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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "like learning to ride bike s"
},
"options": [
"like riding bikes",
"learning to ride bikes",
"like learning to ride bike s",
"as easy as riding bikes"
],
"question": "Learning English is _ .",
"question_... | Learning English is just like learning to ride a bicycle. When learning English becomes a kind of habit, everything will become easier.
Please think about how we learned to ride a bicycle. There are four stages : At the first stage, the child doesn't know what it is to ride a bicycle, nor can he ride. So look at ourse... | middle7868.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "ask your doctor for advice"
},
"options": [
"make up these suggestions",
"ask your doctor for advice",
"find your health problems",
"have a careful health exam"
],
"question": "Before you start your exercise pla... | Having an exercise plan is important, but you should always ask your doctor for advice before starting it. Keep in mind that you can have too much of a good thing: overexercising and exercising in a wrong way can hurt your body. The following suggestions can help you avoid this.
Warm up before exercise. This helps to... | middle5919.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "she couldn't write a composition"
},
"options": [
"she was punished by her teacher",
"she couldn't write a composition",
"she forgot to take her composition home",
"she didn't get on well with her classmates"
],
... | One day, Susie was unhappy when she came home from school. "What's the matter, my dear?" asked her mother, drawing her to her side and smiling.
"All our class must hand in compositions tomorrow. We must write 12 lines at least. But I can never write one. I'll have to go to school without a composition, for I won't copy... | middle7049.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "France."
},
"options": [
"England.",
"France.",
"America.",
"China."
],
"question": "Where does the writer of \" The Little Prince\"come from?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
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"answer": {
... | Books are our best friends. They are very quiet, but we can always find both fun and knowledge once we open them. Here are two good books you can read during the holiday.
Book: The Little Prince
French writer :Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Both adults and children love this classic book. It is about the adventure of a youn... | middle6357.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "are playing an important role in China"
},
"options": [
"have changed China's image",
"are playing an important role in China",
"are very good at writing",
"are people who are more than 80 years old"
],
"questio... | In China,people born in and after the 1980s are called the post-80s generation .Most of them come from single-child families. However,this generation is playing a more and more important part in China,and their image in people's minds is changing.Han Han,a popular youth writer,is one of them.
Han Han was born in 1982 i... | middle2131.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Jim"
},
"options": [
"Jim",
"Green",
"Jim Green",
"Green Jim"
],
"question": "My first name is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text... | Hello! I'm Jim Green. Here is a photo of my family. I'm English. This is my mother. Her first name is Mary. This is my father. His first name is Steve. My telephone number is seven-six-o, nine-one-seven-six. My friend is Li Lei. His English name is Paul. He is in China. His telephone number is 281-5248. Who's that in t... | middle4540.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Over 70,000 filmmakers are not professionals."
},
"options": [
"YouTube makes sharing videos easy.",
"Over 70,000 filmmakers are not professionals.",
"Many videos on YouTube are short.",
"Most of the filmmakers are just... | In 2004, three young men went to a dinner party in San Francisco. Afterward ,they wanted to share a video from the party with their friends. They wanted to send it over the Internet. But at the time, the process of sharing videos that way was difficult. Using e-mail did not work and the friends complained that there,... | middle3549.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "black socks"
},
"options": [
"black shoes",
"black shorts",
"blue shirts",
"black socks"
],
"question": "You can't buy _ at Mr. Cool's Clothes Store.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"an... | Hello, boys and girls! My name is Zhang Hanyun, and my English name is Selina Zhang. Kristy Zhang's Chinese name is also Zhang Hanyun. She is a singer. But I'm a clerk at Mr. Cool's Clothes Store.
We have shorts in black and white for $3. We have shirts in blue, black and white. The blue shirts are $7. The black shirt... | middle4226.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "at school ."
},
"options": [
"at school .",
"at home",
"on the farm.",
"in the open air."
],
"question": "Stampedes , earthquakes and fires are the main accidents _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
... | In China, safety education is becoming more and more important now. The last Monday in March is for students to learn it at school. It helps students learn more about what they should do to keep themselves safe. What are the accidents at school? Take a look.
Stampedes , earthquakes and fires are the main accidents at... | middle5138.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a thick forest"
},
"options": [
"a mountain",
"the woods",
"a thick forest",
"a hill"
],
"question": "There was _ in Hong Kong a thousand years ago.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
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"ans... | A thousand years ago, Hong Kong was covered by a thick forest. As more and more people came to live in Hong Kong, these trees were cut down and burnt. Now there is no forest left, though there are still some small areas covered with trees. We call these woods.
Elephants, tigers and many other animals were living in th... | middle2657.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "it may have different meaning in different people's eyes"
},
"options": [
"people can't find this word in the dictionary",
"no one knows what it is",
"it may have different meaning in different people's eyes",
"people c... | You may have heard of the famous saying, "East or west, home is the best."
What does the word "home" mean to you? How do you say the word in French? In Chinese? In your language? Although people usually know what the word means, it sometimes has no exact translation. It's not surprising, because the idea of home is " d... | middle6431.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "All of the above"
},
"options": [
"Animals.",
"People",
"Places.",
"All of the above"
],
"question": "What can you read about in books?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"... | The best thing about going to school is learning how to read. Books are great friends. They can help you to learn about anything you want to know. They can go anywhere with you. You can read about animals, faraway places, people, and anything else.
Books are written by people called authors . Authors think of things th... | middle812.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "London"
},
"options": [
"train",
"London",
"Pairs",
"Rome"
],
"question": "Michael and Dick would spend their holiday in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_inde... | Michael and Dick are good friends, but they like to play jokes on each other. One holiday, they decided to go to London together. They went to the station and bought their tickets.
Michael got on the train first. He dropped his ticket on the platform when he got into the carriage. Dick, who was close behind, saw the ti... | middle46.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "A doctor"
},
"options": [
"No one",
"A PE teacher",
"A doctor",
"A jogger"
],
"question": "_ tells Paul Miller to jog.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,... | My name is Paul Miller. I was too fat before, but now I do not have this problem. My doctor tells me to jog . So early every morning I run for two miles before breakfast. I do not run fast, but I do not stop to rest.
People call me a jogger. There are many joggers on my street. We often run together in the park or alon... | middle6425.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "A young person"
},
"options": [
"A girl",
"A boy",
"A young person",
"A man"
],
"question": "What did the old man see on the other side of the pool?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"an... | One day, an old man went for a walk in a park in Washington, and when he was tired, he sat down in a chair. A young person was standing on the other side of the pool.
"Oh!" the old man said to the person sitting be side him on the chair. "Do you see that person with the glasses and long hair? Is it a boy or a girl?" "A... | middle806.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Her mother."
},
"options": [
"Her father.",
"Her friend.",
"Her aunt.",
"Her mother."
],
"question": "Who goes to the store with Mary?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"a... | It's a Sunday morning. Mary doesn't need to go to school. She says to her mom, "I need some clothes. Can we go to Nice Girls' Store?"
"Well, what do you need, Mary?" Mom asks her. "My skirt is small, so I want to buy a skirt. And I need a pair of sports shoes, too," Mary says.
"I see. Let's go and see now." In the stor... | middle4232.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "big"
},
"options": [
"old",
"new",
"big",
"small"
],
"question": "The supermarket near my home is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_te... | There is a big supermarket near my home. Its name is Pricelow. It has lots of things. You can buy school things, like notebooks, pens, rulers, pencils, erasers and pencil boxes. You can buy vegetables, fruit and all kinds of food. You can also buy clothes. Some of the things there are cheap, and anybody can afford the... | middle2643.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "helping primary school students"
},
"options": [
"helping the old man",
"helping the poor",
"helping primary school students",
"helping his classmates"
],
"question": "Zhang Kai and his group do good deeds as Le... | Zhang Kai is a student at North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power . He has led a group of college student volunteers since last year. They help children at a primary school with their studies and daily lives.
"When I was a small child", Zhang said, "I knew March 5 was a day for people to learn from... | middle4554.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Anybody can be in Reality TV."
},
"options": [
"Real-life people are in it.",
"We can see a real situation in it.",
"It usually costs less money to make Reality TV.",
"Anybody can be in Reality TV."
],
"question... | Reality TV is a type of programme. It means that real-life people, not actors, are followed and filmed in a real situation, or game.
Reality TV is very popular in the UK. At their best, these programmes give us a good look into the lives of different people in Britain. At their worse, they are a very cheap way to make ... | middle6343.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "people there are busy"
},
"options": [
"the streets are empty",
"you are new there",
"people there are busy",
"you don't have time"
],
"question": "It isn't easy to find anyone to talk to in the USA because _ ... | If you ask me to tell how to get along in the United States, I think the following "do's" and "don'ts" would be helpful.
Generally speaking, it isn't easy to find anyone to talk to in a busy city, so you should try to do the following. First, get or borrow a dog! Walk him several times a day! Americans love dogs and ca... | middle5662.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "both the food and the house are bad"
},
"options": [
"the food is not good",
"the Country mouse lives in a hole in the field",
"both the food and the house are bad",
"the house is not made of stone"
],
"question... | Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, "Do come and see me at my house in the country." So the City mouse went. The City mouse said, "This food is not good, and your house is not good... | middle3213.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "six"
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"options": [
"three",
"four",
"five",
"six"
],
"question": "There are _ people in Mr. Black's family.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"a... | It's Sunday today. The Blacks(Black) are all at home. Mrs. Black is in the kitchen . She is cooking for the _ family. Mr. Black is in the living room. He is sitting in the chair and reading the newspaper. Their son Tom and his friends are in the garden . They are playing football there. Ann is Tom's sister and she is p... | middle7075.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "in many parts of the world"
},
"options": [
"all over the world.",
"in many parts of the world",
"in some parts of the world",
"in a few parts of the world"
],
"question": "Hot weather is common _ .",
"qu... | Very hot weather is common in many parts of the world. Although hot weather just makes most people hot, it can cause medical problems and death.
Floods, storms and other terrible natural events kill thousands of people every year. And we hear much about them in news reports. We general hear little about heat, which exp... | middle190.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "July"
},
"options": [
"September",
"January",
"June",
"July"
],
"question": "In England, summer holidays begin in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
... | English Students' Education
English schools begin in September after a long summer holiday. There are two terms in a school year. The first term is from September to January, and the second term is from February to June. Most English children begin to go to school when they are five years old. When they finish high sch... | middle1404.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "to do something successfully, we should do what is needed"
},
"options": [
"a good planning is the most important in the job of selling",
"Markita took the free trip around the world herself",
"Markita has a full-time selling... | The greatest saleswoman in the world today doesn't mind if you call her a girl. That's because Markita Andrews has got more than eight thousand dollars selling Girl Scout cookies since she was seven years old.
Going door-to-door after school, the terribly shy Markita changed herself into the cookie-selling dynamo .
It ... | middle1362.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "someone helps you"
},
"options": [
"you say something kind to others",
"you help others",
"someone helps you",
"you need others to help you"
],
"question": "You should say \"Thank you\" when _ .",
"quest... | American people like to say "Thank you" when others help them or say something kind to them. People of many countries do so, too. It is a very good habit .
You should say "Thank you" when someone passes you the salt on the table, when someone walking ahead of you keeps the door open for you, when someone says you have ... | middle7713.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Thirty-four."
},
"options": [
"Thirty-one.",
"Thirty-two.",
"Thirty-three.",
"Thirty-four."
],
"question": "How old is Jay Chou now?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"ans... | Do you want to make friends with a special man? Here is some information about him.
He is quiet and shy. He likes to hide his eyes behind his hair. He doesn't smile very often. However, if you talk to him about music, he'll have a lot to say.
This is Jay Chou, the 34-year-old Taiwanese pop king . His fans are so excite... | middle3575.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "28 million."
},
"options": [
"14 million.",
"42 million.",
"28 million.",
"200 million."
],
"question": "How many blind people should not have to suffer with medical knowledge and skills today?",
"question_t... | Close your eyes for a minute and imagine what life would be like if you couldn't see. Imagine having to read this page, not with your eyes but with your fingers. How do you feel, then?
With medical knowledge and skills today, two-thirds of the world's 42 million blind people should not have to suffer. Unluckily, rich c... | middle5104.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "it is a good way to keep the person's identity unknown"
},
"options": [
"it is not necessary to use real names",
"they become popular because of a comedy film",
"it is a good way to keep the person's identity unknown",
... | Have you ever had this moment: you are talking about name? Don't worry! In English, there are special names to replace their real names.
In the US, if you forget someone's name, you can simply say the name John Doe for a man, or Jane Doe for a woman. For example, 'Did you see that boy who was running in the rain?' 'Ah,... | middle5110.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "sunny"
},
"options": [
"windy",
"rainy",
"sunny",
"cloudy"
],
"question": "What was the weather like that day? It was _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index":... | Jane was an old woman. She was rich and lived in a big house. One morning, Jane opened the window and looked at her garden. The sun was shining brightly. "What a good day!" she said. Suddenly she saw a man eating grass in front of the garden of her house. She walked to the man and asked, "Why are you eating grass? Are ... | middle1376.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "give some flowers from his garden"
},
"options": [
"buy some flowers",
"give some flowers from his garden",
"make a card",
"give a football"
],
"question": "Wang Kai would like to _ to his English teacher.",... | Hi, everyone! My name is Wang Kai. I'm twelve. I'm in Class 5 Grade 7. Teachers' Day is coming. I want to give some presents to my teachers.
Miss Zhang is my English teacher. She is twenty-four years old. She likes flowers very much. I want to give her some flowers from my garden. My Chinese teacher has a four-year-old... | middle6419.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "By putting sensors in rivers."
},
"options": [
"By putting sensors in rivers.",
"By using mobile phones.",
"By boating or swimming.",
"By surfing the Internet."
],
"question": "How do scientists find pollution l... | You've got plenty of emails from your mom, and maybe even a few from dear old grandma. But have you ever received a message from a river?
Now, Ireland's River Lee is sending out much information, thanks to wireless technology. In a program called the DEPLOY project, scientists have put some sensors in rivers that can... | middle7707.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "say that she and David have arrived safely"
},
"options": [
"tell her mother some bad news",
"say that she and David have arrived safely",
"report an accident to her mother",
"say that she and David have left London"
... | Linda and David have traveled by air from London to Sydney, Australia. Linda has promised her mother that she will ring her to let her know that they have arrived safely. This is something she had done ever since she was a child. David thinks it is not a good idea to ring so far, to spend too much, and to say so little... | middle7061.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Kowloon Public Pier."
},
"options": [
"Kowloon Public Pier.",
"Near Star Company.",
"On the ferry",
"Office Company"
],
"question": "Where does the cruise start?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
... | Hong Kong Harbour Cruise By Night
Enjoy your wonderful dinner on the ferry and see the fantastic city lights.
Time: 7:00 pm~10:00 pm daily
Price: With dinner Without dinner
Adult: HK$300 HK$120
Child under 12: HK$ 210 HK$ 84
Start/ Stop: Kowloon Public Pier (Near Star Ferry Pier)
Ticket Office:Star ... | middle1410.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "students"
},
"options": [
"teachers",
"parents",
"students",
"visitors"
],
"question": "This text is written for _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
... | Feeling left out?
A reader wrote in to say that she was feeling lonely at break because her best friend wasn't around.Here's our advice to her--and to all kids who feel lonely sometimes.
It's hard when a best friend isn't around--maybe because she moved to a different school or a different class.You may feel lonely at ... | middle184.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Move the bottle quickly up and down"
},
"options": [
"Heat it on the fire.",
"Move the bottle quickly up and down",
"Add some hot water to it",
"Go and ask the doctors advice"
],
"question": "According to the in... | Read the instructions of the medicine before you take your choices.
Adults : 2 tablespoonfuls
Children: according to age
10----14 years 4 teaspoonfuls
5----10years 2 teaspoonfuls
3----6 years I teaspoonful
Repeat above doses every 1/2 hour to 1 hour if needed until 8 dose are taken. If you do not get better within ... | middle5676.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "No, we can't."
},
"options": [
"Yes, we can .",
"No, we can't.",
"The author didn't tell us in the passage",
"The author is not sure about that."
],
"question": "Can we use every ATM to withdraw our money in a c... | Nowadays we can see ATMs everywhere. So we'd better learn how to use an ATM to withdraw money.
First, we must find an ATM for your cards. Some ATMs can only work with certain bank's cards. But now more and more ATMs can use all the banks' cards.
Second, we can put our cards in a slot on the right side of the machine. M... | middle4568.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "A business teacher"
},
"options": [
"A historyteacher",
"A scienceteacher",
"A business teacher",
"A math teacher"
],
"question": "What was Mr. Black?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"ans... | "What is success"? Mr. Black asked his 6th grade business class. It was his opening conversation for the first class of the term.
"Success is riding in a sweet car, watching an 80-inch( TV, and living in a place with at least twelve rooms." One student answered, earning laughs from all the students.
Mr. Black smiled, ... | middle3207.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Friday"
},
"options": [
"Sunday",
"Saturday",
"Friday",
"Thursday"
],
"question": "Emma's favorite day is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"a... | Hello! My name is Emma. My favorite day is Friday. Do you know why? We have four classes in the morning. We have a music lesson on Friday morning. It is my favorite subject. I also like other three lessons in the morning. They are English, Chinese and math. In the afternoon we usually have three classes, but on Friday... | middle4583.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Linda Johnson"
},
"options": [
"Mary Johnson",
"Mike Johnson",
"Linda Johnson",
"Nick Johnson"
],
"question": "Mother is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_ind... | My name is Tom. I'm nine. This is my mother.Her name's Linda Johnson. Her telephone number is 13052864515.And this is my father.His name is Mike Johnson. His phone number is 13120884699.And this is my sister.What's her name?Her name is Mary. Look!The boy is my brother Nick. Mary is eight and Nick is six. | middle5845.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Many unhappy things happened to him."
},
"options": [
"He argured with his parents.",
"He heard some bad news.",
"He burned the kitchen.",
"Many unhappy things happened to him."
],
"question": "What happened to ... | Today was not a good day. Everything went wrong. First, I slept late and Mom shouted at me to wake up. When I went to the kitchen for breakfast, there was no cereal. I decided to have some toast instead, but I burned it. I had to eat it anyway because there was no more bread. The juice bottle was empty, so I had a glas... | middle7934.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "A 46-year-old woman"
},
"options": [
"A 10-year-old boy",
"A 46-year-old woman",
"An 11-year-old girl",
"All babies"
],
"question": "What kind of person can become a volunteer?",
"question_type": "factiod_qu... | Are you looking for something fun? Would you like to help other people in your free time? Then join us and be a volunteer .
We have volunteer jobs for people of all ages. Anyone, between the age of 12 and 80, can become a volunteer.
You can help people in many ways. Nursing homes need volunteers to take care of old peo... | middle609.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "32"
},
"options": [
"31",
"32",
"30",
"33"
],
"question": "How old was Bruce Lee when he died?",
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "I... | The Legend of Bruce Lee was a very popular TV play. The surprising life of Brue Lee came to the small screen in the play. The play followed the 32 vears of Bruce Lee's life, from his hard young age to his experience in the U.S.A. and his movie-making life.
Lee was born in San Francisco, California, and grew up in Hong ... | middle91.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The population policy"
},
"options": [
"The one-child policy",
"The population policy",
"The human rights",
"China's population growth"
],
"question": "Which may be the best title of the article? _ .",
"qu... | China introduced its so-called one-child policy in the late 1970s. It's been believed to help control China's population growth . It's also been against for forcing parents to make difficult personal choices , or in some cases face huge fines .
The policy said that in big cities or towns, parents could only have on... | middle2694.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "to the two sons"
},
"options": [
"only to the elder son",
"only to the younger son",
"to their father",
"to the two sons"
],
"question": "One day, the mother gave two boxes of seeds _",
"question_type": "c... | Once there were two brothers. They were very good to each other. They were half brothers because the elder brother's mother was dead, and then his father married again. The stepmother was not kind to the elder brother, but the younger brother loved him and often helped him.
One day, the mother gave each of the brother... | middle2680.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "about thirty kilometers from"
},
"options": [
"about thirty kilometers from",
"to the east of",
"far from a museum",
"in the north of"
],
"question": "Panrit lives _ the capital of Thailand.",
"question_t... | My name is Panrit. I live in Samutprakarn. It is about thirty kilometers south of Bangkok,the capital of Thailand. My house is near a museum and opposite a school.
My house has two floors,two bedrooms and two toilets. We don't have a dining room,so we eat our meals in the living room. There are four people in my family... | middle2858.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "his question"
},
"options": [
"supper",
"his question",
"a party",
"a present"
],
"question": "I took Adam to buy apples for _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_... | One afternoon, my son came home from school and asked me, "Are all people the same even if their skin color is different?" I thought for a moment, then I said, "I'll explain. Let's go to a fruit store first. I have something interesting to show you."
At the store, I told him that we needed to buy apples. And we bought ... | middle7920.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "boys"
},
"options": [
"fathers",
"girls",
"stars",
"boys"
],
"question": "The clothes in Lovely Clothes Shop are for _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index":... | Lucy is a nice girl. She is twenty-six. She opens a clothes store. Its name is Lovely Clothes Store. The store is for girls, not for boys. The store has clothes in many colors. Do you want to have a look at the store?
Clothes Colors Price
T-shirts blue, green and white Y... | middle1389.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "He is 10 years old."
},
"options": [
"He is 6 years old.",
"He is 7 years old.",
"He is 9 years old.",
"He is 10 years old."
],
"question": "How old is Takashi?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
... | My name is Takashi. I am ten years old. I live in Tokyo, the capital of Japan. Now I'd like to tell you something about my school day.
In the morning I get up at seven, and I eat breakfast at half past seven at a table called a kotatsu. We usually sit on mats with our legs under the table.
After breakfast, I start goin... | middle6380.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "His old axe fell into the water."
},
"options": [
"He fell into the water.",
"His old axe fell into the water.",
"He met a young man .",
"He found an axe."
],
"question": "One day , when the poor man was cutting... | One day a poor man was cutting a big piece of wood near a river. Suddenly his old axe fell into the water. He felt very sad because he lost his only axe. Then all at once a beautiful fairy came out and asked the man what the was matter.
"I have lost my axe." he said, "It fell into the water when I was cutting the w... | middle4597.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "things to do for the weekend"
},
"options": [
"visiting teams",
"famous players",
"things to do for the weekend",
"prices to pay for the sports events"
],
"question": "The main purpose of the passages in the new... | Bicycle Tour and Race
A bike tour and race will be held on August 26 and 27(Sat. & Sun.) at 5:30 a.m. The riders will leave Tiananmen Square and ride the first 35 kilometers as a training leg. Then the next 55 kilometers leg, from Yanjiao to Jixian, will be the first competitive part of the tour. The riders and thei... | middle5851.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "eat fast food"
},
"options": [
"don't like cooking",
"cook food in the morning",
"eat fast food",
"like having a picnic"
],
"question": "Most Americans",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"an... | Every country has its own way of cooking. American people have their way of cooking, don't they?
Most people in the United States like fast food, but if you think that American people don't like cooking, you are wrong. It's true that most Americans eat fast food for their breakfast and lunch, but they also think cookin... | middle153.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "It's orange"
},
"options": [
"It's white",
"It's black.",
"It's orange",
"It's blue and red."
],
"question": "What color is Tom's pencil-box?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Hi! I'm Tom.This is my pencil box. It's orange. My ruler is blue and red .It's in the pencil-box. That is a pencil. It's black. It is not my pencil. It's Lucy's. The white eraser is Bob's. I call Bob at 789-6943. It is his telephone number. | middle5879.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "stop playing computer games"
},
"options": [
"break their computers",
"sell their computers to teachers",
"play games in the day, not at night",
"stop playing computer games"
],
"question": "Ted wants his roomma... | Dear Victor,
I am a college student. Nowadays games on the net are very popular with college students. Some of my roommates are very interested in them. They not only play games in their free time, but also keep talking about them at night when lights are off, and they regard games as a part of their life. I've asked t... | middle7908.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Because there are unhealthy materials in them."
},
"options": [
"Because there are unhealthy materials in them.",
"Because people prefer to live in the city center.",
"Because landfills are not big enough for trash.",
"... | Most of the things around you will be replaced or thrown away someday. Where will they go when they are thrown out? What kinds of waste will they create, and how will it affect the environment
Most of our crash goes to places called landfills. A LANDFILL is a low area of land that is filled with garbage .Most modern la... | middle2864.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Living close to her good friend."
},
"options": [
"Having a job.",
"Having no hate.",
"Getting on well with her husband.",
"Living close to her good friend."
],
"question": "Which of the following is NOT include... | For many years I had a good life. My illness was reasonably under control, I had a nice relationship with my husband, I did work, I didn't hate. It was, as I said, a good life.
But there's a saying that the good is the enemy of the best. I finally realized this one day, and began making my best life. I changed doctor... | middle147.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "From a stone."
},
"options": [
"From a tree",
"From a book.",
"From the Western Paradise.",
"From a stone."
],
"question": "Where was Sun Wukong born?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"ans... | Do you like Sun Wukong? He is one of the most popular novel characters in Chinese history. Both young children and adults love him so much. In our mind, he is a great hero in the Chinese novel Journey to the West(<<>> ).
In the novel, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and Sha Seng beat demons and protect Tang Seng when they trav... | middle6633.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Carter"
},
"options": [
"Cook",
"Smith",
"Carter",
"Miller"
],
"question": "Who is the farmer?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "M... | Four friends live in a small town. Their names are Cook, Miller, Smith, and Carter. They have different jobs. One is a policeman, one is a carpenter , one is a farmer, and one is a doctor. One day Cook's son broke his right leg, and Cook took him to the doctor. The doctor's sister is Smith's wife. The farmer isn't mar... | middle2455.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Shy."
},
"options": [
"Shy.",
"Lonely.",
"Unhealthy.",
"Outgoing."
],
"question": "What's the matter with the girl?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | Dear editor,
I am 14. I am really outgoing when I am with my family at home, but I almost never talk at school. I really want to get over it, but I just don't know how. What should I do?
A shy girl Rachel
Dear Rachel,
The following ways may be able to help you out.
To begin with, you need to SMILE to others. If you are... | middle4024.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because it is fashion."
},
"options": [
"Because it is fast.",
"Because it is safe.",
"Because it is fashion.",
"Because it is cheap."
],
"question": "Why do many people like to travel by plane?",
"question_... | Many people like to travel by plane, but I don't like it because the airport is usually far from the city. You have to get there early and wait for hours for the plane to take off. You can't open the windows. You can't choose the food. Planes are fast, but it still takes hours to get out of the airport and into the cit... | middle4742.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "two turkeys in the movie Free Birds"
},
"options": [
"two people",
"two turkeys in the movie Free Birds",
"two chicken",
"two students"
],
"question": "Reggie and Jake are _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_que... | What would turkeys do if they could think like us? Maybe the first thing is to run away from our dinner!
That's the idea of Reggie and Jake. They are two turkeys in the new movie Free Birds (<<>> ).
On Thanksgiving Day, people in the United States eat turkeys. But why? Reggie and Jake want a change.
In a time machine, ... | middle6155.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the doorbellring"
},
"options": [
"somebodysing",
"the doorbellring",
"thetelephonering",
"somebodyknockatthewindow"
],
"question": "Mr.Whitewastryingtogotosleepwhenheheard _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_qu... | Mr. White was in bed and was trying to go to sleep when he heard the doorbell ring. He turned on the light and looked at the clock. It was half past twelve. "Who can be it at this time of night?" he wondered. He decided to go and find out. So he got out of bed, put on his jacket and went to the door. When he opened the... | middle6141.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "eat chocolate"
},
"options": [
"eat chocolate",
"read books",
"collect coins",
"eat fruit"
],
"question": "Camilla liked to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_... | Camilla Chomp was a strange little girl. She liked to spend her time alone eating chocolate. Her parents were worried, so they took all the chocolate away.
Camilla left her house to look for some chocolate. She found a small house full of bottles. Among the bottles, a blue bottle caught Camilla's eyes. It was full of c... | middle3039.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "wanted to sell the trousers"
},
"options": [
"wanted to steal the trousers",
"wanted to sell the trousers",
"wanted to fool him",
"wanted to buy the trousers"
],
"question": "At first, the owner thought that Tom... | Tom walked into a shop. It had a sign outside: " Second-hand clothes bought and sold. " He was carrying an old pair of trousers and asked the owner of the shop, " How much will you give me for these? " The owner looked at them and said " Two dollars. "
" What? " Tom said, " I had guessed they were worth at least five d... | middle5448.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "he would rather not spend money on another pair"
},
"options": [
"they were a precious gift given by his friends",
"they were bought at a high price in a big store",
"he could not find other gloves as good as this pair",
... | Old George selected his food in the supermarket more carefully than NASA chose its astronauts. When he left the cashier, he was pleased to think that he had saved 80 cents today.
At the exit, the cold wind made him think of his gloves. He looked for them in his coat and pants but could not find them anywhere. He had bo... | middle2327.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "It gets easier."
},
"options": [
"People who are in different parts can understand each other easier.",
"People who are in different parts can understand each other harder.",
"It gets harder .",
"It gets easier."
],... | Now people who are in different parts of the world communicate easier than before. But it is a little hard to understand each other well. Some of them may not understand others' words, so it's easy to make a few mistakes.
For example, an important question about eating out, is who pays for the meal. If a friend of your... | middle3987.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "was about to go to bed"
},
"options": [
"was tapping the window",
"was watching a flash of lighting",
"was about to go to bed",
"was watching TV"
],
"question": "The writer _ when a face appeared at the wind... | It was a dark and stormy night. I was about to go to bed when I heard a tapping sound on my window. "Who's there?" I shouted. Suddenly there was a flash of lighting; I saw a face at the window. It looked like an alien that I have seen on the television show.
I felt very scared. I ran to my bed and pulled my blanket ov... | middle4030.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "In a restaurant."
},
"options": [
"In the street.",
"In a restaurant.",
"In a hotel",
"In a kitchen."
],
"question": "Where did the story happen?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answe... | One Saturday evening, my husband and I went to have dinner at a restaurant. As we sat there eating and sharing conversation, I watched an old woman stop and look around. I looked over at my husband and said, "She must be lost."
I got up and caught up with her as she walked by our table and touched her lightly on the sh... | middle7539.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "pay for using plastic bags at shops and supermarkets"
},
"options": [
"throw plastic bags here and there",
"collect plastic bags in the street",
"pay for using plastic bags at shops and supermarkets",
"use free plastic ... | Do you still get free plastic bags from the supermarkets? Things have changed.
China has banned free plastic bags in shops and supermarkets,and people have to pay for using plastic bags. The rule started on June 1st. It came because our country tried to make less litter. Making super-thin plastic bags has also been ba... | middle2469.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "of medium height"
},
"options": [
"tall",
"of medium build",
"short",
"of medium height"
],
"question": "The girl is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index":... | There is a shy girl in our class.She is thirteen years old.She is not tall and she is not short.She is a little fat.Her face is round,like an apple.She has two big black eyes and a small nose.Her mouth is big,but her ears are small.Her hair is short and black.She likes red.But today she is wearing a yellow sweater,blue... | middle5306.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "She can't stand up"
},
"options": [
"She can't speak.",
"She can't stand up",
"She has to stay in bed every day.",
"She can't walk because of a traffic accident."
],
"question": "What problem does Lisa have?",
... | A group of fifteen-year-old students at Sunshine School are holding a charity sale to raise money to help their classmate Lisa. Lisa had cerebral palsy when she was a baby. People who have cerebral palsy have trouble walking. Although Lisa has to use a wheelchair to help her get around, she never gives up. And she is... | middle4018.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "2008"
},
"options": [
"2007",
"2008",
"2012",
"2010"
],
"question": "Beijing hosted the 29th Olympics in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"a... | Every four years, the greatest athletes from all over the world get together in one city to take part in the world sports meeting--the Olympic Games. The holy flame is carried from one place to the next. In 2008, the holy flame was carried to Beijing, the capital of China.
When Beijing was chosen as the host city to... | middle3777.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Smiling is useful."
},
"options": [
"Smiling is difficult.",
"Smiling is not easy.",
"Smiling is useful.",
"We can't smile every day."
],
"question": "Which of the following is TRUE?",
"question_type": null
... | Smile, how warm the world is! It can make anyone happy. It's not like anything else, but just warm, makes you feel warm.
Mother's smile is like a spring wind. It's so _ When you are sad, it can make you happy again. When you fail to do something, it can make you stand up and work hard again. When you give up doing som... | middle7511.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "feet"
},
"options": [
"words",
"eyes",
"feet",
"smile"
],
"question": "The disabled man knew people were impatient mostly by their _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"... | He was struggling to tie his shoes. I was struggling with whether I should help him.
I did, and he was grateful.
"Thank you," he said.
"I'm glad I could help. I just thought it would be easier for me to reach," I said.
He was a disabled man, and forced to look down most of the time. His arms and legs were twisted ter... | middle1606.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "The winter break in the UK is not long."
},
"options": [
"The winter break in the UK is not long.",
"The winter break in the UK is a time for sleep.",
"Students work hard in the winter break.",
"Students are prepa... | It's still the holiday season and students in the UK are enjoying their winter break .
Tiffany in Guangdong asks us about how British students spend their winter break.
For some, it's a time to study because they have exams next term. Some might have to study. They have to read some books. They use the winter break to... | middle392.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Green."
},
"options": [
"Tom.",
"Green.",
"Tom Green.",
"Green Tom."
],
"question": "What' s Tom's last name?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"a... | Hello! I'm Tom Green. I'm English. This is my mother. Her first name is Mary. This is my father. His first name is Steve. My phone number is seven six zero, nine one seven six. Li Lei is my friend. His English name is Paul. He is Chinese. His phone number is two eight one, five two four eight. Look at the photo. Who is... | middle6169.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "he would get the result of the programme he was waiting for"
},
"options": [
"he was allowed to watch TV this morning",
"he was dressed more carefully than before",
"he would go shopping with his mother this morning",
"... | On Saturday Patrick woke up with a little shock, knowing that this was a special day. For a moment he couldn't think exactly why, and then, with an excited flutter of his stomach, he remembered. At ten o'clock today he was going to find out the final result of the programme called Super Brain. He got dressed more caref... | middle7277.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Nora and Kate."
},
"options": [
"Nora and Kate.",
"Nora and Betty.",
"Betty and Kate.",
"Nora, Betty and Kate."
],
"question": "Who are sisters? _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer... | Nora is an American girl. She studies in a middle school. She has a little sister. Her name is Kate. Kate is only four. Nora likes Kate very much.
Today is Sunday. Nora wants her pen. She takes out her pencil case. "Oh, dear! Where's my pen?" She can't find her pen. She goes to ask her sister in her bedroom.
"Kate! I c... | middle8144.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Twenty years ago."
},
"options": [
"Thirteen years ago.",
"Twenty years ago.",
"Thirty years ago.",
"Before 1994."
],
"question": "When did the story take place?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer"... | Not everyone has a chance to be a detective , but I got one when I was 13 years old. It happened in 1994.
One afternoon, I was walking down the street when I saw my father's new car. I expected to see my father in the driver's seat. But to my surprise, I saw a young woman driving instead, "She has stolen my father's c... | middle3011.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Life is limited but love is forever."
},
"options": [
"The writer's parents had both died before he was50.",
"Life is limited but love is forever.",
"The writer regretted that he had no more time to stay with his parents.",
... | In the days following the first anniversary of my dad 's death, I felt sad. I still missed him so much. I would walk over to his old house where my daughter now live and still expect to see him sitting out on his front porch . I would see him in my dreams, looking young and strong again.
I felt bad too because I regre... | middle5460.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "a bee"
},
"options": [
"a bee",
"a hornet",
"a butterfly",
"an insect"
],
"question": "When Mrs. King spends her weekend cleaning the house, we can say she is as busy as _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_ques... | There are many American expressions about insects like bees, for example. Bees are known as very hard workers. They always appear to be busy, moving around their homes or hives. So you might say you were "as busy as a bee" if you spent your weekend cleaning your house .
Here is an expression about bees that is not use... | middle5474.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Not everyone."
},
"options": [
"Everyone.",
"All people.",
"Nobody.",
"Not everyone."
],
"question": "Who likes living in big cities?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"an... | New York,London,Paris and other big cities are exciting places to live in. There are many interesting things to see and to go to. You can go to different kinds of museums,plays and films. You can also buy things from all over the world.
But there are some problems in big cities too. It is expensive to live there and th... | middle386.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Six"
},
"options": [
"Five",
"Eight",
"Six",
"Seven"
],
"question": "How many pieces of advice are given by the doctors in the passage?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": ... | If you go to a fast food restaurant, you will probably see a lot of teenagers. Today, many teenagers are overweight, and this is because of their bad eating habits. Most teenagers are fond of food with a lot of fat, oil, salt and sugar. People call this kind of food "junk food".
But bad eating habits go beyond fast foo... | middle1612.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "A magic mirror."
},
"options": [
"A magic mirror.",
"A normal mirror.",
"A small mirror.",
"A magic book."
],
"question": "What did the rich boy buy one day?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
... | One day a rich boy bought a magic mirror . When he got home, he looked in the mirror. His face looked sad. He tried to smile and make funny faces, his face looked still sad. Then he did many happy things, but his face always looked sad. "Oh, what a terrible mirror! It doesn't work! " he said angrily. The next day on h... | middle7263.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "By bus."
},
"options": [
"By train.",
"By bus.",
"On foot.",
"By taxi."
],
"question": "How does the author usually go to the zoo?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
... | There's a big zoo in our city. It's about five kilometres away from my house. I like all kinds of animals. I often go to the zoo by bus on Sundays. In the zoo, I can see many different kinds of animals, such as monkeys, bears, pandas, tigers, lions and dolphins. Some animals are friendly, but some are not. Tigers, lion... | middle8150.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Maine."
},
"options": [
"Florida.",
"Maine.",
"Boston.",
"Washington."
],
"question": "Where did Mr Green want to go that weekend?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answe... | Mr and Mrs Green had different ideas about where to go that weekend.Mrs Green wanted to go to Florida to see her sister,but Mr Green didn't want to go there.He wanted to go to Maine."Maine is a little cold,"said Mrs Green."I like swimming,but the water in Maine is usually not warm enough."
"Florida's too far,"said Mr G... | middle5312.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Uncle Wang's sons"
},
"options": [
"Uncle Wang's sons",
"students",
"teachers",
"friends"
],
"question": "Wang Lei and Wang Fei are _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Uncle Wang is fifty. He has two sons, Wang Lei and Wang Fei. They are twins. They are twenty -two. Wang Lei likes making things. He makes many different things. Today he's making a machine. He wants to ride the machine like a bike and fly it like a plane. Wang Fei doesn't like making things at all. He likes reading and... | middle3763.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a middle school student"
},
"options": [
"a primary school teacher",
"a primary school student",
"a middle school student",
"a middle school teacher"
],
"question": "From the story we know that the writer was mo... | One day, when I arrived at school, an ice cream truck was parked in the schoolyard. Ice cream men usually drove their trucks to primary schools. I had never thought one ice cream truck would come to bring ice cream to us older kids. When I went up to the truck, I was quite surprised to hear the man call out, "Free ice ... | middle3788.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "2."
},
"options": [
"3.",
"2.",
"1",
"None."
],
"question": "How many reasons are given why people might get fat without enough sleep?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0... | Do you get enough sleep? With so much homework it's often difficult to get the rest you need. But you need to try, because sleep keeps you healthy and it stops you getting fat.
Recently, a group of US scientists did a study of kids aged between 8 and 13. The study found that if kids sleep for just one extra hour ea... | middle2496.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "in the hotel"
},
"options": [
"in his car",
"in the old man's house",
"in the hotel",
"in the street"
],
"question": "Tim wants to stay _ for the night.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | One evening Tim is driving his car in the country and looking for a hotel. Then he sees an old man on the side of the road, so he stops his car and says to the old man, "Where is Sun Hotel? Will you please tell me how to get there?" "Yes," the old man answers. "I'll show you the way." He gets into Tim's car, and they d... | middle3950.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "a science magazine"
},
"options": [
"a science magazine",
"a comic book",
"a sports newspaper",
"a story book"
],
"question": "You may find the passage in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{... | Everyone has two personalities -- one is showed to the world and the other is secret and real. You don't show your secret personality when you're awake because you can control yourself, but when you're asleep, your sleeping _ shows the real you. And the important position that best shows your secret personality is whe... | middle6828.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "London"
},
"options": [
"London",
"Pairs",
"New York",
"Beijing"
],
"question": "A wife and a husband went to visit a shop in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answe... | One weekend, a wife and a husband went to visit a shop in London. After they got back home, they couldn't find their camera. They thought the camera must be in the shop. After a few weeks,they went to that shop again and the boss gave their camera back to them.
When their picture of the camera came out, the husband saw... | middle7288.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "She is reading a book."
},
"options": [
"She is playing football.",
"She is singing songs.",
"She is reading a book.",
"She is listening to stories."
],
"question": "What is Lucy doing in the park?",
"questi... | It's Sunday today. Students are having good time in the park.
Look, there is a table under a big tree, three students are sitting there. Lucy is reading a book, she looks very happy. Next to her is another girl, she's Mary. She is eating apples with her friend Jean. They think the apples are very delicious. Other girls... | middle6196.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "340,000"
},
"options": [
"300",
"40,000",
"340,000",
"103"
],
"question": "How many adults were included in the survey?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3... | Are people less happy or happier when they get older? If your answer is"happier", then you are right,based on a study published seven years ago.It found that people become happier and experience less worry after age fifty.In fact,it found that by the age of eighty-five,people are happier with their life than they were ... | middle4959.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "use the Internet"
},
"options": [
"look up in a book",
"ask friends",
"use the Internet",
"go to teachers for help"
],
"question": "When people want to check a fact, probably they will _ .",
"question_type... | You can't remember who sings a certain song from the 90s. You Google it. You're arguing with a friend about who played Mickey in The Goonies. You solve the problem by Googling it. You don't know the way to that new restaurant. You Google Maps it.
We hold the answers to about all of life's questions in our hands today. ... | middle4781.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "On April 28."
},
"options": [
"On February 28.",
"On March 28.",
"On April 28.",
"On May 28."
],
"question": "When is 'Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day' all over the USA?",
"question_type": "factiod_q... | This Thursday, across the USA, kids are skipping school and going to work with their parents. They'll be making copies, sending faxes and sweeping floors. This is because April 28 is Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day all over the USA. This holiday shows kids what it means to be a grown-up in the working world.
... | middle4795.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "work hard every day in the year"
},
"options": [
"work hard every day in the year",
"study hard a few days before the exam",
"get up early a few days before the exam",
"keep doing your homework day and night"
],
... | A good way to pass an exam is to work hard every day in the year. You may fail in an exam if you are lazy for most of the year and then work hard only a few days before the exam.
Do not remember only grammar when you are learning English. Try to read stories in English and speak in English as often as you can. A few da... | middle1835.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Almost everywhere."
},
"options": [
"In the big city.",
"In the town.",
"In the country.",
"Almost everywhere."
],
"question": "Where can you see bicycles in China?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
}... | Bicycles are very popular in China. In our country you can see bicycles almost everywhere. When you walk on the road, you will find a lot of people riding bicycles to school, shops and anywhere else. Therefore , China is known as "the kingdom of bicycles". In China, many families have one or two bicycles.
Compared(....... | middle6182.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "both A and B"
},
"options": [
"wanted to show the size and speed of the coming locusts",
"wanted to show the great damage that locusts may cause",
"wanted that locusts could cover the continent like rain clouds",
"both... | Parts of Africa are covered by a dark cloud. But this is no rain cloud. It is a living cloud made of billions of locusts and they are eating everything in their path.
And now in order to fight against this disaster, a radio station in Senegal, West Africa, is offering listeners 5 kilograms of rice if they can catch a... | middle2482.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "a theatre."
},
"options": [
"a theatre.",
"a restaurant.",
"a newspaper.",
"a performance."
],
"question": "According to the reading, what might \"The Kitchen\"be _ ?",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
... | Karen Finley was born in the U.S. in 1956. When she was only fourteen, she became interested in performing. She graduated from a performing arts school in 1981 and then began to perform in theaters. In her performances, she showed people some of the problems in the world.
Karen's The Constant State of Desire was first ... | middle3944.txt |
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