter grow up"
},
"options": [
"he is badly ill and in pain",
"he argues with his wife at times",
"he won't get to see his daughter grow up",
"his daughter is not willing to take his advice"
... | Darling Kelli,
I'm so sorry I will not get to see you grow up as I so want to. Please don't blame people or the world for this. A lot of life is simply luck and mine is running out.
I wish I had the words to make you feel better. I wish you didn't have to see me in pain as you often do now. I wish so many things were ... | middle7498.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "different from"
},
"options": [
"different from",
"the same as",
"more difficult than",
"as easy as"
],
"question": "According to the writer, textbook English is _ daily English.",
"question_type": "cloze_... | Do you want to know about my staying in America? It was really an eye-opening experience. In China, I had English classes five times a week. However, I didn't know how different textbook English was from daily English until I went to Hotchkiss School, Connecticut. When I first studied English, I was told to say "I'm fi... | middle4191.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "take Uncle Wu to the factory"
},
"options": [
"go to school",
"run",
"take Uncle Wu to the factory",
"cook"
],
"question": "On weekdays, Zhang Lin gets up early to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
... | Zhang Lin is a middle school student. He is a good boy. Uncle Wu lives next to him. Uncle Wu has no child and can't see anything. He works in the factory near Zhang Lin's school. He goes to work at 7:30 in the morning and comes home at 4:30 in the afternoon. Zhang Lin walks to school at 8:00 in the morning and comes ... | middle3826.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "His car broke down."
},
"options": [
"He lost his way.",
"His car broke down.",
"He was in danger.",
"He missed the bus"
],
"question": "What happened to Sam one evening this May?",
"question_type": null
}... | My name is Sam. I joined a club called "Passing help" last month. Now let me tell you why I joined it.
One evening this May, on my way home my old car broke down. It was 25 miles from my home. I wanted to _ in somebody else's car, but it was dark and there was no car. It was also hard to take a taxi. I decided to take ... | middle4185.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "do his mother's job"
},
"options": [
"look after her",
"do the housework",
"do his mother's job",
"do his father's job"
],
"question": "Chaplin used to _ when his mother was ill.",
"question_type": "cloze_... | "Charles Chaplin was horn in London on April 16,1889.His parents were music ball actors. The Chaplin family were very poor,and life was difficult in London. Charlie,as his job was an actor. What he did was to do silly things to make called, used to do his mother's job in the theatre when she was ill.
When he was only 1... | middle3832.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Four."
},
"options": [
"Three.",
"Four.",
"Five.",
"Six."
],
"question": "How many people are there in Mr Brown's family?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index":... | This is Mr Brown's family. In his family there are four people:Mr Brown, Mrs Brown, their son Tony and their daughter Sally.
Mr Brown is sitting in a chair. He is reading a newspaper. Mrs Brown is sitting at the desk. She is writing a letter. Tony is lying in the bed. He is reading a storybook. Sally is sitting on the ... | middle6792.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "E-mail English shouldn't be used in school writing."
},
"options": [
"Parents will have to learn some e-mail English.",
"E-mail English will develop our everyday writing.",
"E-mail English can't be used among schoolmates.",
... | Do you speak English? Do you speak e-mail English? Maybe you don't. E-mail English is a new kind of English that many people use to save time. A lot of e-mail English words come from a computer program called QQ, which means I seek you. Ian Lancashire, a Canadian teacher, likes QQ, "People can use QQ to talk with each ... | middle569.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "weigh and talk to people"
},
"options": [
"weigh and talk to people",
"tell people what they should eat",
"speak all kinds of languages",
"make people laugh"
],
"question": "The machine in this passage could_.",... | A man made a nice talking machine .It could weigh people's weight .The man wanted to try the machine before he could make a lot of machines. He put the machine into the waiting room of a station .There were always lots of people in and out .
The first one who used the machine was an Indian woman. She stood on the machi... | middle1943.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "dream and hold fast to them"
},
"options": [
"find a way to dream",
"dream and hold fast to them",
"get the meaning of life",
"have very good school results"
],
"question": "People who _ could probably reali... | Even in early time, people could realize the important of dreams and knew that dreams gave meaning to life. Every great achievement has been the result of years of dreaming. If a person has a dream and holds fast to it, he or she will find a way to bring it into reality .
Children do not have much experience or knowle... | middle3167.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "They want to have more chance to look for better jobs"
},
"options": [
"They are old enough to live all by themselves",
"The parents are too busy to look after their children",
"They want to have more chance to look for bet... | Most American families are smaller than those in other countries. Usually there are one or two parents and one or two children in each American family.
Children in the USA will leave their parents when they grow up. They want to find better jobs, so they usually live far away from their parents. They often write to the... | middle4608.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because she thought she should be modest."
},
"options": [
"Because she thought she should be proud.",
"Because she thought she should be confident.",
"Because she thought she should be modest.",
"Because she thought sh... | One day, I heard an American boy said to a Chinese girl student, "You speak very good English. " But the girl answered, " No, no. My English is very poor. " The foreigner was quite surprised at the answer. Thinking he had not made himself understood or the girl had not heard him clearly, he said, " Yes, indeed, you spe... | middle5516.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "in their drama classes"
},
"options": [
"in a theatre",
"in a television studio",
"in a radio station",
"in their drama classes"
],
"question": "The students make TV programmes and films _ .",
"question_t... | In this school, most students come from rich families and some of them have famous parents. People from Hollywood sometimes go to Beverly Hills High School to look for future actors.
School life
There are lots of good things about going to this school: There are two theatres, a television studio and a radio station. T... | middle2279.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "He asked to sit next to her."
},
"options": [
"He walked past her.",
"He asked to sit next to her.",
"He spoke angrily to her.",
"He spoke to her dog."
],
"question": "What did Jack do when he saw the woman?",
... | One day when Jack was walking inthe 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 th... | middle1770.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "kitchen"
},
"options": [
"kitchen",
"store",
"bedroom",
"garden"
],
"question": "The boy handed the piece of paper to his mother in the _ one evening.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"a... | Our little boy came up to his mother one evening while she was cooking supper, and handed her a piece of paper with some words written on. And this is what it said:
For cutting the grass in the garden $5.00
For cleaning up my bedroom this week $1. 00
For going to the store for you $0. 50
For baby-sitting my kid brother... | middle7467.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "At 6:30 a. m."
},
"options": [
"At 6:00 a. m.",
"At 6:30 a. m.",
"At 7:00 a. m.",
"At 7:15 a. m."
],
"question": "What time does Judie usually get up?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"ans... | Judie is a good student. She usually gets up at half past six in the morning. She does morning exercises for half an hour. Then she reads English from 7:00 a. m. to 7:30 a. m. She has breakfast at home. She goes to school at 7:45 a. m. She has four classes in the morning. She usually has lunch at school, but on Sunda... | middle6779.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "the eighteenth century"
},
"options": [
"the eighteenth century",
"the eighteen century",
"eighteenth centuries",
"eighteen centuries"
],
"question": "Tea and coffee were first introducd to Europe in _ .",
... | When tea and coffee were first introduced to Europe in the 18th century, people had different ideas about their use.Some said that tea and coffee were harmful to humans and they could cause people to die.
In Sweden , King Gustaf III decided to find out whether or not this was true.It happened that there were two broth... | middle1016.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Reading"
},
"options": [
"Dancing",
"Reading",
"Drawing",
"Singing"
],
"question": "What does Helen like doing ?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | Our school life is very interesting! My friends and I study hard at school. And we are good at our lessons. We are very happy. We have lots of time for our hobbies. My classmates all want to go to different clubs. Helen wants to join the Reading Club. She loves reading books. The Reading Club meets every Wednesday at ... | middle3601.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Act."
},
"options": [
"Play the guitar.",
"Write stories.",
"Play the violin.",
"Act."
],
"question": "What can't Tom do?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index":... | My name is Tom.I want to join a club in my school.I'm not famous now,but maybe I can be famous someday.I can't sing or dance or act,but I can do many other things.I can play three kinds of instruments:the guitar,the violin and the drums.I think I can be in the music club.Maybe I can be a famous musician.I like to read ... | middle5264.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "sometimes kind to each other"
},
"options": [
"always kind to each other",
"sometimes kind to each other",
"dear brothers",
"friends of different school"
],
"question": "Tom and Mike were _",
"question_type... | Tom and Mike were good friends. Sometimes they were kind to each other, sometimes they were not. But all of their classmates said they were like brothers.
One day they went out for a walk together. At noon they were very hungry and they went into a restaurant to have lunch. The waiter came up to them and asked,"What ca... | middle3615.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Most people spend about 20 minutes making three calls a day."
},
"options": [
"Most people spend nearly two hours texting a day.",
"Most people spend about 20 minutes making three calls a day.",
"Most people spend mosttime of... | A study found most people use their smart phones for an hour and 52 minutes a day. Most of this time is taken up with texting, emails and surfing the web, but only around 20 minutes is spent making three calls.
The survey of 2,000 people found that social media apps, calculators , calendars and cameras were
also seen ... | middle7473.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "China"
},
"options": [
"France",
"Japan",
"Korea",
"China"
],
"question": "Harry came to London from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answe... | Dear Fang,
How are you these days? I have been in England for two months. It's not a long time for a newcomer, and there are still a lot of things to do. Sorry for not being able to write to you soon.
London is an old but beautiful city. There are lots of places of interest to visit. Last weekend I went along Thames Ri... | middle1002.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Thursday evening"
},
"options": [
"Thursday evening",
"Friday evening",
"Friday morning",
"Thursday morning"
],
"question": "When do Nancy and Peter listen to the weather report?",
"question_type": "factiod_... | Nancy and Peter like sports. In summer they swim and in winter they ski. They are planning a ski trip for this weekend, but they don't know about the weather. It's 7:30 now, and they are listening to the weather report on the radio. The weatherman is giving the weather for the weekend.
"Friday is going to be cold and c... | middle596.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Three ."
},
"options": [
"Three .",
"Four .",
"Five .",
"Six ."
],
"question": "How many family members will Mai hajui Baihetiya buy presents for? _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answe... | Summer holiday is coming , what do you like to do ?here are four students telling us what they will do in the coming summer holiday.
Mai hajui Baihetiya, 14 .
I am from Xinjiang . I am studying at Tianjin No.2 Middle School now. I will go on a trip to Beijing . I am going to the Great Wall , the Summer Palace and the ... | middle1764.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "75 percent"
},
"options": [
"100 percent",
"75 percent",
"50 percent",
"25 percent"
],
"question": "According to the passage, _ of people might fear to speak in public.",
"question_type": "cloze_question... | Many people have a fear of public speaking. According to a study, it has an influence on 3 in every 4 people. This fact is surprising and worrying, as most jobs require some speaking ability. The following will help you to make a speech better.
Write note cards. Write main ideas on your cards. Don't write details. Put... | middle3173.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Eight"
},
"options": [
"Seven",
"Eight",
"Nine",
"Ten"
],
"question": "How many people are there in Mo's Bow's Company?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3... | So far, there have been so many successful men and women in the world. And it's no surprise for many of us to dream of doing business when we grow up. However, Moziah Bridge tells us quite different story.
Moziah Bridges is now the CEO of his Mo's Bow's company. He has already earned $200,000 by selling bow ties and ot... | middle5502.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "It was bright blue."
},
"options": [
"It had four legs.",
"It was bright blue.",
"It was six feet long.",
"It died when caught."
],
"question": "Which is TRUE about the first coelacanth in the passage?",
"qu... | In 1938, a fishing boat off the coast of Africa pulled up its nets. One net held a very strange fish, five feet long and bright blue. Strangest of all, it had fins that looked like legs!
In the nets, only this fish stayed alive for several hours. Before the fish began to rot ( ), a young woman made a drawing of it.... | middle4634.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "seabird"
},
"options": [
"fish",
"land-bird",
"seabird",
"animal"
],
"question": "The seagull is a kind of _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
... | There are seabirds as well as land-birds. The most ordinary seabird is the seagull. It has a white body, a white head and a yellow beak. There is a very, very spot of red at the very end of the beak, underneath. All gulls have very strong wings so that they can fly far out to sea. If a gull flies out too far, so that i... | middle2245.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "wait for the train"
},
"options": [
"want to stay for night",
"want to meet friends",
"wait for the train",
"want to buy train tickets"
],
"question": "The persons who come to the restaurant are those who _",
... | A man and his wife had a small restaurant near a train station. The restaurant often stayed open until after midnight, because people came to drink and have meals while they were waiting for trains.
At two o'clock one morning, a farmer was still sitting at a table there. He was asleep. The wife of the owner of the rest... | middle4152.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Five."
},
"options": [
"Three.",
"Four.",
"Five.",
"Six."
],
"question": "How many kinds of things did Peter have in his plastic bag?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"an... | On Thursday a new boy came into the classroom. He didn't have any uniform on. Just trousers, a jacket and a shirt. Tom could see that the boy wasn't quite comfortable. He had a plastic bag with exercise books, pens, pencils, rulers and erasers in it. The boy stood at the blackboard. Mrs. Brown talked to the boy, and ... | middle6745.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "collecting stamps"
},
"options": [
"keeping pets",
"rising flowers",
"collecting stamps",
"building model ships"
],
"question": "Jack likes _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": ... | We all know that different people have different hobbies. Some like planting flowers, some like exercising and others like building model ships. I am Jack and I like collecting stamps.
There are four people in my family and they are my parents, my brother and I. My father works in a big company. He usually goes abroad ... | middle6989.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "He cared little about the teacher's emphasis"
},
"options": [
"English idioms were too difficult to master",
"He cared little about the teacher's emphasis",
"His teacher didn't emphasize the importance",
"He had no inte... | A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms, though my teacher emphasized the importance again and again. But soon, the importance of English idioms was shown in an _ experience.
One day, I happened to meet an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about how I was studying English, th... | middle6751.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "go to bed early and have a good rest"
},
"options": [
"study hard and sleep less",
"get up early and do a lot of reading",
"go to bed early and have a good rest",
"go to bed late and get up late"
],
"question": ... | A good way to pass an examination is to work hard everyday in the year. You may fail in the examination if you are lazy for most of the year and then work hard only a few days before the examination.
If you are taking an English examination, you shouldn't only learn the rules of grammar. Try to read stories in English ... | middle2537.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Because they are very dangerous."
},
"options": [
"Because they are very dangerous.",
"Because they are very friendly",
"Because they need to be free.",
"Because they like to be in cages."
],
"question": "Why do... | There is a zoo named Zhongshan in our city. There are many animals. Some animals are very friendly. But some other animals are not. Tigers, lions and some snakes are dangerous . That's why they must be in cages . But I don't think it's good for animals to be in cages. They need to be free. The animals in cages cannot b... | middle5258.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "eraser"
},
"options": [
"pen",
"book",
"ruler",
"eraser"
],
"question": "Simon found a (n) _ in the classroom.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
... | Dear Betty,
I'm your eraser Jill .This afternoon you lost me in your classroom. Simon found me and gave me to your English teacher Ms White. Now Ms White's three keys and I are in Ms. White's bag. The bag is yellow. It's on Ms White's desk. Please call Ms White at 718-0167 and ask her for me .You can come to the librar... | middle4146.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "special"
},
"options": [
"special",
"popular",
"expensive",
"store-bought"
],
"question": "According to the passage, _ gifts are the best.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Giving a gift can mean a lot. It can be a way to deepen a friendship. Before you get a gift for someone, spend time really thinking about what makes him or her special. Think about their interests, hobbies, needs and happiest moments. For example, friends and families with children might love a special calendar that ... | middle3629.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "author's mother-in-law"
},
"options": [
"author's mother",
"Author's father",
"author's mother-in-law",
"author's father-in-law"
],
"question": "According to the passage, the jelly maker is the _ .",
"que... | OUR children grew up on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. The right jelly makes them very happy, and homemade is the only choice.
I wasn't the jelly maker in this family. My mother-in-law was. She didn't provide a wide range of flavors , either. It was either grape or blackberry. And since we liked both flavors,... | middle4620.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "money"
},
"options": [
"pleasure",
"money",
"Love",
"friends"
],
"question": "The young man played the violin for _ at the entrance of the subway station.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | On a Friday night,a poor young violinist was playing his violin at the entrance of the subway station. The music was so great that people slowed down to listen and put some money into his hat.
The next day,the violinist came to the entrance again. He put down his hat as usual. Beside the hat was a piece of paper with s... | middle2251.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "in America"
},
"options": [
"in Canada",
"in Australia",
"in England",
"in America"
],
"question": "Mrs. Black lived _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index":... | Mrs. Black was a poor old woman and she lived in a small village. Her husband died ten years ago. But she had a 24-year-old daughter. Her name was Alice. She worked in New York and lived there. It was far away from her mother's village, and she was not happy about this. One day Alice said to her mother, "I've found a g... | middle1758.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "it was a gift from his wife"
},
"options": [
"it was beautiful",
"it was a gift from his wife",
"it was very expensive",
"it was a gift from his first child"
],
"question": "Joe felt upset when he found the watc... | Joe, 75, lived very happily and had a beautiful family. He had four grandchildren, and they all visited him during their holidays.
But while he was working, he lost his favorite watch. Before they came to visit, Joe was preparing his home for the kids: cleaning the house and buying their favorite foods.
The watch was a... | middle6037.txt |
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