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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Maybe 11years old"
},
"options": [
"Maybe 11years old",
"Maybe 13years old",
"Maybe 14years old",
"Maybe 15years old"
],
"question": "How old is Phoebe?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"a... | Microsoft founder Bill Gates has talked about to be a good parent, saying that 13 is a right age for a child's first mobile phone. The 57-year-old father of three said on the Today show that his children Jennifer and Rory were not allowed phones until their thirteen birthday and his youngest daughter Phoebe is still wa... | middle5105.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "is a pop music star"
},
"options": [
"is very handsome",
"has a bright smile",
"often makes too much noise",
"is a pop music star"
],
"question": "From this passage,we know that Jay Chou _ .",
"question_t... | 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 24-year-old Taiwanese pop king . His fans are so excited because he will sing songs in Beijing on September 12. Those songs are from his ne... | middle3574.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "key"
},
"options": [
"ruler",
"quilt",
"key",
"jacket"
],
"question": "The _ is not in my room.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text":... | This is my room. What's this? It's a blue pen. What's that? It's a ruler. And it is blue, too. What's this in English? It's a quilt. It's red. It's my quilt. And this is my jacket. What color is it? It's black and white. What's that on the wall? It's a map.
,. | middle7712.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "money"
},
"options": [
"everything",
"money",
"some presents",
"a job"
],
"question": "Volunteers don't want to get _ when they help others.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Volunteering means that you work to help people without being paid. There are many different volunteers. They help people who really need help. There are many places where you can be volunteers. Here are just a few places for you.
Hospital---ask if you can go and visit people who are really sick. Sometimes what they ne... | middle1363.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Next week."
},
"options": [
"Tomorrow.",
"Next week.",
"Next month.",
"Next year."
],
"question": "When are Tim and Li Fang not going to have any classes?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
... | Tim and Li Fang are not going to have any classes next week. They're going to work on a farm. They are going to leave at about seven thirty on Monday morning. They are going to travel to the farm by bus. They are going to wear old clothes because they are going to grow rice. They are going to have fish for lunch. They ... | middle2642.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "About fifty years."
},
"options": [
"More than eighty years.",
"About one hundred years.",
"Less than ten years.",
"About fifty years."
],
"question": "How many years of history do Barbie Dolls have?",
"ques... | Collecting Barbie Dolls is a favorite hobby of many women and girls throughout the world. Since Barbie first appeared at the American International Toy Fair in 1959, she has become the most popular doll in the world.
Many collectors of Barbie Dolls collect the dolls just for fun. They often collect some dolls they li... | middle47.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "space with the sun, the moon, the earth and many other stars"
},
"options": [
"a star round the earth",
"a big ball with air",
"full of dust",
"space with the sun, the moon, the earth and many other stars"
],
"q... | If someone asks you, "What colour is the sky?" I think you will answer "blue". I'm afraid that you will be wrong. The sky has no colour. It looks blue because we are looking at the blue sunlight. The sunlight is shining on little bits of dust in the air.
Is the sky full of air? I'm sure that you have asked this questi... | middle6424.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "students' mistakes"
},
"options": [
"students' college life",
"college environment",
"students' mistakes",
"students' future career"
],
"question": "The articles published on Converge Magazine are about _ .",... | What do you think about mistakes? Maybe you say no one likes making mistakes. But mistakes lead to growth.
Converge Magazine recently published articles about mistakes students should make. It suggests students need to live a balanced life, even in the college environment.
According to the topic of the article, there a... | middle6342.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "seeing films"
},
"options": [
"watching TV",
"going shopping",
"doing homework",
"seeing films"
],
"question": "Ben and Kate always spend their Sundays _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | How do most students spend their weekends? Do they have time to do the things they like? Let's see what some students do during their weekends.
Ben is eleven. He has a sister, Kate. Both of them like going to the cinema. Every Sunday morning, they go to the town by train and then they go to the cinema because they live... | middle5893.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "often have sports activities after school"
},
"options": [
"don't go home until 7 or 8 o'clock at night",
"often have sports activities after school",
"often do part-time work after school",
"have meals with their paren... | In north America people are always in a hurry.Children have special lessons or sports activities after school.Parents often work late and don't get home until 7 or 8 o'clock at night.More than 50% of women work at full-time jobs,and many people do part-time work.Most North American families don't have time to eat many ... | middle4555.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "a disease"
},
"options": [
"a book",
"a man",
"a pet",
"a disease"
],
"question": "Rabies is the name of _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"a... | Do you often play with your pet dog or cat? Do you like touching animals like rabbits? They are cute. But someimes they may bite you. Then you could get a terrible disease--rabies.
In China, 2,245 people got rabies in the first nine months of 2007. In September, 318 people died of rabies.
Dogs, cats, rabbits and bats... | middle2124.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "English"
},
"options": [
"Chinese",
"English",
"a girl",
"Japanese"
],
"question": "Jim is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "N... | I'm a boy. My name is Bill. I'm thirteen. I'm in Class Two, Grade One. I have a good friend. His name is Jim. He is an English boy. He is in Class 3,Grade 1.Mr Wang is our English teacher. He is 27. Miss Zhang is our Chinese teacher. She is 30. We are good friends, too. | middle5887.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Cleaners."
},
"options": [
"Soldiers.",
"Drivers.",
"Farmers.",
"Cleaners."
],
"question": "What were Joe and Jeff?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | When this story happened, they were working around a very large house. Their job was to do the cleaning. It was not a difficult job, but sometimes it was a little dangerous, because they had to walk below where workmen were working. Often these workmen dropped something from the top of the house many meters high to the... | middle2130.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "make rules for Internet use with parents."
},
"options": [
"send their own photos to him.",
"make rules for Internet use with parents.",
"believe everything they read on the Internet",
"give out their personal informati... | Many children use the Internet to get useful knowledge and information, and to relax in their free time. But some of them are not using it in a good way. Here are some rules to make sure you are safe and have fun on the Internet.
Make rules for Internet use with your parents. For example, when you can go online, for ho... | middle1439.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "build good values"
},
"options": [
"get good grades",
"become leaders",
"build good values",
"improve football skills"
],
"question": "Schools build football teams mainly to help students _ .",
"question_... | A team is a group of people with a common goal. A school's football team has two goals. One goal is to win. That is what the team wants to do. The other goal is to build character. Character is what a person values, how a person gets along with others. That is why schools have football teams. They want to help students... | middle7048.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "It has no school buildings."
},
"options": [
"It has no teachers.",
"It has no school buildings.",
"It has only girl students.",
"It is the only school in the city."
],
"question": "What can we learn about\"City... | Now, there is a new-type school in New York, which has no everyday lessons, no class teachers and even no school buildings. It is called "City-as-School". The name just means the city itself is the place where students learn their lessons. They are from the age of 15 to 18. The students choose areas of work which inter... | middle813.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Very nervous."
},
"options": [
"A little moved.",
"A little afraid.",
"Very nervous.",
"Very excited."
],
"question": "How did the writer feel when he went to school on the first day in the US?",
"question_t... | When I arrived in the US, I felt very sad because life in the US was different from life in my country. My first day of school was at Takoma Park Middle School in March last year. I was very nervous in that morning and I didn't want to get up. When I went to my first class, I didn't know what to do because I didn't kno... | middle6430.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the man of a man"
},
"options": [
"the name of a holiday",
"the name of a tree",
"the man of a man",
"the name of some presents"
],
"question": "The word Christmas comes from_.",
"question_type": "cloze_ques... | If you look at the word Christmas, you can see the word Christ in it. On Christmas, people celebrate the birthday of Jesus Christ.
Of course not everyone in America thinks Christ a great man, but Christmas is a holiday for all the people. It's on December 25. Shops and schools are not open. Almost every family ha... | middle53.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "She didn't know how to start jumping with a long rope."
},
"options": [
"She didn't have any friends in her class.",
"She felt sad because Nick made fun of her.",
"She didn't know the cheers that the other kids knew.",
... | It was another day to jump rope in gym class. Lynn and Mike turned the long rope in big, slow circles. The whole class hurried to get in line to wait for their turn to jump. Millie stood at the back of the line and _ .
Nick went first. He watched the rope and ran in at just the right time. Everyone counted. He made it ... | middle5139.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Five."
},
"options": [
"Two.",
"Three.",
"Four.",
"Five."
],
"question": "How many suggestions have you got from the text?",
"question_type": null
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"ans... | Are you afraid of tests? What will you do to prepare for a test? The following suggestions will be helpful.
Pay attention to what your teacher gives about a coming test. Write down exactly what you will be tested on. Knowing what the test will cover is half done.
Make a review list that includes important points from c... | middle3548.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "It took her 30 years to get a tenth-degree black belt."
},
"options": [
"She is the first woman to achieve the highest rank in Judo.",
"It took her 30 years to get a tenth-degree black belt.",
"Her teacher wanted her to help ... | Is getting a black belt on your life's to-do list? Then this elderly woman in San Francisco just might be your hero.
Just two years before her 100th birthday, Sensei Keiko Fukuda has become the first woman to achieve a tenth-degree black belt --- the highest rank in Judo . Fukuda is now one of only four living people... | middle2911.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "About 97% of water on the earth can't be drunk or used for watering plants directly"
},
"options": [
"3/4 of the earth is covered with water",
"we have enough sea water to use directly",
"we haven't used all the water in rive... | The world is not hungry, but it is thirsty. It seems strange that nearly 3/4 of the earth is covered with water while we say we are short of water. Why? Because about 97% of water on the earth is sea water which we can't drink or use for watering plants directly. Man can only drink and use the 3%--- the water that co... | middle7869.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "What to Do in Case of Earthquake"
},
"options": [
"Dos and Don'ts Before an Earthquake.",
"What to Do in Case of Earthquake",
"Tips for Earthquake Preventions",
"Tips for Children in Earthquake."
],
"question": ... | Earthquakes can be very scary . But you need to keep your mind stable in order to make sure you are safe. Be calm and try not to run here and there.
If you manage to come out of your house, go to an open space like a garden or a park where you will be a lot safer. If you live quite some floors above in your building,... | middle754.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Walking in the Mountains"
},
"options": [
"Traveling through Asia",
"The People of Nepal",
"Exercise and Health",
"Walking in the Mountains"
],
"question": "What is the best title for this reading?",
"quest... | I spent my last vacation trekking in Nepal, a small country in the Himalaya Mountains of Asia. On a trekking vacation, you walk for long distances through the mountains. There are very few roads in Nepal, so trekking is the best way to travel. It's best if you hire a guide . The guides know the best paths to take and... | middle5918.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Twiceaweek."
},
"options": [
"Everyday",
"Twiceaday",
"Twiceaweek.",
"Twiceamonth."
],
"question": "How often do most boys play basketball?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | There are 45 students in our class. I have made a survey, 36 students say they like to exercise. Most boys play basketball together twice a week. But girls think basketball is difficult for them, they'd like to play volleyball together twice a week. My friend, Tony, is good at running. He runs fastest in our class. He ... | middle998.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "The old man by the window."
},
"options": [
"The old man by the window.",
"The old man far from the window.",
"Both of the men.",
"Neither of the men."
],
"question": "Who do you think was kind in the story?",
... | Two old men lived in a room on the third floor of an old people's home. Both men were very old and badly ill, and they spent 24 hours a day in bed in the room.
Luckily, one of the old men had his bed by the window, and every day he spent hours telling his friend far from the window what he could see through the window.... | middle740.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Much"
},
"options": [
"Little",
"Many",
"Few",
"Much"
],
"question": "_ food is wasted in the restaurants of our country every day.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answe... | In China, parents often tell their kids not to waste food. However, it's reported that a lot of food is wasted in restaurants every day.
Many people say when they eat out, they usually order a lot of dishes and they can't eat them up. One person in Chengdu, Sichuan Province says he takes away the _ . "Usually we'll hav... | middle2905.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "America"
},
"options": [
"Japan",
"France",
"Australia",
"America"
],
"question": "Where did Lisa often visit?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"... | My name is Lisa. Because of my job, I often went to the United States. I often felt worried during my trip because I didn't speak English well. So I decided to learn English.
I went to Mrs Brown's English class. Before I came to the class, I always walked away when I met any Americans. But now I try to talk to American... | middle7855.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "No one thinks the Olympics has anything to do with science."
},
"options": [
"When people talk about Olympics, they never think of the sports games.",
"The writer got some help from others in getting ready for the competition.",
... | When most people think of the Olympics, they don't think of science. But in the USA, each year, students take part in a kind of competition called the Science Olympiad.
It has a lot of different events. Students go there to show how much they know about the science of music, biology, chemistry and others. My best event... | middle6593.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "eating"
},
"options": [
"looking",
"seeing",
"eating",
"drinking"
],
"question": "A young man is sitting by the road and _ something.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"... | A young man is sitting by the road. He is eating something. A policeman is coming over. At once the man gets up quickly and runs down the road.
The policeman runs after him. Te man runs very fast, but the policeman runs faster.
After a few minutes, the policeman catches him. "Where are you going?" says the policeman. "... | middle4384.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Because the religious visitors thought that the dances did not dress properly."
},
"options": [
"Because the local government found the movements of the dance were rude.",
"Because the religious visitors thought that the dances did... | Hawaii is a truly beautiful place. Most people know Hawaii for its lovely beaches. However, Hawaii is also a land full of legends . One of the oldest legends tells of a special dance called the hula, which started here around 300 years ago.
One hula teacher tells the story of how the dance started. "The hula started, a... | middle3399.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "student"
},
"options": [
"student",
"teacher",
"doctor",
"worker"
],
"question": "Mike is a _ in Jason School.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
... | Hello, my name is Mike.I am from England. I am a new student in Jason School. I am in Class 2, Grade 1. I go to school 5 days a week and there are 6 classes a day. There are 25 students in my class. I am very happy to meet them. English is my favorite lesson. Miss Green is my English teacher. She is 27 years old. I lik... | middle4390.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "scientists"
},
"options": [
"farmers",
"workers",
"scientists",
"plants"
],
"question": "GM foods are made by _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
... | Today there are 6.4 billion people on the earth. By the year 2050 there may be 12.5 billion . There are a lot of people to feed. We need more and more food.
One way to produce more food is growing stronger plants. For thousands of years, farmers have made plants better. Every season, they pick the best plants for the n... | middle2939.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "it's an important part of our lives"
},
"options": [
"it's an exciting part of our lives",
"it's an amazing part of our lives",
"it's an important part of our lives",
"i t's a relaxing part of our lives"
],
"que... | If someone asks me: "Do you like music?" I'm sure I will answer him or her: "Of course, I do." Because I think music is an important part of our lives.
Different people have different ideas about music. For me, I like rock music because it's so exciting. And my favorite rock band, the "Fox Ladies is one of the most f... | middle7699.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "gets hurt because of his carelessness"
},
"options": [
"always plans things carefully",
"never takes care of the forest",
"decides to leave the forest forever",
"gets hurt because of his carelessness"
],
"questi... | How are you and your family going to celebrate Earth Day? It's great day to get outside and ride a bike, but there are other ways you could spend the day. Here are four books. You can learn more about the earth and the animals that make the world a special place to live.
The Busy Beaver, by Nicholas Oldland
Beaver is v... | middle6587.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "telling the teacher the five students were the best in the class"
},
"options": [
"teaching the five children himself",
"asking the five children to find a new teacher",
"telling the five students to work harder than ever bef... | A famous study was done in a school by a professor from a university. At the start of the school year, the teachers were given the names of five children. They were told that these five were the most excellent students in the class. But the fact was that these students were only average ,and they were not the best st... | middle797.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Six"
},
"options": [
"Five",
"Six",
"Three",
"Four"
],
"question": "_ members were chosen as volunteers.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer... | Chinese space trainer Wang Yuan has been chosen as one of the volunteers for the Mars-500 test project. He was very happy to be chosen and will accept the meaningful challenge Another five volunteers are all space lovers., including three Russians, an Italy-Colombian and a Frenchman. They are about to feel what it's l... | middle1203.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "learn some knowledge about fishing before fishing"
},
"options": [
"often go to chat with others online",
"try to fish to get some experience on our own",
"learn some knowledge about fishing before fishing",
"often take... | Have you ever thought of taking fishing as a hobby? If not, it's time to think about it. Fishing is relaxing and it makes you go out to enjoy the beautiful nature.
There are many wonderful websites about fishing. For example, www. Bigfish.com has a lot of forums. There you can share your knowledge about fishing and get... | middle5065.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Spain"
},
"options": [
"America",
"Spain",
"England",
"China"
],
"question": "Where did Tom and Simon visit?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"an... | Tom and Simon were Americans. Once they visited Spain. One day they came into a little restaurant for lunch. They did not know Spanish , and the waiter did not know their American English, either. They wanted the waiter to understand that they needed some milk and eggs. At first Tom read the word "milk"many times. Then... | middle5703.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "She is very nice to her parents."
},
"options": [
"She is good at making pocket money.",
"She doesn't love her father.",
"She is very nice to her parents.",
"She is a lazy girl."
],
"question": "What do you thin... | Alice needs some money for a Mother's Day present. She tells her father about her problem.
"I'll pay you to do some housework. You can clean up the yard ," her father says.
"You can also wash my car and Mum's. Both of them need to be washed because they're really dirty."
Alice works on the yard and washes her father's ... | middle7114.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "It's pollution and traffic jams."
},
"options": [
"It's air pollution.",
"It's sound pollution.",
"It's dirty smoke.",
"It's pollution and traffic jams."
],
"question": "What's a big problem in Shenzhen today?",... | What's a big problem in Shenzhen today, do you think? Besides pollution, traffic is, of course.
There are too many people, too many cars but too little space so the roads are always busy. You can almost see traffic jams everywhere. It is even worse when everyone is going to school or to work. What's more, cars need fue... | middle8227.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Four"
},
"options": [
"Two",
"Three",
"Four",
"Five"
],
"question": "kids have chickenpox from the passage ?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "A... | One of Anna's friends has chickenpox . Two days later, Katie has chickenpox. Anna's mother says: " Your best friend has chickenpox . We have to keep an eye on you."
The next evening, Anna finds some red spots on her face. The next morning, she stays home from school. She can't go to her grandpa's birthday party. She c... | middle1565.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "they reached the foot of the mountain"
},
"options": [
"they reached the foot of the mountain",
"they began to ski down the mountain",
"a team of workers found Jake",
"Jake lost on of his skis"
],
"question": "J... | Teenager Jake Deham was skiing with his family in the USA when he fell over and lost one of his skis.His family didn't know that he had a problem.They kept on skiing.When they got to the foot of the mountain,there was no sign of Jake.
Jake couldn't find his ski anywhere.In the end,he decided to take off his other ski ... | middle7100.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "five"
},
"options": [
"four",
"five",
"six",
"seven"
],
"question": "Most American children go to school when they are _ years old.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"... | American schools begin in September after a long summer holiday. There are two terms in a school. The first term is from September to January, and the second is from February to June. Most American children begin to go to school when they are five years old. Most children are seventeen or eighteen years old when they f... | middle8233.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the tomato fight"
},
"options": [
"parades",
"street parties",
"the tomato fight",
"the musical bands show"
],
"question": "The most exciting activity of the festival is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_ques... | Spain is famous for its tomato festival, called La Tomatina. It happens in a small town Hanoi on the last Wednesday of August every year. During the festival there are all kinds of activities, but the most exciting part is the tomato fight. It takes place at the end of long celebration . You are encouraged to throw to... | middle1571.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The fist web browser was very expensive to buy"
},
"options": [
"The address system was used to make make web pages.",
"The World Wide Web was created in Swizerland.",
"The fist web browser was very expensive to buy",
"... | 1990 was a significant year in world enents. In Febbruary, Nelson Mandela was set free after 27 years in prison. In October, East and West Germany became one country again. Then at the end of 1990, the World Wide Web was born. For this final event we have one man to thank, Tim Berners-Lee, the father of the Web.
Berner... | middle2078.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "sad"
},
"options": [
"happy",
"nervous",
"sad",
"comfortable"
],
"question": "When people compare the author with her sisters , she feels _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | I Don't Have to Be Like Them
All students have to face their own problems when they are growing up. You may not think that having a good family is a problem. But for me , it was. I had to face the problem of being the youngest of the Smith girls.
We live in a small town in Pennsylvania, US. There are three girls in th... | middle5717.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "respect"
},
"options": [
"loyalty",
"honesty",
"love",
"respect"
],
"question": "According to the passage, we are different from animals because of _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answ... | _ join us together and set us apart. Today, our society has a terrible lack of values. Here are some social values that everyone needs.
Respect
Respect means to respect others in everyday life. Even if you are against a person, it is important to have respect. It is this respect that makes us human. Without respect, w... | middle3366.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "She was not willing to do so."
},
"options": [
"She felt glad to do so.",
"She went mad with anger.",
"She was not willing to do so.",
"She was afraid of the man and his wife."
],
"question": "How did Mary feel ... | Mary was waiting for the airplane to take off. She was happy to get a seat by herself. Just then,an air hostess came up to her and asked. "Would you mind changing your seat? A man would like to sit with his wife." The only available seat was next to a girl with her arms broke, a black-and-blue face, and a sad expressio... | middle3400.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Have you got a car?"
},
"options": [
"Good-bye. Have a good day!",
"Glad to know you!",
"Hi!",
"Have you got a car?"
],
"question": "The Americans hardly say \" _ \"",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
... | American and British people use different greetings. In the USA the commonest greeting is "Hi". In Britain it is "Hello!" or "How are you?" "Hi!" is creeping into British, too. When they are introduced to someone, the Americans say, "Glad to know you. " The British say, "How do you do?" or "Pleased to meet you. " When ... | middle1217.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "find the positions of people alive who are trapped in buildings"
},
"options": [
"take the place of man in rescue jobs",
"find the positions of people alive who are trapped in buildings",
"serve as food for people alive who a... | Everybody hates rats. But in the earthquake places of the world - Japan, Los Angeles, Turkey - rats will soon be man's new best friends.
What happens after an earthquake? We send in rescue dogs. Why? Because they can smell people. Dogs save lives. They help rescuers to find living people. But dogs are big and they can... | middle783.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "a son and a daughter"
},
"options": [
"a son and a daughter",
"Jack and Kate's sister",
"three children",
"a family of five"
],
"question": "Mr. and Mrs. Black have _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"... | This is a photo of Mr. Black's family. The man with glasses is Mr. Black, the father. The woman is the mother. They have a son and a daughter. The son is behind(....) Jack and Kate are in the same school, but they are in different grades. Jack is in Grade Three and Kate is in Grade One. They are good students. | middle6578.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "meat and cakes can make her fatter"
},
"options": [
"Mrs Brown likes them",
"meat and cakes can make her fatter",
"Mr Brown tells the doctor to say so",
"meat and cakes are not good food"
],
"question": "The doc... | Mrs Brown is very fat .
"Don't eat meat or cakes,"her doctor says to her.
"I'm going to stop her eating them, doctor,"her husband says.
The next morning, Mrs Brown makes a nice cake, and her husband eats half of it. After he goes out, Mrs Brown cuts a very small piece of the cake and eats it. It is very good. She ... | middle7666.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "how many hours a plane flies"
},
"options": [
"how many hours a plane flies",
"what kind of planes they are",
"the airline companies assign",
"what the pilot likes"
],
"question": "The number of pilots depends o... | Here's an interview to a pilot about his life.
(R="Reporter;" P= Pilot)
R: How much time do pilots actually spend flying a plane?
P: It varies (WES'J) from about 20 minutes on some domestic flights to as much as 18 hours on international flights. It all depends on if the flight is a short- or long-haul flight.
R: Do ... | middle3428.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "To offer help to the people of his town."
},
"options": [
"To offer help to the people of his town.",
"To show his people how rich he was.",
"To give money to anybody in need.",
"To find out how good his people are."
... | Many years ago,there lived a very rich man who wanted to do something for the people of his town. But first he wanted to find out whether they were good enough to get his help. So he placed a very large stone in the center of the main road into town. Then he hid behind a tree and waited.
Soon an old man came along with... | middle4347.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "That he wants to save homeless dogs."
},
"options": [
"That he lives at a shelter.",
"That he wants to save homeless dogs.",
"That he loves animals very much.",
"That he loves watching superhero movies."
],
"que... | Most young boys like spending time on things like video games, superhero movies and sports, but Ken, a 9-year-old boy from the Philippines, is spending his free time trying to start an animal shelter for at-risk dogs.
In February, photos of Ken feeding dogs on the street circled the Internet and immediately attracted ... | middle5059.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "When he was 6 years old."
},
"options": [
"When he was 14 years old.",
"When he was 8 years old.",
"When he was 6 years old.",
"When he was born."
],
"question": "When did Melvin start to do charity work?",
... | Taking part in charity is not just for adult people. Kids can do it too! Melvin Sheppard, 14, an American student, has done charity work for 8 years. He has also encouraged his classmates to join him.
Melvin studies at William Allen Middle School in Philadelphia. Recently, he collected $ 1,500 by himself and $487 from ... | middle2736.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "No.2 Middle School"
},
"options": [
"his home",
"No.10 Middle School",
"a TV station",
"No.2 Middle School"
],
"question": "The writer did a survey at _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | Last week I did a survey about TV shows at No. 2 Middle School. Some students' answers are interesting.
Li Ming's favorite shows are sports shows. He often watches basketball games on CCTV-5.And he likes Kobe Bryant beastlier Yuan, a 12-year-old girl, says she can't stand sitcoms. But they're her grandmother's favorite... | middle6550.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "A great boxer."
},
"options": [
"A great runner.",
"A great boxer.",
"A P.E. teacher.",
"A great thinker."
],
"question": "Who was Tom Black?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Once a great boxer ,Tom Black, went to a restaurant for supper. He took off his coat and left it at the door, but he was afraid that somebody would take it away. So he took out a piece of paper and wrote on it,"The great boxer, Tom Black, has left his coat here.He'll be back in a few minutes."He put the paper on his co... | middle973.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "They are expensive, though, in fact, they are cheaper than the usual lights."
},
"options": [
"They are too expensive for many families.",
"They can save energy but they can't last long.",
"They are expensive but they are bri... | We all want to protect our planet, but we're mostly too busy or too lazy to put up big change that would improve our lifestyle and save the environment.
Here are some tips you can take to improve our environment.
Use compact fluorescent light bulbs . It is true that these bulbs are more expensive, but they last much lo... | middle7128.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "shape"
},
"options": [
"colour",
"size",
"shape",
"taste"
],
"question": "Jack's pumpkins were famous because they have the perfect _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Jack was a pumpkin farmer. He lived in a big house on the edge of a town and grew the largest
Pumpkin farm around the town. Jack's pumpkins were famous , for they always had the perfect shape and never rotted ( ) until well after Halloween . Every year around Halloween , people came from all over the town to buy his ... | middle6236.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "ordinary"
},
"options": [
"ordinary",
"successful",
"famous",
"educated"
],
"question": "You will be a/an _ person if you are afraid to face more challenges.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{... | People often complain they face too many problems. Every day and everywhere there are problems. Many times we find it hard to stay happy. When one problem is solved, another one comes up.
People have money problems, work problems, family problems, health problems..... the list goes on. And we usually think that people ... | middle1559.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "enjoyable"
},
"options": [
"helpful",
"awful",
"frightening",
"enjoyable"
],
"question": "The family's visit to the Magic Kingdom was _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Dear Disney,
Last weekend, the four members of my family spent an enjoyable holiday at the Magic Kingdom - Disneyland. And one event made our visit seem truly magical.
We got to the front of the line at Space Mountain, only to find out that our little daughter Gloria
couldn't take her ice-cream on the ride. We were so ... | middle2050.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "she had no time to be with him"
},
"options": [
"she didn't care for him.",
"she had no time to be with him",
"she was a drug addict.",
"she was too strict with him."
],
"question": "The writer used to hate his ... | I used to hate my mother because she worked a lot and didn't spend much time with me. Then one Friday morning I took part in a three-day self-help program for teenagers. Whether you believe it or not, that weekend changed my life.
About 100 other teenagers were there. During the first two days I met a lot of great peop... | middle4421.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "eighteen"
},
"options": [
"seventeen",
"twenty",
"eighteen",
"twenty-two"
],
"question": "Colin was _ when he finished middle school.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"... | Passage 2
Colin is a twenty-year-old young man. Two years ago, when he finished middle school, he got a job in a store. Usually he works until ten o'clock in the evening. He is very tired when he gets home. After a quick supper he goes to bed and soon falls asleep. His grandma who lives downstairs is satisfied with hi... | middle2044.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "eggs and bread"
},
"options": [
"eggs and bread",
"eggs and fish",
"bread, soup and meat",
"coffee and oranges"
],
"question": "Most English people have _ for breakfast.",
"question_type": "cloze_question... | In many English homes people eat four meals a day. They have breakfast at any time from seven to nine in the morning. They eat porridge , eggs and bread and drink tea or coffee for breakfast. Lunch comes at one o'clock. Afternoon tea is from four to five in the afternoon and dinner is at about seven thirty. First they... | middle4435.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "taking photos for the family"
},
"options": [
"making roller skates",
"helping mom wash clothes",
"watering the flowers in the garden",
"taking photos for the family"
],
"question": "Father did a lot of things a... | When I was a little kid, a father was like the light in the fridge. Every house had one, but no one really knew what either of them did when the door was shut.
My dad left the house every morning and always seemed glad to see every one again at night. He opened the jar of pickles when no one else at home could. He was ... | middle6222.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "384000"
},
"options": [
"384000",
"348000",
"3840",
"3480"
],
"question": "The moon is about _ kilometers away from the earth.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_in... | Scientists have always wanted to know more about the other _ in space.
Years ago, they knew many facts about the moon. They knew how big it was and how far away it was from the earth. But they wanted to know more about it .They thought and thought. At last they found the only way to know more was to send men to the moo... | middle7882.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "sixty-three"
},
"options": [
"twenty-four",
"thirty-nine",
"sixty-three",
"eighty"
],
"question": "Mrs. Clark is _ years old now.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answ... | Mrs. Clark moved to the small village when she was twenty-four. And she has lived there for thirty-nine years. She has a poor farm. She works hard on it, but she is often hungry. Her son Henry joined the army eight years ago and then found a job at a post office in London after he left the army.
One day, he wrote to h... | middle967.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "At about 9:00."
},
"options": [
"At about 7:00.",
"At about 8:00.",
"At about 9:00.",
"At about 10:00."
],
"question": "What time does Jack have breakfast at weekends?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
... | I'm Jack. I'm a middle school student. I have lessons from Monday to Friday. At weekends, I usually get up very late. I wash my face, brush my teeth and then go out to do morning exercises. I eat my breakfast at about nine o'clock. After that, I often go to the park with my parents. The park is a little far from our ho... | middle4353.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "In the morning."
},
"options": [
"In the morning.",
"In the afternoon.",
"At lunch time.",
"In the evening."
],
"question": "When does Kyle walk into Ernie's Pet World?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"... | When Kyle walks into Ernie's Pet World, he looks very _ . The shop owner, Ernie, jumps out of his seat to greet Kyle. He is the shop's first customer of the day.
"Good morning, sir!" Ernie says, "What can I help you with?"
"Well, I... "Kyle starts to say.
"Wait, don't tell me," Ernie stops him, "You're looking for a...... | middle4804.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "three"
},
"options": [
"five",
"four",
"three",
"two"
],
"question": "Rio de Janeiro beat the other _ cities to win the bid For the 2016 Olympic Games.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"an... | Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee announced it on October 2,2009.Rio de Janeiro beat Chicago, Tokyo and Madrid to win the bid .It will be the first South American city to host the Olympics. The city will also host the 2014 World Cup. Rio de Janeiro is the second larg... | middle556.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "They use sounds to find the way."
},
"options": [
"They use their noses to smell the way.",
"They use their ears to hear the sounds.",
"They use their eyes to see the way.",
"They use sounds to find the way."
],
... | Dolphins are not fish. They are mammals .They live in groups and speak to each other in their own language. But they are quite different from almost all land animals. Their brain is as big as men's and they live a long life at least 20 or 30 years.
Like some animals, dolphins use sounds to help them find their way aro... | middle542.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "point out people's obsession with taking pictures"
},
"options": [
"complain about some tourists' bad habits",
"give suggestions on how to enjoy one's tour",
"describe the great view of the Grand Canyon",
"point out peo... | Pictures That Don't Last
"YEARS ago when I was at the Grand Canyon, I remember someone coming up to the canyon's edge, taking a shot with their camera and then walking away, like 'got it - done', barely even glancing at the magnificent scene sprawling in front of them," Linda Henkel, a scientist at Fairfield Univer... | middle6961.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "she was very angry"
},
"options": [
"she was very angry",
"she was very happy",
"she didn't like eating strawberries",
"Doris wasn't friendly"
],
"question": "Molly opened the door very hard because _",
"q... | Molly Daniels opened the door so hard that the door nearly broke it. Then she looked through the window at her neighbor across the yard. " She is in my garden again. Those are my strawberries, not hers. Maybe I should call the police."
Her friend, Doris, was sitting at the table with a cup of coffee in her hands. "You ... | middle224.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "interesting for children"
},
"options": [
"difficult for boys",
"interesting for children",
"difficult for girls",
"interesting for old people"
],
"question": "To play jacks is _ .",
"question_type": "clo... | Jack is the name of a game. It is quite popular with children. To play jacks, you will need a small ball and ten small metal objects called jacks.
The rules for this game are quite easy. To begin with, put the ten jacks on the floor or ground in front of you. Toss the ball high, pick up one jack and then catch the ba... | middle1940.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "everybody must be careful and obey the traffic rules"
},
"options": [
"everybody must be careful and obey the traffic rules",
"traffic should keep to the right [:Zxxk.Com]",
"don't cross the road too often",
"roads must... | Every year several thousand people die in the car accidents in Great Britain. And between one and two hundred thousand people are hurt.
There are rules to make the roads safe, but people do not always obey the rules. They are careless. If everybody obeys the rules, the road will be much safer. How can we make the roa... | middle2291.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because they share a lot of genes with humans."
},
"options": [
"Because they have a similar diet to humans.",
"Because they have a history as long as apples.",
"Because they share a lot of genes with humans.",
"Because... | You are probably familiar with the saying:An apple a day keeps the doctor away. A recent research carried out by the Chinese University of Hong Kong may change the saying:
An apple a day may keep aging away.
The research chose fruit flies , as they share many genes with humans. The fruit flies were either fed normally ... | middle4838.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a photo"
},
"options": [
"a school",
"a friend",
"a photo",
"an English friend"
],
"question": "What's this? It's _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,... | Look ! What's this in English? Ah, it's a photo. Who's that in the photo? It's Li Yan. Li Yan is my good friend. She is a beautiful girl. Who's that? The boy in black? It's Jim. He is an English boy. He is very cool . He is my friend, too. We are all in the same school. I like Jim and Li Yan. | middle4186.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a writer"
},
"options": [
"a musician",
"a writer",
"a basketball player",
"a teacher"
],
"question": "Jack London was _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index"... | Jack London was a famous American writer. He was born on January 12, 1876, in San Francisco, California. His family was very poor, and Jack had to leave school to make money.He worked hard in many different jobs.
Later, Jack returned to school, but he didn't stay. He wrote," Life and pocketbook were both too short. "
... | middle3831.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "American national day"
},
"options": [
"French national day",
"English national day",
"Chinese national day",
"American national day"
],
"question": "Thanksgiving Day is a (n) _ .",
"question_type": "cloze... | Thanksgiving Day is an American national holiday. It usually lasts four days. Americans celebrate it on the fourth Thursday of November each year. It's a time for people to give thanks to God, and it's also a time for family members to get together.
Thanksgiving Day is like a warm family meeting. On the Eve of Thanksgi... | middle6791.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "American"
},
"options": [
"American boy",
"Chinese",
"American",
"China"
],
"question": "John is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_tex... | John is an American boy. His family is in China now. John likes chocolate very much. But his mother doesn't give him. Chocolate is not good for him, she thinks. But John has a very nice uncle. The old man loves him very much, and sometimes he buys John some chocolate. Then his mother lets him eat them. Because she wan... | middle6949.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a teacher can't teach the students everything"
},
"options": [
"the students are taught everything at school",
"a teacher can't teach the students everything",
"school is really not important and useful",
"Edison learne... | School education is very important and useful. The students both learn knowledge and get an education. Yet, no one can learn everything from school. The scientists,such as Edison,Newton,Galileo and Einstein, didn't learn everything from school. They learned a lot of knowledge outside school or in practice by themselves... | middle6785.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The 39th."
},
"options": [
"The 36th.",
"The 37th.",
"The 38th.",
"The 39th."
],
"question": "Which Rotten Sneaker Contest did Casey win?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Who has the smelliest sneakers ?
How can you get $2,500 easily? All you need is a pair of smelly sneakers.This is the true story in America in the Rotten Sneaker Contest. This year in March, there was the annual Rotten Sneaker Contest in America.This contest first came out in 1975.The person who had a sporting goo... | middle4192.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "tennis"
},
"options": [
"soccer",
"tennis",
"volleyball",
"football"
],
"question": "Today Tom plays _ for two hours.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0... | Tom is a young man. He has a very big dog and he has a very small car, too. He likes playing tennis. Today he plays tennis for two hours at the club and then he wants to go home by car. His dog comes after him, but it does not jump into the same car. It jumps into the next car. "Come here, foolish dog!" Tom shouts at ... | middle3825.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "It's in a shopping mall."
},
"options": [
"It's in a supermarket.",
"It's in a shopping mall.",
"It's in a garden.",
"It's on the Internet."
],
"question": "Where is Gadgets?",
"question_type": "factiod_ques... | We Love Gadgets
If you love the latest gadgets or you want to be the next James Bond, come to Gadgets in the Garden Shopping Mall.
Gadgets is a cool new shop. It sells all the latest gadgets and toys from MP3 players and cameras phones to toy robots. It's a great place to go to check out the latest things.
Jon Lee and... | middle2285.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Thirty"
},
"options": [
"Thirty",
"Twenty-five",
"Twenty-two",
"Twenty"
],
"question": "How old is Mary?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Walks ... | Here I'd like to tell you something about my aunt Mary. She is thirty years old. She has a lot of hobbies. She usually gets up early in the morning. And then she walks her dog near the river. She sometimes likes to chat with others near her home after work. She often goes fishing on Saturdays. She loves music. She alwa... | middle1954.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a big cat and a small one"
},
"options": [
"two small cats",
"two big cats",
"a big cat and a small one",
"a cat and a bird"
],
"question": "Mr. Smith has _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{... | Mr. Smith has two cats. One is big and the other is small. He likes them very much. One day his good friend Mr. White comes to see him. He is very surprised .He finds there are two holes in the door, a big hole and a small hole. He says, "My dear friend, why are there two holes in your door?" "To let them in and out."... | middle218.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "It grows quickly."
},
"options": [
"It grows quickly.",
"It's wood.",
"It is easy to cut.",
"It is very thin."
],
"question": "How is bamboo like grass?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
... | Bamboo is one of nature's most surprising plants.Many people call this plant a tree,but it is a kind of grass.
Like other kinds of grass,a bamboo plant may be cut very low to the ground,but it will grow back very quickly.A Japanese scientist reported one bamboo plant which grew 1.5 meters in 24 hours ! Bamboo grows alm... | middle7316.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Because he didn't want the writer to go through the bill carefully."
},
"options": [
"Because he didn't want the writer to go through the bill carefully.",
"Because it was really a fine day.",
"Because he wanted the writer to... | Our village carpenter , John, came one day and made a dining table for my wife. He made it just the right size for the space between the two windows. When I got home that evening, John was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill for the job.
My wife said to me quietly,"That's his ninth cup of tea today. "But s... | middle3170.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "remember words in a song"
},
"options": [
"read and write more",
"listen to the teacher carefully",
"copy the words many times.",
"remember words in a song"
],
"question": "According to the passage, the best way... | Sing the Language You're Learning
How can you remember a song from your childhood to this day? Why do your teachers use songs to teach you English? It seems there is a scientific reason for this.
Researchers are now studying the relationship between music and remembering a foreign language. They find that remembering w... | middle5501.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "see"
},
"options": [
"see",
"walk",
"hear",
"speak"
],
"question": "The boy in the passage can not _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_t... | A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He _ a sign which said, "I am blind, please help." There were only a few coins in the hat.
A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the... | middle2508.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "mental problems"
},
"options": [
"mental problems",
"a headache",
"knives with them",
"no parents"
],
"question": "The students who often become worried or have trouble getting on with others may have _ .",
... | Young people can have problems with their minds.Some students become worried because they have to study very hard.Others have trouble getting on well with people like their parents and classmates.
Liu Wei,a junior 2 student from Hefei,could not understand his teacher and was doing badly in his lessons.He became so worr... | middle5267.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "classmates"
},
"options": [
"brothers",
"friends",
"classmates",
"cousins."
],
"question": "The two boys Tom and Fred are _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_ind... | Tom and Fred are students. They are twelve years old, and they are in the same class in their school. On Monday morning, they have a fight in class, and their teacher is angry. She says to the boys, "Come here after school this afternoon, and write your names 1,000 times ."
After the last class, Tom and Fred are in ... | middle4179.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "need less fuel than ordinary cars"
},
"options": [
"increase air pollution",
"run only on electricity",
"have no engines inside",
"need less fuel than ordinary cars"
],
"question": "Hybrid cars _ .",
"que... | Imagine a world where air pollution is no longer a problem. Clean air is all around us. People don't have to worry about polluting the air every time they drive their cars. They no longer need to face the problem of not having enough fuel either.
Although scientists have been trying for many years to develop a new kind... | middle3616.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Using sleeping pills."
},
"options": [
"Listening to music.",
"Drinking warm milk.",
"Keeping far away from caffeine.",
"Using sleeping pills."
],
"question": "Which of the following is NOT mentioned in this te... | Here are some easy tips for getting to sleep. They can help you deal with tension, stress and anxiety, and enjoy a good night sleep. Not every one of these tips alone will get you to sleep, but a few of them at least should be useful.
Get some physical exercise during the day. Even 15 minutes a day of exercise (at leas... | middle7470.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "in front of"
},
"options": [
"behind",
"in front of",
"next to",
"across from"
],
"question": "There is a small garden _ my house.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answe... | This is my beautiful home. There is a small garden in front of my house. There are many beautiful flowers in the garden. Behind my house there is a big tree. Near the tree, you can see a garage. My father's beautiful car is in it now.
On the first floor, there is a large living room, a dining room, a kitchen and a bath... | middle595.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "in his car"
},
"options": [
"by bus",
"by bike",
"in his car",
"by plane"
],
"question": "Mr. Hunt went to the city _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0... | Mr. Hunt was living in a village and he wanted to go to an office one day. He got into his car and drove to the city. He went there without any trouble and stopped in front of the door. He locked his car and started to go into the office, but then he turned around and went back to his car. "I've left my keys in it!" he... | middle7464.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "385000"
},
"options": [
"385",
"3850",
"38500",
"385000"
],
"question": "The moon is _ kilometres away from the earth.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index":... | July 20th, 1969 was an important day.Two American landed on the moon.Their names were Armstrong and Aldrin.They went there in a spaceship.Its name was Apollo 11.
Apollo 11 left Cape Kennedy on July 16th and went three hundred and eighty-five thousand kilometres.It took the two American three days to get there.On July 2... | middle1015.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "offer something positive to cheer people up"
},
"options": [
"provide a place for those who want to post their videos",
"discover something positive, honest and good",
"recommend positive voicemails on the website to people",... | Sometimes, you feel down or unhappy and it is hard to come back to your high spirit. So if you're having a bad day and need a boost,then help is just a click away.
A website is trying to offer people positive messages from strangers to cheer them up. It announces to be"the nicest place on the Internet",where happy peop... | middle5273.txt |
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