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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "1956" }, "options": [ "1990", "1985", "1963", "1956" ], "question": "Wang Guozhen was born in the year _", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer...
Wang Guozhen, a poet, died of cancer at the age of 59 0n April 26, 2015, one month before his latest book was to be published c), according to Beijing News.The poet's death has started heated discussions online. He was a graduate of Jinan University in Guangzhou, where he majored in literature. Wang began to write po...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "At 13:35." }, "options": [ "At 13:35.", "At 13:45.", "At 14:20.", "At 14:30." ], "question": "If Sara wants to take part in the trip,when should she arrive at the Perse School gate?", "question_type": "facti...
Bury trip--June 18th,2016 We will be leaving the Perse School at 13:45.Please be at the school gate 10minutes early.If you are late,you may miss the bus and not be able to go!If you miss the bus,you won't get your money back.The bus is planned to arrive in Bury at 14:30,although this depends on traffic.You will have fr...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Plants." }, "options": [ "Animals.", "Plants.", "Animals and plants.", "All living things." ], "question": "Which living things can use the sun's energy directly?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, ...
All living things on the earth need other living things to live. Nothing lives alone. Most animals must live in a group, and even a plant grows close together with others of the same kind. Sometimes one living thing kills another, one eats and the other is eaten. Each kind of life eats another kind of life in order to ...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "lion" }, "options": [ "tiger", "elephant", "lion", "giraffe" ], "question": "Molly is a(n) _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "M...
My name's Molly. I'm a lion. I am three years old .My favorite food is meat and I like to eat little animals .I like the forest ,but I live in the zoo now, I live in a big cage. I can't run and I can't see my parents,I don't like the zoo or the cage. Every day I get up in the cage ,I have breakfast,lunch and dinner in ...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "In the zoo." }, "options": [ "At home.", "At School.", "In the zoo.", "In the library." ], "question": "Where does Jack like to spend time on weekends?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "an...
My name is Jack. I come from the United States. Now I'm in China with my grandparents. There is a big zoo in our neighborhood. I like to spend time there on weekends. On weekends, I often go to the zoo with my friends. We like different kinds of animals. I like elephants a lot because they are very smart. They can reme...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Football." }, "options": [ "Football.", "Basketball.", "Volleyball.", "Rugby." ], "question": "Which of the following sports is loved most by Italians?", "question_type": null }, { "answer": { ...
Compared with other European countries, lifestyle in Italy is slower and more relaxing in its own way. Italians love to chat over a cup of coffee, go out for a walk in the middle of the day, and enjoy long lunches and dinners. Family is important to Italians. They can't think of spending a day without asking about thei...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "tell us Amy Chua how to give children education." }, "options": [ "tell that Tigers are terrible animals, but a cat is a cute animal.", "tell us Amy Chua how to give children education.", "tell the book Battle Hymn of the Tig...
Tigers are terrible animals, but a cat is a cute animal. As a mother, the Chinese-American writer Amy Chua is just a tiger . Her book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother (<<>> ), tells us how she gives her two children education. She says that being strict is the only way to train a child's talent. Her kids had to o...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "from her jacket" }, "options": [ "from her jacket", "the girl's own money", "from their home", "from the chair" ], "question": "Cathy thought the money in the girl's hand was _", "question_type": "cloze_que...
I was in the park with my elder sister, Cathy, on Friday. My sister left her jacket on a chair while we talked to some friends. When we went back to the chair, a girl in a red T-shirt was sitting there. She had some money in her hand. When she saw us, she stood up and walked away. I asked my sister, "Did you have any m...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "on the bus" }, "options": [ "at home", "on the bus", "in the supermarket", "behind the bus" ], "question": "Betty and her mother are _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { ...
It is a very nice morning. Betty and her mother are on a big bus. There are many people on the bus. Some are from America. Some are from England and some are from Japan. They are friends. They are going to the International Trade City . There are two Chinese on the bus. They are a young man and a young woman. They can ...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "be careful not to be fooled" }, "options": [ "spend too much", "always believe the advertisements", "never believe the advertisements", "be careful not to be fooled" ], "question": "If you want to shop online, y...
More and more advertisements appear on the Web. You have to be careful not to be fooled or tricked by the advertisements on the Internet. Something is said to be a bargain,but it isn't always cheap. And some socalled new things just have a new outside. However,shopping online is a kind of fashionable thing today. I l...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Tea" }, "options": [ "Coffee", "Tea", "Both coffee and tea", "Neither coffee nor tea" ], "question": "_ is grown in Yang Lin's hometown.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { ...
Many young Chinese people drink coffee when meeting with friends. Yang Lin lives in the U.S. but comes from an area in China famous for growing tea. She used to only drink tea while in China. But now, she says, she drinks both and for different reasons. "I would say ... I was a tea drinker when I was in China. But now,...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "in England" }, "options": [ "in Madrid", "in Spain", "outside his country", "in England" ], "question": "Nat always spent his vacation _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { ...
Nat lived in a small town in England. He always stayed in England for his vacation, but last year he thought, "I'm never outside this country. All my friends go to Spain , and they like it very much. So this year I'm going there, too." First he went to Madrid and stayed in a small hotel for a few days. On the first m...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "four" }, "options": [ "three", "four", "six", "five" ], "question": "Li Li's family has _ people.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text":...
My name is Li Li. I'm eleven. I'm from China. My mum and dad work in a big factory. They go to work every day but rest two days. I have a sister. We look like each other very much and we like to help each other. She is a middle school student and comes home in the afternoon. Everyone in my family likes to look after me...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "mother" }, "options": [ "father", "mother", "son", "daughter" ], "question": "From the passage, we can know the writer is a _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_i...
There is no doubt that mothers play an important leading role in the lives of their children. But what about a father's role? I believe that fathers play just as important a role as mothers. Fathers give us support. They are the shore we swim to when our arms and legs feel increasingly tired. They are the strength we r...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "a girl" }, "options": [ "his mother", "the king", "a girl", "his friend" ], "question": "The boy took the flower for _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index"...
Once upon a time two friends lived in a palace . They both worked for the King . One of them liked a girl and wanted to give her a present . One day , he was walking with his friend in the main palace hall , and he saw a big vase filled with the loveliest flowers he could imagine . He decided to take one to the girl , ...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "four" }, "options": [ "three", "four", "five", "six" ], "question": "There are _ people in Sanchez's family.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "an...
Music can be a great power to change people's lives. Regina del Carmen Sanchez, 14, always believes this. The girl from Kansas City, US, leads a hard life. She lives in a small house with her mom and grandparents. Her mom gets a very low pay. But it doesn't stop Sanchez's love of music. She wrote her first song Keep ...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "three" }, "options": [ "two", "three", "six", "eight" ], "question": "Rose is _ years older than Peter.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answe...
Rose has four cousins.They are Ann, Betty, Peter and Bill.Pose is the oldest of them.Betty is thirteen years old.She is two years younger than Pose and one year older than Peter.Bill is nine.Ann, the youngest is seven. Betty and Peter are good at running.But Peter runs faster.Pose and Ann like to play basketball.Rose p...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "easily hurt emotionally" }, "options": [ "popular at school", "rather weak physically", "easily hurt emotionally", "confident in themselves" ], "question": "According to the passage, \"vulnerable young people\" ...
Big Brothers Big Sisters is based on the simplicity and power of friendship.It is a program which provides friendship and fun by matching _ (ages 7-17) with a volunteer adult who can be both a role model and a supportive friend. Volunteer tutors come from all walks of life--married, single, with or without children. B...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "It's across from a big park." }, "options": [ "It's across from the People's Library.", "It's on Bridge Street.", "It's across from a big park.", "It's between the post office and the pay phone." ], "question": ...
My name is Mike. I'm a student of No. 14 Middle School. Our school is on Guangming Street. It's next to the People's Library. There is a big park across from our school. The pay phone is between our school and the post office. I live near the school. I often walk to school. It takes me five minutes. There are three bui...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "260 kilometers" }, "options": [ "260 kilometers", "65 kilometers", "450 kilometers", "130 kilometers" ], "question": "If you drive this kind of little cars for four hours, you can probably go _ at most.", ...
A kind of little cars may be seen in the streets in the future. People will like this kind of small cars better than the big ones. The car is as small as a bike. But it can carry two people in it. Everybody can drive it easily, just like riding a bike. Even children and old people can drive them to schools or parks. If...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "top brand means high quality" }, "options": [ "top brand means high quality", "top brands' advertisements are fun", "it's cool to own top brand products", "the spokesmen of top brand products are his favourite" ], ...
Do you know some world famous brands , such as Nike, adidas, Kappa...? What do you think of them? Do you use their products ? Here are some students' opinions: Sam: I am a Nike fan. Many of Nike's advertisements are fun and its products are great! I have a pair of Nike basketball shoes. Joe: In my eyes , top brand mea...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "study the law in college" }, "options": [ "avoid the job shortage", "face the cultural differences", "start his life in a new place", "study the law in college" ], "question": "The writer moved to Auckland to ...
When I began to move to Auckland to study the law, my mother was a little worried about the uncertainty of living in a place that was so different from India, where we lived. She worried about the shortage of jobs and the cultural differences that I would face. I came to New Zealand in July 2013. I found the people wer...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "five" }, "options": [ "seven", "six", "five", "four" ], "question": "A working American has to work _ days a week in his working time.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "...
Americans think a great deal about time. From childhood they learn to value time. As children, they are taught to be on time to go to school, to do work and to do everything. When they are having a good time, they say that time flies. When a person is dying, they say he is living on borrowed time. Time is money. Time i...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "are the same thing" }, "options": [ "are the same thing", "are different games", "are not held in winter", "are held in summer" ], "question": "The White Olympics and the Winter Olympics _ .", "question_t...
People call the Winter Olympics the White Olympics. At this time, they publish many stamps to mark the great games. The first stamps came out on January 25th, 1932 in the United States for the 3rd White Olympics. From then on , publishing stamps during the White Olympics became a rule. During the 4th Winter Olympics,...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "he can buy what he really wants" }, "options": [ "he can try it on quickly", "the shop sells very cheaply", "the sales man quickly finds it", "he can buy what he really wants" ], "question": "The shopping deal f...
Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman. A man goes shopping because he needs something. All men simply walk into a shop and ask for what they want If the shop has it, the salesman quickly finds it, and the business of trying it on continues at once. All being well, the deal can ...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "More than 69." }, "options": [ "69.", "120.", "More than 69.", "189." ], "question": "How many people died in the industrial accident?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "a...
An explosion( ) from a factory in Kunshan killed at least 69 people and more than 120 people got hurt. China had its worst accident in industry on a Saturday in 2014. The accident happened in Kunshan city, Jiangsu Province in China. And the explosion was from Zhongrong Metal Products Company, who makes car wheels for ...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Life and Health" }, "options": [ "Fashion Time", "Chinese Cuture", "Life and Health", "Time and Space of Sports" ], "question": "We can read this article in _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, ...
There are many types of tea. They have their own functions. Green tea is the best choice for office workers People who always work in places with air condition may face skin problems such as easily dry skin. Among all the drink, green tea is the best choice. Because there are important things in green tea and they are ...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "friends" }, "options": [ "in Class Seven", "in Grade Two", "teachers", "friends" ], "question": "Alan and Helen are _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": ...
Alan is in Class Two,Grade Seven.He is l2.His English teacher is Mr. Smith.He is English.His daughter is Helen.She is l3.Alan and Helen are good friends.They like English.This is Helen's school ID card.Its number is A-270789.Is that Alan's school ID card? No.He can't find his school ID card.If you find it,please call A...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Black." }, "options": [ "Green.", "Black.", "Brown.", "White." ], "question": "What color are Lucy's trousers?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "...
Look at the clothes line in the twins' bedroom. There are some clothes on it. You can see a green blouse, a yellow skirt and a pair of trousers. The trousers on the clothes line are black. They are not new but clean. Are they Lily's clothes? No, they are Lucy's. Lily's clothes are on a clothes tree near the window...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "before the writer's family moved away" }, "options": [ "at the age of 13", "before she got married", "after they moved to new homes", "before the writer's family moved away" ], "question": "The writer went to pi...
Linda Evans was my best friend--like the sister I never had. We did everything together: piano lessons, movies, swimming, horseback riding. When I was 13, my family moved away. Linda and I kept in touch through letters, and we saw each other on special time--like my wedding and Linda's. Soon we were busy with childre...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "four" }, "options": [ "five", "four", "ten", "no" ], "question": "How many cousins does Xing Fei _ ?", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_te...
Hello, everyone, I'm Xing Fei. I'm from China. My family name is Xing. I live in Bei Jing. My family is very large. In my family, my grandfather's father is the oldest one. He is now ninety-nine years old. My grandfather is eighty years old. And my grandma is eighty-two years old. They have four children, my uncle, my ...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "watch movies" }, "options": [ "grow vegetables", "make emoney", "buy things", "watch movies" ], "question": "According to the passage, people can't _ in the game.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }...
A computer game is very popular today. Many young office workers and students like playing it. People can "farm" on a piece of "land", and "grow vegetables, flowers and fruits" on the Net. They can make some emoney to buy more things.Here are different ideas about it. Henry: I don't like any computer games. I think it...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "He hoped to join the army." }, "options": [ "He hurt his ear.", "He hoped to join the army.", "He wanted to get some medicine.", "He was unhealthy." ], "question": "Why did the young man take a medical examinati...
Last year Jim was going to join the army( ) and had to take a medical examination . The doctor was sitting at a desk when he went in. He said to the man, "Take your coat and shirt off, and sit on that chair." Jim did so. The doctor looked at him for a moment without getting up from his chair and then said, "All right....
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Kevin's" }, "options": [ "Danny's", "Sally's", "Millie's", "Kevin's" ], "question": "The pencil is _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_...
Danny. . Danny: The pencil is green. It's not mine. It's my friend Kevin's. The eraser is not Kevin's. It's Sally's. She has three erasers. The red pen is Millie's. The ruler is Millie's, too. The blue notebook is not Millie's. It's John's. What's mine? The key is. It's not in my schoolbag. It's in my jacket. Thank you...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "both A and B" }, "options": [ "learn things quickly", "remember things easily", "think about one thing", "both A and B" ], "question": "When you have good study habits, you will _ .", "question_type": "cl...
All students should have good study habits. When you have good study habits, you can 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. You should study in a quiet place, like your bedroom. A quiet place will help you ...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "a lot" }, "options": [ "a lot", "a few", "many", "some" ], "question": "People know quite _ about the moon now.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, ...
The moon looks bigger than stars at night. But in fact, it is smaller than any stars. The moon looks big to us, because it is closer to us than the stars. The moon goes round the earth. It makes one trip about four weeks. The moon is round and looks beautiful. Now people know quite a lot about the moon. There is no air...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "at Mr. Johns' house" }, "options": [ "at David's house", "at Mr. Brown's house", "in the office", "at Mr. Johns' house" ], "question": "A small party will be held _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" ...
Mr. Johns and Mr. Brown worked in the same office. One day Mr. Johns said to Mr. Brown, "I'm going to have a small party at my house next Wednesday evening. Would you and your wife like to join us?" Mr. Brown said, "Thank you very much. That is very kind of you. We are free that evening, I think. But I will telephone m...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Joan's friends visit her more often than she can accept" }, "options": [ "Joan lives in a happy family and she has a lot of friends", "Joan's friends visit her more often than she can accept", "Joan doesn't like the parties a...
Dear Mr. Expert, I grew up in a abusive home, I always promised myself that I'd get out as soon as possible. Now, at age 20, I have a good job and a nice house of my own, and I'm really proud . Here's the problem: some of my friends who still live with their parents spend the weekends with me. But now they make mine t...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "mom and dad" }, "options": [ "friends", "mom and dad", "classmates", "brother and sister" ], "question": "The most important people in your life are your _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { ...
Mom and dad are the most important people in your life. They have been looking after you since you were born, so you should always love them. You should also get on well with them. But some children don't know how to do this. Here are some ways to help you. Spend more time with your parents. Don't spend too much time p...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "important" }, "options": [ "exciting", "interesting", "relaxing", "important" ], "question": "It's _ to make someone happy.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index...
"Now, children," she said. "Do any of you ever make someone else glad?" "Yes, teacher," said a small boy. "I made someone glad yesterday." "Well done. Who was that?" "My granny." "Good boy. Now tell us how you made your grandmother glad. " "Yes, teacher. I went to see her yesterday, and stayed with her for three hours....
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Mei Lanfang's friends." }, "options": [ "Mei Lanfang.", "Mei Lanfang's students.", "Mei Yanfang's students.", "Mei Lanfang's friends." ], "question": "Who did Li Yugang once learn from according to the passage?"...
A) LiYugang dresses like a woman and sings like a bird. He won the third prize in CCTV's Star Road in 2006. He sings folk songs. However, he seems to have the spirit of Mei Lanfang. In fact, the young man had learnt something from Mei Lanfang's students. People in China usually don't like cross-dressing . But people a...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "on foot" }, "options": [ "on foot", "by bus", "by bike", "in a car" ], "question": "Tom passed the shop _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "ans...
The day was like any other day in his life, Tom walked past the shop on the street corner. He stopped to look at the front row of shoes, and he felt happy to see that the pair of shoes he wanted very much was still there. Looking down, he felt sorry for himself. He really wanted to have them for his birthday. He sadly ...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "in the restaurant" }, "options": [ "far away from the city", "in the shop", "in the restaurant", "in the village" ], "question": "Tom meets some old people _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, ...
A very young boy, Tom, lives a long way from the city. One day he goes to the city to visit his friend, Jack. Jack asks Tom to have lunch together. They go into the restaurant and sit down at a table. Tom looks around and he sees some old people put eye glasses on before reading their books, so after lunch he goes to a...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "friend" }, "options": [ "sister", "brother", "friend", "cousin" ], "question": "Kathy is Lucy's _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_tex...
My name is Lucy Smith.Lucy is my first name.Smith is my last name.I'm 13.My favorite color is purple.I'm in No.1 Middle School.I'm in Class2,Grade 7. Kathy is my friend.She is 12.Her favorite color is blue.She is in my class,too.She is a good girl.Her telephone number is 828-6785. Mr. Black is my English teacher.He is ...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "He was born without feet." }, "options": [ "He can't see and hear anything.", "He always gives trouble to his family.", "He was born without feet.", "He often argues with his partners." ], "question": "What's wr...
When your dream is to become a footballer, nothing should get in your way--even if you have no feet. Gabriel Muniz, an 11-year-old Brazil kid, was born without feet. Although his family thought he would have serious difficulties living a normal life, he started walking before he was one year old. His mother would go af...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "the university basketball team" }, "options": [ "the university basketball team", "the NBA", "his high school at first", "the Chicago Bulls" ], "question": "He began to become famous in _ .", "question_ty...
Michael Jordan is the most famous basketball player in the world. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He didn't like to talk to other people about himself. He was also very short. He didn't play very well when he joined the basketball team in his high school at first. But the next year things changed greatly for him as ...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "5" }, "options": [ "4", "5", "6", "7" ], "question": "The writer gives us _ pieces of advice on healthy eating.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, ...
Healthy eating doesn't just mean what you eat, but how you eat. Here is some advice on healthy eating. Eat with others. It can help you to see others' healthy eating habits. If you usually eat with your parents, you can find that the food you eat is more delicious Listen to your body. Ask yourself if you are really hu...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "study English" }, "options": [ "study English", "visit friends", "have fun", "find a job" ], "question": "They went to another country to _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { ...
Here are three students' stories about studying in another country. Mariko Okada - Tokyo My year in the USA was full of fun. I like speaking to others, so I got lots of speaking practice. I also learned lots of interesting things about America. When I got home, my friends said I was better! I hope to go back to America...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "four" }, "options": [ "three", "four", "five", "six" ], "question": "Tom's parents invite _ people to Tom's birthday.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 3...
Tom's tenth birthday is on this Sunday. His parents give him a birthday party on Saturday. They help him invite Mike, Simon and two other friends. The party is at Tom's home. Tom's father buys nice food on the morning of Saturday. Mike brings Tom some interesting books. Simon buys a volleyball for Tom. Others give To...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "took part in a surfing competition" }, "options": [ "had his first music album", "took part in a surfing competition", "had his first concert", "become popular all over the world" ], "question": "In 1992, Jack ...
Jack Johnson is one of the most popular singer-songwriters in the world. Jack was born on May 18, 1975 in Hawaii. Being the son of a famous surfer, Jack naturally has an interest in surfing. Most of his life lessons were learned in the water. At the age of 17, Jack entered the finals of the Pineline Masters---the world...
middle268.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "a saleswoman or a manager" }, "options": [ "a worker or a teacher", "a nurse or a doctor", "a saleswoman or a manager", "a model or a driver" ], "question": "Suzy wants to be _ .", "question_type": "cloze_...
Suzy---I'm really good at selling things and communicating with others. I also love helping people. I hope to work for the sales department in a big company. I think I can be a good saleswoman or a manager. Daniel---I really like making things with my hands. I also enjoy searching for something better or different. I d...
middle6093.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "three" }, "options": [ "two", "three", "four", "five." ], "question": "The writer mentions _ main factors to make a news story really great.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": {...
To write a great news story , you have to make sure it is correct , relevant and fresh.. For a start, all the information in a story must be correct. Not only the spelling and grammar, but also the facts. Any mistakes that appear in a story can get a newspaper into big trouble. For example, if a newspaper said that...
middle1924.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "September 22nd" }, "options": [ "February 2\nnd", "June 5th", "July 5\nth", "September 22nd" ], "question": "The first No Car Day fell on _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { ...
No Car Day was first started by 34 cities in France on September 22,1998.It was started to protect the environment.By now,more than 1,000 cities around the world have had a No Car Day. The first No Car Day in China was in Chengdu in 2001.Other cities,including Taipei,Shanghai and Wuhan,also support the day. In Beijing,...
middle4684.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "By airplane" }, "options": [ "By train", "By bus", "By airplane", "By ship" ], "question": "How did Mr.Green want to go to London?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answe...
One afternoon Mrs.Green's husband wanted to catch the 3:30 flight to London to have an important meeting. She was very surprised when he telephoned her at 5 o'clock and said that he was still at the airport. "What happened to you?"asked Mrs Green. "Well," said Mr. Green, "Everything was going fine. I got my ticket, che...
middle1930.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Good schooling." }, "options": [ "A good school.", "Good schooling.", "Doing much homework.", "Having evening classes." ], "question": "What do people in Singapore always think is the ticket to success?", "q...
How much do you know about school life in Singapore? In Singapore, many middle school students spend a lot of time on their studies. People there always think that good schooling is the ticket to success . So, many of these students try their best to get good results in their exams. They have a lot of homework every d...
middle7399.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Africa." }, "options": [ "Europe", "America", "Africa.", "Asia" ], "question": "Tom and Joseph went on a trip in _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, ...
Tom and Joseph are best friends. They spent their summer vacation in Africa. When they were walking through the desert , they started to argue about something. Tom became very angry and slapped Joseph in the face. Joseph felt hurt, but he didn't say anything to Tom. Then Joseph wrote in the sand : "Today my best frie...
middle3699.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "strange" }, "options": [ "strange", "angry", "excited", "bored" ], "question": "The writer felt _ when seeing a boy sitting on the stairs at the beginning of the story.", "question_type": "cloze_question...
One year ago, I worked at a Chinese traditional medicine store. Business was not bad. Every day we mixed medicinal herbs for patients, so the store was always full of a strong herbal smell. After I had worked there for a time, a boy of 13 or 14 started coming and sitting on the stairs outside the store for a while e...
middle4479.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "when Diana didn't get Vivien's sandwich" }, "options": [ "because she was too good for anyone", "when Diana didn't get Vivien's sandwich", "though she asked the writer to forgive", "so Diana walked away" ], "q...
It is a very usual thing for a person to have a good friend. My good friend is Diana. She is a rich and proud girl. She often thinks that she is too good for anyone. One day after school, I was waiting for Diana when Vivien came up to me. She gave me a cake, I got it. We talked and joked. From then on, I began to spe...
middle5767.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "science and nature" }, "options": [ "having medical classes", "the work of a minister", "sailing around the world", "science and nature" ], "question": "Darwin was very interested in _ .", "question_type"...
One of the most famous scientists to study adaptations was Charles Darwin . He was born in England in 1809. He wasn't the best student in his school, but when he was 16, his father sent him to a medical school. Charles liked spending time outdoors observing nature more than having medical classes. He dropped out with...
middle1501.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "in the street" }, "options": [ "in a club", "in the street", "at home", "in a training center" ], "question": "Ding Junhui's father usually played snooker ---When Ding Junhui was young.", "question_type": "...
Snooker is a big sport in China.It is said that there are 300 million snooker players in China, so it's not surprised that some of the world's best players come from China.Ding Junhui is one of them. When Ding Junhui was eight years old, there were not many snooker clubs.His father often played with his friends on a ta...
middle8243.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Traveling to space." }, "options": [ "Visiting a movie sat.", "Living in Brazil.", "Traveling to space.", "Seeing her favorite band." ], "question": "What is No.1 at Lindsay's bucket list?", "question_type":...
Have you ever wanted to see the Great Wall of China, or win an Oscar for Best Director, or swim with dolphins ? If so, you are not alone. We all have things we want to do or achieve. These are part of our "bucket lists". A bucket is a list of things that someone wants to experience in his or her lifetimes. These things...
middle7170.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "The father used his invention to stop children watching too much TV." }, "options": [ "The father used his invention to stop children watching too much TV.", "It was very bad for the drivers to blow into a bag before their driving....
There are some very good inventions which, for one reason or another, don't become popular. These inventions should be better known, even though I think that some of them are crazy. Let's have a look at some of these inventions and see if you agree that they should be more successful. The Australians had a great idea t...
middle7616.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "ask her mother for help" }, "options": [ "give up", "be nervous", "ask her friends for help", "ask her mother for help" ], "question": "The writer used to _ when she had something difficult to do.", "quest...
What will you do when you have something difficult to do? I used to ask my mother for help. But she always said, "Do it yourself, dear." or "God helps those who help themselves , girl." I was not glad at all. I thought she was the laziest mother in the world. For example, one day, I decided to invite some friends to my...
middle6508.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "run to each base in order and touch it with his foot" }, "options": [ "run to each base freely", "touch the home plate first", "touch all the bases with his hands", "run to each base in order and touch it with his foot"...
American English is full of colorful expressions. One such expression is to touch all bases. There are four bases in baseball - first, second, third and home plate. When a baseball player hits the ball, he must run to each base - in order - and touch it with his foot. It is the only way to get a point. If the player hi...
middle5001.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "She helped Bach keep his works." }, "options": [ "She helped Bach keep his works.", "Many of Bach's works were for her.", "She gave Bach a lot of good ideas about music.", "Her money helped Bach write music." ], ...
Welcome to your favorite show-"Music Land" ! This month we are going to have some special shows on Bach, the Father of Music. Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Germany in 1685. During his life, Bach wrote a lot of music for the church and for his students, but he himself did not keep his own works carefully. Luckily...
middle3470.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "She was unable to speak good English." }, "options": [ "She was unable to speak good English.", "She was often treated unfairly.", "She was not clearly heard.", "She was not very polite." ], "question": "Why was...
When I was growing up in America, I was ashamed of my mother's Chinese English. Because of her Chinese English, she was often treated unfairly. People in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they...
middle5015.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "just one customer could get free goods once a week" }, "options": [ "customers could buy things at lower prices once a week", "the customer who bought the least goods didn't have to pay", "just one customer could get free goo...
A new supermarket put on a notice inside the entrance. It said, "Remember, once a week, one of our customers gets free goods(things that cost nothing). This may be your lucky day!" All the housewives who went to the supermarket had one great hope: to be the lucky customer who didn't have to pay for her shopping. For s...
middle3464.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "On April 20,2013" }, "options": [ "On April 28,2013", "On May 12,2008", "On April 20,2013", "On May 20,2013" ], "question": "When did the 7.0-magnitude earthquake happen in Lushan Sichuan Province?", "questi...
(By CCTV correspondent Vanessa Duffy 04/28/2013 08:36) It's been eight days since a 7.0-magnitude strong earthquake hit China's Lushan Ya'an Sichuan Province.How the earthquake has affected one of Sichuan Province's special residents --pandas.How are the animals living? And do they have enough food to eat? There are mo...
middle1515.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Purple." }, "options": [ "Purple.", "Black and white.", "Blue and read.", "Orange." ], "question": "What color is the pencil box?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer...
Hi, I'm Tom.I have a pencil box.It's big and it's purple.It's my good friend.It's from my mom.What's in the pencil box? My ruler is in it.It's blue and red.That is a pencil.It is black and white.It's not my pencil.It's Cindy.She likes black and white.You can see a green pen and an eraser in it, too.The pen isn't mine.I...
middle7164.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "the photos of elephant" }, "options": [ "a visit to a zoo", "an elephant expert from India", "the photos of elephant", "an old friend who lived in India" ], "question": "Chris got the idea to make a trip around ...
Chris Jones recently completed a very unusual journey. Our reporter Mary Owen met him at his home in the south of London and be told her all about the trip. Reporter: What gave you the idea to make a trip around India on an elephant, Chris? Chris: Well, it all started the idea two years ago when I was planning a trip t...
middle3302.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "four" }, "options": [ "four", "five", "three", "six" ], "question": "There are _ people in David's family.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "ans...
My name is David. I am an English boy. My families are in Beijing. My father and mother work there. I have a sister, but no brothers. My sister and I are students of a middle school in Beijing. We love China. We have a nice house in Beijing. My room is big. There is a bed, a desk and a computer in it. My books are on m...
middle6252.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "On foot." }, "options": [ "By car.", "On foot.", "By bus.", "By bike." ], "question": "How did the little girl go to school every day?", "question_type": null }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 0...
A little girl walked to and from school every day.Though it was not fine and clouds appeared in the sky that morning, the little girl made her daily trip to school as usual. When school was over, winds became stronger and it began to rain. The mother of the little girl felt worried that her daughter would be afraid whe...
middle4445.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "It is important to keep your eyes healthy." }, "options": [ "It is important to keep your eyes healthy.", "People seldom pay attention to eye health.", "It is necessary to give your kids carrots.", "All the eye disease ...
If your mother told you to eat carrots so you'd be able to see in the dark, she was right. It turns out that feeding kids carrots is just one of a number of things to keep eyes healthy. Other things include regular eye exams, and sunglasses or hats are also very helpful, experts say. While eye disease is sometimes here...
middle5983.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "flying" }, "options": [ "diving", "flying", "swimming", "catching fish" ], "question": "Penguins can do the following except _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_...
Penguins are lovely animals. Most people like them. But now as many as 10 of the 17 kinds of penguins are in danger of disappearing. The number of penguins has decreased by ( ) 30% since 1987. Penguins are black and white birds that live in the southern part of the world. They are common in the Antarctic Continent ,N...
middle2034.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Making sure if what she reads is true." }, "options": [ "Refusing to read.", "Reading more poems.", "Writing letters to experts.", "Making sure if what she reads is true." ], "question": "What new habit does Li ...
Li Siyi, a student from Jinan Foreign Language School, takes up a new habit. She refuses to believe everything that she reads. "Not everything in books is true," she said. Many other students in her school think the same thing as Li. They learned this through finding a mistake in their Chinese textbook. They learned a ...
middle4323.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "by bus" }, "options": [ "by bike", "by bus", "by car", "by trolley" ], "question": "I am going home _ now.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "an...
It's time to go home now. I am on a bus on a rainy day, and a woman with a dog gets on the bus. It is a big dog and its feet are not clean. I don't want the dog to sit near me. But the woman says to the conductor . "Oh, I pay for my dog. Can he sit here like the other people?" The conductor looks at the dog and says, "...
middle917.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "On a Sunday morning." }, "options": [ "On a Sunday afternoon.", "On a Sunday morning.", "At noon.", "In the evening." ], "question": "When did the story happen?", "question_type": null }, { "answer":...
It was Sunday and Tom was staying home. After breakfast he went out into the garden and played quietly by himself. There were no kids around and he was used to playing alone quietly. He played with Bobby, the dog. He climbed up and down the trees. Sometimes a bird would come down to perch on top of the doghouse. Then T...
middle903.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "1930" }, "options": [ "1920", "1930", "1940", "1950" ], "question": "Tu Youyou was born in _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": ...
Tu Youyou, aged 85, is a medical scientist at the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine.she has just become the first Chinese woman to win a Nobel prize, for helping discover artemisinin,a new kind of medicine known as "Qing-hao-su" in Chinese in 1971 and dihydroartemisinin, used also to treat malaria . The dis...
middle6520.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "key" }, "options": [ "house", "car", "sleeping bag", "key" ], "question": "Mike will leave a _ to his neighbor at No.2 1", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": ...
Dear John, I'm very happy about your coming to Chichester next week.The day after tomorrow is Monday and I have to go away on business for three days.I'11 leave a key to my neighbor at No.2 1.So you won't have to wait before l come back.Now let me tell you how to get here. Walk up Star Road until you come to the first ...
middle5029.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "parents' bad sleeping habits" }, "options": [ "too much homework", "pressure from parents", "TV and computer games", "parents' bad sleeping habits" ], "question": "Scientists worry that _ may cause children t...
In America, most people don't get enough sleep. Children aged 5 to 12 are advised to sleep 10 to 11 hours every night, but most of them can't sleep that long. A study found that about 41 million American workers got less than six hours of sleep every night. Scientists worry that parents are passing their bad sleeping h...
middle2746.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "London" }, "options": [ "David", "Paul's friend", "Shanghai", "London" ], "question": "The letter is from _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "a...
Dear David, How are you? I'm fine. I'm in London , at a school of English. I'm in Class Seven. It has eight students. They are from different countries ----Spain, Japan , Argentina, Switzerland and Thailand. Our teacher's name is Henry Briscall. He's very nice. He's a good teacher. I live with an English family, Mr. a...
middle4337.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "She felt worried." }, "options": [ "She felt excited.", "She felt happy.", "She felt worried.", "She felt wonderful." ], "question": "How did Mrs. White feel when she saw her son playing late?", "question_ty...
"Tom? Are you in bed yet?" called Mrs.White. There was no answer. Mrs. White put down her book and went to her 14-year-old son's room. Tom was sitting in front of a bright computer screen on which a motorbike was running fast. "Oh, Tom. You're still playing on that computer game. You must stop now, it's half past eleve...
middle4451.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "at the counter" }, "options": [ "in the middle", "in the centre", "at the counter", "in the front" ], "question": "Mr Black sits _ of the teashop one morning.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, ...
Mr Black goes into his usual teashop one morning, and sits in one of the seats at the counter . Many other people also come in, but none of them stays long. About fifteen minutes later, a young man and a young woman come in. There are only two empty seats at the counter, one on Mr Black's left, and the other on his rig...
middle6246.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "school clubs" }, "options": [ "school clubs", "school life", "new friends", "favorite sports" ], "question": "Grace wants to know Jane's _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": {...
Dear Grace, How are you? Thank you for your last e-mail. You want to know about my school clubs, right ? Well, it's time for us to join the school clubs now. There are many clubs in my school, like the English club, the art club, the music club and the sports club. I have two good friends, Jack and Lisa. We all want to...
middle1529.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "We found a new home in another planet by the year 2400." }, "options": [ "Only a few people changed their lifestyle in the 20th century.", "There was no clean water for people to drink by the year 2200.", "All the fish died b...
Ladies and gentlemen, I returned to this year in a time machine. In the year 2500, we are able to travel through time to any year in the history of the earth. This year is your last chance your lifestyle to save the earth. Beginning in the middle of the 20th century, a few people were worried about polluting the earth'...
middle7158.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "1928" }, "options": [ "1914", "1928", "1967", "1982" ], "question": "Garcia Marquez was born in the year _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "a...
Gabriel Garcia Marquez ,who was awared the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982,passed away at the age of 86 on April 17,2014. The world paused to remember the cultural giant . Garcia Marquez was born in Colombia ,but he spent most of his adult life in Mexico City . As one of the most famous writers ,he was widely regard...
middle2975.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "four" }, "options": [ "three", "four", "five", "six" ], "question": "In the first photo we can see _ people.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "a...
Hi, I am Grace. I have some nice photos. The first is the photo of my family. The boy is my brother, Bill and the girl is me. And these are my parents. Now we are in Bill's room. We can see his model phone on the bed. His brown trousers are also on it, under his phone. The second is photo of my friend. Her name is Hele...
middle7819.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "he was in great fear of it" }, "options": [ "he didn't want to read any more", "he was in great fear of it", "he wanted to praised her daughter", "he hated snakes" ], "question": "Father jumped up when her daugh...
Sarah ran in, shouting, "Look what I found!" Over the top of the paper I was reading; came a terrible thing that caused me to jump. It was a snake skin found in our garden. "Isn't it beautiful?" said my seven-year-old daughter. I opened my eyes widely and looked at the snake skin in fear . I didn't think it was beauti...
middle2961.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "America" }, "options": [ "England", "America", "American", "English" ], "question": "Where is John from?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer...
My name is John Smith. I come from America. I am 12 years old. I live in Shanghai with my parents. I am a student. I am in Class Three Grade Seven. My English teacher is Linda. Mr Zhang is my Chinese teacher. He is from Wuhan. Wuhan is a beautiful city. Li Hua is my best friend. He likes playing basketball. My favour...
middle5968.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Eating sugar" }, "options": [ "Not brushing teeth", "Not changing toothbrush", "Eating sugar", "Not flossing teeth" ], "question": "What is the major cause of tooth decay? _", "question_type": "cloze_quest...
Teeth are important. Strong , healthy teeth help you chew foods that help you grow. They help you speak clearly. And yes ,they help you look best. Here are some tips for you to take care of you teeth: 1. Brush your teeth the right way. Brush your teeth at least twice a day - after breakfast and before bedtime. If you ...
middle5798.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "in the school" }, "options": [ "in the school", "in our room", "in the library", "in the classroom" ], "question": "The new store is _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { ...
Hi, boys and girls! A new Mama store is in No. 1 Middle School now. Come and see at our great sale! We have bread for 3 yuan. Xiangpiaopiao milk tea is on sale for 2 yuan. Vegetable hamburgers are only 3 yuan. Do you need notebooks? They are only 6 yuan for three. We also have pens in all colors, only 1 yuan each . So...
middle4486.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Kick the ball." }, "options": [ "Throw the ball.", "Catch the ball.", "Touch the ball with their hands.", "Kick the ball." ], "question": "What can soccer players do?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" ...
Do you like to play outside? Do you like to run? Do you like to play with a ball? You can do all of these things if you play soccer. Soccer players cannot throw and catch the ball. They cannot touch the ball with their hands. Soccer players can only kick the ball. Soccer is played with two teams. There is a goal for e...
middle5940.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "The style of the coffee stores seems the same." }, "options": [ "The coffee in these places was too expensive.", "The style of the coffee stores seems the same.", "People like to drink coffee at home with friends.", "Th...
Although people everywhere seem to enjoy drinking coffee, they don't all have the same coffee culture. In Europe, for example, coffee shops are common places for people to meet friends and to talk while they drink coffee. On the other hand, places like this were not as common in North America in the past. Instead, peop...
middle6291.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "pancakes" }, "options": [ "bread", "dumplings", "pancakes", "hamburgers" ], "question": "The passage tells us how to make _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_in...
Whole Wheat Apple Pancake INGREDIENTS: 2 cups of whole wheat flour 1/2 teaspoon of salt 2 eggs 1/4 cup of vegetable oil 2 large apples 1 cup of butter DIRECTIONS: Stir the flour and salt in a large bowl. Pour eggs and oil in. Mix the apples in. Heat a large pan over a medium heat. Put a large teaspoon of batter onto ...
middle7831.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "an English teacher" }, "options": [ "a Chinese teacher", "very old", "an English teacher", "not good" ], "question": "Miss Liu is _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "an...
Miss Liu is an English teacher. She is very young. She works very well and the students all like her. There are twenty-six boys and twenty-four girls in her class. Now some of them are playing on the playground. Jim and Bill are jumping. Sam and Mike are running. Lucy and Simon are singing. The other girls are playing ...
middle1298.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Few" }, "options": [ "All", "Most", "Some", "Few" ], "question": "_ U.S workers don't always take all of their vacation days.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_ind...
It's so beautiful outside that spending the day in the office would be very boring. So why not take the vacations off? A new survey found that 31%of U.S workers don't always take all of their vacation days. Americans have 12 vacation days on average each year, but they give back an average of 3 vacation days each year....
middle2949.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Sick children in Children's Hospital" }, "options": [ "Sick children in Children's Hospital", "Doctors in Children's Hospital", "Mrs. Weeks and her students", "Toys made by the boys and girls" ], "question": "Wh...
Mrs Weeks was reading a newspaper story to her class. The story said: Were you ever in a hospital when you were small? How did you feel? The doctors in Children's Hospital are asking for money for children's toys. Some children in the hospital must stay in bed for many weeks. Toys are needed to keep these sick children...
middle2791.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Thomas Sullivan." }, "options": [ "An English tea seller.", "Chinese.", "Lipton.", "Thomas Sullivan." ], "question": "Who invented the tea bag?", "question_type": null }, { "answer": { "answer_...
Tea bag drinking is most westerners' favorite way of drinking tea. Do you know how it came about? The tea bag was invented in 1908 by Thomas Sullivan, an American tea seller. He was sending out free tea in silk bags for people to try. People put the bags together with the tea leaves into the cup and added hot water. Th...
middle2785.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "495 years." }, "options": [ "About 100 years.", "About 400 years.", "More than 500 years.", "495 years." ], "question": "How many years earlier was paper made in China than in Japan?", "question_type": "fact...
Paper was first made in the year 105. It was made by a Chinese named Cai Lun. People in Japan learned of paper around the year 600. As years went by, people in other places began to make paper. The lead pencil is not made of lead. It is made of graphite . People found graphite in 1564. They thought it was a kind of le...
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Some teenagers think that newspapers are boring and only for adults. But that's not true. There are many interesting stories in the paper. _ "I spend about half an hour reading newspapers every day," said 15-year-old Gao Ming from Beijing. "I'm interested in things happening at school." School news is just one kind of ...
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