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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Music."
},
"options": [
"Computer.",
"PE.",
"Music.",
"Maths."
],
"question": "What is Zhouzhou good at?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer... | Hu Yizhou, also known as Zhouzhou, was born with intellectual disabilities. When he was 25 years old, he had an IQ of 30 and behaved himself like a 3-year-old child. But he does well in music. His disability has not prevented him from becoming a well-known conductor .
Zhang Yiqing, a director with Hubei TV station, learnt of Zhouzhou's talent for music. He wanted to help the young man. Later Zhouzhou's story has made into a film and was spread in China, Europe and America. Ever since he was famous for his great musical talent, Zhouzhou has received a lot of attention from home and abroad. He has taken part in many art performances . Now he works in the Chinese Disabled Art Group as a conductor. To Zhouzhou, standing on the stage is already a big success. | middle3274.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "improve the language ability"
},
"options": [
"learn more about holidays",
"understand his culture better",
"improve the language ability",
"take part in foreign meetings"
],
"question": "In the \"homestay\" pro... | "Homestay is a form of study abroad program. It allows the visitor to rent a room from a local family to better understand the local lifestyle. It also helps to improve the visitor's language ability,"said a teacher during a school meeting last term. "Students who wish to learn more about foreign cultures or to get foreign experience should join this kind of holiday. I am sure you won't be disappointed ."
After this special meeting,I always thought about this kind of holiday. Last month,I had a chance at last to go on such a holiday with some of my schoolmates and we went to London,a place where I had wanted to go since years ago.
As we were still young,we had a group leader who planned things for us and looked after us. After we got to London,we went to stay with different families. I was lucky that my host family was a white couple who had a daughter about my age. They treated me as a daughter of their family during my stay there. They were interested in me and I learnt a lot of things from them,too.
The holiday was filled with activities every day. After breakfast,a local teacher would come to take us in his car. Then we would have classes or go on a sightseeing trip to different places of interest like the Big Ben,the London Bridge,and the Buckingham Palace. We would go back to our own homes after the activities.
The holiday was a valuable experience for me. I enjoyed every minute of it. Yet,time really flew fast. Three weeks later,we had to leave "home" for Hong Kong. | middle5605.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "In the morning."
},
"options": [
"In the morning.",
"At noon.",
"In the afternoon.",
"In the evening"
],
"question": "When did the writer and her son usually stop at the local store?",
"question_type": "fact... | A few years ago, I worked at a church . Since my son was home schooling, he went with me to the church every day. Most mornings, we'd stop at a local store, and get a chocolate drink for him and a cup of coffee for me.
The clerk at the store made our lives more enjoyable each day, and so we returned again and again. She had found her own way of enjoying life and her job. I'm not even sure if she realized that her warmth and brightness put a smile upon the face of each customer .
When a customer brought cakes to the counter, any other clerk could have asked: "Would you like some milk with those cakes?" Instead, she asked: "Would you like a lottery ticket with those cakes?"
She might have asked me if I wanted sugar with my coffee. But instead, she asked: "Would you like some batteries with that coffee?"
Yes, life is what you make of it. This clerk's method of dealing with what some think is a boring job, and with the customers she met daily, made the hours in her day more enjoyable. In doing that, she also refreshed the lives of others and made them laugh.
Sometimes, if my day at the church had been very tiring, we'd stop at that store before going home. We'd giggle as we left the store, the clerk's words echoing behind us.
"Would you like some shampoo with that orange juice?" | middle7774.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "an online encyclopedia"
},
"options": [
"a computer game",
"a name of a magazine",
"a free university",
"an online encyclopedia"
],
"question": "Wikipedia is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
... | If you want to find out a piece of information about anything , the best place to search for it is Wikepedia. This online encyclopedia is written by thousands of people around the world. Anyone can add or change the information if he or she finds it not correct or not well written. In this way, people who know a lot about a certain subject can write about it even if they are not university professors.
What is more, Wikepedia includes articles written in about 235 languages. This fact makes it one of the few websites on the Internet that are truly international. It was started in 2001 by Larry Sanger and Jimmy Wales, as a free online English-language encyclopedia project. By April 2008, over 10 million articles had been put on Wikipedia. A quarter of the articles are in English. Wikipedia is also a place where people can find the latest news.
However, Wikipedia has its own problems. There have been many complaints that some of the information on Wikipedia is not accurate and some important subjects are not included. This has led to arguments between the writers of articles. The people running Wikipedia say that the accuracy of the information is improving and that it is one of the top 20 visited websites on the Internet.
So, if you are looking for some information, why not try Wikipedia? | middle1305.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "By air."
},
"options": [
"By train.",
"By air.",
"By bus.",
"By ship"
],
"question": "How did the writer go to Finland?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3... | Last year I travelled to Finland. I enjoyed the time in the plane because I knew a friendly man there. He was from Italy, but we had no problem _ with each other. We both talked in English.
When I got to Finland, I visited Espoo, Oulu, Lahti and Tampere. The people there were very friendly. I also spent a lot of time in Helsinki -- the capital of Finland. People also called it the daughter of the sea. It was very clean. There I watched the Baltic Sea. It was very beautiful. One night, I went to the theatre to see a very interesting local play. Everything was OK but the sun, because the sunset there was too early.
I had a very nice time in this country and I want to travel to it again. | middle5163.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "A dead fish."
},
"options": [
"Its mouth.",
"Its head.",
"A dead fish.",
"A little dog."
],
"question": "What can a dolphin use to make an eel come out of its hole?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
}... | Dolphins are our friends. They can use tools to solve problems although they don't have hands. For example, scientists have ever found that a dolphin can make a shy eel come out of its hole with a dead fish.
Dolphins use different sounds to exchange information with each other. Scientists in Hawaii have developed a sign language to give instructions to dolphins, and the results are amazing. They find that dolphins not only understand the meaning of individual words, but also understand the importance of word order in a sentence.
Most animals enjoy playing -- but dolphins seem to like making their games as challenging as possible. On a beautiful day in 1997, scientists at a beach watched a little dog going into the sea and swimming towards the dolphins. To their surprise, the dolphins came up to the dog and then started throwing it into the air. The dog seemed to enjoy the "game" and continued playing with the dolphins for more than an hour.
Dolphins live in a very different world from ours, but they are very good at our "IQ tests" . For example, they will jump out of the water when they hear a whistle noise. They do this because they will get a fish as a prize.
There is still much to learn about these cute problem-solvers, but it is certain that watching a dolphin show is fun.
,. (5) | middle3512.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "In Italy."
},
"options": [
"In Italy.",
"In Japan.",
"In England.",
"In France."
],
"question": "Where is Venice?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text"... | Venice is a great place in the world. People call it "City of Water" because it is built on the water just like some stone buildings floating on the water. There are more than 350 bridges in the city. It's in the southeast of Italy. You can hardly hear the sound of cars in the city. All transportation is by boat or on foot. And the most popular vehicle is gondola . You can see the beautiful sights and at the same time hear Italian operas on it. It's also a city of art and music. It played a very important role in the Renaissance . There are a lot of buildings there. Venice is a special and unique place in the world, so a lot of people come to visit it every year. It's better to visit the city in July, August, or September. And the people who come here will never forget this beautiful place. | middle2793.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "John"
},
"options": [
"Tom",
"John",
"Tony",
"Sorry , I don't know ."
],
"question": "What's the blind man's name ?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_tex... | One day , there was a blind man called John was on the bench with a hat by his feet and a sign that read , "I am blind . Please help me .
A creative publicist named Tom was walking by the blind man and stopped to see that the man only had a few coins in his hat . He put a few of his own coins in the hat . Without asking for permission , he took the sign , turned it around and wrote a new message . Then he put the sign by the feet of the blind man and left.
Later that afternoon the publicist returned to the blind man and noticed that his hat was almost
full of bills and coins . The blind man recognized his footsteps and asked if it was he who had changed his sign . He also wanted to know what the man wrote on it .
The publicist said , "I just wrote the message a little differently ." He smiled and went on his way.
The new sign read , "Spring has come , but I can't see anything ." | middle7833.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "7:00 pm"
},
"options": [
"9:00 pm",
"8:00 pm",
"7:00 pm",
"10:00 pm"
],
"question": "On a Sunday in October, you may stay in the museum until _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer"... | The Guinness World Records Museum address:329 Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, TX 78205
Open Hours:
From September to May :10 am to 7 pm Sunday through Thursday
10 am to 10 pm Friday and Saturday
From June to August: 10 am to 10 pm Sunday through Thursday
10 am to Midnight Friday and Saturday
Adult single: $ 14.95 for 2 attractions, $18.95 for any 4 attractions, $22.95 for all attractions
Child(4~12)Single: $8.95 for 2 attractions ,$11.95 for any 4 attraction, $14.95 for all attractions
In the museum you can enter the different exhibition halls you see below. In each of these halls you can see the world records of different kinds . Sometimes you may get a chance to do something so that you can know better how a record was set. | middle6293.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Japanese"
},
"options": [
"English",
"Japanese",
"French",
"Chinese"
],
"question": "You can eat _ food in the Friendship Restaurant.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"an... | Friendship Restaurant
We have different kinds of Japanese food here. The food menu is in Japanese and Chinese. All the waiters and waitresses can speak at least one foreign language.
Tel: 312-9997
Time: 11:30 a.m.-10:00 p.m.
Volunteer Project
Maybe you want to help others but don't know how to do it. Then Volunteer Project will help you. Here you will get the best idea of volunteering.
Call 822-5566 to join it.
E-mail address:lisa@hotmail.com
Dream corner
Do you want to improve your English? Do you want to practice your English with native speakers? If yes, why not join the Dream Corner? Come here on Friday afternoon every week.
Red Bird club
Do you like dance? Do you want to show off your cool dance at parties? Join us and make your dream come true.
Closed on Tuesday.
Call 822-3331 for more information.
The Underwater World
Here you will find different kinds of fishes and even some kinds of sharks. You will feel you are in the sea but of course this is not true. If you like fishes, I suggest that you pay a visit to it.
Tel: 846-3809
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
,. | middle5942.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "she wanted to buy a bird for Thanksgiving Day party"
},
"options": [
"she wanted to buy a bird for Thanksgiving Day party",
"she wanted to buy a bird to make a big meal",
"there were lots of nice birds in it",
"she want... | One day, a woman walked into a pet store to buy a bird for her Thanksgiving Day party. The guy said, "We only have one parrot. But I think you do not want it because it can talk..."
The woman said happily, "That's great. I've always wanted a talking bird."
So the guy said, "Since you are a nice lady, I'll give it to you as a gift."
And the lady went home and put the bird on her bed and walked out of the room. But as soon as she walked into the kitchen, the bird started to speak dirty words as loud as it could. The woman walked back into the room thinking, "I can't have this at my party!" So she took the bird and put it in the fridge.
A few hours later, while the woman was eating, she remembered that her bird was still in the fridge. Quickly, she opened the door and found it was _ . Then she took out the bird at once. She said to the bird, "I'll keep you out of there if you don't use that language again. Do you agree with me?"
The bird nodded and asked, "Can I just ask a quick question?" The lady nodded and said, "Yes, you may."
The bird pointed at the turkey behind him and asked, "What did he do?" | middle4484.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "themselves"
},
"options": [
"themselves",
"other people",
"healthy food",
"dangerous drivers"
],
"question": "The two old ladies talked about _ most of the time.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
... | Pearl and June were good friends and spent most of their time together.
They were both very old and they worried about their health. Most of the time they talked about nothing else.
They worried about their food. Was it clean? Would it give them pains in the stomach?
They worried about the weather. Was it too cold and wet? Would it give them pains in their bones?
They worried about pollution in the air. would it give them pains in their chests and throats?
They worried about being hurt in a car accident, killed in a plane crash, getting sick, and so on.
All they could think about was being ill or hurt.
One day they went on a train journey together.
"We'll need some food," Pearl said.
"We'll buy some bananas," June said. "They are good to eat and always clean."
And so they bought two bananas to eat on the train.
It was not long before they were hungry.
Pearl took out the bananas and gave one to June. Then she peeled the skin of her banana and took a large bite of it.
At that moment the train went into a tunnel. Everything went black.
"Don't eat your banana," Pearl shouted at June. "Mine has made me go blind!" | middle5956.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Anna tells Kitty something about her family's new flat."
},
"options": [
"Anna tells Kitty something about her family's new flat.",
"Kitty lives with her family in America.",
"Anna likes her bedroom.",
"Anna's mother is... | Dear Kitty:
News! We have a new flat! The rooms are small, but they are comfortable. There are more rooms here than in our old flat. This is good because now I have my own room. In the old flat, I share with my sister.
My bedroom is my favourite room in our flat. I can be alone in it. I can read or draw. I can listen to my radio or play CDs. I can play games on my computer and send e-mails to my friends.
My second favorite room is the kitchen. I love helping my mother cook our meals. She is a very good cook. She is teaching me how to make many different kinds of dishes. She lived in Morocco when she was a girl, and she can cook Moroccan food. It's very delicious. That's all for now.
Write soon and tell me about your home. Please get on the Internet so that we can send e-mails to each other.
All good wishes!
Anna | middle4490.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "parents"
},
"options": [
"children",
"teachers",
"parents",
"doctors"
],
"question": "This passage is for _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"... | Helping your children to read and write at home will improve their skills and confidence --it will also make them get ready for learning in the classroom environment.
_ are needed by every child in every subject in every year of their life in or outside school. Students who improve their reading and writing skills will increase their vocabulary and their ability to use the English language correctly. As parents, you can play an important role in improving your children's literacy . You can make a difference by listening, asking questions, giving information, and reading with your children outside school hours.
Here are 8 tips on how to help your children to read and write:
^having everyday conversations with your children
^trying to ask more "wh-" questions instead of easy "yes" or "no" questions
^encouraging your children to talk about events you don't know
^reading to your children each night
^listening to your children read
^teaching your children how to use dictionaries
^talking about your children's writings
^practicing filling in forms, writing letters, sending cards or emails
You can also encourage your children to join the Reading Challenge Club and discuss the books they are reading together. In the club, children must read 15 books from the Challenge book list and 5 more books chosen by themselves. There are over 1,000 books on the list. The reading must be done in one year. What's more, it is a wonderful way to help your children to write. For example, you can encourage them to write diaries or book reviews. Remember to make positive(,) comments as much as possible. | middle6287.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a new world"
},
"options": [
"the moon",
"a new world",
"rivers",
"the earth"
],
"question": "Skin--diving will take you to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer... | Skin--diving ( ) is a new sport today . This sport can take you to a wonderful world . It's like to visit the moon . When you're under the water, it's easy for you to climb big rocks ( ) because you're not heavy.
Here, under the water , everything is blue and green . During the day , there's enough light . And you can see a lot of fish swimming around you. You can catch them with your hands. To catch fish is of the most interesting parts of this sport .
When you have tanks ( ) of air on your back , you can stay in deep water for a long time . But you must be careful when you dive in deep water . | middle7199.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Women."
},
"options": [
"Men.",
"Children.",
"Women.",
"Pregnant women."
],
"question": "Who was only invited to a baby shower traditionally?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | While many women are busy with planning their bridal showers , a baby shower usually comes as a complete surprise. A baby shower is a party where a pregnant woman is "showered" with gifts and good wishes. A baby shower is usually given by a close female friend or a relative of the mother-to-be. Sometimes co-workers of a pregnant person will also hold a baby shower for her.
The baby shower is usually given when the mother-to-be is between 6 and 9 months pregnant. _ the date of a baby's birth isn't always exact. Sometimes a baby shower can also happen after the baby is born. A baby shower can be held in someone's home or outside, like in a restaurant or a catering hall. Traditionally only women are invited to a baby shower. However, more and more baby showers are also including the father-to-be.
Like a bridal shower, a mother-to-be will register a wish list of things she wants at one or several stores. This list usually includes things the mother wants for her baby like clothes, diapers and even furniture. This way friends and family members can go to the stores and buy something from the list. Registering helps make sure that there aren't repeat items, like 30 bottles when a new mom only needed 15.
At a baby shower, people can give cards with wishes for the new baby and mom. Most of these cards also include money or gift cards to help the mom-to-be buy whatever else she needs for the baby. Sometimes there are games as well. In one game everyone guesses the date of the baby. Another game lets people taste baby food and guess the flavor. | middle7827.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "because they are in great need."
},
"options": [
"because they are in great need.",
"because they look very beautiful",
"because they are healthy food",
"because they are very expensive"
],
"question": "Accordin... | Growing mushrooms is probably the easiest thing you can do even if you are new to mushroom growing. It is becoming more common because restaurants are starting to create more dishes that include mushrooms.
Mushroom growing is easy. To start, you need to have a space where you are going to grow these mushrooms. It does not have to be a huge space but just enough for you to grow as many mushrooms as you need. When you have found the space perfect for you, you can start researching what kind of mushrooms you want to grow. There are a lot of mushrooms to choose from and not all of them are suitable to eat.
When you decide what kind of mushrooms you want to grow, you can start getting ready to plant the mushrooms. Sometimes you may want to hire some workers to help if you have a large mushroom farm, or if you are trying to start a professional mushroom growing business. Trying to have a business by yourself can be stressful. If you don't have enough time to spend taking care of everything yourself, dome helpers may be the best choice.
After you have started the mushroom growing, you should regularly check that your mushrooms grow properly and that they are not being attacked by any pesticides or any other animals or something that could be dangerous to them. That is the worst part of mushroom developing. Protect your mushroom farm well with a fence or a gate so that only you and your workers can get in and out.
Mushroom growing is not difficult and it is easy to get stared in the world of farming. You will soon possibly be able to provide some of the great cooks of the world with high quality mushrooms that will be enjoyed by thousands of people all over the world. | middle2787.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "the Amazon"
},
"options": [
"the Mississippi",
"the Nile",
"the Mekong",
"the Amazon"
],
"question": "The greatest river for navigation is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {... | Rivers are one of our most important natural resources . Many of the world's great cities are located on rivers, and almost every country has at least one river running through it that plays an important part in the lives of its people.
Since the beginning of history, people have used rivers for transportation. The longest one in the United States is the Mississippi. The lifeline of Egypt is the Nile. To the people of India, the Ganges is great, but it is also important for transportation; ships can travel along it for a thousand miles. Other great rivers are the Congo in Africa and the Mekong in southeastern Asia. The greatest of all for navigation , however, is the Amazon in Brazil . It is so wide and so deep that large ships can go about two thousand miles up it.
Besides transportation, rivers give food to eat, water to drink, water for crops, and chances for fun. In order to increase the supply of water for crops, engineers sometimes build a dam across a river and let a lake form behind the dam. Then people can use the water not only to irrigate their fields but also to make electricity for their homes and industries.
However, large cities and industries that are located on rivers often cause problems. As the cities grow in size and industries increase in number, the water in the rivers becomes polluted with chemicals and other materials. People are learning the importance, however, of doing more to keep their rivers clean if they want to enjoy the benefits of these natural resources. | middle732.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "she's afraid of giving wrong direction"
},
"options": [
"she is a stranger to the city",
"she doesn't know the people",
"she has no time to help others",
"she's afraid of giving wrong direction"
],
"question": "... | Some people have a very poor sense of direction. Unluckily, I am one of them. I have visited a place many times but I may still get lost there the next time.
When I was a little girl, I never dared to ask strangers the way. And so I used to walk around in circles and hope that by chance I would get to the place I was going to.
Now, I am no longer too shy to ask people for directions, but I often receive helpless or even wrong information. So I try to avoid giving people wrong directions. If anyone ever asks me the way somewhere, I would say, "Sorry, I am a stranger here."
Once on my way to work I was stopped by a man. He asked me if I could tell him the way to the Friendship Building. I gave him my usual reply. But just as I walked on only a few steps. I realized that he had asked the way to my office building. However, I had no time to turn back and look for him. I was rushing to meet with someone at my office and I didn't want to keep him waiting.
When I just got to my office, the secretary showed in the man who had asked me for directions. Imagine how _ I was and how surprised he was when we saw each other at the first sight. | middle2977.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "paint pictures"
},
"options": [
"sing songs",
"dance",
"paint pictures",
"write something"
],
"question": "The artist liked to _ near a nice place.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answ... | An artist went to a beautiful place of the country for a holiday, and stayed with a farmer. Every day he went out and painted from morning to evening. When it got dark, he came back to the farm and had a good dinner before he went to bed.
At the end of his holiday he wanted to pay the farmer, but the farmer said, "No, I don't want money but give me one of your pictures. What is money? In a week it will all be finished, but your painting will be here."
The artist was very pleased and thanked the farmer for saying such kind words. The farmer smiled and said, "I have a son in London. He wants to become an artist. When he comes here next month, I will show him your picture, and then he will not want to be an artist any more, I believe." | middle2963.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "by truck"
},
"options": [
"by car",
"by bike",
"on foot",
"by truck"
],
"question": "The milkman delivered milk to family _ in the old days.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | When I was a boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1960s, we had a milkman delivering milk to our doorstep. His name was Mr. Basille. He wore a white cap and drove a white truck.
Of course, he delivered more than milk. There was cheese, eggs and so on. If we needed to change our order, my mother would write a note -- "Please add a bottle of buttermilk next delivery". Then she put the note and the empty bottles into the milk box. The next day, the buttermilk would magically appear.
There was also a close relationship between families and their milkmen. Mr. Basille even had a key to our house, for those times when it was so cold outside that we put the box in the house, so that the milk wouldn't freeze. And I remember Mr. Basille from time to time taking a break at our kitchen table, having a cup of tea and telling stories about his delivery.
I am sad that there is no home milk delivery today. Big companies produce cheaper milk, and milk is for sale everywhere. People may not need the milkman anymore.
Recently, I saw an old milk box in the countryside and it brought back my childhood memories. I took it home and put it outside the door. My son's friends always ask what it is. So I start telling stories of my boyhood, and of the milkman who brought us friendship with his milk. | middle726.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "90 yuan."
},
"options": [
"30 yuan.",
"40 yuan.",
"90 yuan.",
"150 yuan."
],
"question": "How much will a ticket cost Jack if he visits the Slender West lake?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
... | The Slender West Lake. named National AAAAA Tourist Area in 2010, includes the Great Rainbow Bridge, the White Pagoda, Five-pavilion Bridge, the Twenty-four Bridge, the Small Golden Hill and so on. The best time to tour the Slender West Lake is in March. During the visit to the park, the boat travels on the water and visitors travel in the picture.
Ticket: Mar. - May. Y= 150; Other months Y=90
Time: 8:30 - 17:00
Bus: No. 4, 5, 6, 17, 61 buses
Tel: 0514-87357803; 0514-87370091
Website: http://www.shouxihu.com
He garden, the most famous garden in the late Qing Dynasty, is known for its long double-way corridor , which is regarded as the earliest footbridge.
Ticket: Mar. - May. Y= 40; Other months Y=30
Time: 7:30 - 17:15
Bus: No. 19, 61 buses
Te: 0514-87900345; 0514-87222353
Website: http://www.he-garden.net
Six months ago. Jack came to China to study. He has heard that Yangzhou is famous for its gardens. And he plans to visit some gardens in July, so he has collected information about them online as follows: | middle6536.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Summer"
},
"options": [
"Spring",
"Summer",
"Autumn",
"Winter"
],
"question": "_ is a good season for vacation.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"... | Most American families like to have a vacation in summer. Summer is a good season for vacation. It is often hot in July and August.
Children do not go to school in those two months. Some people like to stay at home, read books, or watch TV. Many families take their lunch to eat at a place with many trees or a nice lake.
Some people have enough time and money to travel to other countries like France, Japan and Australia. They usually fly to these countries. Many families travel by car or train to see interesting places in their own countries. Their favorite cities are New York, Chicago, Miami, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Not everyone likes to go to busy cities. Some families travel to mountains or beautiful valleys.
,A, B, C, D,. (5,1,5) | middle1259.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "don' t think their kids are as clever as they were"
},
"options": [
"think their kids are as clever as they were",
"don' t think their kids are as clever as they were",
"think their kids are more clever than they were",
... | Many French teachers and parents complain that their kids are less bright than they were. They say young people visit museums less often and spend too much time on the Internet. They only read comics and listen to music, and like American culture more than their own. But is this true? A recent survey shows that many French kids spend their time as other kids always have.
Most French teens love music, with 86% putting it as their top hobby, above the cinema, sport and television.
French kids read a lot and like different things, from Japanese cartoons to American novels.
Many French people worry that their children watch too many American films and listen to too much American music.
But the results of this survey show that French young people like their own culture.
As Silvia Berlin, a student from Paris, says, " _ " | middle7628.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "some food"
},
"options": [
"a duck",
"some food",
"some water",
"a chick"
],
"question": "The tiger wants to find _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,... | One summer morning a tiger is walking near a lake. He wants to eat something. He is very hungry. In the lake, a duck is swimming ."That is my breakfast," thinks the tiger.
"Good morning, Mr. Duck!" says the tiger.
"Go away, you bad tiger!" says the duck.
"I want to tell you something about your friend, Miss Chicken. If you don't come, I'll go. Good bye. Mr. Duck."
"Wait a minute," says the duck. "Tell me!"
The tiger looks around ,"I don't want other animals to know it. Come up to me," says the tiger. Then Mr. Duck swims to the tiger. As soon as(............) he gets to the bank ,the tiger gets it and eats it up.
He laughs best that laughs last.. | middle915.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "be harmful to"
},
"options": [
"be kind to",
"be good ofr",
"be harmful to",
"be sorry for"
],
"question": "What does the nderlined word \"damage\"mean ?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"... | Have you ever wanted to stop eating something sweet but you just couldn't ?Is the first thing you do wehn you get home from schol to look in the biscuit tin ?Can you eat a huge bar of chocolate all by yourself ?Can you say "no"to sweets at parties ?If you can't ,thenn there is a reason ...perhapos you are a sugar addict !Does that sound funny ?Well ,doctors say that people who eat sweets regularly can easily becoame addicted to sugar .What's more ,most sugar addicts don't even realize that they are addicted !Sugar addiction is serious becauase it can really _ your health .doctors say that we should eat food which is healthy such as fresh fruits and vegetables,and that we shouldn't eat a lot of sugar ,fat or fast food .But sugar addicts can't follow this advice .They know they must stop eating sweet food,bu htey can't .
So what can you do if you think you are ddced o he taste of sugar?Well here is some advice :
Eat some fresh fruits when you really want something sweet to eat .
Cut down son sweet foo lowly .Don't try to stp eating it at once
You have to tell your parents ,If they know ,they will help you. | middle2988.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "from different countries"
},
"options": [
"sisters",
"friend",
"teacher and student",
"from different countries"
],
"question": "Jim and Jack are _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"ans... | This is Jim. He is thirteen. He is from the USA. He is a student. He has a good friend. His name is Jack. Jack is fifteen. He is from Canada. Jack is tall but Jim is short. They are in the same class, but they are in different grades. Jim is in Class Two. Jack is in Class Two, too. They go to school at seven in the morning and go home at six in the afternoon.
,. | middle4321.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "he was worried about the coming exam"
},
"options": [
"he liked studying in the library",
"he wanted to take exercise",
"he was worried about the coming exam",
"he was waiting for somebody"
],
"question": "Tom w... | Tom was a college student. He often made excuses not to attend classes. Also he spent much of his free time playing computer games. He never went to the library to study.
How time flew! At the end of the term, there was an important thing--the final exam . He was afraid of it. "What should I do?" Tom walked up and down in the room the day before the exam. He was so nervous. Suddenly, he thought of an idea.
The next morning, Tom went into the exam room very early. He found a young man and took a seat next to him. "Hey you!" Tom greeted. "What?" The young man asked.
"Can you help me?" Tom said politely. "Please let me copy your paper during the exam." When hearing his words, the young man just smiled but said nothing.
When the bell rang, the young man stood up and came to the front, saying "It is the time for the final exam. Now I will hand out the papers to all of you and collect them in one hour." Tom sat there with his mouth wide open. | middle5759.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Because there will be improved nutrition and medical science."
},
"options": [
"Because there will be the newest technology.",
"Because there will be improved nutrition and medical science.",
"Because there will be special me... | Evolution has changed our bodies and faces over thousands of years, and it's still happening. Here's how experts predict what people will be like in 1,000 years.
We'll be about 1.83~2.13 metres tall because of improved nutrition and medical science. Our arms and fingers will get longer to reduce the need to reach too far.
We'll have smaller brains, maybe because computers will help us memorize and think most of the things.
There will be larger eyes and smaller mouths. And there may be fewer teeth as softer food needs less chewing and biting. We could even get our nutrition from liquids or pills in the future.
We can expect other great changes too. Everyone will have the same shape of noses. That's because climate will have less influence on noses with the help of air conditioning and central heating. Besides, we will have more wrinkles as a result of looking at our electronic devices.
We also may end up with saggy necks because extra sun will cause loose skin. And there will be darker skin as people move around the planet and races mix.
,. | middle3328.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Black"
},
"options": [
"White",
"Red",
"Black",
"Pink"
],
"question": "What is NOT a color of carnations?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answe... | When I was young, my father used to grow carnations -- a kind of flower that was red, pink or white. He took care of them with much love and devotion. Every day he came home from work, he would enjoy watching them. And he used to tell us, "No one should touch my flowers."
One day, my younger sister Clemence, who loved dad very much, wanted to help him. So she cut the carnation from their stems one by one and arranged them on the ground. She believed that dad would be very happy to see them that way.
When mom and I realized what my sister had done, we became completely silent. However, my sister didn't know why no one showed her any appreciation . When dad arrived, he went as usual straight to watch the flowers. Seeing his flowers lying on the ground like dead animals, he was shocked at first. He looked towards the street to see if it was any of the neighbors' children who could have done it. Then he looked at mom in silence. Finally mom, who always taught us to tell the truth no matter what, said, "No bad neighbors did this great job, only your lovely daughter Clemence."
Dad's face changed into a smile and then he said, "Do I have better flower than my lovely daughter?" My younger sister smiled and hugged dad strongly.
,. | middle5981.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "On Sundays."
},
"options": [
"On Sundays.",
"On weekdays.",
"At night.",
"On Saturdays."
],
"question": "When does Judy often watch TV?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"... | Many children like to watch TV. It's very interesting. The programs on TV tell us many things about the country and a lot of news about the world, Judy watches TV on Sundays. There is an English program getting to know America. It's her favorite program. It tells about the life of America, such as buildings, traffic, food, houses, movie stars. Why does she love the program? Because she likes English. She likes English best of all the subjects. When she is watching the program, she can remember every word she sees on TV. That helps a lot, because she learns many new words, English really interests her . She likes learning English. On weekdays, she doesn't watch TV, but reads English story books every night before she goes to bed. She can learn a lot from the TV program and the story books. | middle4447.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "sister; Americans"
},
"options": [
"sister; Chinese",
"sister; Americans",
"friend; Americans",
"brother; Americans"
],
"question": "Anna is Tony's _ and they are _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"... | Tony and Anna are brother and sister. They are Americans. Tony likes sports very much. He can play football, basketball and volleyball. Anna likes music very much. She can't play ball games. But they both like playing games on computers.
They like eggs, bread and milk for breakfast. For lunch, Anna likes eating vegetables and fruit, but Tony likes chicken and fish. They both like hamburgers. But they don't like ice cream or cheese. | middle6250.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "A little plant."
},
"options": [
"People.",
"Birds.",
"A little plant.",
"Branches."
],
"question": "Who was the big tree's neighbor?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"an... | A big, mighty tree stood in a forest. Its branches spread out and its roots went deep in the earth. A lot of people came here to have a rest under it. And a lot of birds stood on its branches to sing and dance. The big tree was very proud all the time.
At the foot of the tree, there was a little plant. The plant was thin, and seemed to be blown down by any of a little wind.
One day, the two neighbors were having a little chat.
"Well, little one," said the tree to the plant, "why not put your feet deeply in the earth, and raise your head high in the air as I do?"
"I see there is no need to do so," said the plant with a smile. "In fact, I think I may be safer in this way."
"Safer?" said the tree. "Are you safer than I am? Do you know how deep my roots are in the earth and how strong my branches are? Who can possibly pull me out by the roots or bow my head to the ground?" And the tree didn't want to say anything to the weak plant.
But the tree was to regret its words very soon. One evening, a great hurricane came. It blew the trees off their roots and almost destroyed the forest completely. It uprooted(......)the mighty tree and blew it away with great force.
When the storm had gone, the villagers living nearby came to check the damage. The mighty tree lay on the ground, but the little plant still stood there. | middle8269.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The thief."
},
"options": [
"The waiter.",
"Mr. Jones.",
"The manager.",
"The thief."
],
"question": "Who took the jewelry?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index... | When Mr. Jones went to a restaurant one day, he left his coat near the door. There was nothing in the pockets of the coat when he left it, so he was very surprised when he took his coat after his meal and found the pockets full of jewelry .There was a waiter near the door, so Mr. Jones said to him, "Somebody has made a mistake. He has put some jewelry in my coat. Take it, and when he comes back, give it to him." The waiter took it and went away. Suddenly another man came in with a coat just like Mr. Jones's. "I'm sorry ",said this man. "but I made a mistake. I mistook your coat and you have got mine. Please give me my coat and jewelry ."Mr. Jones answered, "I gave the jewelry to the waiter. He will give it to you." Mr. Jones called the manager of the restaurant at once, but the manager said, "We have no waiter here. We only have waitresses." "You gave the jewelry to a thief !" Shouted the other man. "I shall call the police!" Mr. Jones was frightened and paid the man a lot of money for the jewelry. | middle2022.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "three"
},
"options": [
"two",
"three",
"four",
"five"
],
"question": "The writer stayed in Hangzhou for _ days.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
... | May 2, Saturday
We arrived in Hangzhou at 3:00p.m. After we walked out of the train station, we took a taxi to the hotel. The hotel was very clean. We stayed there for three days. Then we wanted to travel to Hainan.
May 5, Tuesday
In the morning we went to Hainan by plane. The people in Hainan were very friendly. Then we went to a beautiful beach. It was sunny. So we had great fun playing in the water.
May 7, Thursday
It was rainy today. So we went to a museum. We saw many old things there. Then we went to the aquarium to see some sea animals. We saw many kinds of fish. They were very lovely. I hope I could come to Hainan again. | middle4453.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "basketball"
},
"options": [
"volleyball",
"basketball",
"football",
"swimming"
],
"question": "Jim is good at _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"... | Jim is a basketball fan. He is very good at playing basketball. Jack is his favorite basketball player. Jim is in the school basketball team. Every Friday afternoon, he plays basketball with other members after class. In the team, Jim's best friend is Mike. He is also good at playing basketball.
Jim's sister Mary loves swimming. Every Saturday she has a swimming lesson with ten other girls and boys.
Their mothers and fathers come to watch them because the children are only one or two years old! When Mary began to have swimming classes, she was only six months old. Now she is two years old and she can swim well. Many people are afraid of water, but the children in Mary's class aren't! They always have a good time in water. | middle4335.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Soccer. games."
},
"options": [
"Soccer. games.",
"Baseball games.",
"Ping - pong games.",
"Basketball games."
],
"question": "What does Jenny watch on TV every day?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
... | Jenny is a nice girl. She likes to playing soccer. And she watches soccer games on TV every day. But she doesn't like playing baseball. She has some friends in her class. They are Tom, Mary, Susan and Linda.
Tom likes playing ping - pong. He has some nice ping - pong bats, He usually plays ping - pong with his friends after school. Mary likes playing volleyball. She is in a volleyball club .But she doesn't like playing basketball. Susan likes singing. She has many CDs. They are in her desk. Linda is ten years old. She doesn't like doing any sports, but she likes making model planes. | middle6522.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "I can't go to the park."
},
"options": [
"I can't do anything.",
"I can't work.",
"I can't go to the park.",
"I can't study."
],
"question": "1.What does the sentence \"I can't do _ ?\" mean?",
"question_t... | Ben: Leo, you work too hard. Let's go and sit in the park.
Leo: I can't do _ . I have to study for my English test next week.
Ben: But, Leo... You already know that you're going to Tsinghua University! Well, what are you going to major in?
Leo: English and management. How about you? Which school are you going to next year, Ben?
Ben: Oh, I'm going to work for my dad for a year. Then I'll go to college after _
Leo: What do you want to study?
Ben: I'm not sure yet. I'd like to study Chinese. So, do you want to be an English teacher or work for a big company after 4 years in Tsinghua University?
Leo: In fact, I hope to go on to study computer science in Beijing University.
Ben: Wow. We are quite different! You know, I just want to find an easy job. I guess you will be a computer programmer.
Leo: Uh-huh. I'd like to.
Ben: Well, I hope to work as a teacher and have a nice family in the future.
Leo: Really? I want to make a lot of money.
. | middle901.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because he wanted to find a family for her."
},
"options": [
"Because he wanted to sell her at a good price.",
"Because he didn't want her any more, either.",
"Because he wanted to find a family for her.",
"Because he w... | Last summer vacation, I volunteered to work at a vet's . There I saw a lot of dogs. Minnie was the funniest-looking dog I'd ever seen. _
She was brought to the vet because her owners didn't want her any more. I thought Minnie had a sweet personality, though."No one should judge her by her looks,"I thought. Finally, I advertised Minnie in the local paper."Funny-looking dog, well-behaved, needs a loving family."
When a boy called, I warned him that Minnie was strange-looking. The boy on the phone told me that his grandfather's sixteen-year-old dog had just died. They wanted Minnie no matter what. I gave Minnie a good bath. Then we waited for them to arrive. At last, an old car pulled up in front of the vet's. Two kids raced to the door. They picked Minnie up and rushed her out to their grandfather, who was waiting in the car. I hurried behind them to see his reaction to Minnie. Inside the car, the grandfather held Minnie in his arms and _ her soft hair. She licked his face. Her tail wagged around so quickly that it looked like it might fly off her body.
"She's perfect!"the old man said happily.
I was thankful that Minnie had found a good home.
Suddenly, I saw that the grandfather's eyes were a milky white colour--he was blind. | middle3472.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "200 km/hr"
},
"options": [
"8 km/hr",
"200 km/hr",
"300 km/hr",
"500 km/hr"
],
"question": "The world's first high speed trains started traveling at _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"... | Trains have long been an important form of transportation. Yet they have changed a lot since 1804, when the first train moved at 8 km/hr. Today's high speed trains can go 300 km/hr or faster. Besides their speed, they have many advantages over other transportation types.
Japan built the world's first high speed railway. In 1964, Japan's "Shinkansen" trains started traveling between Osaka and Tokyo at 200 km/hr. Over time, more lines, as well as faster trains, were built.
Korea, England, and the USA, now have their own high speed systems. Taiwan Province's started running in 2007. Its trains are based on two types of Shinkansen trains. They can carry 989 people and travel from Taipei to Kaohsiung in less than two hours.
These systems are expensive to build, but they have many advantages. For example, they are good for the environment. Trains on the London to Paris line create 1/10 the pollution that planes create. High speed trains are also safer and cleaner than cars.
Super fast trains can even help a country's economy . They make it easier to travel to faraway places. That helps businesses and land values in those areas. It's no wonder so many countries are building their own high speed railways. | middle5003.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Grandma loved her grandson more than herself"
},
"options": [
"Grandma only liked radish",
"Grandma didn't like beef soup",
"Grandma loved her grandson more than herself",
"There was only one bowl of beef soup left in t... | At noon the rush hour had passed. There were few guests in the snack bar. It was not crowded. When the boss was about to take a break to read a newspaper, in came an old lady and a little boy.
"How much money is a bowl of beef soup?" the grandma sat down, counted the money in her purse and ordered a bowl of beef soup. The grandma pushed the bowl to the little boy, who swallowed his saliva , looking at his grandma and saying, "Grandma, did you really have lunch?" "Of course." His grandma chewed a piece of radish slowly. Very quickly, the little boy ate up the meal.
Seeing this. the boss went over to them and said, "Old lady, congratulations, you are lucky to have the free food, for you are our 100th guest."
Afterwards, over a month or more, one day, the small boy squatted across the snack bar, where he seemed to be counting something, which shocked the boss when he happened to look out office window.
When the small boy saw a guest walk into the snack bar, he would put a small stone into the circle he drew, but the lunch time had almost passed, the small stones he put into the circle were hardly 50.
The boss was quite worried and called up all his old guests. The guests started coming one after another.
"81, 82, 83... " the small boy counted faster and faster. At last, when the 99th small stone was put into the circle, the little boy hurried to pull his grandma's hand and went into the snack bar.
"Grandma, this time it's on me," the little boy said proudly. The grandma who had become the real 100th guest was served a bowl of beef soup by her grandson. As his grandma as before, the little boy chewed a piece of radish in his mouth. | middle1265.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Four"
},
"options": [
"Two",
"Three",
"Four",
"Five"
],
"question": "How many people went swimming that day?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"an... | It was a very hot afternoon,and we decided to cool off in the river near my home.As we climbed down a small rocky hill toward the water, my boyfriend John suddenly started to shout,then jumped into the water below. Peter and Mary quickly followed but I was too far away to jump. I was strapped.
I heard a low hum , which was growing louder .From a distance,the group of bees looked almost like a cloud of smoke.As it got closer,I realized it was actually thousands of bees flying towards me.
All I could do was cover my face with hands.Crazily I thought that if I sat very still( ),the bees would think I was just another rock.
After a few seconds,I knew my plan hadn't worked.The bees were attacking me. I could hear my friends shouting at me to get down to the pool fast.
But it wasn't easy.I was in great pain and the only way I could get away was to use my hands to climb down to the rocks.However, I was afraid to do that at first because my face would be unprotected.The noise the bees made was so loud and frightening ,but I had no choice.
I rushed down the rocks and jumped into the pool,but I don't remember doing it.I was just so happy to be free from the pain. I was safe,and the water felt wonderful.
But we still weren't out of danger. Every time we tried to climb out of the pool,the bees flew back over our heads.We spent the next three hours in the water, putting our heads under the water from time to time to avoid the bees until they finally lost interest. | middle929.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Drivers."
},
"options": [
"Teachers.",
"Students.",
"Drivers.",
"Police."
],
"question": "Who is the passage mainly written to?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
... | Quite often we see people driving carelessly and paying no attention to anyone else on the road. In fact, 75 percent of the time, car accidents happened because of carelessness and drivers' mistakes.
What about you? Are you a safe driver, or have you developed dangerous driving habits that put you and others in danger?
According to the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, carelessness lead to one-fourth of all US accidents. And drivers who don't pay attention to the road cause 10 percent of all the accidents. The following actions may lead to accidents every day:
* Eating, driving and smoking while driving.
* Picking something up off the floor.
* Reading a map or something else.
* _ .
Studies also show that using a phone while driving increase one's danger of a car accident by 400 percent! However, texting while driving can be even worse. It suggests that _ might be even more dangerous than drinking while driving. Our magazine last month has reported that texting drivers had slower reaction times than drinking drivers. When drivers are texting, their accident risk was 23 times higher than when they weren't texting.
So, are you feeling sorry for any of these dangerous driving habits? If so, make some changes today! | middle7614.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The back muscles"
},
"options": [
"The leg muscles.",
"The back muscles",
"The hips",
"The knees"
],
"question": "Which part of your body is more easily to be hurt when you lift heavy things?",
"question_typ... | Many people hurt their backs when they try to lift heavy things from the floor. It is easy to hurt your back muscle when you try to pick up a heavy thing. However, there is a correct way to lift things from the floor. If you pick up heavy things correctly, you probably will not hurt your back.
To lift something from the floor correctly, first bend your knees and lower yourself. Keep your back straight. Do not bent over, from your waist keep your back and hips and waist in a line. If you bent over, the muscles in your lower back can became hurt very easily. If you keep your back and hips straight, the muscles are stronger, because they hold up together. The other muscles can then help the lower back muscles.
As you lower yourself, try to get as close to thing as you can, put one knee on each side of the thing. Remember at all times to keep your back straight. Put your hand under the thing that is in front of you, between y our knees.
To lift the thing, you should stand up slowly. Use your leg muscles in order to stand up.
lift with your legs, not with your back. | middle8241.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "advertise in the sky"
},
"options": [
"advertise in the sky",
"make funny bubbles",
"improve weather conditions",
"see colorful clouds"
],
"question": "Flogos are mainly used to _ .",
"question_type": "cl... | The next time you look up at the sky and see a cloud that looks like Mickey Mouse or your favorite fruit, look again. It may not be a cloud, but a Flogo -- a logo that flies. It's a new form of advertising in the sky that's never been used before. It's a different way to market your products, logos, and events.
These funny logos are made with soap bubbles mixed with a little helium gas ,which makes them lighter than air and float in the sky. Special machines are used to make these new funny Flogos. The machine, which can be rented for $ 2,500 a day, can make a Flogo every 15-25 seconds.
Flogos can fly much higher or lower if needed. They can last from a few minutes to an hour anywhere in the sky, depending on the weather conditions. Though they can fly up to 20, 000 feet, they usually float around at 300- 500 feet. Flogos are only white now, but people hope to have more colorful Flogos in the near future.
Flogos are Green, 100% environmentally safe, because the soap used to make the Flogo comes from plants and leaves. So this fun way of advertising is healthy and good for the environment. | middle7172.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "you find it meaningful whatever you do"
},
"options": [
"you needn't make effort",
"you should be qualified",
"you should give all you have",
"you find it meaningful whatever you do"
],
"question": "To be genero... | Every day, life is made and lost. Every day, life goes on. Every day we experience some of the most important parts of life and may not even realize it: love, generosity, and perseverance. These values aren't just important to us, they make the world what it is.
Scientists say that the gravity makes the world turn, but some people say that love makes _ go around. Love can be found anywhere: in families, friends, even strangers. Even if you can't see it, you know it's there.
Love may connect people all over the world, but what would the world be without generosity? Whether after a national disaster or a school fund raiser, one thing is certain--- it is better to give than to receive. Generosity is found everywhere and whether it's a large or small act, it makes a difference. Most of all, generosity is not something you need any qualifications for, and no matter what you do, it can make a difference. Sometimes, though, it takes effort to be generous, which leads us to perseverance.
Founding a country, riding a bike, or finishing a novel, these are all finished with perseverance. Perseverance is the one thing that can help us achieve whatever we want. It is what helps scientists discover cures for illnesses, and athletes become winners. You may fail, but every time you make a mistake, that's one less to make the next time.
There is an infinite number of things we value. But without love, generosity, and perseverance, we just don't think that our lives or the world would be the way it is. | middle1503.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Seven days"
},
"options": [
"Eight days",
"Six days",
"Seven days",
"Nine days"
],
"question": "How long will the school trip take? _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | October 7th
Dear Liu Qi.
I'm writing to tell you that the students of our school are planning to go for a school trip to Beijing near the end of this month, from October 20thto 27th. I'd like to invite you to come and join us. I remember you told me that you liked travelling. We'll visit many places of interest. Such as the Great Wall, the Palace Museum and the Summer Palace. If it doesn't rain, we'' also go camping at the foot of the Great Wall. We'll stay at the Beijing Holidday Village. During these days, we'll have parties. At the parties, the students will sing, dance and play games together. Would you please write back to let me know if you come? We need to buy the train tickets ahead of time .
I'm looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Yours,
Lin Yun | middle5765.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "a chair, a desk ,a sofa , a bookcase, a bed and some pictures"
},
"options": [
"a desk and a chair",
"a desk ,a chair, a sofa and a bookcase",
"a chair, a desk, a sofa ,a bookcase ,and some pictures",
"a chair, a desk ,... | This is Jim's room.It's a nice room.There are some pictures on the wall .There's a desk and a chair in his room.There is a sofa and a bookcase,too.The desk is between(......)the bed and the bookcase.His schoolbag and pencil box are on the desk.There are some pencils,a pen and a ruler in the pencil box.Jim's sofa is near the bookcase.His baseball is under the bed. | middle5771.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a beautiful town"
},
"options": [
"a big city",
"a busy city",
"a beautiful town",
"an old building"
],
"question": ".Mineral City is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Visiting Mineral City!
Mineral City is an interesting place to visit. It is a beautiful little town with many old buildings.
Take a walk through the center of the town on Main Street. Look first at the Mineral City Hotel. It is on the corner of Main Street and Glenn Avenue. It is about 150 years old and people will stay there. There is an interesting old building across the street from the hotel. This was a post office. Now it is a store for books and videos. There are many places to eat on Main Street. You can get lunch or dinner in one of these places. There is a park between Main Street and Oak Street. You can sit on a bench in the park. It is nice and quiet, and you can enjoy the trees and flowers.
You can also take a walk down Glenn Avenue. Look at the old buildings and interesting little stores on this street. | middle3300.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "4"
},
"options": [
"4",
"5",
"6",
"8"
],
"question": "In England, there are _ months in the cricket season.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"a... | The English love sports.One of the popular games in England is cricket .But cricket doesn't change much these years.For some parts of England, the eight months of the football season is more important than the four months of the cricket season.
Most middle schools have sports fields and boys usually play rugby or football in winter and cricket in summer.While school girls play tennis or baseball in summer and basketball or hockey in winter ,boys seldom play basketball.The more popular grown-up games are golf and tennis. A lot of people play them.
The British also like watching horse racing, but few show interest in bike racing. Britain is the home of many modern popular sports.
. | middle7166.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "more relaxing"
},
"options": [
"more relaxing",
"much tenser",
"more boring",
"much harder"
],
"question": "For British students, the school life is _ than that of Chinese students.",
"question_type": "clo... | At last, the mid-term exams are over. You've done the hard work, but you can't relax. You have to prepare for the next exams. Do you hate exams? If you do, you are not alone. Students in other countries hate them as well.
Luckily for them, British students have fewer exams than Chinese students. And they only have them once a year. Every summer they take a test in each subject. Each test lasts about an hour. These exams _ , even if a student does really badly they still progress to the next grade. When the results come out, they are then placed in an end-of-year report. The report is sent to the child's parents. It describes how the student studied at school.
This report is private, so only the teacher, the student and his or her parents see it. This means that the students don't know how other students scored in the test. Some students choose to tell each other, but others keep it secret.
Parents' meetings are held twice a year, at the end of winter term and then at the end of the summer term. Children go along with their parents to meet their teachers privately and discuss their performance at school. | middle1517.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Because the school wouldn't recruit piano students that year."
},
"options": [
"Because the school was more famous for the major of composition.",
"Because the school wouldn't recruit piano students that year.",
"Because his ... | Ye Xiaogang is known as one of the most famous modern Chinese composers.
He learned to play the piano at the age of four.His father was a composer who wrote a lot of music for films.But when his father was sent to a farm to work.Ye was only 11 at that time.
Ye had to work on another farm for a year before entering a factory.He worked in the factory for six years until he was 22.
The workers in the factory were friendly and helped him a lot,but he could not play the piano any more.No matter how hard he worked on the farm or in the factory,he never left music.He just waited for chances.He dreamed of becoming a pianist.
When Ye could play the piano again.he practiced hard every day in order to go to the Central Conservatory of Music in 1978.but the school would not recruit piano students that year.In the end.Ye chose composition as his major .although he was not familiar with it.
In 1980.he studied at Cambridge University.Then he went to a famous school of music in the US in 1987 to take more courses.
As a famous composer in China.Ye worked for many organizations.
He wrote many symphonies .He also wrote film and TV music.which traditional composers hardly ever worked on. | middle6278.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "four"
},
"options": [
"three",
"four",
"five",
"six"
],
"question": "There are _ people in the passage.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answe... | Henry's family has a picnic on the weekend.They ask their friends,Nancy and her husband ,to go with them.On Sunday morning,Henry's wife ,Kate,gets up early to get ready for(...)some food for the picnic.At nine o'clock in the morning,Nancy calls and tells Henry she would like to bring something to the picnic.Kate calls her back and asks her to bring a big bottle of orange juice.The two families go to a park near Nancy's house.There are tables and chairs under the trees near the river .They can see the blue sky and green water there.Everyone likes the picnic and they have a nice Sunday afternoon in the park. | middle1271.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "person"
},
"options": [
"newspaper",
"place",
"company",
"person"
],
"question": "In this passage, Michael Bloomberg is the name of a _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | The following are some tips for becoming a successful businessman by Michael Bloomberg. They are based on his experience of building a company from the ground up, leading New York City as mayor , and so on.
Take Risks
Life is too short to spend your time avoiding failure.
In 1981, at the age of 39, I lost my job. The next day I took a big risk and began my own company. In 2001, when I was debating whether to run for mayor, most people advised me not to do it. But one person said, "If you can imagine yourself giving a concession speech, then why not go for it?" That was the best advice I received, and I followed it.
In order to succeed, you must first be willing to fail-- and you must have the courage to go for it anyway.
Make your own luck
Luck plays a part in success. The harder you work, the luckier you get.
Whatever you choose to do, even if it's not the job of your dreams, always work hard at it. Be the first person at work in the morning and the last to leave at night. Hard work creates chances.
Never stop learning
The most powerful word in English language is "why". There is nothing so powerful
as an open, inquiring mind . Whatever field you choose for starting a business -- be a lifelong student.
Give back
You are responsible for your success and failure, but you only succeed if you share the reward with others.
My first donation was a $ 5 check to my alma mater . And while the checks may be bigger today, they come with the same spirit.
You don't have to be wealthy to give back. You can give back by giving your time and talents. | middle7600.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "On the radio."
},
"options": [
"In a newspaper.",
"On the radio.",
"In a textbook.",
"In a magazine."
],
"question": "Where will we probably get this news?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
... | Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Here's the morning news. Yesterday afternoon a ten-year-old school boy swallowed a pen cap!
The boy was daydreaming in class. Without knowing what he was doing, he put a pen cap into his mouth. A few minutes later, he was terrified to find that he had swallowed it! The teacher was shocked when the boy stood up and said, "I've just swallowed a pen cap." He was quickly sent to the nearest hospital. There a doctor examined him and said the best treatment was to give him medicine so that the pen cap could pass naturally. Three hours later the boy successfully _
"The boy is really lucky," said the doctor. "It's not rare that small children put things into their mouths for fun. It's very dangerous." He added. | middle4309.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "She is a worker at a bank."
},
"options": [
"She is a nurse",
"She is a factory worker.",
"She is a worker at a bank.",
"She is a doctor."
],
"question": "What does Mary do?",
"question_type": "factiod_quest... | Mary Walker works at a bank. She begins working at eight in the morning. She has a break at noon for one hour. She stops working at five in the afternoon. At five the bank closes. Everybody goes home. Some people drive home. Some ride bikes. Some take the bus or the train. But Mary walks home. She likes to walk. She walks, and walks, and walks and walks. Mary lives eight miles from the bank. She walks for three hours. At eight in the evening, Mary is at home. She eats dinner. At ten she goes to bed. Mary is tired . She is 82 years old. | middle3466.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "on foot"
},
"options": [
"by bike",
"by bus",
"by car",
"on foot"
],
"question": "Bruno went to school _ every day.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | Bruno was a boy of eight. His father worked in a cinema and his mother worked in a shop. He lived not far from his school. He always walked there and walked home. On his way to school he had to pass a playground. It was very wet after it rained. One day, when he got home, his clothes were all wet. His mother became angry and said, "Don't play in the water on your way home from school!" On the next day Bruno came home with wet and dirty clothes. His mother became even angrier. "I 'll tell your father if you come back wet again." said his mother. "He will punish you, you know."
The third day the little boy was dry when he came home.
"You 're a good boy today." His mother said happily. "You didn't play in the water."
"No, "the boy said unhappily. "There were too many older boys in the water when i got there this afternoon. There wasn't any room for me at all." | middle2778.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "didn't allow him to do so"
},
"options": [
"called the police for help",
"watched with him",
"didn't allow him to do so",
"didn't stop him doing so"
],
"question": "When Liangliang watched cartoons, his mother ... | An eight-year-old boy named Liangliang liked watching cartoons every day instead of doing his homework, so his mother stopped him from watching cartoons. Liangliang called the police to take his mother away--such a "good reason" to call the police.
Most people would just laugh it off. However, it shows that something is wrong with our education. It rings alarm to our Chinese parents to think about it.
Parents should ask themselves why they're so angry when their kids want to watch cartoons instead of doing homework. Kids are supposed to be simple and naughty . They can just ask their kids to do things they expect them to do. Schoolwork is important but a healthy childhood is much more important. If they push their kids too hard, the kids will not listen to them. Instead, parents should spend some time talking to their kids and help them grow in a good way. It's also a good way to help parents themselves to grow, too.
In China, lots of parents care more about scores than any other things. They hope their kids can be top students and go to the top colleges. Curriculum Reformation is coming though, and it would bring some changes to our schools. It's also time for parents to change their minds to reduce pressure on their kids and help them to grow happily and naturally. | middle5017.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "students waste too much food"
},
"options": [
"students get a good education",
"schools offer small gifts",
"students waste too much food",
"school food is more delicious"
],
"question": "The \"eat-up\" campaign... | At East China University of Science and Technology,students will get a coupon if they eat up their food.Students can collect coupons and exchange them for small gifts, such as books, magazines, mobile phone covers and hand warmers.
"It's been such a surprise," said Liang Zahaoyun, 19, a student at the university in Shanghai. "It has given us one more motivation to finish our food. "
The measure is part of a national "eat-up" campaign which is organized by students to deal with food waste on campuses .
Why only on campuses, you might ask? Because according to a report by Xinhna News Agency,students waste twice as much food as the national average .
The campaign on campus food waste is receiving attention across the country.
"The aim of the campaign is not only to encourage students to finish their food. We hope it can also encourage students to choose a more environment-friendly and healthy lifestyle," said Tao Siliang, secretary of the Youth League Committee at Shanghai University.
But some school food is poorly prepared, so students do not like to finish it all. Some schools have taken notice of this and they are taking measures to improve it.
"I'm glad that we've reduced food waste since the 'eat-up' campaign began. But if we call on students to waste less food, we should also improve the service and food standard on campuses." said Tao. | middle1926.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "attract people to their websites"
},
"options": [
"join in the Internet fever",
"offer movie-like experience",
"provide free downloads and contests",
"attract people to their websites"
],
"question": "Internet c... | Every minute,someone is setting up an Internet company somewhere, in the worlD. Each one is searching for the one great idea that could make his web company click in a big way.And they are trying all kinds of tricks to attract people towards their websites.While some websites offer sounds,cartoons and amazing photos on screen to make their sites almost a movie-like experience for the viewers,others provide free downloads and competitions.
A company in California,US,has decided to offer online smells to people who visit its website.
That is,if a pizza image comes on screen,your nose will catch the smell of bread and cheese!All you need to do is to connect a device called"iSmell"with your computer.This smart little device contains some chemicals that can create different kinds of smells.
The company has invented software that changes the chemical composition of different smells into digital signals .An onscreen image,which is programmed with the proper digital signal,will start the"iSmell" device.The device will use the software to change' the digital signal again and let go of the correct smell.This device reads the digital smell code from the website and creates the proper smell from its store of chemicals.This smell is then made to blow softly in the direction of the user with the support of a small fan.
In order to let go of the correct smell,the company has created a"Scent Registry",which contains a digital index of thousands of smells.The company plans to allow website developers to integrate the proper smells in digital code to their games and images.The company is also hoping that Hollywood filmmakers will use the smell technology in their movies.Imagine audiences getting the smell of rocket fuel as a spacecraft takes off on the cinema screen!Of course,filmmakers will have to be careful not to shoot in dirty neighborhoods,which have a lot of rubbish lying arounD. | middle6091.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Put them in the safe deposit boxes."
},
"options": [
"Take them with you everywhere you go.",
"Leave them in the room you live in.",
"Put them in the safe deposit boxes.",
"Call friends for help."
],
"question":... | Please do not leave your valuables in your room unattended.
The hotel provides safe deposit boxes at the reception desk.
When you leave the hotel, please put your key at the reception desk.
PLEASE DO NOT
TALK TO OR
DISTRACT THE
DRIVER WHEN THE
BUS IS MOVING.
PLEASE PAY
EXACT FARE.
The local government has
advised skaters not to go out on
the central pond today.
There is a danger of the ice
breaking. Skaters are advised to
enjoy their sport at the local
indoor ice rink instead
SALE
Sports fans
Don't miss out!
Tennis rackets - down to $15
Basketballs - down to $ 10
Aerobic wear - from just $ 10
Swimwear--from just $5
First five people in the store today
will meet Yao Ming .
Hotel Rendezvous
30 Kings Road
Swindon
UK
23/04/07
Mr. & Mrs. Biggs
80 Cuscaden Road
London
Dear Mr. & Mrs. Biggs,
We are pleased to confirm your reservation as follows:
Date:21-23 June (2 nights)
Room: double
Rate: $120 a night | middle1098.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "an Australian teacher"
},
"options": [
"an American doctor",
"an Australian teacher",
"a medical worker",
"an International organization"
],
"question": "We can learn from Passage 1 that Dane is _ .",
"q... | Passage 1 A teacher who saved His Students
An Australia teacher Dane came to Chengdu four years ago. He was giving an English class in Guangya School, in Dujiangran, when the ground began to shake( )at 2:28 pm. On May 12. "Desk !Desk!"he shouted to his students. After all the children hid( ) under the desks safely, he joined them.
Passage 2 International Aid( )
A Japanese team of medical workers landed in Chengdu on the early morning of May 16 . It was the first team to arrive from abroad( ).They set off for GuanZhong Town ,in Qingchuan County( ).Two villages were lost in the town, and about 700 people were in danger. Without stopping to rest , they walked many miles to search for the survivors. Soon a team from Singapore and a second team from Japan arrived, followed by two other teams from Korea and Russia. | middle3857.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "many more than in a human's neck"
},
"options": [
"as big as in a human's neck",
"as big as in a giraffe's neck",
"many more than in a human's neck",
"much smaller than in a giraffe's neck"
],
"question": "The b... | The _ is the tallest modern land animal. It can be over 5. 5 meters tall. Its neck alone may be 1. 9 meters long. Yet the giraffe has only seven bones in its neck, the same number as in the humans'. Even a small bird has many more bones in its neck than a tall giraffe. Each bone in a giraffe's neck is very long, while the bones in a human's neck are short. That makes the difference. A female giraffe gives birth to one baby at a time. The baby, called a calf, is about 1. 9 meters tall at birth. By the age of eight it is full-grown. The giraffe eats mostly leaves. Because it has a long neck, it can reach the high leaves on the trees.
,. | middle2591.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "By writing a recipe book for kids."
},
"options": [
"By observing her father.",
"By writing a recipe book for kids.",
"By giving them delicious food to eat.",
"By getting first prize in the competition."
],
"que... | Welcome to the Amazing kids Website! Here you can read about clever children all over the world.
Gina, who is thirteen years old, got first prize in the "Young Look of the Year" competition and is now writing her own recipe book for kids. "I want it to be fun to read and easy enough for children to use," she says. Gina learned by observing her father, who's also good at cooking, in the kitchen. She wants to encourage other children to cook because "everyone needs to eat, so it's a skill that will always be useful!
Fourteen-year-old Bren used to love running until he had a serious car accident three years ago. He lost part of one leg and didn't even expect to walk again. Now he's an athlete who has recently completed a marathon. "After my accident I wanted to give up," he says. "But now I'm happy to be alive and able to continue running."
Helga has always been good at science, but she thought it was too difficult to become an inventor. Then she heard about an accident that had happened when a car hit a train in her town. "That gave me an idea," says the clever sixteen-year-old girl. It took her over a year to invent a special machine that tells car drivers when a train is coming. One company is already interested in selling it, so it may be in the shops soon! | middle3843.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "A, B and C"
},
"options": [
"find jobs more easily",
"study at good schools",
"receive good medical care",
"A, B and C"
],
"question": "In big cities people can _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
... | Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other big cities are exciting places to live. There are many interesting things to see and to do. You can go to different kinds of museums, plays and movies. You can also go to supermarkets to buy things from all over the world. But there are serious problems in big cities, too. The cost of living is high, and there are too many people in some big cities. Every year many people move to the cities because there are more chances to find jobs, to study at good schools, and to receive good medical care. But sometimes these people cannot find work or a good place to live. Also, too many people in a small space make it hard to keep the cities safe and clean.
Some people enjoy living in big cities. Others do not. Before people move to big cities, they should think about the problems of living there. | middle2585.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "275."
},
"options": [
"55.",
"175.",
"325.",
"275."
],
"question": "How many calories are needed to raise the temperature of 5kg of water from 35degC to 90degC?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
... | The human body is a living machine, and, like all machines, it needs "fuel" to supply it with energy. This is provided by the food we eat. But how much do we need to stay healthy?
The energy value of food is usually measured in calories . A calorie is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water by 1degC. The number of calories people need per day is different, as the picture shows. Also, the number of calories you use at any one moment normally depends on the activity you are in. For example, you need more calories for standing than for sitting, more for running than for walking, and so on.
The energy in food is in the form of three kinds of chemical materials--carbohydrate , protein and fat. Carbohydrate provides 3.8 Cal /gm of the energy, protein 4.0 Cal/gm, and fat 8.8 Cal/gm. Each food contains different amounts of these materials, as the round pictures show.
(P= protein C= carbohydrate F=fat) | middle518.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Haonan."
},
"options": [
"Chen",
"Haonan.",
"Chen Haonan.",
"Hao Nan"
],
"question": "What's my first name?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"ans... | Hi, I am a Chinese boy. My name is Chen Haonan. My first name is Haonan. My last name is Chen. My English name is Dale. I like red. My telephone number is 178-267. I have a good friend. He is English. His name is Jim Smith. Jim is his first name and Smith is his last name. His Chinese name is Huang Qiang. His phone number is 362-597. | middle1932.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "In 2003"
},
"options": [
"In 2001.",
"In 2003",
"In 2005.",
"In 2006"
],
"question": "When did the government begin to build the Guangdong Science Centre?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
... | With a floor area larger than Beijing' Tian'anmen Square, the Guangdong Science Centre is known as the world's largest science and technology museum. The centre is located on Xiaoguwei Island and seen from a distance, it looks like a kapok flower of Guangzhou. It is one of the most famous "landmarks of Guangzhou".
It cost the government about 1.9 billion yuan to build the centre over five years. On September 27, 2008, it was opened to the public. The centre shows China's newest fruits of science and technology. It is full of exciting small machines and amazing small invention, waiting to help you understand interesting aspects of the world of science.
The centre offers eight exhibition areas, four science cinemas, two open labs and a digital "family experience" hall. Outside the main building, there is an 80,000-square-metre man-made lake for water-theme exhibitions and outdoor science square.
Exhibition: Children's World, Experience and Discovery, Transportation World, Digital World, Green Home, Flight Dream, The Human Body and health, Perception and Thinking
Opening hours: 9:30 am to 4:30 pm from Tuesday to Sunday; Closed on Monday (except public holidays and Golden Weeks)
Ordinary ticket: 60 yuan/person | middle6085.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Get to school."
},
"options": [
"Read English.",
"Play games.",
"Eat breakfast.",
"Get to school."
],
"question": "What does Bob have to do at 7:00?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answe... | Dear Tom,
I don't have a good time at my new school.There are too many rules at my school.We have to get to school at seven o'clock every morning.We can't play games in the classroom after class.We can't listen to music in the hallways.I don't like playing the piano,but I have to learn the piano in the music class.And we have to wear uniforms at school.We also can't eat outside.and we have to eat in the dining hall.The food there is awful.I can't stand the rules here.I never have fun.What can I do?
Bob | middle4692.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "is a student"
},
"options": [
"is in Beijing",
"is a student",
"likes black",
"has a blue pen"
],
"question": "Mark _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index"... | Hello! My name is Mark Brown. I am in Shanghai, China now. I am a student in a middle school. I like green and blue. I have a blue cup.
I have two friends. One is Liu Wei, a girl, and one is Fang Jun, a boy. Liu Wei's telephone number is 6523-4476. She has a black jacket and she likes it. Fang Jun has no phone. His QQ number is 80123354. He has a jacket, too. He likes yellow. He has a yellow ruler and a yellow pen.
. | middle8080.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "unlucky"
},
"options": [
"very happy",
"forgetful",
"unlucky",
"hopeful"
],
"question": "The word \"wretched\" in Line 6 means _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answ... | The clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light, I looked sadly at a huge pile of those trouble things
--books.
I was going to have my exam the next day. "When can I go to bed?" I asked myself. I didn't answer. And I could not. The clock struck twelve. "Oh, dear! Ten more books to read before I go to bed!" We students are the most wretched ones in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy.
The clock struck one. I was quite hopeless now. I forgot all I did learn. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed , "My god, please let me pass the exam tomorrow. I will work hard next time, Amen." My eyes were so heavy that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later, with my head on the books, I fell asleep. | middle256.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "America"
},
"options": [
"France",
"Tokyo",
"America",
"Hong Kong"
],
"question": "The first Disney Park was built in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index"... | In 1955, Walt Disney himself opened the first Disney Park in Los Angeles, the USA. Later Disney World was opened in Florida in 1971. It cost between $500 and $600 million to build. Tokyo Disney Park opened in Japan in 1983, and Europe Disney opened in France in 1992.
Now Hong Kong is going to build a Disney Park and it will be open in 2005.
More than 80% of Hong Kong's population would like to visit the Disney Park when it is opened. But about half of them thought the adult admission fee , of between HK $250 to HK $300 (US $32 to US $38), was too high. The children's admission fee is not known yet. But children may not mind paying any entrance fee. "If I start saving money now, I'll have enough money to pay the entrance fee in five years' time." Said Chan Posang, a 12-year-old girl. " I can't take my son to the Disney Park in the USA." Said Mrs Yu, mother of a small boy, "That's why I agree with the government's plan to build one here. There I'll be able to take my son there. The admission fee of several hundred dollars is nothing compared with (......)the price of an air ticket to the USA." | middle4862.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "choose a sport to play"
},
"options": [
"sign up as soon as possible",
"choose a sport to play",
"ask their parents to play a sport",
"pay money for each sport"
],
"question": "The students of Columbus Middle Sc... | A week ago, Columbus Middle School asked the parents of their school to choose a sport for their child to play. Here's some information about the sports.
Sports 1: Basketball
We expect that this will be the most popular of the four sports. So students should sign up as soon as possible. Students will take a private bus to and from Kwun Tong Sports Park. Each student will have to pay $ 10 each time for the cost of the bus. There will be four basketball courts available for our use with one teacher watching over each game.
Sports 2: Gym
We will use St. Peter's Park. There are two reasons for choosing this park. First, it is not very busy and crowded before 6:00 p.m. Second, it has lots of trees with plenty of shade. Students must bring along two bottles of water to prevent from being thirsty. All the activities here are free. And there will be a teacher on duty for each activity.
Sports 3: Hiking
Hiking will be at Kowloon Peak. The activity will start at 2:30 p.m. and finish 90 minutes later. There will be 15 students in each group. And three teachers will be with the students. This sport will cost $ 75 per hour. Students should take plenty of water and sunglasses.
Sports 4: Swimming
The Kowloon City Swimming Centre is a 10-minute walk from our school. Four teachers will go to the pool and watch the students from the poolside. We will only be able to use the pool for one hour (2: 45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.). Only students skillful at swimming can take up this activity. The pool will have two lifeguards on watch. Girls must wear swimming suits. The cost is $ 15 per visit. | middle530.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Five."
},
"options": [
"Four.",
"Five.",
"Six.",
"Seven."
],
"question": "The writer gives you _ methods to help you in the passage.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"a... | How to Be a Better Student
Maybe you are a common student. You probably think you will never be a top student. This is not necessary so, however. Anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. Here's how:
Plan your time carefully. When you plan your week, you should make a list of things that you have to do. After making this list, you should make a schedule of your time. First set your time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. Then decide a good, regular time for studying. Don't forget to set aside enough time for entertainment. A weekly schedule may not solve all your problems, but it will force you to realize what is happening to your time.
Find a good place to study. Look around the house for a good study area. Keep this space, which may be a desk or simply a corner of your room, free of everything but study materials. No games, radios, or television! When you sit down to study, concentrate on the subject.
Make good use of your time in class. Take advantage of class time to listen to everything the teachers say. Really listening in class means less work later. Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says.
Study regularly. When you get home from school, go over your notes, review the important points that your teacher is going to discuss the next day, read that material. This will help you understand the next class. If you do these things regularly, the material will become more meaningful, and you will remember it longer.
Develop a good attitude about tests. The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. They help you remember your new knowledge. The world won't end if you don't pass a test, so don't be over worried.
There are other methods that might help you with your studying. You will probably discover them after you have tried these. | middle6913.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "In the river."
},
"options": [
"On a farm.",
"On the land.",
"In the river.",
"In the sea."
],
"question": "Where is a frog born?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer... | A frog is born in a small river.When he is young,the river is his home.He doesn't know his parents,but he has hundreds of brothers and sisters.He swims about and plays with them all the time.At that time,he doesn't look like his parents.He has no legs and he has a big tail .So he looks like a fish.
Later,his tail gets shorter and shorter.And he has four legs and a very short tail.He looks like his parents now. Then, he's going to eat a lot of bad insects . | middle524.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "94"
},
"options": [
"84",
"94",
"104",
"114"
],
"question": "Sweetest Day has a history of about _ years.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"ans... | Almost every child like sweet things ,such as candies, chocolate, ice cream and _ .But do you know there is a holiday called Sweetest Day in the USA? Does it mean people can eat lot s of sweets on that day?
Sweetest Day is a popular holiday for Americans. People celebrate it on the third Saturday in October. On that day, people show their love to the elderly, children, their good friends or anyone else they want to help. Orphans and patients can a1so enjoy people's greetings. In fact, anyone may get a gift on that day. It is just a day that offers people a chance to show their 1ove and care to others.
Where did the holiday originate ? Here is a story.In 1922,a very kind man in Cleveland, a city in Ohio of America,thought that many poor people in the city needed care from others.He wanted them to be happy and he hoped they would find people always remembered them and cared about them.So he gave them boxes of sweets or small gifts to show his love.He also asked his friends and neighbours to help him do these things. Many people thought it was a great idea.After that,more and more people in Cleveland began to do things like him every year. Gradually it became a popular holiday for lots of Americans. | middle6907.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "in Mr White's car"
},
"options": [
"with their mother",
"with their friends",
"in Mr White's car",
"on their bikes"
],
"question": "The children go to school _ every day.",
"question_type": "cloze_questi... | Jack White's house is near the river. Every morning, Mr White goes to work, and the children go to school. Their father takes them to school in his car every day. Mrs White stays at home. Every day, she does the housework. She often has lunch at 12:00. In the afternoon she often sees her friends. They often drink tea together . In the evening, the children come home from school. They get home early. But Mr White comes from work late. At night, the children often do their homework. Then they go to bed. Mr White often reads books and sometimes he watches TV with Mrs White. | middle4876.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "are friendly to one another."
},
"options": [
"don't work well together.",
"are friendly to one another.",
"teach one another new ways of building houses.",
"spend eight weeks together, working as farmers.."
],
... | Young people and older people don't always agree. They sometimes have different ideas about living, working and playing. But in one special programme in New York State, adults and teenagers live together in a friendly way.
Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults live together for eight weeks as members of a special work group. Everyone works several hours each day. They do so not just to keep busy but to find meaning and enjoyment in work. Some teenagers work in the woods or on the farms near the village. Some learn to make things like tables and chairs and build houses. The adults teach them these skills.
There are several free hours each day. Weekends are free, too. During the free hours some of the teenagers learn photo taking or painting. Others sit around and talk or sing. Each teenager chooses his own way to spend his free time.
When people live together, rules are necessary. In this programme the teenagers and the adults make the rules together. If someone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group. They talk about it and ask, "Why did it happen? What should we do about it?"
One of the teenagers has this to say about his experience, "You stop thinking only about yourself; you learn to think about the group." | middle242.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "in the school"
},
"options": [
"in the school",
"at home",
"in a boat",
"on the playground"
],
"question": "The students are _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer... | It's seven fifty in the morning . The students are coming into the classroom.
A boy is opening the window. Some of the students are laughing and talking.
Some others are laughing to them. Some are reading books.Some are doing their homework.
Miss White is standing behind the teacher's desk. She is writing on the blackboard. Lucy and Lily are wearing their new dresses today. Mary is cleaning her desk. Jim is helping her. They all look happy.
What are John and Tom doing? Oh, dear! They are still playing football on the playground. | middle6052.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the special glasses"
},
"options": [
"the exciting games",
"the special glasses",
"the dark screen",
"the image in the room"
],
"question": "According to the passage,we can see 3D TV with the help of _ .",
... | When you watch 3D movies or TV,you have to wear a special pair of glasses.The 3D glasses make the images from the screen look like they are there in the room with you.
Three-dimensional,or 3D,means having three dimensions : width,height and depth.3D technology is based on the way the human brain and eyes work.Because the _ of a person's eyes are about 6.5era apart ,when we look at something,each eye sees it from a different angle .Our eyes send the two images to our brain,and the brain puts them together.The small difference between the image from the right eye and the image from the left eye allows us to see depth.
When we view pictures and television in two dimensions,each eye gets the same information.That is because the image has no real depth,and there is only one of viewing it.So the goal of 3D technology is to get a different image into each of the viewer.It uses two film projectors.One projects a left eye image and the other projects a right image.The 3D glasses allow us to see a different image in each eye.
While watching 3D films,we feel that we are in the same environment as the things we're watching.However,it also has its disadvantages.The 3D glasses work by controlling the amount of light that reaches the eyes.It makes the screen look darker.What's more,people with eye problems may get headaches if they spend too much time watching 3D movies,because their brains need to work harder to "read" the images. | middle4645.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the students studied very hard and she enjoyed teaching them"
},
"options": [
"this was her first term teaching at a new school",
"these little kids were from rich families",
"the students studied very hard and she enjoyed te... | It was near Christmas during my first term teaching at a new school. I loved my small special class more than any group I had taught in the past. They were hungry for knowledge and I was enjoying teaching.
Other teachers had told me that our children were from poor families and not to expect any child to bring a Christmas gift. In fact, I wasn't expecting any gifts.
Imagine my surprise when every child brought me a gift on the day before our holiday break. First, I got a much-loved toy monkey from a shy girl. I was told, "He is my favorite, but I love you and I want him to be with you, Miss Taylor." How thrilled I was!
Next came a new set of Christmas tree lights that was "missing" from a mother's cupboard .
Finally, I came to one little boy's gift which I had never received. It was an old, dirty and broken Christmas storybook. Just when I wanted to show my happiness, I was interrupted by the giver, "And see, it is new! It still has the price tag ."
When other children laughed at him, I stopped them and said, "Oh, books are good in that way. The story is always new if you have not read it before. Now, Let's read one together." Everyone listened quietly as I read the most wonderful Christmas story of my life.
I still keep those Christmas gifts. They always remind me of my lovely kids. | middle2234.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "April 23 every year."
},
"options": [
"August 8 every year.",
"March 12 every year.",
"April 23 every year.",
"June 6 every year."
],
"question": "When is World Book Day?",
"question_type": "factiod_question... | Reading is very important. World Book Day falls on April 23 every year. It encourages people, especially teenagers, to discover the pleasure of reading. It is also the day to honor great writers.
Many countries celebrate World Book Day. On that day, millions of school children can buy books at a much lower price than usual in any bookstore in England. It has been done every year since 1998. World Book Day is also celebrated in China. Wen Jiabao, Premier of China, is an avid reader. He does lots of reading every day though he is very busy. On World Book Day 2009, he called on people to do more reading. Wen suggested that young people should spend more time reading. "Books can not change the world, but people can change the world by changing themselves through reading," he said.
Reading helps us become more knowledgeable and smarter. Reading helps us to follow the latest developments of science and technology . Reading gives us information about other cultures and places in the world. Reading is also one of the most important ways to learn a foreign language like English. We all know that it is difficult to learn everything in the classroom, for example, the ways English people are living and working today can be learnt by reading.
Books, magazines, newspapers and other kinds of reading materials can help us to know more about the outside world. Therefore, it is necessary for us to spend time reading every day. | middle3894.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Snowy and windy."
},
"options": [
"Sunny and warm.",
"Snowy and windy.",
"Rainy and windy.",
"Windy but warm."
],
"question": "What was the weather like?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"... | The snow went on falling, and they could see only a few meters in front of them.
"We should go back," said Judy.She was afraid.
"But where is the path ?"
Everything was covered with snow.The sky was grey."What's the time?" asked Paul.Judy looked at her watch."Nearly 5 o'clock.It gets dark in an hour."
"We must start walking, and hope we find the path.I think the snow's stopping."said Paul.But it wasn't stopping.The wind was strong.It blew around them, cold and wet.
"Just keep going downhill."said Judy."We can't go wrong."
Then Paul fell on some rocks.He shouted."Judy! I've hurt my leg!" He couldn't stand up.His leg hurt too much.
"I'll have to phone for help."said Judy."I hope the mobile phone works up here!"
Luckily it did.They phoned the mountain service ."Don't move! shouted the man on the phone.Stay where you are, we're sending a team there."
They were not far from the path, so the team found them easily.They were lucky! People often get into trouble when they climb the mountains.You must always tell someone where you are going and take a mobile phone with you.Mountain is a dangerous place to be if things go wrong! | middle2552.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Because the writer wanted to educate his son."
},
"options": [
"Because they wanted to take a trip there.",
"Because they went there to visit a friend.",
"Because his son wanted to help the poor there.",
"Because the wr... | I work as a volunteer for a group that helps the poor in Haiti. I decided to take my son Brain there for a week, hoping to educate him.
Before getting out, I told Brain this trip would be tiring and hard. For the first two days, he said almost nothing. Then on the third day, when we were climbing over high rocky mountains , he turned to me and smiled, "Really hard."
After that, a five-year-old girl, wearing a too large dress and broken shoes, followed Brain around. Later he said, "I wish I could speak French." I was surprised that this was from a boy who always hated French classes.
However, the moment that really reached my heart _ in a village in the mountains. I was interviewing a woman villager for an article. By working hard, she learned to read and write and became one of the leaders of the village.
Learning her story, Brain was greatly touched. His eyes were wet and there was love and respect on his face. He finally understood the importance of my work. When leaving for home, Brain even offered to stay in as a volunteer. This trip was very meaningful. | middle6720.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "They have something nice to eat."
},
"options": [
"They cost very little to enter.",
"They make people love nature.",
"They are good for art research.",
"They have something nice to eat."
],
"question": "What ma... | While you're in Shanghai, please come and take a walk round some of our interesting places.
Shanghai Museum
You must see this beautifully designed museum. It is a wonderful place to study Chinese art and history. There are ancient treasures, fantastic Chinese sculptures, paintings from all ages and many other things for you to enjoy. Pay to enter.
Open 9:00 am - 5:00 pm.(9:00 am - 8:00 pm, Saturday)
Yu Gardens
These famous Ming gardens are often rather crowded. Don't forget to try their delicious snacks. Pay to enter. Open 8:30 am - 5:00 pm.
Lu Xun's Museum
This is a great place for book-lovers. There are photographs of the famous writer, some of his books written by hand and many letters. A very interesting place for a few hours. Very cheap.
Open 9:00 am - 4:00 pm.
Shanghai Natural History Museum
Everything is about the natural world and science. You can study dinosaurs, hundreds of animals, plants, rocks and more, and see many unusual exhibition. Very cheap.
Open 9:00 am -5:00 pm.
Shanghai Art Museum
An interesting building, once used as a race club and library. Drop in and see the latest exhibition. There are shows by painters from all over the country. The museum also encourages research into art. Pay to enter. Open 9:00 am - 5:00 pm. | middle5229.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "It ran into a bad storm."
},
"options": [
"It ran into a bad storm.",
"It couldn't reach the shore.",
"There was a hole in it.",
"It was found at the bottom of the sea."
],
"question": "What happened to the ship... | During a winter storm in 1919, one dog managed to save the lives of the people on the ship Ethie. Today, people still tell the story of the dog.
In December 1919, Ethie was travelling along the coast of northern Canada. Without warning, the ship ran into a bad storm. Because of high winds and heavy snow, the captain could not tell where he was going. Sailing too close to the shore , the ship could not move because of some rocks. Ethie was in danger.
The captain decided to save the people on his ship. He thought it was too dangerous to try to reach the shore by lifeboat, so he sent up flares to call for help. People saw the flares and rushed to the beach. The crew tried to throw a rope to them, but there seemed to be no way to get a rope to the shore.
In the early 1900s ships often carried a large kind of dog called a Newfoundland. Newfoundlands are excellent swimmers. During sea journeys, Newfoundlands would bring back things that had fallen off the ship or even save people from the sea.
The Newfoundland on Ethie was named Tang. The captain decided that Tang offered their best hope of survival . He gave the dog a long rope. Holding the rope between his teeth, Tang jumped into the _ water. He fought his way through high waves and strong winds. Finally he reached the beach.
The people on the shore took the rope. The rope became the ship's lifeline.
Because of Tang, all the people on Ethie landed on the beach safely. He was given a special medal for being a hero. Tang wore the medal for the rest of his life. | middle3880.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "a large part of the house is in the hills"
},
"options": [
"the house is in a forest",
"the house is very modern",
"the house is very small",
"a large part of the house is in the hills"
],
"question": "Bill Gate... | Bill Gates has a nice house on a hill by Lake Washington. Inside the house there are seven bedrooms, 24 bathrooms, six kitchens and six fireplaces. It even has a theatre, a library, an exercise room and a swimming pool. You can say the house is very big. However, it doesn't look so big, because a large part of it is in the hills.
The house is famous for many reasons. One is its large size, and another is its amazing electronic systems . Before a visitor goes into the house, he/she gets a chip at the gate. The chip sends information about the visitor to the electronic systems in the house. When the visitor goes into the house, lights are on automatically . When the visitor goes into a room, the temperature will change to make the visitor comfortable. When the visitor goes from one room to another, he/she can hear music.
Bill Gates began to build his house in 1990. It took him about 7 years to build it. | middle2546.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "3"
},
"options": [
"4",
"3",
"2",
"1"
],
"question": "The writer's mother has _ child(ren)",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "pos... | I'm Bolivia Williams, a students at Bard College. I was the only person in my family who was Facebook friends with my mom, Rynn, when she died four years ago. At that time, my brother and sister were still young. As soon as we got the news that she died, I thought it would be an easy way to let everyone know what happened. Right after I posted the news, so many people offered their help and shared stories about her.
I like to visit my mom's page to tell her things that I'm doing and I like to look at her pictures there. I sing with the Brooklyn Youth Chorus ,and we did a concert for the tenth anniversary of 9/11,which was also my mom's birthday. It was an unforgettable day. I posted, "You will be proud of me--I will sing at the site of the World Trade Center tomorrow. I know you will be looking down, smiling. "When I'm writing to her, it feels like I'm still here.
In the beginning, I wasn't sure how to face my mom's death. But I've grown up now. I haven't been on my mom's page for a month, but I would miss _ if it were gone. Her page allows me to think that she's still here.
I used to go to my mom's page to look at her pictures, which would make me feel really sad, Now, when I visit it, I smile more often than cry.
,. | middle3658.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "waste things"
},
"options": [
"eat too much",
"don't work hard",
"waste things",
"throw rubbish everywhere"
],
"question": "From the passage we know that some students often _ in the school.",
"question_... | We can see waste everywhere in the school. Some students ask for more food than they can eat and others often forget to turn off the lights when they leave the classroom. They say they can afford these things. But I don't agree with them.
Waste can bring a lot of problems. Although China is rich in some resources , we are short of others, for example, fresh water. It is reported that we will have no coal or oil to use in 100 years. So if we go on wasting our resources, what can we use in the future and where can we move? Think about it. I think we should say no to the students who waste things every day. Everybody should stop wasting as soon as possible.
In our everyday life, we can do many things to prevent waste from happening, for example, turn off the water taps when we finish washing, turn off the lights when we leave the classroom, try not to order more food than we need and so on. Little by little, we will change everything. We can stop waste one day, if we do our best. | middle4137.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "both A and B"
},
"options": [
"learn things quickly",
"remember things easily",
"make some mistakes",
"both A and B"
],
"question": "When you have good study habits, you will _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_... | All students need to have good habits :When you have good study habits, you learn things quickly. You also remember them easily.
Do you like to study in the living room? This is not a good place because it is usually too noisy. The telephone bell rings there; the TV is there, and sometimes it is a good place for your pet dog or cats to play and rest. You need to study in a quiet place, like your bedroom. A quiet place will help you only think about one thing, and you will learn better.
Before you begin to study, do not forget to clean your desk. A good desk light is important, too. You'll feel tired easily if there is not enough light . So you should have a clean and bright lamp. To tell you the truth, the most important is that you should put your heart into your study. | middle2220.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "He gets a lot of presents."
},
"options": [
"He gets only one present from his family.",
"He gets a lot of presents.",
"He gets a knife and a drum.",
"He gets a drum from Mrs Black."
],
"question": "What does Ji... | It's Jimmy's birthday and he is 9 years old. He gets a lot of presents from his family and one of them is a big drum . His grandfather buys it for him.
Jimmy likes it very much. He plays with it every day and he often makes a terrible noise . His father works in the day and Jimmy is in bed when he gets home in the evening. So his father doesn't hear the noise.
But Mrs Black doesn't like the noise, so one morning she takes a knife and goes to Jimmy's room when he hits his drum. She says to him, "Hello! Jimmy. Do you know there is something very nice in your drum? Here is a knife. Please open the drum and let's find it." | middle6046.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "a spaceship"
},
"options": [
"the sun",
"Venus",
"a machine",
"a spaceship"
],
"question": "The bright light in the sky was _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_... | One day an Australian farmer,Joe,saw a bright light in the sky.The light came nearer and nearer and suddenly Joe saw that it was a spaceship landed in a field nearby.
The door of the spaceship opened and two strange beings climbed out.They seemed to be half man and half bird.Joe was afraid of them.He tried to run away.But the spacemen walked towards him,picked him up and carried him into the spaceship.
They asked him questions about Each."We're from Venus ,"they said,"but it is getting very hot there.A lot of our people are dying and we haven't much time left.We ale trying to find a new home."
After some time they freed Joe and at last the spaceship took off and could not be seen.
Joe told his friends about the spacemen,but no one believed his story.
"You will believe me one day".Joe told them."The spacemen will come back..." | middle7358.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Johnson"
},
"options": [
"Johnson",
"Nick",
"Mike",
"Tom"
],
"question": "My last name is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | My name is Tom Johnson. I'm 13. I love sports, and I have many sporting goods. I have two soccer balls, five ping- pong bats and balls, four basketballs. But I don't have baseball. It is difficult for me. I only watch baseball on TV. After school, I often play basketball with my classmates. It is relaxing. | middle4679.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "in red"
},
"options": [
"in red",
"wearing a blue sweater",
"called Todd",
"playing on the swing"
],
"question": "The woman's son was _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | While at the park one day, a woman sat down next to a man on a beach near a playground. "That's my son over there," she said, pointing to a little boy in a red sweater who was gliding down the slide. "He's a fine-looking boy," the man said. "That's my son on the swing in the blue sweater." Then, looking at his watch, he called to his son," What do you say if we go, Todd?" Todd pleaded , "Just five more minutes, Dad. please? Just five more minutes." The man nodded and Todd continued to swing to his heart's contently .
Minutes passed and the father stood and called again to his son. "Time to go now?" Again Todd pleaded, "Five more minutes, Dad. Just five more minutes." The man smiled and said, "Okay." "Oh, you are certainly a patient father," the woman said. The man smiled and then said ,"My older son Tommy was killed by a drunken driver last year while he was riding his bike near here. I never spent much time with Tommy and now I'd give anything for just five more minutes with him. I've vowed not to make the same mistake with Todd." "He thinks he has five more minutes to swing. The truth is ...I get five minutes to watch him play."
,A, B, C, D,. (10) | middle3116.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Bicycling around the lake."
},
"options": [
"Bicycling around the lake.",
"Car racing on the road.",
"Playing basketball in a gym.",
"Swimming in a sports center."
],
"question": "Which of following does the aut... | Sports can help you keep fit and close to nature. However, whether you are on the mountains, in the waves, or on the grassland, you should realize that sport you choose might have great influence on the environment.
Some sports are _ . Golf, as you may know, eats up not only large areas of countryside, but also lots of water. Besides, huge amounts of energy are used to keep its courses in good condition. This causes major environmental changes. For example, in the dry places of Portugal and Spain, golf is often held responsible for (...) serious water shortage in some local areas.
There are many environment-friendly sports. Power walking is one of them that you could take up today. You don't need any special equipment except a good pair of shoes, and you don't have to worry about resources and your purse. Simple and free, power walking can also help you stay healthy. If you walk regularly, it will be good for your heart. Experts say that 20 minutes of power walking daily can make you feel less anxious, sleep well and keep thin.
Whatever sport you take up, you can make it greener than by using environment-friendly equipment and buying products made from recycled materials. But the final goal should be "green gyms." They are better replacements for traditional health clubs and modern sports centers. Members of green gyms play sports outdoors, in the countryside or other open spaces. There is no special requirement for you to start your membership . And best of all, it's free. | middle2208.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Because one of the major traffic light didn't work ."
},
"options": [
"Because there was too much traffic .",
"Because one of the major traffic light didn't work .",
"Because a serious traffic accident happened .",
"Bec... | I was driving home on a very hot afternoon and about to near a crossing . One of the major traffic light had gone out , and a police officer was standing in the middle of around twenty lanes of very busy traffic . The fact was that he had no hat or shade to shield him from the burning sun but , he was upbeat and doing a fabulous job .
I saw a drugstore on the comer , and while I was there , I wanted so badly to get some water for the officer ! I had some hesitation , though , as it was a little out of my comfort zone to communicate with a stranger in this way .
I discussed , struggled , left , drove part-way home , turned around , went back to the drugstore , got water , and then found myself thinking about how to hand it to him in the busy crossing . I knew that he might not be able to take it - he wouldn't have hands to hold it since he was busy making motions to direct the traffic - but I had to try .
I drove into the crossing , rolled down my windows as I passed the officer , and gave him the bottle of water . Though he wasn't able to take the bottle , he broke into a smile and said , " Thank you . "
I drove home , feeling better for having persisted . And I was even inspired to call the station that afternoon to make sure they knew what a great job he did that day . It felt good to spread the positivity , and it was the least I could do . | middle5567.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "To deal with a traffic accident."
},
"options": [
"To drink with friends.",
"To tell a story on the radio.",
"To meet two women.",
"To deal with a traffic accident."
],
"question": "What was the writer asked to ... | It was a cold and wet night. Over the radio came the message to deal with an accident in one of the side streets of the city. The scene of the accident wasn't far away and we arrived after 10 minutes. Two cars had crashed. Two women were lying on the street and one driver was still in the car. The driver was quite drunk and kept shouting to us. He didn't get badly hurt. A young woman died at once when the two cars crashed. I was holding the other woman and tried to stop the bleeding, but at last I had to watch her die in my arms.
Three months later, I saw the driver in court and found him to be a normal person. He was sorry for his actions. In the end, he was put into the prison for several years. A man isn't a man if he drinks 10 beers in an hour. A man is a man when he knows his limit and takes responsibility . When he can stay away from wine, he can drive more safely. | middle295.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "are different from those worn by women dancers"
},
"options": [
"always include a small and cool T-shirt",
"are always made up of Capri pants and knee-high socks",
"are different from those worn by women dancers",
"are ... | When you hear the words "streets dancer", what is the picture that appears in your head? For most people, it is a picture of a person wearing unusual clothes with a hat on his head, dancing to the music in a cool way. For example, a person who wears a large T-shirt dances on the street. Clearly, clothes those street dancers wear show their personalities and clothing styles. Now let us take a look at street dancers' clothing styles.
Tops
If you look into the clothing styles of street dancers, you will notice that there is a large difference between the tops that men and women wear. For men, they often wear a large T-shirt with probably a jacket at times. However, for women, they often wear tank tops (T) .
Bottoms
Today, the street dancers still prefer wearing large jeans and a lot of men also wear Capri pants . However, women start to wear mini skirts or shorts. Nowadays knee-high socks are also a popular new look for the women.
Footwear
For any street dancer, shoes are important. Any pair of shoes that produces the slightest sound can destroy the performance. So they need a pair of shoes that allows them to move freely.
In fact, street dancers' clothing has to be something that allows for a lot of comfort and that shows personalities. The two points are important for any street dancer. Without those things, it is difficult for street dancers to perform well and show their personalities. What do you think about the clothing style of street dancers? Maybe you like it or maybe you don't. Anyway, people have different ideas of beauty. | middle7370.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "something was wrong with his wife"
},
"options": [
"he though he was ill",
"he was too fat and could not walk quickly",
"something was wrong with his wife",
"he had a healthy problem"
],
"question": "The post ma... | A man went to see a doctor. "Open your mouth ", the doctor said. The man opened his mouth and the doctor looked in quickly. "It's clear what's wrong with you .You need more exercise, " the doctor said. "But doctor," the man said "I don't think ..." "Don't tell me what you think," " I am the doctor, not you. I know what you need . I see hundreds of people like you. None of them get any exercise. They sit in offices all day and in front of theTV in the evening. What you need is to walk quickly for at least 20 minutes a day" "Doctor, you don't understand ," the man said, "I..." "I don't want to hear any excuses," the doctor said , " You must find time for exercise .If you don't you will get fat and have health problems when you are older." " But I walk every day ,"the man said. "Oh, yes , and I know what kind of walk that is .You walk a few feet to the train station from your house, a few more feet from the station to your office, and a few more feet from your office to a restaurant for lunch and back. That's not real walking .I'm talking about a walk in the park for twenty minutes every day."" Will you listen to me , doctor !" the man shouted, getting angry with this doctor who thought he knew everything. "I m a postman"., the man went on, " and I walk for seven hours every day! It's my wife, she is ill." | middle1067.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Yiwu"
},
"options": [
"Dongyang",
"Fujiang",
"Jinhua",
"Yiwu"
],
"question": "Where is Belinda from?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_tex... | Hello,everyone!I'm Belinda.Welcome to Yiwu. Yiwu is my hometown . It's a big and beautiful international city. There are more than 2,000,000 people in Yiwu.There are four seasons here,spring, summer,autumn and winter.Spring is warm.Summer is hot. Autumn is cool and winter is cold. I like autumn because it's cool .And in autumn I can eat many fruits like bananas, apples oranges and so on .Bananas are my favourite fruit. | middle5201.txt |
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