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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Because he was so old and weak that he couldn't live alone."
},
"options": [
"Because he was ill.",
"Because he felt lonely.",
"Because he missed his children.",
"Because he was so old and weak that he couldn't live alo... | An old man, too old to live on his own, went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and a four-year-old grandson. The old man's hands trembled , and he couldn't see clearly. The family ate together at the dinner table every night. But the grandfather's trembling hands and poor sight made eating rather difficult. Peas ... | middle6285.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Only sheep and pigs"
},
"options": [
"Only sheep and pigs",
"Horses and cows",
"Dogs",
"All the above"
],
"question": "_ can be used to look after the house.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | Animals are our friends. We can find different kinds of animals on Earth. Some animals are living in big forests. And some animals are living with man.
Animals are very important to man. For example, people can train the elephants to do some heavy work. And they can also train the dogs to look after the house. A police... | middle5613.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "At 7:30"
},
"options": [
"At 6:00",
"At 6:30",
"At 7:00",
"At 7:30"
],
"question": "What time does Gina go to school every morning?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
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{
"answer": {
"answ... | Hello, my name is Gina. John, Anna and I are good friends. We are in the same grade. But they are in Class Five and I am in Class Three. We get up at 7:00 and go to school at 7:30. In the morning we have four lessons. We have English every morning. John and Anna have English at 10:00 in the morning and I have _ at 11:0... | middle3262.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Because he wanted to kill time."
},
"options": [
"Because he wanted to exercise.",
"Because he wanted to kill time.",
"Because the balls were too heavy.",
"Because he wanted to show he was rich."
],
"question": ... | I remember reading a story once about a man who found a bag with a lot of clay balls by the seashore. They didn't look like much, but they intrigued (......) the man so he took the bag with him.
As he walked along the beach, to pass the time, he would throw the clay balls one at a time out into the ocean as far as he... | middle7004.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "He is selling a horse."
},
"options": [
"He is giving some meat to the young man.",
"He is selling a horse.",
"He is looking at a horse",
"He is finding the bad ears of the horse"
],
"question": "What is the old... | One day an old man is selling a horse. A young man comes to the horse and begins to look at it slowly.
Then the old man goes up to him and says in his ears, "Don't say anything about the horse before I sell it, then I will give you some meat."
"All right," says the young man. After the old man sells the horse, he give... | middle1475.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "24"
},
"options": [
"12",
"16",
"18",
"24"
],
"question": "Tom will work for _ hours in a week altogether .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"ans... | Do you have free time? Would you like to be with an old man? I need such a man to look after my father. He's 78 years old, but he's healthy. If you want to get the job, you need to work for four hours every day from Monday to Friday, 1:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. And on weekends, you need to work for only two hours, 1:00 P.... | middle1313.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Between the second class and the third class."
},
"options": [
"After the first class.",
"After the third class.",
"Between the first class and the second class.",
"Between the second class and the third class."
],
... | Jamie was born in a small village in the north of England. He is nine years old. He likes playing basketball very much. When he is free, he always plays basketball with his friends in the open air. Sometimes he walks in the forest and picks some flowers by himself.
Last Friday, Jamie finished his homework after the sec... | middle687.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Snowflake Boy"
},
"options": [
"Snowflake Photos",
"Snowflake Boy",
"Long and Hard Winters",
"Teenage Photographer"
],
"question": "The best title for this passage is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_question... | Look at the light and beautiful snowflakes falling. Ever wanted to hold them in your hands? They are always lost when they meet your hands.
Well, this isn't just a problem for you. It was a problem for Wilson Bentley, too. In the 1870s, Wilson Bentley was just a teenager. His family lived in a small town in northeast... | middle7762.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Serious."
},
"options": [
"Careless.",
"Serious.",
"Joking.",
"Funny."
],
"question": "What was Monty's attitude towards his paper?",
"question_type": null
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"answer": {
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... | Monty Robert's father was a horse trainer. As a child, Monty often went from one farm to another with his father. Sometimes they didn't have money to pay for food, but Monty still kept hoping to own a horse farm.
When he was in school, his teacher asked him to write a paper about his dream. He wrote a seven-page paper.... | middle3504.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a party"
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"options": [
"a meeting",
"their home",
"a party",
"work"
],
"question": "Mr. and Mrs. Black were driving to _ one day.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answer": {
"an... | One day Mr. and Mrs. Black were driving to a party . Mr. Black drove the car very fast. "Please don't drive so fast." Mrs Black asked his husband to drive more slowly ."If you drive so fast , maybe we'll have some trouble.""Oh , no , Don't be worried , my dear . "said Mr. Black with a smile ."You know I'm good at drivi... | middle3510.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "5:00 a.m."
},
"options": [
"5:00 a.m.",
"5:30 a.m.",
"6:00 a.m.",
"6:30 a.m."
],
"question": "What time does Mrs. Brown get up?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_i... | Mrs. Brown is a worker. She works in a big factory. She gets up at five every morning. She often has breakfast at six fifty. After that she goes to the factory by bus at half past seven. She cleans the machines when she gets there very early. Then her workmates come. They begin to work at 8:00. They all work very hard.... | middle5161.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Girls"
},
"options": [
"Girl",
"The girl",
"Girls",
"Boys"
],
"question": "_ often like new dresses.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text... | It's Sunday. Children don't go to school on Sundays. But Kate gets up early in the morning. "It's my birthday. I'm eight years old today." she thinks, "Where are Dad and Mum? I want to know what they can give me for my birthday."
Her father and mother are not at home. They are going shopping. And now they are talking a... | middle6468.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "back; front"
},
"options": [
"front; back",
"back; back",
"front; front",
"back; front"
],
"question": "Bears stand on their _ legs and lift their _ legs to ask for food.",
"question_type": "cloze_qu... | In our city, there is a big zoo. There are a lot of different animals in it. There are some scary tigers and lions. They like eating meat and they eat much meat every day.
There are also two big elephants and a baby one. Children like to ride one of them. The elephants are very kind and friendly. They eat much grass ... | middle693.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a student"
},
"options": [
"a cleaner",
"a worker",
"a student",
"a teacher"
],
"question": "James in the passage was probably _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answ... | James shook his money box again. Nothing! He carefully counted the coins that lay on the bed. $24. 17 was all that he had. The bicycle he wanted was at least $90! How was he going to get the end of the money?
He knew that his friends all had bicycles. It was hard to hang around with people when you were the only one wi... | middle1307.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "By train."
},
"options": [
"By bus.",
"By taxi.",
"By car.",
"By train."
],
"question": "How does Mr Black go to work every morning?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
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"answer": {
"ans... | Mr Black is a football fan. Every morning he goes to work by train. As he has a long trip, he always buys a newspaper. It helps to make the time pass more quickly. One Wednesday morning, Mr Black turned the important football matches. He knew the Football World Cup would be held in his city soon. He decided to go to wa... | middle7776.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "A field"
},
"options": [
"A field",
"A hospital",
"A library",
"A restaurant"
],
"question": "_ doesn't belong to a non-smoking place.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"an... | Smoking in indoor public places including public working places, public transport vehicles and some other special outdoor working places has been banned in China since January 2011. Let's look at the following advantages of banning smoking.
First, banning smoking will not only help in saving smokers from health problem... | middle7010.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Mother's education is very important."
},
"options": [
"Each mother loves her kids..",
"Mother's education is very important.",
"The earlier education starts, the better result there will be.",
"No pains, no gains."
... | Two young men, one was a prisoner while the other was a famous official from the White House, both told a story about how their mothers give apples to them.
The story from the prisoner:
When I was young, one day my mother brought several apples, among which there was a biggest red one that I really wanted to get. My mu... | middle2168.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "She did the washing."
},
"options": [
"She went to the mountains.",
"She collected firewood.",
"She went fishing in the river.",
"She did the washing."
],
"question": "What did the old woman do every day?",
... | Once upon a time an old man and woman lived in the mountains in Japan. Every day the old man went to the mountain and collected firewood, while the old woman went to the river and did the washing.
One day, she was doing the washing when a big peach came floating down the river towards her. As it was a big and juicy... | middle3276.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "It's under the chair."
},
"options": [
"It's on the wall.",
"It's on the table.",
"It's on the chair.",
"It's under the chair."
],
"question": "Where is the baseball?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
... | This is Kate's room. There is a big bed, a table, a computer and some chairs in it. The cup and some books are on the table. A picture is on the wall . The baseball is under the chair. Some CDs are on the desk. Her model plane is in the bookcase. Look, there is an English dictionary in the bookcase, too. | middle4519.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "A big tree"
},
"options": [
"An old man",
"A big tree",
"Some glasses.",
"A big hat"
],
"question": "What did the truck hit?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_inde... | In a New York street, a small truck hit a big tree. The truck was full of glasses and they were all broken now. The driver came out of the truck and looked at the broken glasses. He was very sad and people in the street felt sorry for him. Then an old man walked over to the driver. He looked at him for a few minutes an... | middle6326.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "borrow"
},
"options": [
"grow",
"borrow",
"steal",
"sell"
],
"question": "According to the passage, people can't _ things in this game.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"... | Recently, an Internet game has become a new fashion among young office workers and students. People can "farm" on a piece of "land" and "grow", "sell" or even "steal vegetables", "flowers" and "fruits" on the Net. They can earn some e-money and buy more "seeds", "pets" and even "houses".
Joyce interviewed some young pe... | middle2140.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "on 31 July 1965"
},
"options": [
"on 31 June 1965",
"on 31 July 1965",
"in the USA",
"in Canada"
],
"question": "Joanne \"Jo\" Rowling was born _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer... | Joanne "Jo" Rowling was born on 31 July 1965, pen name, is a British novelist, best known as the writer of the Harry Potter books. The Harry Potter books are world famous. People bought more than 400 million copies. They have become the best-selling book series in history.Rowling finished the first novel, Harry Potter ... | middle4257.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "fourteen days"
},
"options": [
"a week",
"fourteen days",
"twenty-eight days",
"one month"
],
"question": "Harry's hiccups lasted _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"a... | For many people the subject of hiccups is a joke, but for Harry Mendes, a fifteen-year-old schoolboy from Birmingham, it was something quite different.
His hiccups began one Sunday lunch time and continued day and night for two weeks. After the first week, Harry's parents took him to hospital, but it took another wee... | middle3538.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "they knew little about him"
},
"options": [
"he often hurt them",
"he disliked them near him",
"they knew little about him",
"they got no food from him"
],
"question": "The birds didn't get close to the old man ... | I once knew a man who was rich in his love for birds, and in their love for him . He lived in a grove full of all kinds of trees. He had no wife or children in his home. He was an old man with blue and kind eyes, and a voice that the birds loved.
While he was at work in the grove, the birds came close to pick up the wo... | middle5149.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "a family show on the television"
},
"options": [
"a funny story about a pig",
"for ladies and gentlemen only",
"about life on the farm",
"a family show on the television"
],
"question": "Roy Darby's show is _ ... | Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'm Roy Darby, and this is my show. This is a television show for all the families and I know you're going to enjoy it.
Let's start with a story I heard the other day about a very proud pig. This pig lived on a farm with a lot of other animals. And of all the animals on the farm, he ... | middle6440.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "remember what to do at a certain time"
},
"options": [
"leave them in obvious places",
"remember what to do at a certain time",
"watch a certain program",
"make a phone call at a certain time"
],
"question": "So... | Some people remember the things by writing notes to themselves. Then they leave the notes in obvious places, such as on the table or on the floor in the middle of the living room. I don't think I like to write notes to myself. Most of the time I lose them or forget to look at them until it's too late. I prefer to use ... | middle23.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Healthy and happy skin."
},
"options": [
"A kind of job to keep you from getting sick.",
"An important and largest organ.",
"Something like your heart and stomach.",
"Healthy and happy skin."
],
"question": "Whi... | It keeps your insides from falling out. It helps you warm up when you are cold, and it can cool you off when you are hot. It lets you feel things by touch.
What is this? Your skin , of course! What does you skin ask for return for all the wonderful things it does? Just a little care! So let's learn how to take care of... | middle7986.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Annie; Zhou Lan"
},
"options": [
"Zhou Lan; Annie",
"Annie; Zhou Lan's family",
"Zhou Lan; Annie's family",
"Annie; Zhou Lan"
],
"question": "This is an e-mail from _ to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_... | Dear Zhou Lan,
Thank you very much for your mail. I want to go to China. I know something about China from your e-mails. Your English is very good. But I don't know much Chinese. Now I'm learning it from my parents. They know much about China. They tell me many things about China.
I'm happy to know you like your school... | middle863.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Five."
},
"options": [
"Four.",
"Five.",
"Six.",
"Seven."
],
"question": "How many pieces of advice does the passage give us?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"... | If you think you're too shy and want to be a little bit brave, try the following:
You can make it. Tell people you're shy. There's no need to hide it. When they get to know you're a shy kid, they'll understand you better. This also helps you feel more relaxed in talks.
Try to smile more. When you smile, people think yo... | middle37.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "both sea and land"
},
"options": [
"car",
"sea",
"air",
"both sea and land"
],
"question": "Hans went to London by _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1... | Hans said to his friend Kurt, "I'm going to take my car to drive to London."
Kurt said, "Driving to London is very hard. You aren't going to find your hotel." But Hans was not afraid. He drove to Calais, put his car on the ship, took it off at Dover, and drove to London.
He stopped near the city and looked at his map. ... | middle6454.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Four"
},
"options": [
"Two",
"Three",
"Four",
"Five"
],
"question": "How many ways of travelling are mentioned in the passage?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
... | New York City is a very large city with 8 million people. How do so many people move on their way to work and school?
In New York you can travel by subways, bus, taxi and private car. The subway runs on the railroad lines under the city. It crosses the city at different points and goes to all parts of the city. Trave... | middle877.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "the highest point"
},
"options": [
"The busiest street",
"the biggest station",
"the most beautiful",
"the highest point"
],
"question": "S ydney Tower is _ in Sydney, Australia.",
"question_type": "cloz... | Sydney Tower
Address: 100 Market St, Sydney
Phone: 02 9333 9222
Fax: 02 9333 9203
Open time: 9:00am to 10:30pm ( Saturday to 11:30 pm)
Ticket: $ 60 (for an adult) $ 30 (for a child)
Website: www. Sydneytower .com. au
How to get there: train to Town Hall Station and a shor... | middle4243.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "$ 75."
},
"options": [
"$ 47.45.",
"$ 75.",
"$ 85.",
"$102.25."
],
"question": "How much would Tom have to spend on the camping trip?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"an... | Mary picked up a pencil and a piece of paper,saying,"Now,you want to earn money for the autumn camping trip,right?" Tom,her brother,nodded.He wasn't able to go last year because he hadn't earned enough money during the summer.This year he came up with a plan.
He made a necklace for his mother that everyone admired.They... | middle2154.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Amazing Science"
},
"options": [
"Art world",
"Amazing Science",
"Health and Medicine",
"Daily news"
],
"question": "Which magazine is the text probably taken from?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
}... | Look at the center circles of Diagram A and Diagram B. Which of the centre circles looks larger?
Take a first look and you probably think that the centre circle in Diagram A is smaller than that in Diagram B. In fact, they are exactly the same size.
Then look at the picture on the left. What do you see? A vase? Or two ... | middle6332.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "more expensive"
},
"options": [
"cheaper",
"nicer",
"more expensive",
"saved a little money"
],
"question": "The things at the corner store were _ than those in the supermarket.",
"question_type": "cloze_... | One day Mrs. Wilson went shopping with Tracy and Ben. They went to the supermarket in the new shopping center." Why do you buy things here?" Tracy wanted to know. "Because they are cheaper here than at the corner store near our home," Mrs. Wilson said." Help me check the prices, please." The Wilsons were not rich and M... | middle122.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "you are helped by others"
},
"options": [
"you say something kind to others",
"you help others",
"you are helped by others",
"you need others to help"
],
"question": "You should learn to say \"Thank you\" when ... | American people like to say "Thank you" whenever others help them. People of many other countries do so, too. It is a very good habit.
You should say "Thank you" when someone passes you the salt on the table. When someone walking ahead of you keeps the door open for you, when someone says you have done your work well, ... | middle5808.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The United States"
},
"options": [
"China",
"Japan",
"The United States",
"Canada"
],
"question": "Dick was driving a large car that made in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer":... | Dick was driving a large American car. As soon as the race started, he pulled out in front. As the race went on, he kept the first place. And he was far ahead of Wilson, the man in the second place.
When the race was almost over, some people stood up and left. "Why did stay?" they thought. They were sure they knew who ... | middle7979.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Twenty-five"
},
"options": [
"Twenty-three",
"Twenty-four",
"Twenty-five",
"Twenty-six"
],
"question": "_ students from Westfield State College were on vacation in Acapulco, Mexico.",
"question_type": "cloz... | Moreno, Stanley, and 23 other students from Westfield State College were on vacation in Acapulco, Mexico. This was the last night in the hotel. It was 4 am, Moreno and Stanley came back from a party.
Just as Stanley went to sleep, he heard loud noise outside. From the balcony of their fourth-floor room, Moreno and ... | middle888.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "three"
},
"options": [
"four",
"three",
"two",
"five"
],
"question": "There are _ people in the Johnsons.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"ans... | Let's meet the Johnson's family. Mr.Johnson is a manageer in a big company . He works very hard. He is very busy. He makes much money.But he is always tired . He says to his friend,"I want to be a reporter because I like talking to people."
His wife Mrs. Johonson is a good doctor .She works in children' Hospital. She l... | middle650.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "11,000 feet"
},
"options": [
"500 miles",
"24 hours' walk",
"11,000 feet",
"23 hours and 15 minutes' drive"
],
"question": "What is the distance up and down all these three highest mountains in Britain?",
"q... | Imagine climbing the three highest mountains in Britain. Now, imagine climbing all three in 24 hours. That's what Rebecca Shedden, a British schoolgirl did and she's only eight years old. She is one of the youngest people who have arrived on top of Snowdon, Scafell Pike and Ben Nevis, the three highest mountains in Bri... | middle2815.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "what"
},
"options": [
"what",
"that",
"then",
"which"
],
"question": "All the things Edison invented were _ people needed at that time.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Edison often said, "1 will discover what the world needs, then I will try to invent it." It is true that he did more than any other man of his time in inventing things. He made more than one thousand inventions in his life and all these have changed our way of living. Edison was one of the greatest inventors in the wo... | middle136.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Brooklyn Beckham"
},
"options": [
"Beckham Brooklyn",
"David Beckham",
"Romeo Beckham",
"Brooklyn Beckham"
],
"question": "My name is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Look! This is a photo of my family. My name is Brooklyn. I am 11 years old now. You know my father? Yes, he is David Beckham. He is a good football player . He is thirty-nine years old now. This is my mother. Her name is Victoria. She is thirty-six years old now. I have a brother. But he is not in this photo. He is on... | middle5834.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "the English"
},
"options": [
"the Chinese",
"the French",
"the Japanese",
"the English"
],
"question": "From the survey, we know _ like fast food best.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"... | A large number of people in the world eat fast food .Whenever you go into a fast food restaurant , you can see lots of people enjoying their meals there. How do you know in which country people like fast food best ?
The English people are the world's biggest fans of fast food , while the French are the least interested... | middle6483.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "In Zhengning,Gansu"
},
"options": [
"In Yushu,Gansu",
"In Yulinzi county,Gansu",
"In Zhengning,Gansu",
"In Zhengning town,Gansu"
],
"question": "Where did the accident happen on a Wednesday morning?",
"quest... | The death list in a school bus accident that happened on Wednesday morning in the northwest province of Gansu has risen to 20 following the death of one child later Wednesday.
It's known that the accident happened around 9:40 a.m. in Yulinzi town of Zhengning county, according to a report from the police. The report sa... | middle678.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "museum"
},
"options": [
"store",
"park",
"school",
"museum"
],
"question": "There are some rules for a _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answ... | Hi, boys and girls! Welcome to our museum. It's free. You don't have to pay any money. But we have some rules for you. Please remember them and do as I say. Firstly, don't have food or drink here. You may make our museum dirty. Secondly, you can take photos here, but don't touch the things here. Thirdly, keep quiet i... | middle2829.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "in January"
},
"options": [
"in January",
"in May",
"in June",
"in November"
],
"question": "Chinese New Year is _ this year.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_i... | Chinese New Year is next week in January this year. Do you need great furniture for your room? Come and buy things at our great sale at Helen's Furniture Store. Look! Here are some nice tape players in white, blue and red for mothers. We sell them for only $20. For students, we have desks and chairs for $25 a set. You ... | middle4280.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "bike"
},
"options": [
"bus",
"bike",
"car",
"subway"
],
"question": "The writer goes to work by _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text... | I go to work at ten o'clock every night. When I ride a bike to my office, I talk with other doctors. Then I go to help all the sick people. Some nights are very quiet, but some nights are really busy, especially on weekends. On busy nights, I even have to help other doctors.
I can go home at six o'clock every morning. ... | middle7789.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "three"
},
"options": [
"one",
"two",
"three",
"four"
],
"question": "The people in the story are from _ countries.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | A Russian, a Cuban, an American businessman and an American lawyer were on a train traveling across England. The Russian took out a large bottle of vodka, gave each of the men a drink and then threw the rest half bottle of vodka out of the window. "Why did you do that?" asked the American businessman. "There's too much... | middle7951.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Above all."
},
"options": [
"The sea of clouds.",
"Wondrous pines.",
"Unique rocks.",
"Above all."
],
"question": "What can you enjoy when you climb Mount Huangshan?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
... | Mount Huangshan is probably one of the most famous mountains in China. It has been listed as a World Natural and Cultural Heritage Site.
It lies in the south of Anhui Province. It is about 1,200 square kilometers. Every year, thousands of Chinese and foreigners pay a visit there. While you are climbing the mountain, yo... | middle3289.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Food is safe when you pick it up off the floor in less than five seconds."
},
"options": [
"People often shout at someone when they drop food on the floor.",
"Food is safe when you pick it up off the floor in less than five seconds... | Almost everyone has dropped some food on the floor and still wanted to eat it.If someone saw you drop it, he or she might have shouted, " 5-second rule!" This so-called rule says food is OK to eat if you pick it up in five seconds or less.But is that true?
Professor Anthony Hilton from Ashton University, UK, tested the... | middle5820.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the world's most popular"
},
"options": [
"broken by hacker",
"written by an unknown woman",
"the world's most popular",
"closed by government"
],
"question": "Now Xu Jinglei's web log is _ .",
"question... | A survey by baidu.com showed there were 16 million bloggers . Xu Jinglei was one of the first famous people that the website sina .com. invited to open blogs.
The web log written by Xu Jinglei is now the world's most popular . Xu , an actress-turned -director, became famous overseas when she won a Best Director Award ... | middle2197.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "helpful"
},
"options": [
"helpful",
"harmful",
"important",
"necessary"
],
"question": "Sea bacteria are _ for people.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": ... | Do you like to eat sushi ? Many people are afraid to eat it, because they think the bacteria in it might make them sick. However, a new study shows that sea bacteria are good for people. The study finds that a special enzyme from sea bacteria is helpful to humans. It helps people to get more energy from food.
To peop... | middle5377.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "try to do it yourself"
},
"options": [
"do nothing",
"ask your mother to do it for you",
"try to do it yourself",
"ask your friends to do it for you"
],
"question": "When you have something difficult to do, you ... | When I had something difficult to do, I used to ask my mum for help. But she always said, "Do it yourself, dear." I was not happy about this at all. I thought she was the laziest mother in the world!
For example, one day, some of my friends would come to my home. My bedroom was really untidy. Books were all over the fl... | middle7560.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because he was busy sweeping leaves."
},
"options": [
"Because his wife is better at making a sign.",
"Because he didn't know what to write.",
"Because he was busy sweeping leaves.",
"Because he didn't want his son to s... | I went home one Saturday afternoon in the autumn of 1993 to get some work done in the garden. While sweeping leaves on the ground, my five-year-old son Nick came over and asked me to write something on a piece of paper to make a sign for him.
"What for?" I asked.
"I'm going to sell some of my stones, " he answered.
Nic... | middle485.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Sun District"
},
"options": [
"Sun District",
"Garden District",
"Center District",
"Sunshine District"
],
"question": "Where does Sonia live?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Sonia lives in Sun District with her parents and sister. She loves this district very much. There is a restaurant next to her house. She often has lunch with her family there. A library is across from the restaurant on Sun Street. The street is quiet in the afternoon, but at night it is very crowded and busy. It's open... | middle1111.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Illness and hearing problems."
},
"options": [
"Illness and hearing problems.",
"people with hearing problems.",
"Ways to protect our ears.",
"Danger of loud noise."
],
"question": "Which of the following is NOT... | The world has many beautiful sounds. We can hear the songs of birds and the laugh of people. We can listen to cool music and news reports. And it's all because of our ears! They bring us a world of sounds.
But some people can't hear any sound at all. Some are born deaf. Others can hear well in their childhood, nut too ... | middle1677.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "they didn't have a house to live in."
},
"options": [
"they didn't find food.",
"they had a fight with a bear.",
"they felt very thirsty.",
"they didn't have a house to live in."
],
"question": "The ants were ve... | A young shoemaker left his village. Along the way, he saw some ants who were very sad because a bear had destroyed their house. The shoemaker helped them rebuild it, and the ants offered to return the favor.
The shoemaker followed his way and found some bees with the same problem as the ants. The young man also helped ... | middle7206.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Kathy's birthday party."
},
"options": [
"Mike's birthday party.",
"Kathy's birthday party.",
"Uncle Tom's birthday party.",
"A movie starts at 8:00."
],
"question": "What is Kathy talking about in her letter?",... | Dear Mike,
How are you? Are you still coming to my birthday party in January? My family, friends and classmates are all coming. The party is on Monday, January 13 at 6:00. It's at Uncle Tom's restaurant in the city. First, we can eat and talk from 6:00 to 7:45. After that we can go to a movie in ZJG Shopping Park near ... | middle8135.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Children sometimes talked about their family secrets on the bus."
},
"options": [
"Children didn't like the driver.",
"The driver likes the job all the time.",
"The little girl was excited at seeing the camels.",
"Child... | Although I didn't have any interest in being a school bus driver, I became one. Many years later, I was still working on the school bus. There are so many good reasons. Firstly, the talk brought me different kinds of information. I also got to hear all the family secrets of the newcomers. I have a toy bear who was a gr... | middle3060.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "she wasn't young any more"
},
"options": [
"others laughed at her",
"she didn't like her father",
"she had another name",
"she wasn't young any more"
],
"question": "The girl told her father not to call her litt... | Long long ago there was a great man who married the woman he loved so much. Soon they had a little girl. She was a bright and happy little girl and the great man loved her very much.
When the little girl was growing up, the great man sang and danced with her. The man told her daughter, "I love you, my little girl." Whe... | middle5411.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "could make dangerous animals quiet"
},
"options": [
"was very friendly to the animals",
"could train wild animals in town",
"could make dangerous animals quiet",
"was not good at playing the violin at all"
],
"q... | There was once a violinist who said he was not afraid of animals that are dangerous. He said in a proud way, "Even a bear would be as quiet as the friendliest cat when hearing my music." But he had never played, and no one believed him.
A chance to show his words arrived just when a circus came to the town. The music... | middle5405.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Frightened."
},
"options": [
"Relaxed.",
"Pleased.",
"Frightened.",
"Guilty."
],
"question": "How did the writer feel when he saw his teacher walking towards him with a book from bookshelves?",
"question_typ... | "Who did this?" asked my teacher. Thirty children tried to think about not only what they had done, but also what our teacher might have found out.
"Who did this?" she asked again. She never became angry, but she was this time. She held up a piece of broken glass and asked, "Who broke this window?"
"Oh, oh," I thought.... | middle1663.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "It got cut deeper."
},
"options": [
"It saved itself.",
"It got cut deeper.",
"It got tired.",
"It got sick"
],
"question": "What happened when the butterfly tried to get itself free from the bush?",
"questi... | There was once a little orphan girl who had no family and no one to love her. She felt sad and lonely .
One day, while she was walking in a garden, she noticed a small butterfly caught in a bush. The more the butterfly tried to free itself, the deeper the thorn cut into its body. The girl carefully helped the butterfly... | middle7212.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "the old Italian violins"
},
"options": [
"making violins",
"musical instruments",
"scientific ideas",
"the old Italian violins"
],
"question": "The passage is about _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"... | Old Cremona Violins
Most musicians agree that the best violins were first made in Cremona, Italy, about 200 years ago. These violins sound better than any others. They even sound better than violins made today. Violin makers and scientists try to make instruments like the Italian violins. But they aren't the same. M... | middle1105.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "know why you do what you do"
},
"options": [
"talk to others when you are in low spirits",
"know why you do what you do",
"finish your homework first",
"spend less time on the Internet"
],
"question": "According... | A habit is any action that we have performed so often that it becomes something we do almost without thinking. Some of them are thought to be bad habits. People spend countless hours and dollars each year trying to drop these bad habits but often fail. Why? Change is hard work and _ . However, there is still some advic... | middle491.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "these books can help the Americans deal with their problems in modern life"
},
"options": [
"these books are cheap",
"Americans love the writers of these books",
"the readers can get them without paying anything",
"thes... | Books which give instructions on how to do things are very popular in the United States today. Thousands of these "How to" books are available; in fact, there are about four thousand books with titles that begin with the words "How to". One book may tell you how to earn more money, another may tell you how to save or s... | middle5363.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Elephants"
},
"options": [
"Chains",
"Elephants",
"Cages",
"Farmers"
],
"question": "What did the writer see in the village?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_inde... | Once there was a man traveling in a faraway village. As he was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped. He found that these huge elephants were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains , no cages. It was clear that the elephants could, at any time, break away from their ropes but for some r... | middle3712.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "self-confidence"
},
"options": [
"humour",
"happiness",
"self-confidence",
"wisdom"
],
"question": "The same character of the three people is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer":... | Sir Steven Redgrave--Winner of 5 Olympic Gold Medals
"In 1997 I was found to have developed diabetes , believing the profession trained for the whole of my life ended, I felt very sorry. Then one of my friends said there was no reason why I should stop training. That was it--the encouragement I needed. I could still ... | middle6642.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a receipt"
},
"options": [
"a password",
"a receipt",
"a card",
"a present"
],
"question": "If you want, you can get _ from the ATM.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"a... | Lots of people get money from ATMs before going shopping. If you don't know how to use an ATM, read the following instructions carefully.
*Put your card into the machine .
*Look at the screen. Input your _ into the machine.
*Input how much money you want on the screen of the machine. Then press OK.
*Get the money fro... | middle2424.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "he would be back in seven days"
},
"options": [
"he would be away from home for four days",
"he would be back in seven days",
"he would be back in a month",
"he liked a cup of tea"
],
"question": "Mr Brown told ... | Mr Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, "if anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea."
"OK, Dad," said his son. But he was afraid his son couldn't remember this... | middle4055.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "you can make friends by doing the things that a friend does"
},
"options": [
"if you want to make friends with others, you should be one of them",
"you can make friends by doing the things that a friend does",
"you can easily... | Have you ever heard of the saying, "If you want a friend, be one."? What does it mean?
There are many different things that you can do to make friends. You may find out what they are if you watch someone make friends.
Here is how one new teacher made friends with the students in her class on the first day of the school... | middle4733.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "dumplings"
},
"options": [
"noodles",
"dumplings",
"moon cakes",
"only vegetables"
],
"question": "In China, _ are the real Chinese food.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | The Real Chinese Food
In China, there're many different kinds of food. Some of them are very popular. Dumplings are the real Chinese food. Now let's talk about them, OK?
Everyone in China likes dumplings very much, and there are many different kinds of dumplings. Some have meat and vegetables in them, others have sugar... | middle2342.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "it was difficult to get on"
},
"options": [
"he got up early",
"he hit the woman the bus",
"the bus was late",
"it was difficult to get on"
],
"question": "The writer had to walk to school because _ .",
"... | One morning, it was already a quarter to eight when I got up. I was afraid that I would be late so I put on my clothes hurriedly and left without breakfast.
There were so many people at the bus stop that it was not easy to catch a bus. Five minutes went by, I still couldn't get on one. The only thing I could do was to ... | middle6124.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "increase"
},
"options": [
"stop",
"increase",
"decrease",
"stay the same"
],
"question": "During REM sleep, a person's breathing and heartbeat _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer... | Do you know why you sleep? You may think it's because you're tired. Or perhaps you've been told sleep is good for you. Yet no one knows exactly why or how people sleep.
Until the early 1950s, most scientists thought the body and brain rested during sleep. Then a scientist watched people sleep. He noticed that during pe... | middle1893.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "In the garden."
},
"options": [
"In the library.",
"At home.",
"In the classroom.",
"In the garden."
],
"question": "Where are Dick and Helen now?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer"... | My name is Nick. I have four new good friends. They are Dick, Helen, Jack and Amy.
Now, they're in the garden. Dick and Jack are boys. Dick is tall and strong. Jack is tall but he's not strong. He is thin. Helen and Amy are girls. They're twins. They are short and slim. Dick is thirteen. Helen is thirteen too. They're ... | middle8109.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "buy an expensive gift for"
},
"options": [
"sing a song to",
"draw a picture for",
"write a letter to",
"buy an expensive gift for"
],
"question": "According to the passage, teenagers don't have to _ their p... | Teenagers can't afford to buy expensive gifts. So what do you do if you want to givegifts to the important people in your life? In fact, you don't have to spend much money onholiday gifts. There are many cheap ways to do that.
Here are some make-it-yourself gifts ideas to try:
To your mom and dad:
You can clean the roo... | middle6130.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "In China."
},
"options": [
"In the classroom.",
"In China.",
"In Beijing.",
"In the library."
],
"question": "Where is Maria ?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_in... | Hi!My name is Maria. Now I am in China. My life is busy but very happy. I like reading, so I often go to the library when I have no classes. Who is my favorite teacher? She is Ms. Green. She often helps me with my writing. I work hard at every subject, but my favorite subject is P.E., because I like playing tennis. In ... | middle4727.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Yes or No."
},
"options": [
"Yes.",
"No.",
"Glad.",
"Yes or No."
],
"question": "What does shaking one's head mean all over the world?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"a... | The idea of what shaking the head means is not always the same in different countries. Maybe some visitors would be surprised when they first come to India. When they talk to an Indian, they would find he would often shake his head. The visitors might think that the Indian doesn't like what they say. But in fact, they ... | middle3048.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The writer's mother was also unkind to her sister and brothers."
},
"options": [
"The writer's mother was only unkind to her.",
"The writer,s mother liked her best.",
"The writer's sister and brothers were unkind to her as we... | I had the unkindest mother in the whole world.While other kids ate candy for breakfast.I had to have cereal and eggs.When others had Cokes and candy for lunch,I had to eat a sandwich.But at least I wasn't alone.My sister and two brothers had the same unkind mother as I did.
My mother knew where we were at all times.She... | middle5439.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Four of the"
},
"options": [
"All the",
"Many of the",
"One of the",
"Four of the"
],
"question": "_ soldiers answer the general's question.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | One day a great general asks his soldiers, "What is the strongest power in the world? " Four of his soldiers put up their hands. They want to answer the question. The general asks the first man to speak. The man is younger than the other three, and he's not strong. He says, "My gun is the strongest. It can kill anyo... | middle2430.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Women report news and sports"
},
"options": [
"Women like to be secretaries.",
"All doctors are now women.",
"Women report news and sports",
"There are no homemakers today."
],
"question": "According to the pass... | Twenty years ago almost all nurses were women, and almost all pilots were men. Today women fly planes, and men care for patients. The jobs are the same, but not both men and women are working as nurses and pilots.
There are many other examples of changing job roles for men and women. Forty years ago there were no women... | middle4041.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a bird"
},
"options": [
"Lisa's sister",
"Lisa's cousin",
"a bird",
"a dog"
],
"question": "Xiaobai is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"ans... | My name is Lisa.I have a bird.She is white.So I call her Xiaobai.Xiaobai is only two years old.She's not big.But she is beautiful and clever.She can speak.
One day I go shopping with my sister Gina and Xiaobai.At Green Clothes Store Gina sees a red skirt and says, "Look! Lisa! That red skirt is very beautiful." Xiaobai... | middle1139.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "4."
},
"options": [
"3.",
"4.",
"5.",
"6."
],
"question": "How many other uses of Coke are there in the passage?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text":... | Coke is the most popular drink and many people enjoy it. But they don't know it has many other uses.
* Cleaning. You can use it to clean your hands, your bathroom or your clothes. When you do some washing and you can put some Coke into the water. And Coke can make them cleaner.
* Cooking. Put Coke on beef or pork while... | middle6656.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Kung Fu"
},
"options": [
"Acting",
"Kung Fu",
"Fighting",
"Films"
],
"question": "What was Bruce Lee interested in all his life?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_... | Bruce Lee was born in San Francisco, California in 1940. His farther was a movie actor. Young Bruce appeared in his first movie with his farther when he was only two months old. Bruce and his parents returned to their home in Hong Kong in 1941. Bruce began to act in Chinese movies at the age of six.
In Hong Kong, Bruc... | middle446.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "was eager to know the secret of success"
},
"options": [
"wanted to meet Einstein",
"wanted to be a great scientist like Einstein",
"was eager to know the secret of success",
"wanted to be a student of Einstein"
... | A young man asked Albert Einstein, the great German scientist, "What the secret of success is.?" The scientist told him that the secret of success is hard work. A few days later the young man asked the same question again. Einstein was very _ . He did not say anything, but wrote a few words on a piece of paper. On it ... | middle6865.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the restaurant is difficult to find"
},
"options": [
"they don't like the food here",
"the restaurant is difficult to find",
"the restaurant is too small",
"Western food is not popular"
],
"question": "There are... | My favourite restaurant is called 'Annablella's cafe'. It is a small restaurant serving Western food. It is in a city called Bristol. It is difficult to find because it is behind a very tall building. Only local people eat at this restaurant, and visitors can never find it! I think the food at the restaurant is the be... | middle4914.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "I should be more friendly to him than before."
},
"options": [
"I'll stay away from him.",
"I won't have meals with him.",
"I won't talk with him.",
"I should be more friendly to him than before."
],
"question":... | Liu Yun, 13, pretty and smart. She is a good student. But many students try to stay from her because Liu Yun's mum has AIDS and her father has died of AIDS. Luckily, Liu Yun didn't get it.
AIDS means fear for most people. Nobody wants to play games with her. Even a teacher who used to like her turns his back on her no... | middle320.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Ted spends a lot of time watching his favorite sport on TV."
},
"options": [
"Ben was pleased to leave school.",
"Eve does not spend much time in reading.",
"Ted spends a lot of time watching his favorite sport on TV.",
... | Ben
When I left school five years ago, I said to myself, _ No more learning for me.Now I can enjoy myself in the evening." But about a year ago the boss said, "We're going to get a computer in the near future." What does he mean? I simply don't know.Anyway, I decided to go to evening classes.I'm quite an expert on com... | middle1878.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Two"
},
"options": [
"Only one",
"Two",
"Three",
"None"
],
"question": "How many notice boards did Mr. Brown make altogether?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_ind... | Mr. Brown lived in a house less than two miles from his office, so he was able to drive home every day for lunch. Every time he drove home at noon, he found many cars were parked outside his house and there was no room for his own car. He had to drive somewhere else to park his car. Then he had to walk back home. This ... | middle334.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "20"
},
"options": [
"10",
"20",
"half",
"21"
],
"question": "Over _ students in Wang Hui's class have adopted pets online.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_inde... | Raising pets is a popular online game among teenagers. "More than 20 of my classmates have adopted pets online." Said Wang Hui from Beijing.
If you go to some websites, you can adopt virtual pets like penguins , chickens, dogs and elephants. You can feed, wash, talk to and play with your pet.
Dai Yingshuang of Shangh... | middle4900.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "writer"
},
"options": [
"teacher",
"zookeeper",
"writer",
"police"
],
"question": "Jeff is a _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text":... | Jeff Corwin is a scientist and writer. He does these jobs with one life goal help save animals and their habitats. His latest book, 100 Heartbeats: The Race to Save Earth's Most Endangered Species. Is a collection of stories about animals on the edge of _ . Corwin recently talked to a reporter.
Reporter: How would you... | middle3909.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The writer was still quite familiar with the song \"Ivory Tower\"."
},
"options": [
"The writer was able to sing before she could speak.",
"The writer preferred to live a busy life in the city.",
"The writer was still quite f... | Four years ago my sweet mom went to be with her Lord. She did it her way.
I got the call at work, and I headed home quickly. Mom and Dad lived on a small farm that they had owned since I was seven. I hated going there every weekend. There was nothing for a young girl to do but watch the one station on the old TV set, i... | middle452.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The Sun Hotel"
},
"options": [
"The old woman's hote1.",
"The old woman's house.",
"The Sun Hotel",
"His own house."
],
"question": "Where did Mr Black want to go?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},... | One morning, Mr Black was driving in the country and looking for a small hotel. When he saw an old woman on the side of the road, he stopped his car and said to the old woman, "I want to go to the Sun Hotel. Do you know it?"
"Yes," the old woman said,"I will show you the way." She got into Mr Black's car and they drove... | middle5388.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "hold a competition"
},
"options": [
"hold a competition",
"buy a new crown",
"go on a journey",
"see stars twinkling"
],
"question": "The queen wanted to _ for the most beautiful thing in the world.",
"qu... | Long ago, there was a queen who lived in a palace. She felt bored and said to her advisor( ), "AIl the things around me are too boring. I need a different kind of beauty. Let everyone know that I will hold a competition for the most beautiful thing in the world. And the prize will be this crown ."
Several days later, ... | middle6681.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Both A and B"
},
"options": [
"It was old and broken.",
"It was full of grass.",
"There were many animals on it.",
"Both A and B"
],
"question": "What was the farm like at first?",
"question_type": "factiod_... | A farmer bought an old and run-down farm. The fields were grown over with weeds, the farmhouse was falling apart, and the fences were broken all around. The roads were hidden because of the grass that were growing madly. And there were not any animals on it. However, the farmer planed to turn it into a pleasant and lo... | middle6859.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "in a red car"
},
"options": [
"in a big bus",
"in a green jeep",
"in a red car",
"in a red taxi"
],
"question": "A man was travelling abroad _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": ... | A man was travelling abroad in a small red car. One day he left the car and went shopping. When he came back, its roof was badly damaged.
Some boys told him that an elephant had damaged it. The man did not believe them, but they took him to a circus which was near there. The owner of the elephant said, "I am very sorr... | middle1850.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "She was cleaning the house."
},
"options": [
"She was cleaning the house.",
"She was making some cakes.",
"She was putting on her old clothes.",
"She was talking off her stockings."
],
"question": "What was Mrs ... | Mrs Jones was still cleaning the house when her husband came back from work. She was wearing dirty, old clothes and no stockings and her hair was not tidy. She looked dirty and tired. Her husband looked at her and said, "Is this what I come home to see after a hard day's work?"
Mr Jones' neighbour, Mrs Smith, was the... | middle4928.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "A clock"
},
"options": [
"A man",
"A tower",
"A clock",
"A plane"
],
"question": "What is Big Ben?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text"... | If you go to England, you may want to visit Big Ben. Big Ben is not the name of a man but a name of the clock in London. It has a long history of about 150 years. It is at the north end of the Palace of Westminster . The big clock has four faces. So you can read the face of the chock everywhere.The hands of it are abou... | middle2381.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "A few years ago"
},
"options": [
"last week",
"last year",
"A few years ago",
"this year"
],
"question": "I collected old paving bricks _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | I love collecting old paving bricks ( ). It is my favourite hobby. I started it last year when I needed to help our teacher to hold a fair display ( ) for our school. A few years earlier, I read an article about paving bricks in a fashion magazine. I found it was very interesting, so I decided to do the display on the ... | middle2395.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "five"
},
"options": [
"three",
"four",
"five",
"six"
],
"question": "One should study for at least _ years to be a doctor.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_inde... | Most people have jobs. They go to work nearly every day. Some people are lucky, because they have very interesting jobs. Some people must take a long time to learn how to do their jobs. For example, to be a doctor, one should study for at least five years.
Some young people have very interesting and high-paying jobs. M... | middle1844.txt |
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