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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Saturday."
},
"options": [
"Sunday.",
"Saturday.",
"Monday",
"Friday."
],
"question": "What day is it today?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "cl... | School cleaning day
Today is Saturday. It is our cleaning day. The pupils of our class are cleaning our classroom. Mary is cleaning the door. She is standing on a chair. Tom and some others are cleaning the windows. Some of us are sweeping the floor. Others are cleaning the desks and chairs. I am taking down the old pictures and putting up some new ones. Our teacher is in the classroom,too. She is helping us to put the desks and chairs in order. | middle6286.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "more"
},
"options": [
"no",
"fewer",
"more",
"a lot"
],
"question": "There are _ people travelling by bike now in London.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index... | If you go to visit London,you will see a lot of buses and cars on the road,you will also see a lot of bikes because more people travel by bike.Why?
There are a lot of reasons for this.First,it's very cheap to buy a bike,and riding bikes is quick, too.You often need to wait for a bus for half an hour.When the bus comes,there are so many other buses and cars on the roads so the bus moves very slowly.The underground train is quick but very expensive.
I travel to work by bus for about four years.I often arrive at work late and feel tired.Then one day , a friend of mine says, "I go to work by bike,why don't we travel together?""Because my bike's old,"I answer,"and there are so many buses and cars on the road.I feel afraid...""Don't be afraid!"says my friend,"If you follow me and we ride slowly,you will be fine."
Two days later I buy a new bike.We go slowly, but we arrive at work quickly. I spend 40 minutes going by bus, but only half an hour by bike! Now I love riding a bike. And I feel healthy. Many people think my idea is good and maybe you'll see more bikes on the road in the future.
Many people think in the same way as I do.That's why you see a lot of bikes on the road.Who knows,perhaps in the future we'll have roads for bicycles only.I hope so! | middle4491.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "parents"
},
"options": [
"teachers",
"parents",
"students",
"children"
],
"question": "The text is written for _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
... | The place of the family computer may turn into a hot argue as your children get older. Whether you have one computer in the house or five, you should think the following things as you make a final decision.
There is a certain number of danger if you allow your children to have a computer with Internet in their rooms with no parental direction. They may share improper information and chat with strangers if they know that no one will be watching.
This does not mean that you cannot allow your children to have a computer in their rooms. Think allowing a computer without Internet. This is especially useful for teens who use the computer for creative projects, playing video games and listening to music. Keep in mind, however, that it is possible that your kids are more skilled at computers than you are and may remove any blocks you have in place.
Computer Use
The way your family computers are used will play a role in deciding where they should be placed. A machine used only for homework will need to be in a quiet place where there is low traffic. One used for chatting online can be in the room where most of the family spend their time. If Mom and Dad use a computer for work, those needs will also have to be thought.
Space
Space must also be considered in computer placement. The computer will need electricity, plenty of desk space and a spot away from this bright light of windows. You will not want it placed in a room where your kids may be noisy. | middle5957.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Jim"
},
"options": [
"Jim",
"Green",
"Jim Green",
"Green Jim"
],
"question": "What is my first name? _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_te... | Hello! I'm Jim Green. I'm English. This is my mother. Her first name is Mary. This is my father.His name is Steve. My telephone number is eight five six o nine one seven six. My friend is Li Lei. His English name is Tony. He is a Chinese boy. His telephone number is 82815248. My English teacher is Jenny Brown. She is a good teacher. | middle3498.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "there may be life on Mars"
},
"options": [
"they can surely find life on Mars",
"there may be life on Mars",
"it's too late for them to explore Mars now",
"Mars is the only planet that has life on it"
],
"questi... | For a long time, humans have used technology to study the world around us, and Mars is the latest place we're using machines to explore. Besides the earth, the "red planet" is seen, as the one place in our solar system most likely to have life.
Early last month, the first American robot, Spirit, landed on Mars without any problem. Opportunity, the second robot, landed on the planet more than a week ago. Scientists are very excited about these machines' safe landing on Mars. It means that now we have an excellent chance to look for water and other signs of life. So far, the robots have found some stones that could show Mars was once a wet and warm planet.
But the trips made by Spirit and Opportunity were dangerous. Mars is often called the "death planet", because in the past its environment has been unfriendly to the robot explorers. Before Spirit and Opportunity, nearly forty spaceships had been sent to Mars since the 1960s. Two-thirds of them failed. The first spaceship, Korabl, sent in 1962 by Russia was among them. It broke apart near the earth. | middle2786.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "PS3900."
},
"options": [
"PS650.",
"PS3250.",
"PS3900.",
"PS7800."
],
"question": "If you want to hire Flat B for half a year, how much should you pay for it?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
... | Greenwood Gazette
.................................................................................................................................
To Hire
A Quiet flat in Greenwood 2 bedrooms, large kitchen Near shops and restaurants PS600 a month
Phone 07348 0848153B Small 3rd-floor flat in central London
1 bedroom
2 minutes from the train station PS650 a month Phone 020 933 9458C House in Hoburn from end of September
3 bedrooms, small garden
Near the university PS1000 a month Phone 07122 7476933 | middle7826.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Nineteen"
},
"options": [
"Ten",
"Fifteen",
"Nineteen",
"Twenty"
],
"question": "How many fingers does Teotronica have ?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": ... | We humans can play the piano . of course we play the piano with our ten fingers . But Teotronica can play with its 19 fingers . Teotronica is not a human . It is a robot . It is a special robot which can play the piano like humans .
Nattei Suzzi is the inventor of Teotronica . Matteo Suzzi comes from Italy and he is more than thirty years old . He was interested in science when he was young . He always likes to use his head to create amazing things . He spent four years making the musical robot . He made the piano-playing robot at a cost of about 4,700 dollars .
Teotronica is a special and great robot . It has more fingers than humans . It plays the piano faster than a human . Teotronica can sing as well when it plays the piano . It is the first robot to do so and many people feel excited to see it ,. Teotronica can even use its eyes to interact with humans because there are cameras in its eyes .Teotronica is amazing , isn't it ? | middle7832.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "they thought it was too dangerous"
},
"options": [
"there was little chance to go",
"they weren't experienced enough",
"they thought it was too dangerous",
"it wasn't exciting enough"
],
"question": "Most of the... | Sam and Joe were astronauts. There was once a very dangerous trip and the more experienced astronauts knew there was only a small chance of coming back alive. Sam and Joe, however, thought it would be exciting though a little dangerous. "We're the best men for the job," they said to the boss. "There may be problems, but we can find the answers." "They're the last people I'd trust ," thought the boss. "But all the other astronauts have refused to go."
Once they were in space, Joe had to go outside to make some repairs . When the repairs were done, he tried to get back inside the spaceship. But the door was locked. He knocked but there was no answer. He knocked again, louder this time, and again no answer came. Then he hit the door as hard as he could and finally a voice said, "Who's there?" "It's me! Who else could it be?" shouted Joe. Sam let him in all right but you can imagine that Joe never asked to go on a trip with Sam again! | middle2792.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "fast food"
},
"options": [
"Cola",
"ice crean",
"chicken",
"fast food"
],
"question": "Students like _ very much.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | Students like fast food very much. Many of them like to meet friends in a fast food restaurant. They can eat many kinds of food and listen to music in the restaurant. They like to have chicken, French fries, hamburgers, salad and Cola. Their favorite food is ice-cream. But I don't think fast food is healthy. I like vegetables and fruits. They are healthy food. | middle4485.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "most"
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"options": [
"most",
"few",
"half",
"all"
],
"question": "The writer finds that _ people are using their phones in public places.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
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"answer": {
... | Next time you're in a public place, take a look around you, and count how many people are using their phones. I can tell you that it is probably more than half, whether you're in a bus, in a cafe or simply walking down the street.
I'm not saying that I am not an example of this, but I wonder how people can spend so much time on their phones without actually talking to anyone in particular. We can now do almost anything with a phone. But has it gone too far? We spend too much time on our mobiles but not enough time talking to people in real life.
Last time I visited London, I traveled by subway. I noticed that almost everybody else
was on their phones except those who were asleep. People were playing games, reading articles and listening to music.
Recently, my smart phone broke and I had to use an old basic phone just to keep in touch with my family and friends. I could only send text messages, make calls and play one game with it. And I loved it. I loved being free from the Internet, and I really didn't mind what my friends were doing or what the latest news was. I could enjoy my time watching the people around me and seeing what was going on.
However, I knew that as soon as I got my smart phone back, I would be one of those people once again. | middle5943.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Treating friends at home."
},
"options": [
"Treating friends at home.",
"Taking days off to be with friends .",
"Meeting friends at the airport at midnight.",
"Sharing everything they have."
],
"question": "Whic... | America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don't feel hurt .If the same two people meet again, even years later, they _ the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand. Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings, extending deeply into both families.
There is another difficult point for us to understand .Although Americans treat friends warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don't show their politeness to them if it requires a great deal of time. But in China, we are usually generous with our time. We, as hosts, will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off from our work to act as guides to our friends. It is opposite in America .Americans can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily plans. They will probably expect the visitors to get themselves from the airport to the hotels. And they expect the visitors will phone them from there. Once the visitors arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real.
For Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants, except for business matters. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life .So accept their hospitality at home and enjoy your visit in America ! | middle6292.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "go to the bathroom"
},
"options": [
"watch TV",
"go to the bathroom",
"have some food",
"drink water"
],
"question": "The girl woke up in the midnight to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
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... | One midnight, a little girl woke up to go to the bathroom. She got up and down her bed, walked to the bedroom door and opened it. She looked outside and walked back, because it was so dark that she was scared.
Her mother said, "Don't be afraid, honey. Take courage!"
"What's courage?" she asked, running to her mother's bed.
"Courage is the brave breath," her mother answered.
"Mum, do you have courage?"
"Certainly!"
The girl held out her hands, saying, "Mum, please blow some of your courage breath to me."
After her mother blew out two mouthfuls of breath into her little cold hands, the little girl held her hands nervously , afraid that the "breath of courage" would run away. Then, she walked out of her bedroom towards the bathroom with nothing to fear.
Her mother said to herself, " It will be nice if someone can blow some kind of "breath" to me. Then I can hold it in my hands too when I feel afraid or lost."
In fact, mostly, what we are afraid of is nothing but the fear in our mind. Who we should beat against is nobody but ourselves. | middle7013.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Belgian"
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"options": [
"England",
"Belgian",
"German",
"France"
],
"question": "The first 3D newspaper is in _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | We see 3D movies, games, TVs, and so on. Do you hear of 3D newspapers? Yes, here is a kind of newspaper from Belgian. And it was born on March 3rd, 2010. This is the first 3D newspaper in the world.
Huber Leklein with his friends began to make the 3D newspaper in January,2010. They worked really hard. And they finished in March.
If you buy this newspaper ,you can get a pair of free 3D glasses. All the pictures and ads in the newspaper are in 3D,but the articles are not in 3D.You can read this 3D newspaper by holding( ) the newspaper 50cm away from the eyes. In fact, if people don't wear the 3D glasses, they can't read the newspaper very well because the pictures and words in it are not clear.
People like reading 3D newspaper very much. But Hubert Lekein and his friends don't want to continue with it because they spent too much money and time. | middle1462.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "know some social customs for a dinner party"
},
"options": [
"make friends with Rose",
"know some social customs for a dinner party",
"make her friends happy",
"give her friends a surprise"
],
"question": "Wang ... | Letter A
Dear Rose,
I like your programmes very much. I'm now writing to ask you something about American social customs . My American friends want me to join them in their dinner party. I am very happy and have decided to go, but I'm a little worried about it, too. The social customs in my country are very different from here, so I'm afraid of making mistakes.
Should I bring a present, such as sweets or flowers? Should I arrive on time or a little late? At the dinner table, how can I know which fork or knife to use? How can I let the family know that I'm thankful for their kindness?
Wang Lin
Letter B
Dear Wang Lin,
It's a good idea to bring a small present when you go to a dinner party. Flowers are always nice, or you may bring a bottle of wine if you know that your friends drink it.
You should arrive on time or five to ten minutes late. Don't get there early. If you're going to be more than fifteen minutes late, you should call and tell them.
Try to be free at the dinner table. If you don't know about choosing the right fork or knife, just watch the other people, and follow them. If you still have no idea of what to do, ask the person next to you.
If you like the food, say so. Of course, you'll thank them for the meal and for their kindness. It's also a good idea to send a thank-you card the day after.
Rose | middle5604.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "an Italian woman in Leonardo da Vinci's painting"
},
"options": [
"a famous woman in China",
"Leonardo da Vinci's wife",
"a famous painting of Wang Hui",
"an Italian woman in Leonardo da Vinci's painting"
],
"qu... | Art lovers around the world have thought about this question for so many years: what is the secret behind the Mona Lisa's smile?
However, they can ask Mona Lisa herself in the interactive exhibition in Beijing. This exhibition brings the 500-year-old painting to life.
Now Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting can move her head and wave her hand in 3D, and even answer questions. She can answer the questions about her life, her age and so on. But when she talks she doesn't speak Italian but Chinese like: "Da jia hao, wo jiao Mengna Lisha. Hen gao xing jian dao ni men."
The new, digital picture of Mona Lisa is the center piece of the World Classic Interactive Arts Exhibition in Beijing. You can also see other world-famous paintings such as Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper. Last Supper is another picture that they made alive with 3D. In this picture, Jesus can walk and talk with his believers .
It took the organizer Wang Hui and over 400 digital artists in South Korea two years to make the picture, at a cost of around 50 million yuan.
He says, "What's special about it is that it's the first time to use computer technology to make her speak and move."
So what does the Mona Lisa say if you ask her why she is smiling? | middle3275.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "the bar"
},
"options": [
"the bar",
"he hotel",
"the store",
"the restaurant"
],
"question": "That day the cowboy tied his horse outside _ before he wanted to drink.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
... | One day a strong cowboy was traveling on his horse when he saw a bar. He decided to stop for a few drinks, so he tied his horse outside the bar, walked into the bar and ordered two bottles of beer. This cowboy was new in town. He looked around and noticed some people making faces to him. He guessed that they might play some tricks on him, but he said nothing and continued to drink. After drinking, he walked out of the bar and found his horse lost.
However, he kept calm, came back into the bar, and said slowly, " I don't know what you fools did to my horse out there... but I'm leaving in five minutes, and by then if my horse isn't back where it's supposed to be, well ... I have to do here what I did in Texas!" The cowboy added, "And I don't want to do what I did in Texas!" After hearing these words, the other customers seemed a little bit frightened.
The cowboy went back to his seat and ordered another two bottles of beer. After five minutes, he walked out and found his horse tied where it was supposed to be.
Just as he was leaving, the boss of the bar came up and asked curiously , "What was the thing that you did in Texas but you didn't want to do here?"
The cowboy turned to the boss and replied in a low voice, " I had to walk home!"
,. (5) | middle3513.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "run away"
},
"options": [
"look down",
"stare",
"bark",
"run away"
],
"question": "When a dog is afraid, it may _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
... | A dog can't speak any words, but it can "talk". It has feelings just as you do. Sometimes it may feel angry or afraid. Watch a dog closely, and you can find out how it feels. You can see what it is trying to tell you. When you are afraid, you may look down. When a dog is afraid, it may run away. When you are angry with other people, you stare at them. An angry dog also stares. Sometimes the hair along its back stands up.
Do you feel guilty when you do something you shouldn't do? Dogs can feel guilty, too. Sometimes when I come home, my dog gives me a guilty look. Then I know he did something wrong.
Dogs need love and care. Some dogs are very unhappy when they are alone for a long time. Some dogs even snap if they don't get enough care.
You may have a dog or you may know a dog. Take care of it well if you want to have fun with it. Take it on walks. Don't make it do too many things. Try not to punish it again and again for doing the same thing. Always remember, a dog has needs and feelings just as you do. Talk to a dog, and it will talk to you. | middle690.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "His car was missing."
},
"options": [
"His car was missing.",
"The door of the car was open.",
"His car was in the garage.",
"His car was outside of the garage."
],
"question": "What did Mr. Smith find one morni... | A Trap
Mr. Smith left his car outside his apartment one night as usual, but when he came down the next morning to go to his office, he discovered that the car wasn't there. He called the police and told them what had happened, and they said that they would try to find the car.
When Mr. Smith came home from his office that evening, the car was back again in its usual place in front of his house. He examined it carefully to see whether it had been damaged, and found two theater tickets on one of the seats and a letter which said, "We're very sorry. We took your car because of an emergency."
Mr. and Mrs. Smith went to the theater with the two tickets the next night and enjoyed themselves very much.
When they got home, they found that thieves had taken almost everything they had had in their apartment. | middle848.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "stay outside with our bikes"
},
"options": [
"close all the windows",
"listen to typhoon news",
"stay outside with our bikes",
"stay inside the strong house"
],
"question": "When a typhoon comes, we cannot",
... | Maybe you know floods, droughts, earthquakes, sandstorms and so on. But have you ever heard of typhoons?
Typhoons are some of the worst storms, usually around the Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea. Most happen in July, August and September.
How does a typhoon happen? When lots of sea water gets hot in the summer sun, it evaporates into the air. This makes the air hotter. _ It fills the space that is left. After the air gets warmer, it starts to move quickly, making wind. The wind goes in circles, and it keeps moving higher in the sky. The warmer the air gets, the quicker the wind moves. And when the wind moves faster than 30 meters a second, a typhoon begins.
A typhoon has two parts. One is called the "eye". In the eye, the wind does not move so fast. The other part is the wall of clouds around the eye. This is where the strongest wind and hardest rains are.
Typhoons are very dangerous. In 2004, Typhoon Yunna killed 164 people in Zhejiang, and 24 people were missing. In May 2006, Typhoon Pearl hit Guangdong and Fujian, and thousands of houses were damaged.
What to do when a typhoon hits:
*Stay inside, close all the windows and stay away from them.
*Try to bring all of your things inside. Strong winds could even blow away your bikes!
*Listen to the radio or TV for important information.
*If you're told to go to a safer place, do so right away. | middle1310.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "our attention"
},
"options": [
"information itself",
"our attention",
"our intelligence",
"the environment"
],
"question": "All information we receive depends on _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
... | Information is received into our brain by attention, and its quality determines how well _ will be processed, saved and used afterwards.
All information we receive is chosen by our attention. Factors affecting our attention are personal interest, experience, ability, feelings, knowledge, environment, timing, and so on. The same information may attract different forms and levels of attention from different people. Some people can get and save the information easily; some may have great difficulty; while others may just turn a blind eye to it. To the same information, one may even pay different levels of attention at different times. But if the facts work together, the quality of attention may be better. Therefore, it is not surprising to see that somebody with average intelligence can have excellent performances in some fields.
The good news is that a person's attention can be shaped, trained and made stronger by effective exercise. With this in mind, we should keep improving the quality of our attention. | middle684.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "A poem."
},
"options": [
"A story.",
"A poem.",
"An advertisement.",
"A report."
],
"question": "What kind of article does this passage belong to?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answ... | Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village, though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep. | middle7761.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "answer it at once"
},
"options": [
"think it over and answer it",
"answer it at once",
"ask the teacher to say it again",
"stand up and keep quiet"
],
"question": "If the teacher ask you a question, you should ... | American schools must obey the classroom rules. Here are some of them.
If the teacher asks you a question, you should answer it at once. If you do not understand the question, you can put up your hand and ask the teacher to say it again.
You must not be absent ( ) on a test day. If you are seriously ill, let the teacher know. If your teacher allows _ , you'd better take the test within one or two days after you return to class.
It is rude ( ) to be late. If you are late, you should come into the classroom and go to your seat quickly. In the US it is not necessary to knock before you enter the classroom.
In America, you should call your teacher by his or her last name, not "teacher". Also you should use Mr, Miss, Ms or Mrs before the last name, such as Mrs Smith or Mr Jones.
In the US, it is impolite to eat, drink or chew gum ( ) during class. Don't do these until ( ) the break. | middle3507.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Music can improve our listening skills."
},
"options": [
"Music can give us pleasure.",
"Music can make us relaxed.",
"Music can cheer us up.",
"Music can improve our listening skills."
],
"question": "Which of ... | Each person has his own way to have fun. Some like sports. Some like playing chess or cards. But a large number of people enjoy listening to music.
Nowadays, music has become an important part of our life. We can listen to music on CDs, on radio or on TV. Also, we can search the Internet to find the song we like. It's the easiest way to enjoy the music that we like. Also we can download our favorite songs from the Internet for free. If we have a Walkman ,we can hear music everywhere. It can give us pleasure if we are sad. It can cheer us up, too. When we are tired, it can make us relaxed.
Different people like different kinds of music. Young people like pop music. Maybe old people like gentle and quiet music. Different music can express different feelings. When we are happy, we like to listen to jubilant music. When we are unhappy, we want to hear soft music. We need different kinds of music in different _ We can get different feelings from music. Music is the best friend of human beings. We can't imagine what life would be like without music. | middle2619.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "bad"
},
"options": [
"bad",
"dark",
"dangerous for people to go out",
"full of deep ruts and holes"
],
"question": "The roads in the place where Carlo's master lived were _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_ques... | Here is a dog with a lantern in his mouth, he is looking for his master .
Carlo, a lovely dog, had been taught to be useful. The roads, in the place where his master lived, were often so bad that it was not safe for any person to go out without a light on dark nights.
So Carlo's master taught him to carry a lantern for him at night; and he did it as steadily as any boy could have done.
Carlo never trotted too far before his master so that the bright light of the lantern might guide his master's steps.
When he came to a deep rut or hole in the road, he would turn round to his master, seemed to say, /Take care, there is a hole here. "
The dog's master lived about a mile from the town; and when he could not get home before dark, Carlo used to be sent to him with the lantern. Carlo knew where to go. He also knew the road which his master would take.
But Carlo didn't always find his master right away. When he reached the town, he would run off to a house where his master often was. Still holding his lantern, he would scratch at the street-door with his feet and bark ; as much as to say, 6/Here am I,
Master, with the lantern, are you ready for home? "
Someone would perhaps come to the door and sa 6/Your master is not here. " Carlo
would growl , seemed to say, "Then he is somewhere else, and I must find him. "
He would then run off to one house after another, until he found his master, then the two went home together. | middle5176.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "student"
},
"options": [
"teacher",
"student",
"worker",
"farmer"
],
"question": "Li Lei is a _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text"... | One day the students were having painting lessons. Everyone began to draw pictures .Li Lei did nothing. When the bell rang for the break , Li Lei passed his picture to the teacher .
The teacher looked at it and got angry "Why do you give me a piece of paper with nothing on it , Li Lei ?"asked the teacher. "I'm sorry, sir. I drew a dog and some bread on the paper"says Li Lei ."Where is the dog and bread ?"asked the teacher again. I drew some bread first . When I finished drawing the dog , it ate up the bread . When I gave it to you , the dog ran away ."says Li Lei.. | middle5610.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The friends who you like most."
},
"options": [
"The friends who are very kind.",
"The friends who live close to each other.",
"The friends who were once classmates.",
"The friends who you like most."
],
"questi... | Except for a few times, Americans are not big present-givers. There's no exchange of presents among business people, and if one American tries to give another a present, it may look like that he wants to bribe him. Americans have learned that in some other countries people like to give presents to others, but among ourselves we don't see the need for presents.
Even friends may never exchange presents. When I go to foreign countries, I try to bring back little things for _ but nobody would feel unhappy if I didn't. I don't often remember a friend's birthday, and few people outside of my family remember mine. If someone gave me presents too often, I'd get unpleasant. But a present from a foreigner - that kind from his or her homeland -- won't go wrong, except to government employees who can't be given presents.
You usually open a present at once and in front of the person who gives it except Christmas and birthday presents. You should only say, "It's so nice. Thanks..." when you get Christmas or birthday presents.
You may want to bring a bottle of wine or flowers to a dinner party, but you're
never asked to. Nobody will mind if you bring wine, but your friend may not use it that evening.
At Christmas we often give presents to our family and sometimes our friends. We also give presents to people who have been helpful during the year- doormen, babysitters, housecleaners, newspaper senders-- anyone who has often helped us. | middle3261.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "65"
},
"options": [
"45",
"55",
"65",
"75"
],
"question": "About _ percent of the online payments in 2015 were done through mobile devices.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | A new study said about 65 percent of the online payments last year were done with mobile devices. Along with the rapid growth of the online to offline business, the mobile payment has been further changing people's everyday life.
According to findings published by Alipay, the mobile payment is more _ in China's underdeveloped areas. In Tibet, 83.3 percent of the online payments were done with mobile devices in 2015. The region was followed by Guizhou, Gansu, Shanxi and Qinghai. Nearly 80 percent of the mobile payments were done in these regions and provinces. Li Chao, a researcher from iResearch Consulting Group, said that the lack of traditional business was the main reason why people used mobile payment more often.
Although people in developed areas in China used mobile payments less often, they spent much more money. The study showed that people in Shanghai spent more than 100,000 yuan(15,210dollars) on average through Alipay, becoming the top Alipay users in China in 2015.
As more and more companies are entering the mobile payment field in China, such as mobile payments in convenience stores and movie theatres, online payment is sure to develop much more quickly. In the near future smartphones may replace wallets. | middle7007.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "it is fast"
},
"options": [
"it is slow",
"you can open the window",
"it is fast",
"the airport is fay from the city"
],
"question": "Many people like travelling by plane because _ .",
"question_type": "c... | Many people love going on a trip by plane , but an airport is usually far from the city . You have to arrive there and wait for hours for the plane to take off and it is often late . You can't open the window .You can't choose the food .Planes are fast ,but it takes hours to get out of the airport and into the city .
I like travelling by train .I think trains are safe . Train stations are usually in cities . when you are late for a train , you can catch another one . You can walk around in the train and open the windows . You can see many interesing things on your way . I know it takes a little more time .
I also like cars . You can start your trip when you want to . and you don't need to get to a station . You can carry many things with you too . But sometimes there are many cars on the road . | middle1476.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "by cupping his both hands"
},
"options": [
"with a small pot",
"by cupping his both hands",
"with the help of the large deer",
"by using an empty bottle"
],
"question": "The boy carried the water to the baby dee... | It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. There was no rain for almost a month. The crops were dying. Cows stopped giving milk. On this day, I witnessed a wonder.
I was making lunch when I saw my 6-year-old son, Billy, walking very slowly towards the woods. Minutes later he came running out again, towards the house. Soon after, I saw him walking towards the woods again. This went on for an hour. Finally I walked out of the house quietly and followed him.
Billy cupped both hands in front of him as he walked, careful not to drop the water he carried. Then I saw an amazing sight. Several large deer stood in front of him. Billy walked right up to them. I saw a baby deer lying on the ground. It was dying of thirst, and it tried to lift its head to drink the water in my boy's hands.
When the water was gone, Billy ran back to the house. I followed him to the kitchen. Billy opened the tap and a small trickle came out. He let the drips slowly fill up his "cup".
Now I understood what was going on. The week before, he tried giving water to our horses but I told him not to waste water. Now when he stood up and turned, I was there in front of him. His eyes filled with tears . "I'm not wasting," he said. I joined him with a small cup of water from the kitchen. I let him walk to the baby deer alone while I stood by the woods. Tears rolled down my face. Suddenly there were some drops falling, as if the sky itself was crying. | middle6319.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "in the country"
},
"options": [
"in the city",
"at the statio",
"in a town",
"in the country"
],
"question": "Peter's uncle lives _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"an... | Peter's uncle lives in the country. He is a man full of humor . One day, Peter went to see his uncle. His uncle drove his car to the station to meet him. On their way home, they saw many people. His uncle waved to everybody. Peter was surprised and said,"Uncle,you wave to everybody. Do you know all of them?"
"No,Peter," answered his uncle. "When I wave to someone who knows me, he'll feel happy. When I wave to someone and he doesn't know me, he will feel surprised and then he will have something to think about,he will make his road seem shorter . So I can make everybody happy." | middle5638.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "War"
},
"options": [
"Youth",
"Love",
"War",
"Friendship"
],
"question": "Which is NOT one of the main themes of this year's Chinese movies?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_ind... | Youth, friendship and love are the main themes of this year's Chinese movies, such as So Young(<<>> ) and American Dreams in China(<<>> ). Tiny Times(<<>> ), one of the most popular movies this summer, also has the same features.
The movie was based on author and director Guo Jingming's novel of the same name. It tells a story about four girls who come from different backgrounds and of different personalities. Since it was shown on June 27, Tiny Times has made 483 million yuan at the box office. The sequel of it was shown on Aug 8 and it has also been a big box office hit.
Cao Yuhan, 13, a high school student at Beijing Jianhua Experimental School, is a big fan of the movie. "I'm deeply touched by their friendship," Cao said. "When Nan Xiwang is in trouble, the other three girls try their best to help her, even running barefoot in the snow. However, not everyone has had good things to say. The people's Daily said that the film went too far in encouraging youths to become materialistic . Film commentator Raymond Zhou wrote on his online blog that "Buying luxury goods seems as a way to express love or friendship, and the word 'money' is repeated over and over again. Song Kexin, 14, a high school student at Zhida Middle School in Taiyuan, Shanxi, shows a typical example of a fan's attitude . And that's to look for the positive value. "That movie is a little far from our daily life. My friends and I are not having parties every day," Song said, "But I admire Tang Wanru's optimistic attitude. She's always looking at the bright side of life. I should learn from her." | middle2157.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Having headaches."
},
"options": [
"Having wet eyes.",
"Having headaches.",
"Having small eyes.",
"Having a toothache"
],
"question": "Which of the following may be caused by too much screen time?",
"questio... | Nowadays, many children spend hours a day looking at computer screens or other digital products. Some eye care doctors say all the screen time has caused more children to have what they call computer vision syndrome .
Nathan Warford is an optometrist in the US. He says he has seen more children having eye problems. "More children come into my office because their parents have noticed that they have headaches or red eyes, or because their degree of short-sightedness appears to be increasing very fast and they're worried," he said.
Dr. Warford says part of the problem is that even if their eyes start to feel uncomfortable or they start to get a headache, some children don't tell their parents, because they don't want their games or the computer to be taken away. Another part of the problem is that people blink less often when they look at the screen.A person who uses a computer or a digital product blinks about a third as much as we normally do in everyday life. If eyes can't stay wet or are too tired, they will not be protected like normal. | middle4526.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He was lonely."
},
"options": [
"He was lazy.",
"He was impolite.",
"He was lonely.",
"He was slow in study."
],
"question": "What was Sam's real problem?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
... | Sam really felt very happy. When he arrived at his seat in the classroom that morning, he found an invitation on his desk. It was from several of his classmates asking him to join them on a camping trip. This was the first time he was asked to join in an out-of-school activity.
Why were they asking him now? Nobody seemed to like him. In fact, he had been so lonely that he ate a lot of food. As a result, he put on a lot of weight, and this gave the kids something more to make fun of him.
Cindy, who was standing near Sam when Sam read the invitation, went out quickly to tell the others that _ . Everyone was pleased that Sam thought that was true, but there was no camping trip. The whole thing was made up .
At first, Cindy thought it was fun. But later, when Sam told her that he was going to buy a sleeping bag with his savings, Cindy had second thoughts. She knew that Sam's family had little money, and she hated to see him spend his savings on something he would never use, Cindy also hated to tell Sam the truth. Her close friends would be angry with her.
What can she do now? | middle6331.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "sleeping"
},
"options": [
"eating",
"playing",
"sleeping",
"waking"
],
"question": "Our bodies grow most while we are _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index":... | During the day we work and play; at night we sleep. Our bodies rest while we sleep. In the morning we are ready to work and play again. While we are asleep our bodies grow most. Children usually need more sleep. We can get our lessons better and we feel better too, when we have plenty of rest. Boys and girls need ten hours of sleep every night when they are eight or nine years old. Our bodies need lots of air when we sleep. If we do not get enough fresh air we'll feel tired when we wake up. While in bed we must not cover our heads. If we do, our lungs will not get enough fresh air. If we open our windows at night we can have plenty of fresh air. Cool air is better then warm air. Boys and girls must get enough sleep if they want to grow and be strong. | middle1338.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Ocean Park"
},
"options": [
"school",
"Ocean Park",
"zoo",
"the central hall"
],
"question": "Some students visited the _ on June 1st.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"a... | School news (June 8th, Friday)
School trip: Students in Junior Two had a great time during the school trip on Children's Day. They went to Ocean Park by bus. The teachers were very happy because the students cleaned the bus after the trip.
Japanese visitors: Thirteen visitors from Japan arrived at our school on Monday, June 4th. They visited our school and enjoyed the weekend party with teachers and students.
Basketball world: The school basketball match will be held tomorrow. Both Team Five and Team One hope to be the champion . Who do you think will win?
Talent show : There will be a talent show in our school on June 15th. Lots of students will show their talents by singing, dancing and playing the instruments at the central hall. | middle7991.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Life and Health"
},
"options": [
"Life and Health",
"Chinese Culture",
"Fashion Times",
"Sports and Health"
],
"question": "We can read the article in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | Green tea is the best choice for office workers.
People who always work in places with air conditioning may face skin problems such as easily dry skin. Among all the drinks, green tea is the best choice. Because there are important things in green tea and they are often called catechins . Moreover, drinking more green tea can prevent computer radiation .
Winter is the season to drink black tea.
Chinese medicine believes that different people should drink different tea based on the different characteristics and tastes of each kind of tea. Black tea can warm the stomach and quicken digestion . Therefore, drinking warm black tea in the cold winter is a most _ choice.
Do not drink strong tea.
Strong tea may make the body far too excited and can badly affect the cardiovascular as well as the nervous system . For a person who has problem with these parts, to drink overly strong tea may cause heart and blood pressure illness, or even make the old illnesses much worse.
Do not drink too much tea when you are eating.
Drinking too much tea or strong thick tea may not be good for taking in many constant elements and trace elements . Also, people should not drink tea with milk or other milky food.
,. | middle874.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The support of their parents."
},
"options": [
"The support of their teachers.",
"The support of their friends.",
"The support of their parents.",
"The support of their schools."
],
"question": "What's the great... | Teenage life is interesting, adventurous and difficult. Teenagers have to go through many problems. It may probably be a family problem or a school problem. It is important to learn how to deal with those problems.
Be grateful of your parents' support. When you have a problem, ask your parents to support you. When a child is thirteen, he feels like he has grown up. As a part of a family, teenagers do not want their parents to involve in their personal activities and they think they are able to be independent .
It is very normal and parents should also cooperate with their kids. They should try to get to know what their child needs. Sometimes a child may be hesitating to tell something but they should try to know what the matter is. Parents' support is the greatest support for a teenager.
Learn to live in society. Society plays a very important role in everyone's life. What teenagers see from society has a big influence on their characters.
As a teenager, you should know what is wrong and what is right. Never be impatient in making a decision. Always keep cool and calm , take advice from your parents and you will make a good decision. Don't let the bad things of society influence you. Instead, get to learn good things from society.
Learn from school. School is like a second home. We learn a lot from our school, and at the same time, it is the hardest part of a teenager's life.
*First are the studies. You should know what you want to do. Don't come under pressure in making choices.
*Learn to take your own stand . If you don't do well in exams, don't feel broken. Be strong-minded and spend more time on your studies.
*Share your problems with your friends. Your friends are always ready to help. If you are confused in your life, talk about what all you've done and what you want to do with your friends. | middle7749.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "white caps"
},
"options": [
"green pants",
"brown shoes",
"black bags",
"white caps"
],
"question": "We can find _ in Wen Feng's Clothes Shop .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer":... | Welcome to Wen Feng's Clothes Shop! Big Sale !
Goods Colors Price (each)
Pants Black, white, brown Y=65
Coat Black Y= 95
Cap Blue, white Y= 15
T-shirt Red, green Y= 60
Shoes Black , white Y= 80
Bag Blue Y= 35 | middle2631.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Six"
},
"options": [
"Four",
"Five",
"Six",
"Seven."
],
"question": "How many people are there in Kate's family?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text"... | This is a picture of Kate Green's family. In the picture we can see her grandparents, herparents, her brother Mike and her. Her grandparents are on the chair. Mr Green and Mrs Greenare behind them. Mike is under the window. Kate is on the floor. What's behind Kate? It's a cat. It's black and white. | middle4254.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Televisions and laptops."
},
"options": [
"Delicious food.",
"Televisions and laptops.",
"Cheap clothes.",
"Tents and hot chocolate."
],
"question": "What products sell best on Black Friday?",
"question_type... | It's that time of year again. The lead-up to everyone's favorite holiday -- Christmas!
Usually Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, marks the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. On this day all the stores open early and offer the best discounts to their customers. Interestingly, people push to buy the cheapest products, just a few hours after giving thanks for the things they have.
Usually televisions and laptops are the most popular products on Black Friday. People are willing to wait for hours for their favorite stores to open because they want very much to get the items they need.
This year I decided to go out and grab a bargain at one of these sales, just to see what it is like. After a delicious Thanksgiving meal, I drove to the mall around half an hour before the stores opened. Already there were people lining up and waiting outside. Some had even prepared themselves with tents and hot chocolate to stay warm in the cold weather. I entered the store, but I wasn't looking for anything specific. I just walked around the store checking out the prices. I bought some cheap clothes, while other people were _ their shopping carts with tons of different items.
Some people come to the Black Friday sales for the products, and others come to enjoy the experience. However, some stores can be a little dangerous during Black Friday. Every year there are always some cases of people fighting over the small number of goods. This year Wal-Mart learned its lesson and made the sales last longer. They made sure customers came for the first hour, got what they wanted and then left quickly. | middle6443.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "When you go for a long-distance trip, you'd better drive your own car."
},
"options": [
"When we produce the meat, we need to take up lots of energy.",
"Taking showers in less time will help for saving the water.",
"When you ... | Now, are you changing your living habits to have a l _ life? Here are some strategies for you.
Strategy One
*Each week, choose one day when you don't eat meat. Meat takes up lots of energy because it takes a long time to produce. And animals must be fed on farmed plants, which could be used to feed many more people.
Strategy Two
*Only buy the amount of food you need. When you buy food, go local rather than imported , and get fresh vegetables instead of frozen.
Strategy Three
*Make sure you keep the things such as paper and plastic bottles separate so that they can be recycled. There are places where you can recycle batteries. Make sure you find them.
Strategy Four
*Take showers rather than baths and reduce your shower time by two minutes. This will save water and give you an extra two minutes in bed.
Strategy Five
*Buses and trains are better than cars, but walking or cycling is better still. It's also better for your health and cheaper. It can even be quicker than sitting in a car at rush hours in a busy city. For long distances, coaches are better than trains.
Strategy Six
*Try to buy good, long-lasting products even though they may cost a little more. A small screen TV is better than a big screen. Keep your electronic products one year longer than you would usually have. | middle7985.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "jeans"
},
"options": [
"Levi Strauss",
"young people",
"cool",
"jeans"
],
"question": "The story is talking about _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
... | 150 Years of Cool
Look in the bedrooms of young people around the world. You will probably find a pair of blue jeans in each room. Jeans are very popular all over the world.
Jeans give you the feeling of comfort, youth and energy. They have long been liked by every person.
Levi Strauss is an American company. It first made blue jeans. The company was founded in 1853 by 24-year-old Levi Strauss. Twenty years later, he made the first blue jeans in the world. The jeans were used as working trousers for the cowboys of the American West. During the Second World War, American soldiers brought blue jeans to Europe and Asia. People there began to wear jeans. Little by little, they become cool.
People from different countries like different styles of jeans. Americans like to wear simple and single-colored jeans, but many Chinese like to wear jeans with lots of different colors.
Jeans now can be seen everywhere: However, in many places, it's not always good to wear jeans. No matter how good they may look, or what color they are, it's often not right to wear jeans in formal places. But, when you are out, relaxing and having fun, jeans are the best choice. | middle860.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "eating outside"
},
"options": [
"having meals with her family",
"at home",
"ill",
"eating outside"
],
"question": "Mrs. Ai doesn't want to eat fish heads when she is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions... | In our town, everyone knows Mrs. Ai loves eating fish heads. When the family have meals together and there is fish in the meal, her children always give her the fish heads first. Only when she is eating outside, she often says "no" to fish heads very politely.
Not long ago, Mrs. Ai dies. Before she dies, some of her old friends come to see her and cook some fish heads for her. At that time she can't eat anything, but she tells her friends a secret, "Thank you very much for cooking me the fish heads. But tell you the truth: I never really love eating fish heads. My family is poor. My husband and children like eating fish. If I eat some, they will eat a little less. If I don't eat any, they will feel sorry. So I have to say I love eating fish heads. In my life, I only wish I could eat the meat of the fish."
Now, if someone says he (or she) loves eating fish heads, I always want to know: Does he (or she) really love eating fish heads or just eat fish heads for love? | middle6325.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "On foot."
},
"options": [
"By car.",
"On foot.",
"By bus.",
"By bike."
],
"question": "How did the little girl go to school every day?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"a... | A little girl walked to and from school every day. Though it was not fine and clouds appeared in the sky that morning, the little girl made her daily trip to school as usual. When school was over, winds became stronger and it began to rain.
The mother of the little girl felt worried that her daughter would be afraid when she walked home from school and that lightning might frighten her child. Following the bright light of lightning, the mother quickly got into her car and drove to her child's school.
As the mother drove along the road, she saw her little girl walking alone in the rain.To her great surprise, she found that when a lightning came, her daughter stopped, looked up and smiled. Another lightning came and then another followed. With each lightning, the little girl stopped, looked up and smiled.
Inside the car, the mother asked her daughter, "What were you doing? Why did you look up and smile when the lightning came?" The little girl answered with a smile, "Mum, you know, God was looking at me. Each time I felt a little afraid walking in the rain, God would take a picture of me. I knew he was playing a game with me." | middle2143.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "A day for parents to meet their children's teachers at school."
},
"options": [
"A day for students to have music classes.",
"A day for parents to meet their children's teachers at school.",
"A day for teachers to get present... | ?Allen!
5/7 Monday
I'm busy this week. The following Sunday is Mother's Day and there are many activities at school. One of them is PTA Day. It's on Friday. Mum and Dad are both coming. I'm a little nervous . What will Mr. Chang tell them?
5/8 Tuesday
Mr. Wu is our new music teacher. He teaches us Mother, a beautiful song about our love for mothers.
5/9 Wednesday
We practice Mother today. This is the special present for our parents on Friday.
5/10 Thursday
It takes us two hours to decorate our classroom for PTA Day. I'm tired. Mum is nervous. It's the first time for her to meet our teachers. She is always nervous about talking to teachers from her childhood . That's funny. | middle4532.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "to help find a way to make both disputants happy"
},
"options": [
"to teach lessons to disputants",
"to help find a way to make both disputants happy",
"to find out who starts the quarrel",
"to give students some specia... | Two students started quarreling at school. One student shouted dirty words at the other, and a fight began.
What can be done to stop fights like this at school? In some schools, disputants sit down with peer mediators . Peer mediators are usually students with special training in this kind of problems.
Peer mediators help disputants to talk in a friendly way. Here are some of the ways they use.
1. Express what you think clearly but don't say anything to hurt the other. Begin with "I feel" instead of "You always".
2. Listen carefully to what the other person is saying. Don't stop the other person's words.
3. Keep looking at the other person's eyes when he or she speaks.
4. Try to see the problems on the other person's side.
5. Never _ . Saying things like "You are foolish " makes the talk difficult.
6. Try to find a result that makes both people happy.
Peer mediators never decide on the winner. They don't decide who is right or who is wrong. Instead they help disputants to find their own "win-win" result. A "win-win" result can make everyone feel good.
Peer mediators' work is often successful just because it gets disputants to talk to each other. And getting disputants to talk to each other is the first step in finding a "win-win" result. | middle135.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "felt too shy to speak to him"
},
"options": [
"was frightened to him",
"wanted to practice English with him",
"felt too shy to speak to him",
"hoped to invite the foreigner to the bar"
],
"question": "When the w... | I live with my grandmother in a Beijing yard house. One day last year, I was surprised to see a big foreigner coming out of the house next door to ours. He was very tall with short brown hair and a pair of glasses.
The first time I saw him, I was too shy to speak to him. "My English is too poor!" I thought. My grandmother told me that he had just moved into our yard. "I don't like it!" she said. "Foreigners aren't like us. Maybe he'll play loud music and parties every night! I'm sure he's going to cause trouble."
Several days later, I met the foreigner as I was walking home after work. "Hello!" he said (in Chinese!). "My name's Tony. I've just moved into the house next door to yours." While I was wondering what to say, he continued, "There's a nice bar down the road. Why don't you and your family come and have dinner with me?" "Bars are bad places," said my grandmother when I told her, but we decided to go.
The bar was not at all what I had expected. It was in a beautiful little yard house, with several large bookshelves and pictures of Tibet on the walls. Several Chinese people and foreigners were sitting drinking or reading books. I noticed that some of the foreigners were speaking Chinese in a low voice to each other! "Oh, what a civilized place!" my grandmother exclaimed.
The bar served special "hutong pizzas". As we ate, Tony told us about himself-he is an English expert in environment. He always likes to be quiet. My grandmother said to me, "He really seems like a very nice young man." | middle653.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "In a shopping center."
},
"options": [
"On the street.",
"In a hospital.",
"In a shopping center.",
"In an animal center."
],
"question": "Where did the writer met Pixar?",
"question_type": "factiod_question... | Five years ago, I met her in a shopping center. I was walking through the shop when I saw her. Then she came back to my house with me. After that, we became friends.
Once she had to go into hospital to have an operation on her leg. I was worried about her and looked after her every day. I made breakfast for her. I was not good at cooking, but she never complained. I also helped her take showers.
I have no idea why we can be good friends, because she is quite different from me. I like writing, reading and playing computer games. But she loves outdoor activities. She likes playing balls best. She also loves sleeping.
She will run all around the house to lick my face if someone shouts "Kiss for Dad." That is the only name she knows me by--Dad, though I call her by many names--Pickle, Missile and Little. But her real name is Pixar. This week she turns seven years old. | middle2802.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "On Second Avenue."
},
"options": [
"In New York.",
"In Toronto.",
"On Second Avenue.",
"On Green Street."
],
"question": "Where does Mrs. Black live?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answ... | Mrs. Black lives on Second Avenue. New Year is coming. She wants to send a card to her friend in Toronto, but she doesn't know where the post office is. She asks her neighbor Mary, " Is there a post office near here? I want to send a card."
"The post office is not near from here," answers Mary, "but you don't need to go to the post office to post the card. There is a _ in front of the supermarket. You can put your card into the mailbox" | middle647.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Tired"
},
"options": [
"Happy",
"Comfortable",
"Tired",
"Sad"
],
"question": "How may you feel if you're subhealthy?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | If you often feel tired and the doctor can't find anything wrong with you, you may be in a state of subhealth . Subhealth is a state between health and illness. Most of the subhealthy people are middle-aged ones who are usually stressed out because of work and family. And some of them are students who are having exams.
If you are subhealthy, it is not difficult for you to become well soon. You should have good living habits. For example, you should get up early and go to bed early. And you should exercise regularly . Exercising can keep you healthy. As for meals, it is better to eat less salt and sugar. Vegetables, fruit and fish are important to your body. You should eat more of them. It is not good to eat too much at one meal, because it may cause unhealthy changes in the digestive tract . And at last, a balanced diet is very helpful in staying away from subhealth. | middle121.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "13"
},
"options": [
"8",
"13",
"14",
"15"
],
"question": "How old is Jenny? She is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Alan"
... | Hello, dear friends! I'm Jenny. Please look at this photo. The girl in red is me. I'm 13. I have a sister and two brothers. My sister, Linda, is 15. She likes red and green. She has two red rulers and a green pencil case. She also likes sports and she has a great sports collection. She has five baseballs, three basketballs and two volleyballs. The baseballs and basketballs are under her bed. The volleyballs are under her chair. . And she is in the baseball club.
My brothers are Alan and Tom. Alan is 14 and Tom is 8.Alan likes English very much, and he is in the English club. He has many English books and English tapes. But Tom only likes watching TV. He watches it every evening. | middle109.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "humorous"
},
"options": [
"polite",
"impolite",
"serious",
"humorous"
],
"question": "When the author and Rose first met, they began their conversation in a _ manner.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"... | On the first day of school our teacher introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn't already know.I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder.
I turned around to find a little old lady with a warm smile.She said, "Hi, handsome.My name is Rose.I'm eighty-seven years old."
"Why are you in university at such a YOUNG age?" I asked.She replied, "I'm here to meet a rich husband, get married, have a couple of kids, and then retire and travel."
I knew she was joking.I was curious what might have encouraged her to be taking on this challenge at her age.
"I always dreamed of having a university education and now I'm getting one!" she told me.We became friends.Every day we would talk nonstop after class.I always enjoyed listening to this "time machine" as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.And Rose easily made friends wherever she went.
At the end of the term we invited Rose to make a little speech.She cleared her throat and began, "We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing.I've learned a few secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success.You have to laugh and find humor every day.You've got to have a dream.When you lose your dreams, you die."
"There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up.Anybody can grow older. _ doesn't take any talent or ability.The idea is to grow up by always finding the opportunity in change..." | middle5823.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The mouse's parents."
},
"options": [
"The cat.",
"The dog.",
"The cat's parents.",
"The mouse's parents."
],
"question": "Who told the mouse to wait before going for a piece of cheese?",
"question_type": "f... | There was once a young mouse that lived in a hole in a wall. One day, the young mouse woke up from his sleep and looked out of the hole. As he looked out, a fantastic smell came to his nose. "Cheese!" the mouse said happily to himself. "I'll go and get it now and have it for breakfast."
But then he remembered his parents' words. His parents were very clever mice and often said to their son, "Always wait before you go for a piece of cheese."
So the young mouse waited quietly. Then he heard a quiet "Miaow" and he knew the cat was there. He stayed in the hole and said to himself, "I'm glad I listened to my parents and learned to wait."
The next day, he looked out again. He put his nose out of the hole, and the beautiful smell of cheese came to his nose again. He could see the cheese. It was only a few centimetres away. But he sat still and waited quietly. This time he did not hear any cat's noise. Instead he heard a very quiet "Woof, woof."
"It's a dog!" he thought. "If the dog is there, the cat won't be there. I expect the dog has chased the cat away, so I'm safe." The mouse ran out of the hole and started eating the cheese. He did not see the cat, which caught him and ate him.
When the cat finished her meal, she said to herself, "I'm glad I listened to my parents and learned a second language." | middle2194.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "fourth"
},
"options": [
"first",
"second",
"third",
"fourth"
],
"question": "Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in Beijing is the _ one opened in China.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer"... | Without going to a movie festival, where can you find famous stars like American actor Johnny Depp and Chinese kung fu star Jachie Chan all in the same place? Madame Tussauds Wax Museum is the place to be. Now you can find all your stars in Beijing! It opened its doors on May31 on Qianmen Street.
French wax sculptor Marie Tussaud set up the first Madame Tussauds in London, UK over 200 years ago. It shows waxworks of many famous people.There are 16 Madame Tussauds in many big cities around the world, such as New York, Tokyo and Sydney. The newly opened Beijing museum is the fourth Madame Tussauds in China, following Hong Kong, Shanghai and Wuhan.
What's there in Beijing's Madame Tussauds? Let's take a look right now!
Visit well-known film scenes
Inside Madame Tussauds, you can see scenes of certain films. One of the most popular scenes is one from the 1961 US film Breakfast at Tiffany's (<<>> ). It is about Audrey Hepburn having her breakfast at Tiffany's. You can sit beside her and take a photo with her.
Find famous people
You can meet famous people from different fields , for example, American singer Michael Jackson, Chinese basketball player Yao Ming and American businessman Steve Jobs. US President Barack Obama is also here to meet you. You can even sit on his chair in his office.
Learn about how to make wax figures
There is a special area in Madame Tussauds to help you learn more about the life of Marie Tussaud. Also, you can see everything from how to measure a person to finishing a wax figure. It takes nearly four months to finish a figure. | middle4283.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the ways of fishing go into practice"
},
"options": [
"the oceans are polluted",
"the ways of fishing go into practice",
"the scientists pay little attention to them",
"Japanese fishing boats catch one fish per hundred ... | Big ocean fish have almost disappeared from the world since the start of business fishing in the 1950's.The scientists found that the number of large fish has dropped by 90 percent in the past fifty years.The study took ten years.The researchers collected records from fishing business and governments around the world.The magazine Nature published the findings.
The scientists say the common way called longline fishing is especially harmful to large fish.This way includes many fishing lines that are connected to one boat.If these lines are joined together,they can reach one hundred kilometers.They hold thousands of sharp metal hooks to catch fish.Longline fishing is especially common in the Japanese fishing industry.Records show that Japanese boats used to catch about ten fish for every hundred hooks.The study says longline fishing boats now might catch one fish per hundred hooks.
The scientists say business fishing can destroy groups of fish much faster than in the past.The study suggests that large fish can disappear almost completely from new fishing areas within ten to fifteen years.Ocean life system could be destroyed.
It's not the only worry that the number of large fish is becoming smaller and smaller.What's worse.they are smaller in size than their ancestors . | middle7952.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "feel more confident"
},
"options": [
"be more worried and tired",
"feel more confident",
"be paid less attention to",
"feel less liked"
],
"question": "By fixing your attention on others,you will _ .",
"q... | These simple ways can increase your popularity and win you more friends,so why not try them?
*PAYING ATTENTION TO OTHERS This will reduce any shyness you may have. You'll be more relaxed and therefore more natural and fun. And you will get more good-people will love the fact that you're paying attention to them while you don't have to worry about what people think of you.
*LOOKING PEOPLE IN THE EYE Making eye contact is very important because it shows you're interested in them. If you let your eyes wander or keep looking over their shoulders,people will feel slighted ,and they'll like you less they would otherwise.
*ASKING QUESTIONS Doing this gives you two advantages,It shows other people that you are indeed paying attention to and that you consider what they are telling you important. Being sure to follow up when you've shared a conversation with someone about something important in his / her life,be sure to ask about it later. This shows that you listen and you care.
*MAKING AN EFFORT TO SMILE A smile means acceptance,and that makes people open up to you. Make a conscious effort one day to smile at the people you stay or work with and watch how well they respond to you;
*BEING RELIABLE People like those who help them,and they quickly begin to hate those who don't. | middle7946.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "A radio program."
},
"options": [
"A newspaper.",
"A magazine.",
"A TV program.",
"A radio program."
],
"question": "Where is this passage from?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer... | This is a song millions of Americans will hear this New Year's Eve. It is called Auld Lang Syne (<<>> ). It is the traditional music played during the New Year's celebration. Auld Lang Syne is an old Scottish poem. It tells about the need to remember old friends.
The words "auld lang syne" mean "old long since". No one knows who wrote the poem first. However, a version by Scottish poet Robert Bums was published in 1796. The words and music we know today first appeared in a songbook three years later.
The song is played in the United States mainly on New Year's Eve. The version you are hearing today is by the Washington Saxophone Quartet. As we end our program with Auld Lang Syne. I would like to wish all of our radio friends a very Happy New Year! This is Buddy Thomas.
,. | middle5189.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "It happened in England ."
},
"options": [
"It happened in America.",
"It happened in Australia.",
"It happened in England .",
"The story didn't tell us."
],
"question": "In which country did the story happen?",
... | The big red American car was much too wide for an English country road. When Jack saw it coming toward him, he stopped his own car at the side of the road to make room for it to pass. The American car went slowly past, so close that he could see the driver's face quite clearly.
"Where have I seen that face before?" he thought. "Wait a minute! I remember now. It was in the newspaper!" He took out the newspaper from his bag, turned quickly to the middle page. There was a picture of his face in it. Yes, it had a large mouth and small ears, and his eyes were behind dark glasses.
"Wanted by the police," read by Jack. "The City Bank will give a lot of money to anyone who helps the police to catch this man."
"Call the police at once", he said to himself. But a few minutes later, he was sad. "This man was caught this morning", answered the police. | middle4297.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "On foot."
},
"options": [
"By bus.",
"On foot.",
"By car.",
"By water."
],
"question": "How does Peter often go to school?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index"... | Peter is eight years old, and he goes to a school near his house. He always goes there and comes home on foot. He usually gets back on time, but last Friday he came home from school late. His mother saw him and said to him, "Why are you late today, Peter?" "My teacher was angry and told me to see the headmaster after class," Peter answered. "To see the headmaster?" his mother asked. "Why did she tell you to see him?" "Because she asked a question in class," Peter said, "And nobody could answer it except me." His mother became angry. "But why did your teacher tell you to see the headmaster then?" she asked. "Because her question was 'Who put the glue on my chair?'" Peter said. | middle5837.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "on the wayhome"
},
"options": [
"on the wayhome",
"in the kindergarten",
"in a shopping center",
"at a bus station"
],
"question": "When the father became seriously ill, he and his son were _ .",
"questio... | Kindergartens may teach you very important things you need to know. Dancy, a 5-year-old boy, saved his father's life with the skills he learned.
The boy's father became seriously ill on the way home from a father-son shopping. He couldn't speak and could hardly move, but he tried hard to stop the car safely. At that point, Dancy used his father's phone to call his mother for help. The 5-year-old boy tried his best to give her useful information and he was able to tell where they were. Just as he had learned in the kindergarten, Dancy read the letters he saw on a nearby store sign: "F,U,R,N,I,T,U,R,E." But that wasn't enough for his mother to find them. Then he added that they were near a bridge. Finally, his mother understood he was talking about a store called Furniture 22 on New Jersey's Route 22. The mother called 911 and the father was saved in time.
"He just thought his dad needed help," Dancy's mother told the reporter. She also pointed out that her husband was a hero, too. "It is surprising for him to get off the highway and get himself and his child to safety even when he was so sick," she said.
Shine, head of the kindergarten, felt proud of his pupil. "Dancy's spelling skills helped him seize the moment," he said. "And that's the real value of education." | middle2180.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "They have passed tough traffic laws."
},
"options": [
"They try to make safer cars.",
"They try to build more roads.",
"They have passed tough traffic laws.",
"They make drivers have their car examined every month."
... | Car accidents happen everywhere every day and are the main cause of injury in the United States. In order to control the increasing accidents, many states have passed tough laws. Also, car manufacturers have been trying to make safer cars to save lives.
However, as there are more and more cars and drivers on the road, these safety measure are not enough to stop the increasing car accidents. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that a car accident happens every 10 seconds in the United States.
Car accidents may be caused by different reasons. Some accidents are caused by driver's tiredness and illness or drunk driving. Some may be caused by speeding or running a red light. When this happens, by the time the driver realizes what has happened, it is usually too late. As for ages, young drivers usually have enough experience while _ drivers of react slowly. Mechanical defects such as a broken brake are another cause of car accidents. Poor road and weather conditions can also be a cause.
Talking about different causes of car accidents can help us know what precautions to take beforehand. We should tell our friends or family members not to drive in poor health or after drinking wine. We should tell teenager drivers to be careful with road and weather conditions and let elderly friends understand their driving limitation . Besides, we should have our car checked regularly . The most important thing for us to remember, however, is that we should always follow the traffic rules. | middle1489.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The homework club."
},
"options": [
"Clubs in the US middle schools.",
"Students and homework.",
"The homework club.",
"Study and hobbies."
],
"question": "What is the best title of the passage?",
"question... | As we know, there are many kinds of clubs in the US middle schools, such as the music club, the sports club, the chess club, the swimming club.... But do you know the homework club? It is a popular club in many US middle schools. More and more students spend their afternoons in the homework clubs.
The US middle school students need a quiet place to study. But games, computers and TVs are all around kids at home. So the homework club is just for them to do their homework. The club is quiet and it's good for students to study. Some teachers are there, too. They can answer students' questions and help with their homework. If students finish their homework, they will get a _ . It's always students' favorite food. Then they can go home and play games or watch TV happily.
,. | middle7577.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Friends can bring us happiness."
},
"options": [
"Friends can do everything for us.",
"Friends can bring us happiness.",
"Friends accept our ideas all the time.",
"Without friends we could not live."
],
"questio... | Everyone needs friends. Friends bring us happiness and hope in our lives. But the ability to make friends changes from person to person. To some people, making friends is easy, and to others it's very difficult.
Making friends is a skill, and the first thing is to know how to get along with others.
If you have trouble in making friends, maybe I can tell you how to do it.
Realize your own good points. You have skills and talents that others will like.
Believe that you are a good person and have something nice to share with others.
Be humorous. Learn to laugh at yourself and your weakness. Remember to smile to others.
Respect others. Everyone has his own idea. Learn how to listen to others' ideas without trying to make them accept yours.
Be kind. If you are kind to others, they will usually be kind to you. There are hundreds of little things you can do to show kindness. Open the door for someone. Wave to a friend and so on.
Don't complain. Learn to accept what you can't change, and work hard to change what you can. No one is willing to hear your complaining all the time.
Never give up. Even if you are faced with some closed-minded people, never give up. And try to find someone who will understand you. | middle492.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a meeting would be held"
},
"options": [
"all the hotels were too small",
"a meeting would be held",
"the rooms were very dirty",
"the weather was not so bad"
],
"question": "It's clear that _ .",
"questi... | One evening , it was raining and the wind was blowing hard . An old couple came to a small hotel and wanted to stay there for the night . A young man welcomed them warmly , but said "I'm sorry ! Our rooms here are all full and the hotels nearby are all full too, for there will be an important meeting held here tomorrow ."
Hearing the young man's words , the old couple felt very disappointed , and turned around to leave . Just as they were leaving , the young man came up to them and stopped them :"Madam and sir ,if you don't mind , you can sleep in my bedroom for a night ." The next morning ,the old couple took out lots of money to give it to the young man ,but he refused to take it .
"No! You needn't pay me any money , for I only lend my room to you." said the young man with a smile on his face.
"You're great, young man! It's very kind of you .Maybe one day , I'll build a hotel for you ."
said the old man. With these words , the old couple left . The young man only laughed and went on working .
Several years later , the young man got a letter from the old couple , inviting him to go to Manhattan . The young man met the old couple in front of a five-star hotel .
"Do you still remember what I said to you several years ago ? Look ! This is the hotel that I built for you !" said the old man . Soon, the young man became the manager of the hotel. | middle6669.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "sad"
},
"options": [
"strange",
"happy",
"sad",
"angry"
],
"question": "Jackson felt _ when he drove home that evening.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index":... | Jackson was driving back home along a road one evening. He just lost his job. It was winter and it was very cold, just like his feelings.
An old lady with her car was standing on one side of the road. The lady looked very worried. She needed help. No one stopped to help her. Jackson stopped in front of her and got out of his car. Even when he put a smile on his face, the old lady still looked worried. Was he going to hurt her? He didn't look safe, and he looked poor and hungry.
Jackson knew how she felt. He said." I'm here to help you, madam. Why don't you wait in my car? By the way, my name is Jackson."
The lady thought for a while and then went into his car. There was something wrong with her car. Jackson went under her car to repair it. After a long time, he finished it. He got dirty and his hands hurt. Then the lady told him that her name was Annie. She asked Jackson how much she should pay for his help.
Jackson never thought about getting money. This was not a job to him. This was helping someone in need. He told her that if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time she saw someone who needed help, she should give that person help. | middle5360.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "1935"
},
"options": [
"1928",
"1934",
"1935",
"1948."
],
"question": "Temple won the first Juvenile Oscar in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
... | (1)Shirley Temple, the once-famous child movie star, died at the age of 85 on February 10, 2014. She was born on April 23, 1928. She was good at acting and dancing. In 1934, she starred in the movie Bright Eyes. From then on she became famous around the world. Later she starred in other movies and won a Juvenile Oscar in February, 1935.
For many Americans born in the 1930s and 1940s, Temple was not just an on-screen star but also a close friend in their childhood. She was remembered by the world as the forever "little angle". An American movie star said, "Little Shirley Temple encouraged the whole country during the Great Depression ."
(2)Shi Li and Cui Jiping are husband and wife. They are disabled. They complete the first Chinese encyclopedic dictionary for deaf people and people with hearing problems.
The dictionary includes words on medicine, education, psychology, law, history and culture about deaf people's life. This book provides a learning tool for this special group of people and it helps them know about the world more easily.
They spent six years and over 1,000,000 yuan on the book. They first collected material for the book by themselves, then they invited a lot of experts across the country to write.
The book is warmly welcomed by the deaf. One of the readers said, "The book shows that we're not alone. We can have our own way to communicate with the world. " | middle3711.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "He was sleeping upstairs."
},
"options": [
"He was sleeping upstairs.",
"He was sleeping downstairs.",
"He was working upstairs.",
"He was working downstairs."
],
"question": "What was the doctor doing when the ... | A young American doctor was sleeping when suddenly his doorbell began to ring. It was already midnight, but what could the doctor do? He had to get up, put on his coat and go downstairs. When he opened the door, he saw a man standing with a hat in his hand. "How do you do?" said the man. "Can you come at once to a place out of town? It's quite far but you have a car and I can show you the way."
"Certainly," said the doctor. "I'm quite ready. I can come at once." After a few minutes the car was standing at the front door, the man got into the doctor's car, and they drove off. They drove on for a long time. Then the man said, "Here we are. This is my home. Now I can pay you and you can go back to the town."
"I must see the patient. How can I go back without seeing the patient?"
"There is no patient," explained the man. "Nobody is ill. I live here, you see, and I must get home from a town, There are no taxis this time of the night, but a doctor often _ , so excuse me. Here is money. Thank you, doctor. Good night."
,. | middle4718.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The writer thinks it doesn't matter if he tells a lie."
},
"options": [
"Being honest is very important and helpful.",
"The writer was taught to be honest when he was young.",
"The writer thinks it doesn't matter if he tells ... | Ever since I was a little child, my parents have told me to be honest because it is the right thing to do. As I got older, I realized something very important. If just once you are _ and tell a lie, it will greatly change people's opinions about you and their way of acting toward you. When you tell a lie, you lose that person's trust forever or have to work your whole life to get it back.
It is my personal goal to achieve great things in life and honesty will sure help me get there. For me right now losing somebody's trust would be a truly terrible thing. My parents would be stricter on the things they let me do and the places that they used to let me go to. My friends would never again tell me a secret or believe many things I told them. Whatever you do for a living or wherever you live, honesty is something very important.
Honesty gets you much higher in life while telling a lie can make you get into more problems. I can already tell that the great people I have met so far are all honest people.
I hope that I'll never fall into a situation where I'll lie. Honesty is just as important to me as my family. Already, I know it is something that will improve my future and my relationship with all people. It is something about myself that I hope never to lose no matter what happens. Honesty will help me no matter whether I'm at school, home or just hanging out with friends. It is something that I hope my children will also have and value. | middle3077.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "friend"
},
"options": [
"teacher",
"mom",
"friend",
"girl"
],
"question": "Han Mei is KangKang's _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_tex... | KangKang has a good friend. Her name is Han Mei. She is fourteen years old. She has a round face.She has a small mouth,a small nose and big eyes.Her hair is long,and her ears are big. Do you know her?
,. | middle2369.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "helpful"
},
"options": [
"boring",
"helpful",
"colorful",
"serious"
],
"question": "According to the passage, the website is _ for children.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Get a Life is a website that helps middle school students answer the question --What do you want to be when you grow up?
"It encourages teenagers to have a big dream; it tries to find out what is possible; it makes a plan for children to get where they want to go," said Combs, one of the persons who set up the website. [:ZSSxxSSk.Com]
Get a Life suggests teenagers let their hobbies and interests decide what to do in the future. It encourages them to look for activities that help them try to do some jobs and get important knowledge and skills. It also offers information about fast-growing and well-paid jobs, and provides job training for teenagers.
"Middle school is the perfect time for students to find out their interests, to have many different experiences and do something for their future jobs," a middle school teacher said. "Our world will become a better place if we make our _ s wide and try new things. Our students can't wait until high school or university to begin building their dreams. Right now is the right time to get a life."
"This website is exactly what these children need for a better future. If our children can make better plans for their future, it is more possible for them to succeed," Combs said. | middle5406.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Three."
},
"options": [
"Three.",
"Four.",
"Five.",
"Six."
],
"question": "How many tricks are mentioned in the passage?",
"question_type": null
},
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answe... | Even if you are naturally shy, these three tricks will help you to quickly build a new social circle in any new city.
1. Take pictures
One of the great things about taking pictures at an event or a party is that it gives you an excuse to get in touch with the person later. Everybody loves seeing pictures of themselves, and it's very easy after taking a picture to say "If you'd like I can email it to you". This can be the seed that leads to new connections.
2. Eat alone in public
You might feel self-conscious eating by yourself but it has an important benefit: you are much easier to approach when you are alone. People may be afraid of disturbing you or being rude if you talk with someone else. Bring a book or newspaper to read. Plus, having an interesting book with you will give others an excuse tostart a conversation if they've read it.
3. Join a class, sports team, or club
Yoga, salsa dancing, volleyball, Toastmasters (a public speaking club), a class for work, etc. Choose a new hobby or continue an old one!
These are all great places to meet new people, primarily because you will be made to see the same people over and over again in the class. You will automatically make friends with them if you have a common interest and are made to see each other again. | middle1660.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Manypeoplearetoobusy"
},
"options": [
"Theyliketoeatinrestaurants",
"Manypeoplearetoobusy",
"Manypeopledon'tlikecooking",
"Theydon'tlikefamilymeals"
],
"question": "There is also something about the smell of hom... | People are so busy these days that many people have no time to cook. This becomes a problem, because most families love home cooking. The food tastes good and warm, and a family meal brings everyone together. In some families, meals are often the only times everyone sees one another at the same time.
Another reason people enjoy home cooking is that it is often a way of showing love. A parent who makes some cookies is not just satisfying a child's sweet tooth. She or he is sending a message. The message says, " I care about you enough to send an hour making cookies that you will eat up in 15 minutes if I let you." | middle8122.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "the USA"
},
"options": [
"the USA",
"England",
"Australia",
"China"
],
"question": "Mary comes from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer... | Mary is an American girl. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Smith find work in China. So Mary is living in China now with her parents. Mr. Smith works in a big shop. Mrs. Smith teaches English in a middle school.
Mary goes to school from Monday to Friday. On Saturdays she goes to the library with her mother. She likes reading magazines there very much. Then she eats dinner at a restaurant with her parents. On Sundays, Mary often helps her mother do the housework. That makes her mother very happy. But last week Mary had a busy Sunday. On Sunday morning, she stayed at home and studied for an exam. On Sunday afternoon she went to the park and played tennis with her friend, Lee. | middle7211.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the Philippines"
},
"options": [
"China",
"America",
"the Philippines",
"Japan"
],
"question": "Cris Kesz Valdez helped homeless kids in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Can 13-year-olds do something to change the world? Cris Kesz Valdez, 13, from the Philippines believes so.
At the age of 7, Valdez set up an organization to give homeless kids things like slippers and toothbrushes. So far he has helped more than 10,000 children improve their lives in his hometown.
Valdez won the 2012 International Children's Peace Prize on September 19, 2012.
"My motto is 'we can change the world one heart at a time,' " Valdez said at the award ceremony.
In fact, Valdez is a homeless kid himself. He looked for food from trash, lived on the streets and slept in a public cemetery for most of his childhood. His parents didn't care about him and often beat him. Valdez said he felt he was living in " _ " at that time.
But this "darkness" didn't turn him into a dark person. Valdez got help from community workers. On his first birthday party, at the age of 7, Valdez decided what he wanted most was to help other children who were still living on the streets.
"I didn't have a lot of money, but I had a lot of love to give," Valdez explained.
That day was the birth of the organization, Championing Community Children. Since then, Valdez and his friends visit homeless children and hand out bags with slippers, toys and even candy. They nurse their wounds, teach them about their rights and offer them hope.
"I want children on the streets to get the same chance as I have," he said. | middle1674.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "6"
},
"options": [
"1",
"2",
"5",
"6"
],
"question": "There are _ lines in all in Ningbo?",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "In M... | How do you get to school? Do you walk or take a bus? You could try a new way to go around Ningbo City from May, 2014.
That is Ningbo Rail Transit. It is about 247.5 kilometers in all.
The Line 1(1) started construction in June, 2009 and people could take the first half of Line 1 in May,2014. It is between Gaoqiao and Ningbo East New Town. And the second half opened in 2015. There are also other five lines to connect Haishu, Jiangdong, Jiangbei, Beilun and Yinzhou after Line1.
The logo of Ningbo Rail Transit is a dynamic "Yong". It is another name for Ningbo.
It says the traffic in Ningbo is active and fast. And the color of the logo is blue because Ningbo is a sea city.
On the wall of six rail transit stops, there are a lot of beautiful pictures.
They are about Ningbo culture. For example, at the Ximenkou Stop, it paints Tianyige Museum and many books. And it draws Moon Lake on the wall of Drum-tower Stop. All these pictures tell people the history of Ningbo. | middle7205.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "research climate change and marine biology"
},
"options": [
"find out ways to control water pollution",
"research climate change and marine biology",
"grow plants and vegetables in special condition",
"stop the hunters ... | In the most southern part of our planet, there's a place that's covered with snow and ice all year round. But it has the clearest and cleanest air. Amazingly, in this place, the sun sometimes hangs even in the midnight sky. This place is Antarctica : the coldest, windiest and harshest place on the Earth.
As the world's least-known place, Antarctica is of great interest to scientists around the world. In 1983, China joined the Antarctic Treaty (<<>> ). The treaty made Antarctica a peaceful place for member countries to do scientific research. During 30 years, China has sent many scientists to Antarctica. They mostly look at the resources under the icy land and do research about climate change and marine biology.
Antarctica is a place with fantastic views. However, life there is very hard. Food is one of the biggest problems. Frozen food which can be heated easily is people's daily food. Fresh vegetables are hard to grow in the cold weather. Therefore, scientists often eat dried or canned vegetables.
Sleep is also troublesome. In Antarctica, summer lasts from November to March. During this period, Antarctica points to the sun and receives sunlight 24 hours a day. In order to get some sleep, scientists cover the windows with black plastic cloth to create "night".
Working in Antarctica is dangerous, especially when meeting gale-force winds.Sometimes the wind is even stronger than a typhoon.It can easily blow people away.So there are ropes that connect buildings of some research stations.People can hold these ropes to keep their balance in forceful winds.
What's more, communicating with others is difficult. Without cables and Internet in some research stations, two-way radios are the only tools to communicate. If people want to say hello to friends and relatives, they can use satellite phones.
Although it is challenging to work in Antarctica, scientists' _ to learn about this mysterious land will never end. It is hopeful that one day they will step every corner of this icy land. | middle3063.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Have classes at school, take notes and do homework."
},
"options": [
"Have classes at school and use online tools at home.",
"Have classes at school, take notes and do homework.",
"Learn through digital ways and have classes ... | How do you study each day? You may answer it in one second: have classes at school, take notes and do homework. Feeling a little bored? There are other ways that can make learning interesting and varied. It's called digital learning.
Digital learning is a way to help students learn by using the Internet. There are three important kinds of digital learning. Apps are computer software applications . People can download them on their mobiles. The other two kinds are social networking services, including weibo and WeChat and websites. Every one of them is like your teacher. They help you _ what you learn at school.
Compared with traditional learning ways, digital learning has its advantages. Digital learning is also varied. It covers almost every school subject. More importantly, it always offers students the newest resources to learn from.
Digital learning is also personalized. You can choose what you like to learn. If you don't master what you have learned at school, you can learn again through digital ways.
However, digital learning also has disadvantages. When you use digital ways to learn, you've got little chance of talking with teachers and classmates. As digital learning uses computers or smartphones, watching the screen too long may be bad for your eyes. It is better to take a rest every 20 minutes. | middle5412.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "on the left"
},
"options": [
"on the right",
"on the left",
"in the middle",
"in the park"
],
"question": "In Hong Kong the traffic moves _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | When you travel in Hong Kong,you must be careful of the traffic rules,because the traffic keeps to the left and it's different from that of the interior of China.Before crossing the street,you must look to the right and then to the left.If the traffic lights are red,the traffic must stop,people can go across the zebra line.If the traffic lights turn green,the traffic can go,and people mustn't cross the road.
In the morning and in the evening,when people go to or come from work,the streets are very busy.The traffic is the most dangerous.
When you go somewhere by bus in Hong Kong,you have to be careful,too.Always remember the traffic keeps to the left.Have a look first,or you may go the wrong way.In Hong Kong,there are a lot of big buses with two floors.You'd better sit on
the second floor.From there you can watch the city very well.How interesting! | middle5374.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "pen friend"
},
"options": [
"brother",
"cousin",
"pen friend",
"teacher"
],
"question": "Paul is Sam's _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answ... | Paul is my pen friend.He is from Landon,England.He speaks good English.He is now in Shanghai with his parents,because they work in Shanghai.Paul can speak a little Chinese! There are five people in his family,his parents,his two sisters and he.His sisters aren't in China.They are in England now. He likes singing and dancing very much.His favorite subject is music.He likes going to the movies on weekends:He thinks it is fun.I think he is a nice boy. | middle3705.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "New cell phone rules in China."
},
"options": [
"How to use a cell phone.",
"How to choose a cell phone.",
"New cell phone services.",
"New cell phone rules in China."
],
"question": "What is the passage mainly ... | If you want to get a new cell phone number, don't forget to bring your ID with you .
As of September 1, people have to register with their ID to buy a new cell phone number. You can show your ID card orhukou, but student ID's won't work.
If you already have a cell phone number, it is better to register it before 2013.
The new rules are meant to prevent junk messages and fraud through cell phones.
A cell phone user in China on average received 43.3 messages a week in the first half of this year. According to reports, about 12 of those were junk messages.
In a survey, about 74.5 percent of users said they have received fraudulent messages.
If all people register their cell phone number with ID information, it will be easier for police to find the people behind those messages.
Situations in other countries
Because cell phone are getting more and more popular, many countries have made stricter cell phone rules.
Countries like India, Japan, Australia, and Singapore all ask users to register their ID information.
Ulrich Mller is a German living in Beijing. "In Germany, you have to show your ID when you buy a cell phone card," he said. "The rules have been there for a long time. Most people know about it."
Linda van der Horst is a student at Peking University. She said that in the Netherlands ,people have to show ID information and bank account information to buy a cell phone card. | middle486.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Diana"
},
"options": [
"Diana",
"Diana's mother",
"The supermarket offices",
"the worker themselves"
],
"question": "Who will teach the workers to learn sign language?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
... | At a supermarket in County Durham, England, the workers are getting ready for some lessons in sign language . They are excited to meet their teacher -- two-year-old Diana Graham. The little girl will teach them how to communicate with deaf customers .
Diana is a wonder child. She began to use sign language to "speak" to her deaf mother before she said her first word. So whenever the phone rings or there's a knock at the door, her mother can be quickly told by her.
Diana understands the sign language well. Her mother even reads story books to her in sign language. Her grandmother said, "Diana started signing at about five months. She is so clever for her age."The supermarket officials couldn't think of a better sign language teacher for their workers. So they asked Diana to give some lessons to the workers. They hoped that her lessons would help the workers communicate better with deaf customers during their shopping. | middle2433.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Adults from 18 to 75"
},
"options": [
"Baby",
"Only old men",
"Only teenagers",
"Adults from 18 to 75"
],
"question": "Who can join the laughter Club? _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | Children laugh often and easily. But as we grow up, we laugh less and feel more stressed. Try laughing for no reason at all. That's how thousands of people start their day at Laughter Clubs around the world, and doctors now think that having a good laugh may be one of the best ways to keep healthy. The first Laughter Club was started in Mumbai ,India ,in June,1995 by Dr Madam Kataria. " Young children laugh about 300 times a day. Adults laugh between 7 and 15 times a day, "says Dr Kataria . "Everyone's naturally good at laughing . We want people to feel happy with their lives." There are now more than 500 Laughter Clubs in India and over 1,300 worldwide.
Place: 264 North Main Street , East Longmeadow. We're in an office building near the entrance. Walk down the hall and we're on the right .2-1-c-n-j-y
When : Every Sunday afternoon from 3:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Cost : Free.
Ages : Adults from 18 to 75.
Parking :If you're facing the building ,the car park is on the right of the building .
Teacher : Robert Rivest.
More information ,go to http:// www. robertrivest.com.
If you want to feel like a kid again, try our Laughter Club . You will get used to it in five minutes and begin to laugh for real in ten minutes and sometimes you just can't stop! You'll experience deeper pleasure in half an hour. You'll meet other people who want more fun and laughter. And you will feel so relaxed in about one hour !
Come and join us for laughter and a fun social experience! | middle4042.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "making the houses warm"
},
"options": [
"cooking meals",
"lighting the rooms",
"making electricity",
"making the houses warm"
],
"question": "In the past,during the process of _ ,a lot of dust appeared in peop... | Spring cleaning is a tradition in America. People clean up and tidy up their houses in springtime.
Before the invention of the electricity ,people used a lot of coal and wood in winter to heat their houses. Those things left behind a lot of dust on everything in the rooms. At that time,people always welcomed spring because when the weather started getting warmer, they could stop using coal and wood and get everything cleaned up. Later spring cleaning became a tradition.
Nowadays we don't use coal and wood so at the end of winter our houses are not dirtier than they were in the past. People don't need to remove a lot of dust.However, they have a new problem--- _ . Today the spring cleaning for most family is mainly about tidying up some useless things at home.
Truly, the importance of the tradition of spring cleaning today is different from it was in the past, but it is as important as it was in the past . Now, in springtime,people clean up their houses, yards and gardens. At the same time, they spend much time in looking for the things that they don't love any more or they don't use any more. They collect old clothes,old toys, old books and some other useless or old things and then throw away or donate them.This helps people enjoy what they have and their homes more.
So people nowadays should not give up this tradition. Always follow the tradition. | middle6655.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "communicating well"
},
"options": [
"communicating well",
"dealing with criticism",
"sharing ideas",
"listening to others"
],
"question": "For team members and the leader, _ is the most necessary part to creat... | Working on a team is a good thing. But it can bring you some troubles. If people on your team are not good at communicating, you may often feel terrible. To create a successful team, good communication is the most necessary part for both team members and the leader. The following are some helpful suggestions.
Don't criticize other people. When someone on your team does something wrong, don't criticize him. You can help him to find out reasons and then help him to solve the problem. Criticizing your team members too often may make them keep away from you. As a result, you may feel lonely.
Think about other people's ideas carefully. When someone tells you about his ideas, you should think about them carefully, no matter how silly they may seem. This shows you are interested in his ideas and makes him feel good.
Listen to other people actively. When someone is speaking to you, you need to listen to him actively. If you're unclear about something, you should ask him about it. By doing this you can clear up any confusion before moving on.
Share your ideas with other people. When you have a new idea, talk about it with your team members. This helps to improve the idea. Besides this, it also helps to improve your relationships between you and your team members. | middle6133.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "In 1860"
},
"options": [
"In 2000",
"In 1961.",
"In 1953",
"In 1860"
],
"question": "When did Mr. Mendel discover why we look the same as other people in our family?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"ans... | DNA is the whole "map" of the human body. It is something that all human have, and it tells the body what to do. DNA is the reason that we look like our parents, because we get some of their DNA to make our own.
People have been trying to understand the human body for a long time. In 1860, Mr. Mendel discovered why we look the same as other people in our family. It is because of small things called "genes" in our body. In 1953, two scientists, Watson and Crick, found out that those small parts are really messages. They're written in the DNA with a special language.
In 1961, another two scientists found the first "word" that they could understand in that language. It shows how DNA tells the cell to build its parts. So far, scientists have found all the words in the DNA map, but we still do not understand what they all do. By understanding what just one "word" means, we can help to save people from several illnesses. So the more we understand, the more doctors will be able to do.
Most people hope that this will help to make better medicine and help sick people. Other people worry that when we learn more "words" and and find out more information, we will use it in the wrong way, just to make people more attractive, or stop sick people getting jobs. | middle1884.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "8"
},
"options": [
"5",
"7",
"8",
"11"
],
"question": "Gerry is _ years old.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "The elephant"
... | In our city,there is a big zoo. There are a lot of animals in it.
Mona is an Australian koala. She is seven years old. She is very cute. She likes sleeping during the day. But at night she gets up and eats leaves. Mona doesn't drink water for months. But she is healthy,because she can get water from the leaves.
Here is a big house. A lion lives in it. His name is Gerry. He is ugly. He is from Africa. Meat is his favorite food. Gerry is very lazy. He sleeps and relaxes for 20 hours every day. Today is Gerry's eighth birthday. The workers in the zoo are having a birthday party for him.
This is a big elephant. His name is Johnny. He is from India .He's eleven years old. He has bad eyesight .He likes to eat grass. He's friendly and clever. People can teach him to do things for them.
Tuantuan is a cute panda. She is five years old. She's from China. She is very beautiful,but she's very shy,so please keep quiet. She likes eating bamboos and drinking water. She relaxes about 10 hours every day. | middle4724.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "they could do what they wanted"
},
"options": [
"It was very quiet there",
"there were many fish there",
"they could forget all the trouble",
"they could do what they wanted"
],
"question": "Paul and his friends... | Paul and I live in the same building. His room is on the sixth floor but mine is on the fifth. He's very careless and sometimes he gets into trouble.
Last Friday afternoon the young man and his friends went to spend the weekend on a wild island. They could swim, fish, play the guitar and sleep in the quiet place at night. They enjoyed themselves there. On the third morning they decided to get back to the land. But their boat hit a rock and soon went down. With the villager's help, they swam to the bank. Luckily none of them was hurt. They took a taxi and half an hour later they arrived at our town, but it was two in the night. The young man was hungry and thirsty. He wished to get home as soon as possible. Something was wrong with the lift, so he had to go up the stairs. He stopped by my door and brought out a key. Of course he could not open the door. Half an hour passed but he failed. He became angry and shouted, "I'll cut you down with a knife!"
The noise woke me up and I opened the door. I understood at once what was happening and said, "You're trying to open a wrong door, Paul!"
"Sorry, I can't agree with you, Charlie!" said the young man, "It's my room. You've entered it by mistake!" | middle2355.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "protection against the sun"
},
"options": [
"a symbol of honor",
"protection against the sun",
"a symbol of power",
"protection against the rain"
],
"question": "Ancient people first used umbrellas as _ .",
... | To us, it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains. But in fact the umbrella was not invented as protection against the rain. Its first use was as a shade against the sun.
Nobody knows who first invented it, but the umbrella was used in very ancient times. Probably the first to use it were the Chinese, back in the eleventh century BC.
We know that the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt and Babylon as a sunshade. And there was a strange thing connected with its use : it became a symbol of honor and power . In the Far East in ancient times, the umbrella was allowed to be used only by those in high office or by royal people such as the kings or queens.
In Europe, the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade. The umbrella was in common use in ancient Greece, but it is believed that the first people in Europe to use the umbrella as protection against the rain were the ancient Romans. During the middle ages in Europe, the use of the umbrella almost disappeared. Then it appeared again in Italy in the late sixteenth century. And again it became a symbol of power.
Umbrellas have not changed much in style during all this time, though they have become much lighter in weight. It wasn't until the twentieth century that the umbrellas for women began to be made in all kinds of colors. | middle4730.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "a popular"
},
"options": [
"a popular",
"an old",
"a Chinese",
"an English"
],
"question": "Miss Smith is _ teacher.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
... | Miss Smith is only twenty. She is of medium build, and she has brown, curly hair. She likes children and her teaching work. From Monday to Friday she stays at school and teaches the children. She has a lot of work to do every day, but she often plays games with her students after school. The children like her a lot. On Sundays she usually drives her car to her parents' house and stays with her parents, but sometimes she goes to see her friends on Sunday. She drives back to school on Monday morning. She likes singing, dancing and swimming. She is a good teacher. | middle2341.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "She couldn't sleep well."
},
"options": [
"She went to school late.",
"She didn't finish her homework.",
"She couldn't sleep well.",
"She felt angry."
],
"question": "What was wrong with Yang Liu?",
"questio... | The story is about a young girl named Yang Liu. She was ill, because she couldn't sleep well. Every night, she felt very tired, but she stayed awake .
Soon Yang Liu went to see a doctor, "I just can't get to sleep at night. What should I do?""Count from 1 to 1,000. By the time you reach 1,000, you can be asleep . I hope you feel better soon," said the doctor.
The next day Yang Liu came back to the doctor's office. She still looked tired. "Well," said the doctor, "how are you feeling today?"
"I tried counting one, two, three... up to one thousand. But when I reached seven hundred and eighty-nine, I began to feel sleepy . I had to get up and drink some coffee so that I could go on counting up to one thousand. After I finished counting all the numbers I still couldn't fall asleep," she said. | middle6127.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "She can remember every detail of all the events."
},
"options": [
"She has special memories.",
"She is from Australia.",
"She is 25 years old.",
"She can remember every detail of all the events."
],
"question": ... | We have heard about people who have special memories. Recently there has been a report about a woman from Australia who can remember almost every detail of all the events in her daily life.
Rebecca Sharrock, 25, is one of just 80 people worldwide who have been identified as having Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory ( HSAM,). It means she can remember every small event-which most people would forget with in (......) days-as if it had happened just minutes ago.
"I remember my mum putting me in the driver's seat of a car and taking a picture of me when I was 12 days old," she said. "That's my earliest memory. I remember every day since then. I can't tell all the dates exactly because I was too young to understand calendars, but I remember what I did that every day, what the weather was like and so on."
Rebecca can also re-experience taste. If she's eating something that she doesn't like, she thinks about Black Forest cake, her favorite food, and the memory will be so strong that she can nearly "taste" it.
However, sometimes her memories prove to be painful. Because they're not just events that she remembers. "When I relive memories, the feelings return, too," Rebecca said. "For example, I remember falling over when I was three at my grandparents' house and hurting my left knee. Talking about it now, I feel painful in my left knee. "
"At night, I have to sleep with the radio/recorder and a soft light on, she added. "1f it's too dark or quiet, my mind would be filled with all these memories and I can't sleep. " | middle7239.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "To look for something to eat."
},
"options": [
"To play with Lion.",
"To push a rock",
"To run after a mouse",
"To look for something to eat."
],
"question": "Why was Jackal sniffing the ground?",
"question_... | Like most cultures around the world, the Zulu people of Africa tell stories that have animals as heroes. These stories are meant to have fun, but they are also used to teach important lessons to children. This is one of those stories.
One hot afternoon, Jackal was walking along the rocky road sniffing the ground. He was hoping to smell a mouse or a lizard , or something else that would be good to eat. He was so much lost in sniffing that he wasn't really paying attention to what was around himself.
Suddenly, Jackal looked up to see his neighbor, Lion, walking straight toward him. He did not have enough time to run way. Jackal had played many tricks on Lion over the years, so he knew he would be in trouble if he was caught. Jackal needed to think of something quickly.
"Help! Help!" cried Jackal as he quickly jumped upon a large rock hanging over the road. "The rocks are falling down, and I can't hold them much longer. We shall both be crushed if you do not do your best to hold these rocks back, Lion"
At once, Lion pushed his strong shoulder against the rocks to keep them from moving any further. "I'll just run over here to get something to stop the rocks." shouted Jackal as he ran way to safety. Lion stayed _ against the unmoving rocks for quite a long time before he realized that Jackal had tricked him yet again! | middle1890.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "By bus"
},
"options": [
"By bus",
"By plane",
"By boat",
"By hot balloon"
],
"question": "Which is the most common way of traveling in Tanzania?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": ... | Tanzania is a country which has a lot of animals, such as gnus , lions, cheetahs(, elephants, giraffes, crocodiles and so on. Every year, many people in the world travel to this African country to watch the animals closely. But do you know how they travel?
By bus--This is the most common way. When people get on a bus, they'll find that the bus is a little strange. It is different from the buses we often see. There are no big windows at all, but some small windows. And it looks like a cage. What are they used for? Oh, people can use it to watch animals, especially those dangerous animals, and take photos. We know that people are most interested in the lions. So when two buses meet , the drivers will stop and ask each other whether they have found lions.
By boat--We can often see many people are in a boat, enjoying the beautiful scene along a river of a lake, and they can also enjoy hippos and crocodiles from a nearer distance.
By hot balloon --In the early morning, when the sun is beginning to rise, a large hot balloon is also starting its journey. Taking a hot balloon makes most of the travelers excited. After some time, the balloon will land in a certain place, and the waiters will serve people a delicious and special breakfast. But the cost of taking a hot balloon is also very high. A person should pay 400 dollars for an hour's trip. | middle6899.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Himself"
},
"options": [
"Others",
"Himself",
"The customer",
"Jeffrey Gitomer"
],
"question": "Who does the writer think is the most important person in the world now?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"... | When I was in college, I remember hearing about a book titled "Looking Out for Number One". I never read the book, but the title has always stuck with me. I think it was because the title _ I hadn't been taught to be so selfish that I should be focused on only me . I thought I needed to be helping others and, along the way, I would also be helping myself. Now, I realize I should have at least considered learning more about looking out for number one.
Over 30 years after seeing the book about looking out for number one I'm realizing number one, me, is the person I should be concerned about first. Jeffrey Gitomer asks the question, "Who is the most important person in the world?" Most people answer, the customer. He then asks, if there were only two people left in the world, the customer and you, who would you want to survive ? Now the answer is me.
It makes me sense that if we can't help ourselves first, we will never be prepared to help others. We all need to learn to control our lives and make the best decisions for ourselves. That will put us in a position to help others in the future . But many of us are slow to understand this.
It has been said that happiness will bring success, but success doesn't always bring happiness. We all want to be happy and successful. For some of us can be very happy when our basic needs are met and our family are safe. Others will seek high levels of success thinking that will bring happiness. I'm sure we can think of a person who is very successful, according to the world's standards , but they don't appear to be happy at all. This is because they have been so busy working for somebody else's goals that they haven't considered their own needs. | middle6641.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "A teacher"
},
"options": [
"A reporter",
"A teacher",
"A librarian",
"A waiter"
],
"question": "What does Mr. Green do?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2... | Mr. Green works in a high school. He likes reading and often borrows some books from the library. He keeps reading newspapers after supper. So he knows much and teaches well. His students loves him very much. Mike, his little son, is only nine. He also likes reading books. And he often asks his father some questions. Mr. Green always answers difficult ones.
One day Mike read something about phones and he was interested in it. He asked his father a few questions, and his father answered all. His father said, " Fathers always know much, but sons always know little!" The boy thought for a minute and said," I don't agree with you."
"Oh? Why?"
Mike didn't answer but asked, "Who invented the phone?"
"Bell." answered Mr. Green.
"Why didn't his father invent them?"
Looking at his son, Mr. Green didn't know how to answer it. | middle5348.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "when I was nine years old"
},
"options": [
"when I was nine years old",
"before I was nine",
"when I was eight years old",
"for nine years"
],
"question": "I began to keep a diary _ .",
"question_type": "... | Everyone has a hobby. My hobby is keeping a diary in English.When I was nine years old, I began to have my hobby. At first it was hard for me, but now it is easy. I know it's helpful to learn English well. After school I often go to the school library to read English stories or articles. Sometimes my English teacher tells some interesting things to me. I collect information for my diary by doing these.
After I finish my diary every day. I always try to correct mistakes with the help of the dictionary. Now my English is very good.
I love my hobby. It helps me a lot to learn English well. | middle3739.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "He wanted to reduce pressure."
},
"options": [
"He wanted to reduce pressure.",
"He was happy.",
"He was a bit slow.",
"He felt excited."
],
"question": "Why was Liu Xiang crying at the start?",
"question_ty... | News 1
Liu Xiang won China's first gold medal in the world championships in 12.95 seconds.
"Everybody wants to win a world title. I was nervous before the race. But I dealt with it so I'm very happy," Liu said with a smile after the race.
Some reporters noticed that at the start, Liu Xiang was crying. He said that is his way of letting off pressure. "My start wasn't good, maybe because I was nervous or because I was a bit slow," he said.
Liu will run next at the Shanghai Grand Prix meeting at the end of September. He is confident after winning the gold medal. "I want people to know how fast I am," he said. "This is number one speed. There's nothing I can't do."
News 2
Have you ever got angry at books that are full of mistakes? Don't worry, things will get better soon. Last week, China started checking textbooks, dictionaries and children's books all over the country. The government said the results of the check would come out at the end of June.
News 3
Last Wednesday Medvedev took over from Vladimir Putin . At the age of 42, he becomes the youngest president of modern Russia.
Medvedev was born to a family of teachers. He read a lot from a young age. After university, the soft-spoken young man went on to teach law at university and became very popular with his students.
In 2005, Medvedev became the first deputy prime minister . But he was as friendly as before. "He has not changed. He invited me to his home," said Vera Smirnova, Medvedev's first teacher. "In Russia, only two politicians have invited their first teachers to their homes, Medvedev and Putin." | middle4056.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "finding chances to do productive things"
},
"options": [
"getting new ideas",
"regretting his mistakes",
"gaining new knowledge every day",
"finding chances to do productive things"
],
"question": "In Rose's opi... | It was the first day of school. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a little old lady smiling at me.
She said, "Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I'm eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?"
I laughed, enthusiastically responding, "Of course!" And she gave me a giant squeeze. "Why are you in college at such an age?" I asked.
"I'm here to meet a rich husband, get married, have children, and then retire and travel."
"No seriously."
"I always dreamed of having a college education and now I'm getting one!"
We became instant friends. Over the course of the year, Rose made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she took great delight in the attention given to her from the other students. _ . At the end of the term we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet and I'll never forget what she taught us.
As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her note card on the floor. A little embarrassed she simply said, "I'm sorry. This whiskey is killing me! I'll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know." As we laughed, she cleared her throat and began: "We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing; There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You have got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die. We have so many people walking around who are dead and don't even know it! There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don't do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old. Anyone can grow older. That doesn't take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding the opportunity in change. Have no regrets. The elderly usually don't have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do."
At the year's end Rose finished the college degree. One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep. Over two thousand college students attended her funeral to honor the wonderful woman. | middle451.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Their grades at school."
},
"options": [
"Their hobbies.",
"Their homework.",
"Their grades at school.",
"A fight with their friends."
],
"question": "What do children often worry most about?",
"question_typ... | Everyone has worries(,). How do you deal with(,) your worries? There is always something you can do to help yourself feel less worried. Sitting there worrying is no fun and it won't solve your problems.
Grades(,) at school are often a top worry for children. If you worry most about grades, ask yourself these questions:
* Why are grades important? What do grades mean to me?
* How do I get ready for class? Do I go over my notes even when there isn't a test?
* Do I have a good place to do my homework?
* Have I tried different ways of studying?
If your worry is about a fight you had with your friend, you might write down all the things you could do----write a note to him or her, invite him or her to watch a basketball game, say sorry to him or her and so on. Once you have a list of things you could do, you can choose one thing that could get your friend back.
You can ask for help when you're worried. You can find someone to talk to, such as your parents, friends, and teachers. | middle337.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "They volunteered for a campaign."
},
"options": [
"They opened a restaurant together.",
"They volunteered for a campaign.",
"The helped each other with homework.",
"They collected money from customers in restaurants."
... | Qi Haoran, a Junior One student, was quite busy over the past winter vacation - and not just with homework.Qi, together with 10 other classmates made a volunteer group to call on people to join the Clean Your Plate Campaign .
The 11 students went to many restaurants and told people the importance of saving food. "Excuse me, do you know that 950 million people around the world still haven't got enough to eat? Could you please not waste food?" They would say this kind of thing hundreds of times every day.
The Clean Your Plate Campaign began on the Internet in January.It _ people to reduce food waste.
China in these years had serious problems with wasted food.CCTV reported in January that the food Chinese people waste every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year.
Chinese people are well known for being hospitable and generous.Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all their food.
Luckily the campaign has got the support of many.In a restaurant in Xinjiang, the owner gives the guests who have eaten up all that they ordered a sticker.People can enjoy a free meal when they have 10 stickers.More than 750 restaurants in Beijing have begun to offer smaller dishes and encourage their guests to take leftovers home.
To reduce food waste is a big task, and it needs time.It's important that everyone does their bit, just like Qi.Did you finish your meals today? | middle4903.txt |
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