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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Some questions about her."
},
"options": [
"Some questions about her.",
"\"How are you feeling now?\"",
"\"What's the trouble with you?\"",
"\"How old are you?\""
],
"question": "What did the doctor first ask th... | A woman was having some trouble with her heart, so she went to see a doctor. He was a new doctor, and did not know her, so he first asked some questions about her, and one of them was, "How old are you?" "Well," she said, "I don't remember, doctor, but I will try to think." She thought for a moment and said, "Yes, I r... | middle4510.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "give us healthy things"
},
"options": [
"make us fat and clever",
"make us very rich",
"give us healthy things",
"help us keep young"
],
"question": "People need milk because it can _",
"question_type": "cl... | Milk is the most complete food in the world. It has many things that we need to help us grow. It can give us energy and good health. Milk is a food enjoyed by people of all ages as we can easily _ it.
Milk is produced by all mother animals to feed their babies after they are born. Some such as cows produce more milk th... | middle7019.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a father"
},
"options": [
"a grandfather",
"a mother",
"a father",
"a grandmother"
],
"question": "According to the passage we know the boy only had _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"... | He was a single father, raising a 5-year-old boy alone. He worried about his son growing up without a mother to care for him.
One day he went away on business, leaving the child alone. He was worried about the child all the way, not knowing if he had eaten. But his child always told him not to worry. He went home quick... | middle1468.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "not the same as"
},
"options": [
"as good as",
"better than",
"the same as",
"not the same as"
],
"question": "An English telephone is _ a Chinese one.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"... | Can you make a telephone call? Of course you can make it in Chinese. But a call in English is quite different from one from one in Chinese. If you want to ask somebody to answer the telephone, you can not say, "Please ask Mr. XX to answer the telephone." Instead ,you must say,"May I speak to Mr. XX?" If you want to ask... | middle6307.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the driver was driving too fast"
},
"options": [
"it was an expensive car",
"the driver was a proud lady",
"the driver was driving too fast",
"the driver was going to attack him"
],
"question": "The policeman st... | An expensive car speeding down the main street of a small town was soon over-taken by a young motorcycle policeman. As he started to take out the ticket, the woman in the car said proudly. "Before you go any further, young man, I think you should know that the mayor of this city is a good friend of mine."
The officer d... | middle842.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "in Taipei, in 2014"
},
"options": [
"in Hong Kong, in 1962",
"in Taipei, in 2014",
"in South China, in 2014",
"in Southeast, in1962"
],
"question": "The 51st Golden Horse Awards Ceremony was held _ .",
"qu... | The 51st Golden Horse Awards Ceremony was held in Taipei, Southeast China's Taiwan, on Nov. 22, 2014.
Actor Chen Jianbin walked away with the best new director, the best actor and best supporting actor awards . Actress Chen Shiang-chyi was awarded the best lead actress and actress Wan Qian won the best supporting actr... | middle4276.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "in a poor family"
},
"options": [
"in Guizhou County",
"in a poor family",
"when her parents were out",
"in 1990"
],
"question": ". Peng Jiangya was born _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | Peng Jiangya, a 24-year-old girl, was born in Guizhou Province. She lives in a village of the Yinjiang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County at the foot of the Fanjing Mountains on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau . Twenty-two years ago, One day her parents were out, she fell into a fire stove at home, and the fire burned her fin... | middle3519.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "no families come for her birthday"
},
"options": [
"her husband died",
"her daughter lives far away",
"no families come for her birthday",
"her son is working"
],
"question": "Mrs. Sato is sad because _ .",
... | Mrs. Sato is sad. It is her birthday, and she has no families with her. Her husband died in 1985. Her daughter doesn't live in the same city. Her son is working. Mrs. Sato goes to the telephone and calls a company in Tokyo, Japan. "Hello", a woman answers. "Hello", Mrs. Sato says. "I'd like to rent a family." "What wou... | middle2607.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a quarter"
},
"options": [
"75%",
"a quarter",
"a half",
"15%"
],
"question": "In Michelle's country over _ of the students are too fat.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Michelle, a famous lady, has found that more than 25% students are too fat in her country. It is a very serious problem. So she starts a health program to deal with it. The health program is to reduce the amount of fat students today and in the future.
The program will get families, schools, newspapers, magazines and T... | middle5168.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a teacher"
},
"options": [
"a worker",
"a student",
"a teacher",
"a doctor"
],
"question": "Miss Li is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"ans... | Good morning, everyone! I'm Miss Li. I am an English teacher. There are 24 boys and 22 girls in my class. This is Betty. She's an American girl. She likes football. This is Tony. He is an English boy. He likes basketball. His favourite day is Saturday and yellow is his favourite colour. He likes spring because it's war... | middle4262.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "a teacher"
},
"options": [
"a doctor",
"a nurse",
"a driver",
"a teacher"
],
"question": "Alice is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_... | Alice is my good friend. She is twenty-two years old. Now she lives in Beijing, China. She teaches English in a junior high school. She loves making friends with the students and they like her very much. Every morning she gets up very early. At about 7:00, she usually has a glass of milk and some bread for breakfast at... | middle2613.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The song \"Stay in My Song\" made Wanting Qu popular around China."
},
"options": [
"Wanting Qu didn't get used to her school life in China",
"Wanting Qudreamed of being a musician before going abroad",
"Wanting Qu was taken ... | Wanting: I want nothing but music
Wanting Qu,born and raised in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, has become one of the most popular singers in China this year. During the past few months, her name and songs have spread quickly on the Internet, over the radio, and in almost every corner of China. You would be considered tot... | middle6475.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "in the same village."
},
"options": [
"brothers",
"in the city",
"not near to each other",
"in the same village."
],
"question": "Mr. White and Mr. Black are_.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | There are two deaf men in a small village. One is Mr. White and the other is Mr. Black. They live near to each other. They are good friends.
Mr. White and Mr. Black often talk together. They talk about all kinds of things. Sometimes they are worried about their hearing. But one thinks the other is much deafer.
One day... | middle16.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "44"
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"options": [
"18",
"36",
"54",
"44"
],
"question": "There are _ balls in their family.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "do... | Leo is thirteen years old. He has a brother and a sister. He has 10 tennis bats, 8 baseballs, 6 ping-pong balls, 12 soccer balls and 18 volleyballs, but he never plays sports. His brother, Neal likes soccer . He is a member of the city soccer club. He plays soccer every day with his friends. His sister, Nancy likes v... | middle6313.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "the pea"
},
"options": [
"the pea",
"the nut",
"both the pea and the nut",
"neither the pea nor the nut"
],
"question": "Although we like eating peanuts, many of us don't know peanuts belong to _ family.",
... | Who hasn't enjoyed eating peanuts? Did you know that although peanuts look like nuts and taste like nuts, they aren't nuts at all? They belong to the pea family, so they are called peanuts. The peanut grows flowers above ground, but its "fruit" grows underground. It grows in more countries than most other "nuts".
The p... | middle2175.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "David Roberson"
},
"options": [
"David Roberson",
"Madam",
"Sir",
"The company"
],
"question": "Who wrote the letter?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_t... | Dear Sir or Madam.
Last Thursday. I traveled on the 8:00 a.m. train from Glasgow to London King's Cross and I was quite angry with the service of your company.
The train didn't come on time and it was forty minutes late when it left Glasgow. A man at the station said sorry to us, but he didn't give us any reasons for t... | middle4504.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "water"
},
"options": [
"cola",
"milk",
"water",
"juice"
],
"question": "The best and healthiest drink is _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answ... | WHAT is your favorite drink ? A bottle of cola ? If so , be careful ! Soft drinks are not all that healthy. They are bad for your teeth and make you fat .
How about energy drink ?Sporty kids like them very much .This kind of drink has caffeine in it .It makes children active in sports . But don't drink too much .Or yo... | middle5829.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "A rich but unkind man."
},
"options": [
"A rich and happy man.",
"A rich but unkind man.",
"A poor but happy man.",
"A poor hard-working man."
],
"question": "What kind of man was Scrooge in the past?",
"que... | Everybody in London knew Mr. Scrooge. He was very rich but also very mean. The most important thing in his life was money!
At six o'clock Bob Cratchit, Scrooge's clerk, went to Mr. Scrooge. "Excuse me. sir. Tomorrow is Christmas Day, can l stay at home?"
"Stay at home," shouted Scrooge. "I don't pay you to stay at home... | middle3280.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "the right first and then the left"
},
"options": [
"the right side",
"the left side",
"the left first and then the right",
"the right first and then the left"
],
"question": "Before you cross a street in London,... | When you are in England, you must be very careful in the streets because the traffic goes on the left. Before you cross the street, you must look to the right first and then the left.
If the traffic lights are red, the traffic must stop . Then the people on foot can cross the road. If the lights are green, the traf... | middle1497.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Life is Like a Cafeteria in America"
},
"options": [
"From Thailand to America",
"Life is Like a Cafeteria in America",
"How to Eat in a Cafeteria",
"Eating in an American Cafeteria"
],
"question": "Which is the... | My friend's grandfather came to America from a farm in Thailand. After arriving in New York, he went into a cafeteria in Manhattan to get something to eat.He sat down at a table and waited for someone to take his order . Of course nobody did. Finally, a woman with a plate full of food sat down opposite him and told h... | middle7780.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Eleven."
},
"options": [
"Nine.",
"Ten.",
"Eleven.",
"We don't know."
],
"question": "How old is Bob?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_te... | Bob is eleven years old. One day, his friend Jenny said to him, "I'm going to have a birthday party on Saturday. Bob, can you come?"
Bob asked his mother, and his mother said, "Yes, you can go. " On Saturday afternoon, his mother said to him again, "Now, Bob, when you go to the party, you must be polite , and don't ask... | middle5197.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "winter holidays"
},
"options": [
"summer holidays",
"winter holidays",
"May Day",
"Middle-autumn festival"
],
"question": "In winter , you can spend _ with your family together.",
"question_type": "cloze_... | Every year we have many holidays, such as summer holidays. May Day and so on. How do you spend during these holidays? Do you like to travel during them ? Can you book holidays or make travel plans on line?
Now let me tell you how to do it. First,you should look up the places that you want to visit online. Then you can ... | middle4289.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the rings will be thinner on the south side and thicker on the north side"
},
"options": [
"the direction is written on it",
"the rings will be thinner on the south side and thicker on the north side",
"the rings will be thin... | If someone is lost in a forest( ), he needs only study the trees around him carefully to find his way. On this half of the earth, he will find that the side of the tree with the most leaves and branches( ) is the south side. Also, by checking the tops of the trees, he will find that they lean( ) to the south too.
Anot... | middle2820.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "We should do it as gently and slowly as possible ."
},
"options": [
"We should do it as quickly as usual .",
"We should do it as gently and slowly as possible .",
"We should do it as fast as possible .",
"We should do i... | Winter is dangerous because it's so difficult to know what is going to happen and traffic accidents take place so easily . Fog can be waiting to meet you over the top of a hill. Ice might be hiding under the melting snow, waiting ahead to send you off the road. The car coming to you may suddenly slip across the road.
R... | middle2834.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "A movie."
},
"options": [
"A book.",
"A person.",
"A name.",
"A movie."
],
"question": "What is the Goal?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answe... | Beckham in a Football Movie
Do you like football? You must know David Beckham. But do you know that he will be in a movie? He will be David Beckham in the movie Goal.
Beckham said, "I want to teach kids how to play football when I finally _ ." "I believe that Goal will send a _ message to kids around the world."
Beckha... | middle7794.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "rocks"
},
"options": [
"earth",
"rocks",
"water",
"metal"
],
"question": "From the passage we know the moon was made of _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index... | We have always been interested in the moon. 2000 years ago people already knew it moved around the earth and where it would be in the sky at different times of the year. At that time, everything about the moon was learned by watching it carefully in the sky.
When scientists could use telescopes to study the moon more ... | middle671.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "his neighbor's doorbell"
},
"options": [
"his neighbor",
"his neighbor's doorbell",
"some cotton",
"a door with a bell on it"
],
"question": "The thief was trying to get _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_quest... | Long, long ago there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wanted to steal the bell on his neighbor's door, he walked up to the door, took hold of the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home.
Then he sat down to think, "I must do somethi... | middle1483.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Love."
},
"options": [
"Date.",
"Money.",
"Love.",
"Past"
],
"question": "What did Grandma remember?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
}
] | Grandma was always forgetting things." What's wrong with her?" Anna asked. "We think she's getting old, and she may be ill. We may have to send her to a nursing home so that she can be taken good care of. But we can go to see her and bring her presents, like strawberry ice cream." Mother said.
One day, they went to see... | middle117.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "eleven"
},
"options": [
"ten",
"eleven",
"thirteen",
"twelve"
],
"question": "How old is MeiMei?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": ... | Lily is ten years old . One morning her good friend MeiMei says to her, " Next Friday is my birthday. Would you like to come to my birthday party?" Lily says " Yes, I would like to".
On Friday, Lily asks her mother, " Can I go to MeiMei's birthday party" "Yes, but you must be polite .and I want you to sing a song for y... | middle3294.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "by air"
},
"options": [
"by boat",
"by ship",
"by air",
"by train"
],
"question": "The writer and his family returned to Alexandria _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"... | I suppose when you grow up in one place, you have friends whom you've known since childhood.But as a child who moved a lot, my oldest friendships are with my cousins.
On our return from Guam, my parents, sisters and I walked off the plane in Alexandria.All my cousins were there to meet us.
I was excited to see them aga... | middle5815.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "he wanted to play a joke on him"
},
"options": [
"he didn't have enough money",
"he wanted to play a joke on him",
"he wanted to save some money",
"he didn't find his wallet, either"
],
"question": "Mark Twain... | Mark Twain was famous in his days as a public speaker. In his public speeches he always liked to tell funny stories. He also liked to listen to funny stories and play jokes on his friends.
One day one of his friends lost his wallet and asked Mark Twain to pay his train fare for him.
"But I don't have enough money to p... | middle881.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "a person has the same kind of car as himself (herself)"
},
"options": [
"a person has the same kind of car as himself (herself)",
"different people have cars of the same kind",
"poor people have large cars",
"artists ha... | There are many kinds of cars in this world. My grandfather thinks this is because cars are like their drivers. He says, "Rich people have expensive cars, big people have large cars, and old people drive old cars." But I don't agree with him.
My neighbor, Mrs. Hill, is 82 years old. She drives only on Tuesday, and then ... | middle659.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Because it knows something Mr. Mott doesn't want others know."
},
"options": [
"Because it is invented by others.",
"Because it can talk with Mr. Mott.",
"Because it can remind(;) Mr. Mott of something he forgets.",
"Be... | "Mr. Mott often forgets important meetings. The robot will go after him all the time. It listens to everything he says. It sees everything he does. At night, it watches him sleep. It knows everything about Mr. Mott..."
It sounds like a wonderful idea, doesn't it? But I'm afraid that Mr. Mott will not get on well with t... | middle895.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "practise English"
},
"options": [
"improve his writing",
"practise English",
"know more historical stories",
"make Ms.Li happy"
],
"question": "Zhao Gang wants to have a pen friend , so he can_.",
"question_... | October 21st,2011
Dear Vincent,
I'm a middle school student in Zhejiang , China. My English teacher , Ms.Li gave me your name and address. I want to be your pen friend.
English is my favourite subject.That's why I want to practise English with an American student. I also like art. It's so interesting and useful.I like ... | middle7970.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "a website"
},
"options": [
"a radio program",
"a newspaper",
"a TV program",
"a website"
],
"question": "You may read this advertisement in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": ... | Museum of Transport at Boylet St , Cheetham, Manchester
Enjoy a trip to the Museum of Transport, a working museum showing the development of road public transport in Manchester. There are over 80 buses from 1890 to 1980. Over 100 shows, from hours-bus to modern train. The museum has small shows describing the history... | middle2808.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "20"
},
"options": [
"18",
"20",
"22",
"24"
],
"question": "How old was Diana when she got married to Prince Charles?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | Dianna was born in a rich family on July 1st,1961. On July 29, 1981, Diana married Prince Charles. Later she gave birth to Prince William and Prince Harry.
Dianna enjoyed taking part in international Charities . One day in July 1991, she went to a hospital to see AIDS patients with Barbara Bush, the wife of the presid... | middle5801.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "She decided to get her car"
},
"options": [
"She took a walk in the rain",
"She argued with her friend",
"She returned to the hotel",
"She decided to get her car"
],
"question": "What did the writer do after she... | My friends and I had just finished lunch at a hotel when it started to rain heavily. When it became lighter, I decided to get my car which was parked at my office three streets away.
My friends argued that I shouldn't go, mainly because I was seven months pregnant then. I promised that I'd be very careful. One of the... | middle7541.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "soft drinks"
},
"options": [
"chips",
"ice cream",
"fruit",
"soft drinks"
],
"question": "According to the passage, kids put _ at the end of the snack list in one study of eating habits.",
"question_type":... | Overweight is one of the biggest health problems now. Being overweight affects more than how you look. Too much fat can kill you. What's worse, overweight children turn into overweight adults . If you're obese now, you probably will grow into an obese adult. But here's good news. You can fight overweight.
Change your e... | middle6887.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "more important than reading and writing"
},
"options": [
"more important than reading and writing",
"not so important as reading and writing",
"as important as reading and writing",
"not so useful in learning English"
... | In learning English, one should first pay attention to listening and speaking.It is the groundwork of reading and writing.You'd better try your best to speak while you do much listening.Don't be afraid of making mistakes.But be careful not to let them stop you from improving your English.While you are doing this, a goo... | middle1130.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "in a restaurant"
},
"options": [
"at the airport",
"in a bank",
"in a restaurant",
"in a big supermarket"
],
"question": "Kangkang will meet Peter _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"ans... | Dear Peter,
I'm very happy you'll come to my city at 3:00 pm this Sunday. Now let me tell you the way to Haitian Restaurant .Take a taxi from the airport and go down Renmin Road. Go across the big bridge. When you see a bank, turn right and go straight. It's down Songshan Road on the left. It's across from a big superm... | middle5356.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Difficult."
},
"options": [
"Easy.",
"Boring.",
"Difficult.",
"Dangerous."
],
"question": "What does Sue think of learning sailing?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
... | Sailing
Welcome to our TV showOn the Go. Today we are going to talk about an exciting sport--sailing. First let's talk to Sue,an 18yearold girl who loves sailing.
Host: When did you start sailing,Sue?
Sue: I started sailing when I was 15 years old.
Host: Is it a difficult sport to learn?
Sue: Yes,it is more difficult t... | middle3727.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Set certain standards."
},
"options": [
"Set certain standards.",
"Learn about the writers",
"Do a survey on books.",
"Take out the bad words."
],
"question": "According to some parents, what should schooIs do b... | Are there Harry Porter books in your schooI library? Many kids all over the world are reading J. K. Rowling's books in school. But some parents think their children shouldn't be able to find those and other books in schooI libraries.
Should schooI Iibraries keep books that some parents don't _ ? Should they take those... | middle4048.txt |
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},
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"had been misunderstood for a long time",
"was a waste of time when the mind was shut off",
"was a good way to rela... | Have you ever been stuck for hours on a hard math problem? If you sat there for some time you might eventually solve it, but scientists say that daydreaming might be a much better way to tackle difficult tasks.
In fact, daydreaming has long been misunderstood. It's considered to be a bad thing and often associated wi... | middle3041.txt |
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},
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"skating",
"swimming",
"shopping"
],
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"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
... | For many people of Norway ,skiing is the best way to have fun in winter. Almost everyone can ski. Children learn to ski after they learn to walk. Long long ago in Norway ,there were no buses, trains or cars. People had to find a way to walk over the deep snow. Skis were the right answer!
Although they love winter, the... | middle6139.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "her mother and two daughters"
},
"options": [
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"her husband",
"her mother",
"her mother and two daughters"
],
"question": "The writer visited The Forbidden City with _ .",
"question_type":... | The First Lady's Travel Journal: Touring the Forbidden City
March 21, 2014
After visiting the Beijing Normal School, Madame Peng took Sasha and Malia, my mother, and me to the Forbidden City, which is right in the heart of Beijing.
For more than 2,000 years (up until 1912), China was ruled by emperors who descended f... | middle7227.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"have his own discussion",
"get up from his chair",
"go out of school"
],
"question": "When Tyler was talking in class, the teacher advised h... | Tyler was a troublesome student. He sat in the back row. Every time I called him to answer questions, he'd reply with a flip answer. If he got it wrong, he would get very angry.
Usually kids could sit quietly in class. However, Tyler was just loud. One day, Tyler was talking while I was teaching. I said to him, "Tyler,... | middle7233.txt |
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"a goat",
"a cat",
"an elephant"
],
"question": "According to the passage, we know that the first human-sheep looks like _ .",
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},
... | Scientists have made the world's first human-sheep----with the body of a sheep and half-human organs . Amazing, but true. The sheep is15percent human and 85 percent sheep. The breakthrough makes it possible to use animal organs in human bodies in the future. Professor Esmail Zanjani of University of Nevada, US, has spe... | middle3055.txt |
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},
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"The students.",
"The head teacher.",
"The parents."
],
"question": "Who made the class rules?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": ... | We all know that every class has its own rules, like "No smoking!", "No eating!" and "No sleeping!". Our class used to be noisy, because some students were talking when a student was answering the teacher's questions. So our head teacher made some class rules.
In class, we should observe the rules. Now, I list some r... | middle5424.txt |
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"answer_text": "He worried that others would know his secret."
},
"options": [
"He left the party too late.",
"He was afraid of the darkness.",
"He didn't know where the black bag was.",
"He worried that others would know his secret."
... | I hid the long black bag in the garage two days ago. Tonight, in the dark, I would finally take it away. If everything went OK, it would be done by morning. But I had to be sure no one, not even my wife, saw me.
It was more difficult to get away from the party than I expected. I said that the children were tired and ... | middle5342.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Chinese students."
},
"options": [
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"Chinese students.",
"American students.",
"South Korean students."
],
"question": "In the report, who studies hardest?",
"question_type": "factiod_qu... | You may feel curious about students in other countries: Do they also have so much homework? What do they do in their free time?
On April 8, a report came out on the life of high school students in China, Japan, South Korea and the US. It surveyed around 6,200 students from the four countries last year. You will find t... | middle3733.txt |
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"answer_text": "Customers prefer to feel relaxed at a restaurant."
},
"options": [
"Customers prefer to feel relaxed at a restaurant.",
"Unless you order Tim's Hug, he will not hug you.",
"As soon as you enter Tim's Place, you will get a war... | While it is common for restaurant owners to connect with their customers, a restaurant owner in the U.S. is taking it to a whole new level. Tim Harries gives out free hugs to every customer at the end of each meal. The atmosphere at his restaurant "Tim's Place" is so positive that customers often call it the "World's f... | middle7555.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "On the bed."
},
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"On the desk.",
"On the bed.",
"In the bookcase."
],
"question": "Where is Tommy's Chinese book?",
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},
{
"answer": ... | Hello, I'm Tommy Smith. This is my room. Look! My schoolbag is on the desk. My Chinese book is on the bed. My baseball is under the sofa. And my CDs are in the bookcase.
My name is Sally Hand. I'm a schoolgirl. English is my favorite subject. I like it because it's interesting. Anna is our English teacher. We all like ... | middle2405.txt |
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},
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"about three months",
"two seasons",
"about a year"
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{
... | There is a special kind of hotel in Quebec, Canada. It has a bar, a church, a shop and a small theater. These things are not unusual. But this hotel is only open from January till March every year. Why? Because it is made of ice and snow! When the weather gets warm, the hotel melts and closes. Every winter, the hotel ... | middle498.txt |
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"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Charles Perrault"
},
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"Charles Perrault",
"Wilhelm Grimm",
"Christian Andersen"
],
"question": "The first version of the Cinderella story was written by _ .",
"question_type": "... | Many of you have heard a Cinderella story, but what you may not know is that there are over a hundred different ways to tell the Cinderella story. Each of these stories is written by a different author. The story of Cinderella has many different versions.
The version that most people know is the oldest one written in 1... | middle6663.txt |
[
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"answer": {
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},
"options": [
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"the French",
"the Japanese",
"the English"
],
"question": "From the survey we know _ like fast food best.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"a... | A lot of people in the world eat fast food.When you go into a fast food shop, you can see many people are enjoying their meals there.But which country people like fast food best? Do you know?
A survery says : The English people are the biggest fans of fast food in the world, but the French people are the least intere... | middle6105.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It's on May 5"
},
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"It's on May 5",
"It's on March 8",
"It's on June 6"
],
"question": "When is Japanese Boy's Day?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer":... | May 5
is Japanese Children's Day. In fact, it is usually called Boy's Day because it is mainly celebrated ( ) by boys. The celebration of Boy's Day has a long history. It is said that the festival comes from the Dragon Boat Festival in China.
On Boy's Day, Japanese boys eat a special kind of rice cake. It is covered w... | middle8128.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Because he was already late."
},
"options": [
"Because he saw a wallet on the ground.",
"Because he was already late.",
"Because he wanted to have lunch with his friend.",
"Because he was very tired."
],
"questi... | Some time ago, a friend working in a part of the city I did not know very well, invited me to visit him. It took me hours to get there and I drove round and round looking for a place to park my car. At last I found a place in a back street. As I was already half an hour late, I parked my car quickly and hurried off o... | middle4712.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "east"
},
"options": [
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"south",
"west",
"north"
],
"question": "The Chinese Yellow Sea Wetlands are in the _ of China.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_ind... | There are many wetlands in China and some of them are the world's important wetlands. The Chinese Yellow Sea Wetlands are among them. They are in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, the east of China. They are homes for many different kinds of birds and animals. The world's largest Milu Deer Nature Reserve is in them. More tha... | middle2363.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "green capital of bikes"
},
"options": [
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"sleepy city",
"polite city",
"green capital of bikes"
],
"question": "Bicycle rental system can help Paris become a _ .",
"question_type": "cloz... | Bicycle sharing systems are also known as yellow bicycle programs, white bicycle programs, public bikes, or free bikes. They are increasingly popular in Europe now. Paris has the world's largest urban cycle rental system.
This is a bike rental station in Paris. The worker is showing how to use a new self-service bike... | middle4706.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "In a village."
},
"options": [
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"On a farm.",
"In a village.",
"Near a village."
],
"question": "Where did the hunter live?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": ... | Once there lived an old man in a mountain village. He was a famous hunter. He often went hunting alone in the mountains. He was not afraid of any wild animals, not even a tiger.
One night, someone saw a tiger come into the village, and stole two sheep away. The next night the tiger came again. The villagers were fright... | middle2377.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Fever"
},
"options": [
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"Cancer",
"Fever",
"Blood pressure"
],
"question": "Which is NOT mentioned as an illness that animals can help with?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
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{
... | In today's world of modern science and medicine, a more traditional treatment is once again becoming popular-animal friendship.
It is now well-known that people with problems such as heart disease or cancer live longer and get better more quickly if they have pets. Keeping pets lowers blood pressure and makes people le... | middle5418.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Opinions about competition are different among people."
},
"options": [
"Competition helps to set up self-respect.",
"Opinions about competition are different among people.",
"Competition is harmful to personal quality develo... | In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some value it highly, believing that it is responsible for social progress. Others say that competition is bad; that it sets one person against another; that it leads to unfriendly relationship between people.
I have taught many children who held t... | middle6111.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "play is also fit for adults"
},
"options": [
"play is also fit for adults",
"everyone there works hard",
"they have a lot of toys and games",
"it is very famous in the world"
],
"question": "The example of the c... | For many years, scientists have known that laughing is good for the health of our minds and bodies. Now we are learning that it's not just laughter. Having fun and playing are also good for us! Researchers have found that play is good for people of all ages. Play actually leads to the growth of more nerve connections i... | middle7569.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "He wanted to get some experience for his future work."
},
"options": [
"He thought he would work there in the future.",
"He wanted to get some skills of treating animals.",
"He wanted to get some money for his schooling.",
... | In the tenth grade, I began volunteering at a vet hospital in order to get experience for what I thought would be my future job. As it turned out, the experience I got at the hospital taught me the opposite: my future was not in vet medicine. However, there is one particular Saturday morning that taught me something ma... | middle1118.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Molly's mother."
},
"options": [
"Molly.",
"Molly's father.",
"Molly's mother.",
"We don't know."
],
"question": "Who makes breakfast in Molly's family?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"a... | Molly Jackson was a happy little girl. She lived with her parents. Her parents loved her very much. Every morning, Mrs. Jackson would get up early to make breakfast. She also made lunch for Mr. Jackson. Then it was Molly's job to put her father's lunch box into a lunch bag. And she would give the lunch bag to her fathe... | middle2411.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "In Jack's house."
},
"options": [
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"In the library.",
"In the classroom.",
"In Jack's house."
],
"question": "Where are they?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | (Ann goes to Jack's house for supper.)
Jack: Would you like some dumplings, Ann?
Ann: No, thanks.
Jack: Do you like soup?
Ann: Yes, I do. But I don't like fish. My favourite food is noodles.
Jack: I like noodles, too. But my favourite food is dumplings.
Jack's mother: Would you like some rice, Ann?
Ann: Yes, please.
Ja... | middle4060.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Two weeks."
},
"options": [
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"Two weeks.",
"Three weeks.",
"Six days."
],
"question": "How long did Sue stay in Egypt?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answe... | Sue is a middle school student.Here are her holiday's diaries.
Tuesday July 15 Sunny
I can't believe my trip is over.I arrived in Egypt two weeks ago!I was with a group from a university .We went to the desert and learned a lot.I was tired,but I loved every minute of my trip.
Saturday August 5 Windy
My Hawaiian vaca... | middle5395.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "from her brother's call"
},
"options": [
"by giving her mother a call",
"when she stayed with her mother",
"from her brother's call",
"by talking with her doctor"
],
"question": "The writer knew there was someth... | In my life, I have received many gifts from my mother. The most important was my life. However, there's another special gift I will never forget.
When I grew up, I left home and got a job in South America. One day , a call came from my brother, "Something is wrong with Mom. She's forgetful . She thinks we're hiding ... | middle467.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "record sounds for films"
},
"options": [
"copy actors' voices",
"arrange fight scenes",
"help actors who are hurt",
"record sounds for films"
],
"question": "The writer's job is to _ .",
"question_type": "... | When I was about eight years old, I decided that I wanted to be a famous film star when I grew up. Well, I'm not a famous film star, but I do work for a film studio, and I do meet famous actors every day. I'm a Foley artist--I make the sounds that are added to films after they have been filmed.
Why does this need to be... | middle6844.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "an English teacher"
},
"options": [
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"a math teacher",
"an English teacher",
"a history teacher"
],
"question": "Lucy is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer":... | Lucy Brown teaches English in a junior high school. She loves her students very much, and she works hard. She often tells them some interesting stories in class and her students like her, too.
Yesterday, Lucy found some boys always made faces in class. She didn't want them to do that again, so she got all her students ... | middle1695.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "In 1795"
},
"options": [
"In 1781",
"In 1789",
"In 1795",
"In 1798"
],
"question": "In which year did George Stephenson start to help his father? _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answ... | George Stephenson was born in 1781 in a poor family. He had to start work when he was only eight.When George was fourteen, he became his father's helper.He spent a lot of time learning about engines .And on holidays he often made one engine to pieces and studied each piece carefully.Soon he became a very good worker th... | middle301.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Germans like reading books"
},
"options": [
"Germans like reading books",
"Germans like buying books",
"Germans like watching TV",
"Germans like surfing the Internet"
],
"question": "What is the best title of t... | In Germany , more than 70% of people like reading. They often read. They read in their homes. They read in libraries. They read in parks. They even read in hospitals. Parents often read books for kids .
It is easy to buy books in Germany. There are many bookshops in Germany. They are in big cities and small towns . A b... | middle4935.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "know why you do and what you do"
},
"options": [
"talk to others",
"know why you do and what you do",
"finish your homework first",
"spend less time on the Internet"
],
"question": "According to the passage, if ... | A habit is an action that we have acted so often that it becomes something we do almost without thinking. Some of them are not good habits. People spend countless hours and dollars each year trying to give up these bad habits but often fail. Why? Change is hard work and there is no shortcut to get it. However, there is... | middle3082.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "All the guests stayed there until the party was over ."
},
"options": [
"All the guests stayed there until the party was over .",
"There were lots of people at the party .",
"There were some drinks at the party .",
"Not... | It was Christmas, and there was a big party in the house. Guests came and went, but the party went on. Then the bell rang. Several people shouted, "Come in!"and a small man opened the front door and came in. Nobody knew him. But the host went to meet him, and took him to the bar for a drink. The man sat there happily f... | middle2388.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "55"
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"20",
"10",
"50"
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"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_te... | There are 55 students in my class. They come from different places, so they go to school in different ways. Twenty students go to school on foot because they live near the school. Ten students ride the bikes to school because they live not far from the school. Ten students go to school by bus because they live far from... | middle4921.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "how Effendi fooled the king"
},
"options": [
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"when the king would die",
"why the Minister died",
"Effendi knew the dates of everyone's death"
],
"question": "This story tells u... | Once Effendi had a joke with the Prime Minister . He said that the Minister would die the next day. The next day, the Minister fell to the ground from the horse and really died. When the king learned this, he got angry and sent his men to catch Effendi at once.
When Effendi was brought to him, the king shouted angrily... | middle1859.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "interesting"
},
"options": [
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"dangerous",
"boring",
"interesting"
],
"question": "Ann thinks playing the violin is _ , so she wants to learn it.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
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"That sounds good.But how long can you learn?"
"A month," Ann says."After a month,I can play for you.If I don't play well,I won't play it."
"All right." her father says.
He soon finds a violin teacher and Ann starts her lessons.The fee isn't cheap,but her fat... | middle315.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "MyChineseDream"
},
"options": [
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"Dreams need sacrifices",
"MyChineseDream",
"Dreams are very important"
],
"question": "This article mainly tells us that _ .",
"question... | Recently we had a discussion on the topic of My Chinese Dream. Inspired by President Xi's Chinese Dream, everyone talked happily about his understanding of the Chinese Dream.
For me ,I would like to be a teacher when I listen to my teacher carefully. I think I can be a teacher when I grow up. I can help many students... | middle1681.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "At 14."
},
"options": [
"In the 5th grade.",
"In the 9th grade.",
"At 10.",
"At 14."
],
"question": "When did the writer begin to think about her future job?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
... | I began to think about my future job at the age of fourteen. I was born into a family of teachers. My parents are both teachers and I like the job.
When I was a little girl, I often went to school with my mother. When my mother was in the class I watched her, and I wanted to be popular among (......) pupils like her.
O... | middle6688.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "neat and quiet"
},
"options": [
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"outgoing and messy",
"loud and messy",
"neat and loud"
],
"question": "Victor wants to share the house with a(an) _ person.",
"question_type": "cloze_ques... | Dear Alan,
Guess what? I have a chance to choose my new place to live in! I'm excited and a little nervous. Could you please give me some help?
I'm not sure whether I will live in a house or in an apartment. On the one hand, a house will be too big for just one person, so maybe I should rent an apartment. On the other ... | middle7596.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "sunglasses and sun block"
},
"options": [
"warm clothes and sports shoes",
"sunglasses and sun block",
"fashionable clothes and a big bag",
"some fruit and drinks"
],
"question": "If you go to Hainan Island for ... | Some Advice on Traval
NO.1. Forget Fashion !Always wear your most comfortable clothes when going on long journeys.
NO.2. Traveling on trains and buses can be boring. So take a good book to read.
NO.3. If you're going somewhere cold, remember your warm clothes.
NO.4. Or, if you are going somewhere sunny, remember to wea... | middle6850.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "How to Choose A Career"
},
"options": [
"How to Succeed in A Job",
"How to Turn Failure into Success",
"How to Choose A Career",
"How to Be A Successful Worker"
],
"question": "When one wants to change his job, ... | Books, which give instructions on how to do things, are very popular in the USA today. A lot of books like these begin with titles that start with the words "how to". Many "how to" books give advice on careers. They tell you how to choose a career and how to succeed in it. If you would like to become very rich, you can... | middle3928.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "It's unpleasant."
},
"options": [
"It's everywhere.",
"It carries bad things.",
"It's unpleasant.",
"It fills one's mail box."
],
"question": "What is the main problem with spam?",
"question_type": null
},... | Spam mail is a fact of Internet life. Some of it carries bad things, but the main problem with spam is that it is unpleasant because it fills your mail box with pointless messages.
Most email programs have built-in filters that will discover unwanted messages and put them into a junk folder . You can make the filt... | middle5381.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "6"
},
"options": [
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"230",
"92.",
"6"
],
"question": "Scientists used to believe how many basic facial expressions that tell others how we feel?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answ... | THE human face doesn't lie. We show sadness and happiness through our expressions. But exactly how many emotions can our face make?Scientists used to believe we had six basic facial expressions that tell others how we feel: sad, happy, surprised, fearful, angry and disgusted .
But a new study shows that our faces can ... | middle6878.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "In Shandong."
},
"options": [
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"In Shantou.",
"In Shandong.",
"In Wuhan."
],
"question": "Where is Cathy now?",
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index... | My name is Cathy. I'm English, but I'm in shandong with my family now. Look! This is a photo of my family. This is my father. He is a manager of a theatre. He likes running. My mother is a nurse. She likes listening to music. The boy is my brother, Sam. His favourite sport is basketball. Who is the girl next to him? It... | middle3900.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "A musician"
},
"options": [
"A musician",
"A football player",
"An actor",
"A clerk"
],
"question": "What's Dave's job?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2... | DaveDean is a great musician. He is an early bird. He usually gets up at six o'clock in the morning. After he gets up, he drinks some water first. Next, he brushes his teeth. Then, he plays football with his friends. At half past seven, he eats his breakfast. After that, he often plays the violin. At about eight o'cloc... | middle4909.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "light"
},
"options": [
"popular",
"light",
"classical",
"dance"
],
"question": "The writer likes _ music.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answe... | I can't remember when I fell in love with music. Maybe it happened when I was feeling blue sometime long ago. I can't tell you exactly how music makes me feel better. But while listening to music, especially light music, it makes me feel calm and peaceful. Now I am listening to a song named Moon River. It is really a f... | middle1871.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because his mother passed away and his father lost interest in life."
},
"options": [
"Because his father has being recovering from a major lung operation.",
"Because his father can't eat food just after a major lung operation.",
... | About 3 months ago, my father was in hospital recovering from a major lung operation. My mother had recently passed away, and my father had taken the loss of his partner of 58 years very hard and had lost interest in life. It was quite difficult to try to get him to eat each day as he didn't want anything. The one thin... | middle3914.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "A modern lift can go up and down with no worker in it."
},
"options": [
"A modern lift has no buttons.",
"A modern lift has a worker to operate it.",
"A modern lift can go up and down with no worker in it.",
"A modern l... | A lift is wonderful. It is really only a small room. Rooms usually stay in one place. Lifts travel up and down all day long.
Sometimes a worker stands in the lift. He or she operates it up and down. In modern lifts there is no worker. The people walk in. They know what floor they want. They push a button and the lift g... | middle328.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "both the Germans and the English"
},
"options": [
"only the Germans",
"only the Englishmen",
"only the French",
"both the Germans and the English"
],
"question": "From the passage, we can learn that _ are very... | Do you have any friends from other countries? Do you know what they are like?
The Germans are very quiet and they don't get excited easily. They don't want to say more words. They look serious , but they like all kinds of amusements . They work hard and like tidiness. Most German women like to keep their houses cle... | middle1864.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "English has become one of the most important courses in China."
},
"options": [
"If you want go to some college of Arts, it is needn't learn English.",
"It is easy for most Chinese to learn English.",
"English has become one ... | For Chinese students nowadays, no matter what kind of schools they are going to universities, high schools and even primary schools, they have to face and tackle the problem of learning English. All examinations they want to pass require them to first pass English. English has become the most popular course in tutorial... | middle3915.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "How to get good grades"
},
"options": [
"How to learn from others.",
"How to try tips.",
"How to do your homework",
"How to get good grades"
],
"question": "What's the best title of the passage?",
"question_... | Grades aren't everything, but if you or your parents are worried about your report cards, try some of these easy tips. | middle1870.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Tom."
},
"options": [
"Victor.",
"Tom.",
"Mary.",
"Mr Wang"
],
"question": "Lucy can dance well. She wants to find a job. Who should she call?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Players Wanted
Are you good at playing basketball? Can you play ping-pong or soccer? Can you swim very well? If so, you are welcome to join our school sports team. Please call Victor at 8863543 or send an email to sports@ yahoo.com.
Dancers Wanted
Can you dance? Do you like kids? Can you help them with dancing on weeke... | middle4908.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "lost their way"
},
"options": [
"had no picnic",
"lost their way",
"couldn't light the fire",
"couldn't know each other"
],
"question": "It was even worse that they _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions... | In the morning , we went camping in Green Nature Park. We were happy because it was a sunny day. However, in the afternoon , when we finished our picnic , it was dark and windy. Soon ,there was a shower. Unluckily, none of us brought an umbrella. We ran about but we could find no place to hide .
Twenty minutes passed a... | middle1680.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "basketball"
},
"options": [
"tabletennis",
"volleyball",
"basketball",
"golf"
],
"question": "The Houston Rockets is the name of a _ team.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Yao Ming, the centre of the Chinese National Men's basketball team, joins the Houston Rocket in the 2002 NBA. The 2.2 m, 120kg basketball star becomes the first one to come from a foreign team. Yao Ming was born in Shanghai in September, 1980. His mother is a leader of the Chinese National Women's Team. His father pl... | middle314.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "They cause physical pain."
},
"options": [
"They cause physical pain.",
"They bring comfort to them.",
"They make their vision clearer.",
"They float around and cause trouble."
],
"question": "What effect do tea... | BEING an astronaut sounds cool, doesn't it? In space, they get to do some pretty amazing things, like floating in zero gravity .
However, there are also plenty of things that astronauts can't do because of their weightless environment, and that's very sad. What's worse, they can't even let their sadness show, because ... | middle3097.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Because it is nearer to us."
},
"options": [
"Because it is bigger than any other star.",
"Because it is hotter than any other star.",
"Because it is brighter than any other star.",
"Because it is nearer to us."
],
... | On sunny days we can see the sun in the sky. It looks like a hot and bright plate. But it is a ball. It is much bigger and hotter than any fire. And it is much brighter than all the lights in the world.
The sun is a star but it looks much bigger and brighter than any other star. Many stars are much bigger than the sun.... | middle2389.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "30--40."
},
"options": [
"3--10.",
"15--25.",
"30--40.",
"50--60."
],
"question": "What's the age the persons I questioned?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index... | Not long ago, I asked large mid-aged persons a question. I asked, "How many of you had a hobby when you were children?" Nearly everyone raised a hand. I then asked them to keep their hands in the air if they knew at least one of their children had a hobby. Most of the hands went down. I felt sad. It's terrible if the c... | middle3929.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "From the newspaper"
},
"options": [
"From the Internet",
"From the newspaper",
"From the magazine",
"By listening to others"
],
"question": "How does the writer know about the Morning After Robot?",
"questio... | The Morning After Robot
From today's newspaper, I know that in 2014 you might get a Morning After Robot. It will clean your house after a party. The Robot can take picture of your room before the party. After the party, the robot will go around the room, and it will pick up bottles and trash. After that it will compare... | middle6851.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "friend"
},
"options": [
"grandfather",
"friend",
"boss",
"host"
],
"question": "In the story the old man was the boy's _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index"... | He was an old man who fished alone in a small boat on the sea and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish. In the first forty days a boy had been with him. But after forty days without a fish, the boy's parents had told him that the old man was now salao, which is the worst form of unlucky, and the boy h... | middle7597.txt |
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