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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "runawayandfindanexitasquicklyasyoucan"
},
"options": [
"putdrythingsonyourbody",
"runquicklyandtakethelift",
"runawayandfindanexitasquicklyasyoucan",
"takeeverythingyouhaveandthenrunaway"
],
"question": "If your... | According to a new survey, student safety has become a big problem. Nearly 50% of students say they are worried about robbery on the way to and from school. Now in many big cities in China, some schools have taught an unusual lesson: self-protection . Students like this lesson because there are no exams or boring clas... | middle308.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "a bad cooking experience"
},
"options": [
"Mike's hobby",
"Suzie's hobby",
"a celebrity chef",
"a bad cooking experience"
],
"question": "What is the main idea of the letter?",
"question_type": null
},
{... | Hi Suzie,
I have a big problem again! You know that I love to cook. Everyone says that I am the next "celebrity chef". I never miss favourite cookery shows on TV. I always like to try new recipes. Curry is one of my favourite meals. I love all the spices and that is the problem!
I am in the kitchen when the telephone r... | middle6695.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "by bike"
},
"options": [
"on foot",
"by bike",
"by bus",
"by car"
],
"question": "Maria goes to school _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"ans... | My name is Maria. I'm 13. I live in New York City. I often go to school by bike. Riding a bike is good exercise for me. I like watching NBA matches on TV very much. I watch them every week. It's real fun for me. I like pop music a lot, too. My favorite singing star is Michael Jackson. At school, music is my favorite su... | middle4082.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "China"
},
"options": [
"America",
"England",
"China",
"Canada"
],
"question": "Where does Mary live now? She lives in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index"... | Mary is an American schoolgirl. She is now in Beijing with her parents. She doesn't know Chinese, but she is trying to study and speak it. She often tries to speak Chinese to her Chinese friends. Sometimes they don't understand her, because she can't speak Chinese well.
It's Saturday morning. Mary goes out. She is on h... | middle1845.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "good and bad things"
},
"options": [
"good things",
"bad things",
"good or bad things",
"good and bad things"
],
"question": "Children can learn _ from TV programmes.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"... | Boys and girls love to watch TV. Some children spend six hours a day in school and four to six in front of the TV set. Some children even watch TV for eight or more hours on Saturday. TV programmes are like books and films. A child can learn bad things from some of them and good things from others. Some programmes help... | middle2394.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "1.7 metres tall."
},
"options": [
"1.75 metres tall.",
"1.7 metres tall.",
"1.65 metres tall.",
"1.6 metres tall."
],
"question": "How tall is Wang Mei?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"a... | Hello,everyone.let me introduce myself.My name is Wang Mei.I'm 1.7 metres tall.My eyes are black.I have long red hair.My favourite colour is blue.My favourite clothes are dresses.I feel happy every day because I have many friends.They look different,but they are very kind to me.Jenny has short blond hair.Her eyes are b... | middle4083.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "keeping old things"
},
"options": [
"keeping old things",
"meeting farmers",
"traveling from village to village",
"buying cats"
],
"question": "The man liked _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
... | A man was looking for things of old times.One day he came to a village and found a blue bowl which looked very old.The bowl was on the ground and a cat was drinking milk from it.A farmer,the owner of the cat.was lying beside the bowl.In order not to draw the farmer's attention to the value of the bowl,the man said ... | middle6694.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "In SBS"
},
"options": [
"In SBV",
"In KBS",
"In BTV",
"In SBS"
],
"question": "Where is the Running Man aired?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"... | Running Man is a variety show which is aired in SBS, a famous South Korean TV channel.
The show broadcasts on Sunday every week. The translation can be watched on the Internet every Monday. It's very interesting and funny. In the program, everyone should keep running.
Here are some information of its hosts and hostess... | middle6858.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "walk behind women"
},
"options": [
"walk ahead of women",
"eat in a restaurant",
"walk behind women",
"drive a car to work"
],
"question": "In America men usually _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"... | In America, just as in Europe, men usually open doors for women, and women always walk ahead of men into a room or a restaurant, unless the men have to be ahead of the ladies to choose the table, to open the door of a car or do some other things like the above. On the street, men almost always walk or cross the street ... | middle6680.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Two."
},
"options": [
"One.",
"Two.",
"Three.",
"Four"
],
"question": "How many sons did Tom have?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text"... | As a young man, Tom was a famous artist with a wife and two fine sons. One night, his older son was ill. Tom and his wife thought it was nothing serious. But the boy died suddenly that night..
After his son died, Tom always felt very sad. To make matters worse, his wife also left him later, leaving him alone with his s... | middle5389.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "face masks"
},
"options": [
"keys",
"wallets",
"phones",
"face masks"
],
"question": "People will take _ with them before going out, hoping to protect them from the polluted air.",
"question_type": "cloze_... | People usually check whether their keys, wallets and phones are with them before going out . But many people in China now have one more important thing to take -- a face mask . They hope that it can protect them from polluted air.
Since January, many cities in China have seen a lot of foggy days.In Beijing, only five ... | middle4097.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "They mostly find resources and study climate change and sea biology."
},
"options": [
"They mostly study on the animals and plants there.",
"They mostly find resources and study climate change and sea biology.",
"They mostly ... | There are seven continents in the world. Among them, Antarctica is the most special one. It is a world of snow and ice all year round. China has sent many scientists there. They try to find resources under the icy land and study climate change and sea biology.
What do they eat?
Scientists don't have many choices on wha... | middle2380.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Because it could bring danger."
},
"options": [
"Because it could bring danger.",
"Because it was boring.",
"Because it was not part of the life.",
"Because their son didn't like to talk to strangers."
],
"quest... | When I was young, my parents always told me that I should never talk to strangers. They told me it was dangerous. But now could we make new friends if we were like that ?
And then, how can we break ice? Don't just look at your shoes. Go and say "Hi" to the person before you. It will easier to break the ice if you know ... | middle4929.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Five"
},
"options": [
"Two",
"Three",
"Five",
"Six"
],
"question": "How many steps are there to send birthday e-cards?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,... | In today's class, we'll learn how to send birthday e-cards to friends anywhere in the world without leaving our classroom. I'll show it to you on 123 Greetings, which is one of the most popular e-card websites.
Step 1: Surf the Internet and go to 123 Greetings. Click "Happy Birthday"
Step 2: Make your e-card. After c... | middle1851.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "8:05 pm"
},
"options": [
"8:00 am",
"8:05 am",
"8:00 pm",
"8:05 pm"
],
"question": "The program begins at _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"... | With the beautiful music, the first lesson of the new term in 2014 began at 8:05 on the evening of September 1st, 2014. The program includes four parts: be nice to your parents, be polite to others, love others and be self-improved. It really makes a great difference to the students and the parents' ideas.
Family educa... | middle4901.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "They had no money to buy any food."
},
"options": [
"their father couldn't find a job in the town..",
"they didn't hear from their father.",
"Their father left them away.",
"They had no money to buy any food."
],
... | Bruce and Bruno looked worried those days. Their father went to a town far away. Before leaving, he said he would write to them as soon as he found a job there. But two months passed, they did not hear from him. Now they had nothing except the old house and they had no money to buy any food. They thought for a long tim... | middle1879.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Because they are looking for a sunny beach to lie on."
},
"options": [
"Because they want to see battlefields or religious shrines.",
"Because they are looking for a sunny beach to lie on.",
"Because they are looking for cult... | People travel for a lot of reasons. Some tourists go to see battlefields or religious shrines .Others are looking for cultures, or simply want to have their pictures taken in front of famous places. Most European tourists are looking for a sunny beach to lie on.
_ of northern cities like London, Copenhagen, and Amster... | middle6870.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "calls attention to deep reading"
},
"options": [
"introduces the wave of future",
"adds a lot of fun for readers",
"explains what deep reading is",
"calls attention to deep reading"
],
"question": "The compariso... | Nora, a 17-year-old American, notices that when she has to do a paper for school and researches it on the Internet, she rarely reads a whole page and does deep reading. "I'll read the beginning of a paragraph and then I'll skip the rest," she says.
While Nora's mother, Martha, loves sitting down with a good book and r... | middle453.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because friends could have a good time during the tea."
},
"options": [
"Because it is a small meal, not a drink.",
"Because it became popular about one hundred and fifty years ago.",
"Because friends could have a good time d... | Afternoon tea (The traditional 4 o'clock tea) is a small meal, not a drink. Now most English families do not have time for afternoon tea at home, but in the past it was a tradition. However, you can still have afternoon tea at many tea rooms around England. Afternoon tea became popular about one hundred and fifty years... | middle6864.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "orange skin"
},
"options": [
"orange eyes and hair",
"orange skin",
"oranges",
"yellow skin"
],
"question": "The woman in this story has _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Different people have different colors of skin. Some have black skin, some have yellow skin and some have white skin. There is a woman in Alaska. Her skin is orange. It is almost the color of orange juice. How did her skin become orange? She ate lots of tomatoes, carrots and squash . She ate too many orange things. Tha... | middle447.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He traveled in Italy."
},
"options": [
"He went to work in a restaurant.",
"He went to buy an umbrella.",
"He traveled in Italy.",
"He wanted to visit his friends."
],
"question": "Why did the Englishman go to I... | An Englishman was once traveling in Italy. One day he went into a small restaurant to order dinner. He understood very little Italian and couldn't read the menu . He knew the word for eggs, and so he ordered eggs. Italy is famous, however, for its mushrooms with eggs. But he did not know the word for mushrooms. The wa... | middle321.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "honesty"
},
"options": [
"honesty",
"money",
"food",
"happiness"
],
"question": "The young man played the violin for _ at the entrance the next day.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answ... | On a Friday night, a poor young violinist was playing his violin at the entrance of the subway station. The music was so great that people put some money into his hat.
The next day, the violinist came to the entrance again. He put down his hat as usual. Beside the hat was a piece of paper with some words on it: "A Geor... | middle4915.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Ting's coming to the writer."
},
"options": [
"Ting's coming to the writer.",
"The things Ting said.",
"The writer's own feeling.",
"Ting is easy to be with."
],
"question": "\" _ because ....\" What does \"th... | I have known Ting for a long time. She was a friend of mine in high school. Ting used to see me as her best friend in my class because, as she said , it was easy to be friends with me . Therefore ,when we had time in school,she often came to me and we would talk about many things. Though I didn't have special feelings ... | middle2357.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "needn't pay for it"
},
"options": [
"have to pay one dollar for it",
"needn't pay for it",
"need to borrow five books first",
"need to make a card"
],
"question": "If you want to get a library card, you _ .",... | Welcome to Our School Library
Our Library is in the south of our school. The Library is open to every student and the library card is free. You can borrow five books, one CD and four videos --three weeks for books, one week for CDs and videos at the same time.
BOOKS
1. You can borrow picture books for children and all ... | middle4726.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "book"
},
"options": [
"film",
"story",
"book",
"newspaper"
],
"question": "Brave New Girls is a _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_tex... | When you get up in the morning, do you find it hard to choose what clothes to wear? If so, you probably need help to make the bigger choices in your life, like what to do when you're older. Brave New Girls, by American author Jean Gade-berg, will help you make such choices. It says you must be a brave new girl. A brave... | middle1886.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "At 3:30 p.m."
},
"options": [
"At 3:30 a.m.",
"At 3:30 p.m.",
"At 9:15 a.m.",
"At 9:15 p.m."
],
"question": "When does Mr. White start to help his mother?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
... | Mr. White is very busy today. He helps his mother move into a new house. He starts at 3:30 in the afternoon. First he cleans the windows. Then he carries all the heavy furniture into the new house. He helps his mother put the curtains up too.
Mr. White is very tired when he gets "home". It is 9:15 p.m. He can't fin... | middle6657.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "doesn't have a good rest"
},
"options": [
"has time to have a good sleep",
"is busy but he can have a good sleep",
"isn't tired and doesn't like to go to bed early",
"doesn't have a good rest"
],
"question": "Mr... | Mr White works in an office. He's very busy and has no time to have a good rest. Every evening, when he comes back from his office, he's always tired and wants to go to bed early. But his wife often has a lot of interesting things to tell him after dinner. She doesn't stop talking until she falls asleep . But it's usu... | middle1138.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a big swimming pool, two soccer fields, a cinema, a gym and a shopping center"
},
"options": [
"a big swimming pool and a music room",
"a room to relax and play computer games",
"a big swimming pool, two soccer fields, a cine... | We spend hours, days and years of our lives in school. Imagine you could design your dream school, what would it be like? What would you be doing? We wanted to find out what teenagers around the world thought. Here is what they said:
Richard from the USA: My dream school would have a big swimming pool and two soccer ... | middle4040.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "A cat."
},
"options": [
"A boy.",
"A cat.",
"A fish.",
"A tiger."
],
"question": "Who is my good friend at home?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
... | I have a good friend at home. Her name is Mimi. She is white and yellow. She is very cute. I play with her when(......) I have time. She likes fish very much. When she is behind (......) the sofa or in her box, you can't see her. When I sit on the sofa, she sits with me. In the evening I do my homework at my desk, and ... | middle2431.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Talking Plants and Friendly Warnings"
},
"options": [
"Communicating Plants and Terrible Diseases",
"Talking Plants and Friendly Warnings",
"Protecting Plants and Clear Information",
"Growing Plants and Mysterious Chemi... | We often consider plants as the furniture of the natural world. They don't move; they don't make sounds;they don't seem to act on anything. But as is often the case, plants talk to each other all the time. And the language is a chemical .
Over the years, scientists have reported that different types of plants, from tr... | middle4054.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "meet Oprah Winfrey"
},
"options": [
"watch animals",
"eat delicious food",
"meet Oprah Winfrey",
"work"
],
"question": "Jones wants to go to Chicago to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | Hello, I'm Jones. I want to go to the following three places.
I would like to visit Harpo Studios in Chicago, because it hosts The Oprah Winfrey Show. I really love Oprah Winfrey. I want to meet her. It doesn't snow in my country. Chicago is in the northeast of the USA. I'd like to be there, see snow.
Paris is the mos... | middle6643.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "People still believe old ideas about why they catch colds."
},
"options": [
"People still believe old ideas about why they catch colds.",
"Colds are the biggest health problem in the world.",
"Some people think that strong wi... | Many cultures have different ideas about why people catch colds. For example in the United States, some people think that you can catch a cold if your feet get cold. So, mothers tell small children to wear warm boots in the winter. In other places, including parts of the Middle East, some people believe that strong win... | middle1892.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Friday evening"
},
"options": [
"Monday morning",
"Friday evening",
"Friday morning",
"Wednesday afternoon"
],
"question": "Mr. Smith gave his wife money every _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
... | Mr Smith gave his wife money every Friday evening. His wife always spent it all the next Wednesday, so that for the next three days she had no money to spend at all. One day Mr Smith asked her, "But how did you spend all that money?" She answered, "I don't know ."So on Friday evening, Mr Smith gave her money together ... | middle8108.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "dinosaurs"
},
"options": [
"monkeys",
"dinosaurs",
"pandas",
"tigers"
],
"question": "When someone says extinct animals, you may think about _ ?",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": ... | When someone says extinct animals, you may think about dinosaurs . But now many other animals are becoming less and less in number. These animals might disappear from the earth very soon. Take a look at the following animals. They are all in danger.
The African Elephant
The African elephant is a clever animal. It has ... | middle6125.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Clean the house."
},
"options": [
"Watch a movie.",
"Clean the house.",
"Go to the dentist's.",
"Take a walk."
],
"question": "What did Susan have to do on Saturday morning?",
"question_type": "factiod_quest... | Ted and Susan are good friends. Last Saturday, Ted asked Susan to go with him to watch a movie or take a walk down by the lake. Susan really wanted to go, but she was really busy all Saturday. First, her mom asked her to help clean the house in the morning, and then she had to go to the dentist's at 12:30. Two hours af... | middle2343.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a colourful sofa"
},
"options": [
"a colourful telephone",
"no bathroom",
"a colourful sofa",
"modern tables"
],
"question": "Every bedroom at the Garden Hotel has _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"... | If you go to Hawaii, you can stay at the Garden Hotel. When you go there for holiday, you will find everything as comfortable as you would expect in a first-class international hotel.
Every bedroom has its own bathroom, telephone, special tables and colourful, modern sofa.
In the Mitsui Restaurant, you can choose your... | middle4732.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Because he wasn't bothered by the talkative wife."
},
"options": [
"Because he could enjoy art with his wife.",
"Because he wasn't bothered by the talkative wife.",
"Because he could face the problems in his life.",
"Be... | One afternoon I took a trip to an art museum while waiting for my husband to finish a business meeting. I was looking forward to a quiet view of the masterpieces .
A young couple looking at the paintings in front of me chatted non--stop. I watched them for a moment and realized she was doing all the talking. I admired ... | middle8120.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "six"
},
"options": [
"four",
"five",
"six",
"seven"
],
"question": "American black bears may have _ colours according to the passage.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"... | American black bears appear in a variety of colors despite their name. In the eastern part, most of these bears have shiny black fur, but in the west they grow brown, red, or even yellow coats. To the north, the black bear is actually gray or white in color. Even in the same litter , both brown and black furred bears ... | middle1662.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "America"
},
"options": [
"Scotland",
"Bangkok",
"America",
"China"
],
"question": "The museum of ice cream is in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | YOU might go to a museum to look at old cars or something about an ancient civilization . Would you like to see ice cream?
Believe it or not, there is a museum of ice cream in Iowa in the United States. Visitors can see a video that tells all about the history of the delicious snack.
It seems that ice cream goes back ... | middle5404.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "know the ways to escape the fire"
},
"options": [
"put out the fire in the burning house",
"know the ways to escape the fire",
"jump off a burning house",
"keep the door closed"
],
"question": "It is important t... | What are you going to do if you are in a burning house? How will you escape? Do you know how to save yourself? Please read the following passage.
Escaping a fire is a serious matter.Knowing what to do during a fire can save your life.It is important to know the ways you can use and show them to everyone in the family,s... | middle3075.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "New Jersey"
},
"options": [
"New York",
"London",
"New Jersey",
"Washington"
],
"question": "Mr and Mrs Smith always spent their holidays in _ before they made a lot of money.",
"question_type": "cloze_que... | Mr and Mrs Smith had always spent their summer holidays in New Jersey ( ) in the past, staying in a small inn at the foot of the hill.
One year, however, Mr Smith made a lot of money in his business, so they decided to go to London and stay at a really good hotel while they went touring around the famous city.
They fle... | middle3713.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "failure"
},
"options": [
"love",
"failure",
"sadness",
"hope"
],
"question": "We usually have to accept _ if we want to be successful.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Life comes in a package.This package includes happiness and sadness, failure and success, hope and _ .Life is a learning process.Experiences in life teach us new lessons and make us a better person.With each passing day we learn to deal with various situations.
Love plays a main role in our life.Love makes you feel wan... | middle5362.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "he had lived to be much longer than most people"
},
"options": [
"he was a happy man",
"he was a friend of them",
"he had lived to be much longer than most people",
"he had married three times"
],
"question": "S... | Grygori Pilikian spent his 114th birthday the other day and some reporters visited him to find out the secret of a long life.
"The secret of a long life is happiness," Grygori said. "If you are happy, you will live a long time."
"Are you married?" a reporter asked. "Yes," Grygori answered. "I married my third wife when... | middle1104.txt |
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},
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"He looked for his lost sparrow.",
"He wanted to visit a place with many birds.",
"He found a basket full of gold."
],
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He asked excitedly, "Will you please go home with me, my bird?" Though the bird was also happy to see the old man, it shook its head... | middle7575.txt |
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"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "found people felt hungry during the long wait between the two meals"
},
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"loved tea and beautiful china tea cups",
"wanted to share nice food with her friends",
"... | One thing that British and Chinese cultures share is a love for tea. Today, when we think of western tea culture, we often think of the English and beautiful china tea cups.
Afternoon tea:
People believe that an English lady, Anna, first introduced the idea of afternoon tea. In the 18thand 19thcenturies, the English at... | middle1110.txt |
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"answer_text": "he thought the boy would buy something of no use"
},
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"he thought the boy wanted to keep the money for himself",
"he did not have enough money at that moment",
"he thought the boy would buy something of no use",
... | "Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?"
"If you must know, I make $20 an hour."
"Oh," the little boy replied, with his head down.He thought for a moment, looked up and said, "Daddy,could you lend me $10?" The father was _ , "If you asked for the money to buy a toy or some other rubbish, then go straight to your ... | middle484.txt |
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"Bill's",
"my",
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],
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},
{
"answer": {
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "friends"
},
"options": [
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"brother",
"sisters",
"parents"
],
"question": ".Many teenagers think that _ can understand them better.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Many teenagers feel that the most important people in their life are their friends. They believe that their family don't know them as well as their friends do. In large families ,it is quite often for brothers and sisters to fight ,and then they can only go to their friends for some ideas.
It's very important for teena... | middle3707.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
"options": [
"Tina",
"John",
"Jane",
"Mr. Cai"
],
"question": "Gina is a good teacher and she wants to find a job. She can call _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
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... | *Teachers Wanted
Are you a teacher? Do you like kids? Can you help them with Chinese? Come to join us. Call John at 378-5788.
*Ping-pong Club
Do you like to play ping-pong? Do you want to play ping-pong well? Mr. Cai can teach you. You can come here every Saturday afternoon.
Tel: 368-5778
Add: Room 212 in School's P.E.... | middle2419.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
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},
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"Send it to Administrative Offices at once.",
"Send it to Animal Protection and Control at once.",
"Call Animal Protection ... | Town Lake Animal Center is the largest animal shelter in Central Texas, providing shelter for more than 23,000 animals each year and animal control services for all of Austin and Travis County. In the shelter, no animal will be turned away.
_
Shelter
Monday - Friday, 11:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday - Sunday, 11:30 ... | middle3061.txt |
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"answer_index": 0,
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},
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"monkeys",
"lions",
"giraffes"
],
"question": "The _ did the decorations for the party.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_ind... | What fun the animals' party was! The zebras did a great job with the decorations.The lions and giraffes put together delicious food.No one knew music like the forest birds.The bears made clever posters to spread the news to all the animals.
When the talent shows began, one of the monkeys hurried out to the dance floor.... | middle8134.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "money will never be enough for them"
},
"options": [
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"making money can make them very happy",
"money will never be enough for them",
"they want to become the richest men in the world."... | What does success mean? Is it becoming famous, rich, coming up with an idea that changes people's lives, or helping others and feeling happy?
People who have a billion dollars, for example, are they successful? Why don't they stop trying to make money then? Why would they possibly need more than a billion dollars? They... | middle7207.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "malls"
},
"options": [
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"shops",
"streets",
"malls"
],
"question": "In America, Most people enjoy shopping in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer... | On Saturdays, most people are busy shopping. Some of them go to the shops, and some go to the supermarkets. But in American, most shoppers enjoy shopping in the shopping malls.
A mall is a group of many shops. There you can buy clothes, furniture, and everything you need. Shopping malls provide parking for your cars. U... | middle1676.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "65"
},
"options": [
"20",
"25",
"40",
"65"
],
"question": "The writer finished her first cross-country race in about _ minutes.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_... | The morning was cold and clear. A yellow bus came around the corner and stopped near a wood . A coach asked the students to get off the bus. Girls began to gather by the starting line. One of them is a young, little girl. She had prepared for this running race for the whole summer. She looked around at the other girls... | middle6119.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "one is born with his colour preference"
},
"options": [
"one can choose his colour preference",
"one is born with his colour preference",
"one's colour preference is changeable",
"one has to choose his favourite colour ... | What is your favorite colour? Do you like yellow, orange, red? If you do, you must be an optimist , a leader or an active person who enjoys life, people and excitement. Do you prefer grey and blue? Then you are probably quiet, shy and you would rather follow than lead. If you love green, you are strong-minded and dete... | middle7950.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "an operation done with the help of a robot"
},
"options": [
"a special kind of robot invented by doctors",
"an operation done far away",
"an operation done with the help of a robot",
"something done to mend a robot"
... | French doctors and American scientists have reported doing an operation in which the doctor was outside the operating room. This kind of operation is known as robotic operation.
Doctor Marescaux did the operation in an office in New York City last month, while a sixty-eight-year-old woman patient was in a hospital in S... | middle6496.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "didn't want the young lady to hear her voice"
},
"options": [
"didn't want the young lady to hear her voice",
"didn't want to trouble the young lady any more",
"was so tired that she didn't want to talk with her",
"was ... | A young lady was driving alone through the street. It was dark and rainy. Suddenly she saw an old woman by the side of the road, holding up her hands as if she wanted a lift . "I can't leave her out in this weather," the young lady said to herself. She stopped her car and opened the door.
"Do you want a lift?" she aske... | middle7788.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Chongqing"
},
"options": [
"the UK",
"Beijing",
"the USA",
"Chongqing"
],
"question": "My English teacher Sophia is in _ now.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_i... | I have many teachers now and I love them all, but I think I love my English teacher, Sophia, best.
Sophia is from the UK. But she loves Chongqing very much. She thinks Chongqing is great. She loves Chongqing food. Do you know what she likes for breakfast? Bread and milk? No, she doesn't. She only has noodles . Hot pot ... | middle4281.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "orange skin"
},
"options": [
"an orange coat",
"orange skin",
"an orange dress",
"yellow skin"
],
"question": "The woman has _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_... | Different people have different colors of skin . Some have black skin. Some have yellow skin, and some have white skin. There's a woman in America. Her skin is orange. It's the color of orange juice.
Why does she become orange ? She eats too many tomatoes , carrots and squashes . She eats many orange things. That's w... | middle2828.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "was on TV for the first time"
},
"options": [
"watched a TV programme with his parents",
"was on TV for the first time",
"played soccer in the park with his friends",
"saw the hosts of the programme Kid's Speak Out"
... | I'm Jack, and I am a middle school student. Yesterday was the most exciting day in my life. I was on TV! This is my first time on TV. In the evening, Mum, Dad and I were watching a TV programme in the sitting room and there I was! This is how it happened.
I was playing soccer in the park with my friends when a man and ... | middle2196.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "September 28,551 BC"
},
"options": [
"September 28,551 AD",
"September 28,551 BC",
"December 28,551 BC",
"December 28,551 AD"
],
"question": "Confucius was born on _ . '",
"question_type": "cloze_questi... | Confucius was born on September 28,551 BC.Chinese regard Confucius as the greatest thinker and also the greatest teacher.He had about 3,000 students.For more that 2,000 years,Confucius's ideas have been around in people's everyday life.Now they have gone far into east and south Asia.People can still hear them today.
Wh... | middle3288.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "He tries to get on well with others."
},
"options": [
"He never fights against others.",
"He tries to get on well with others.",
"It is hard for him to live with other wolves.",
"Sometimes he had a terrible fight becaus... | A Lesson from the Elder
Grandfather was an elder Cherokee Native American who had a wrinkled, nut brown face and kind dark eyes. His grandson often came in the evening to sit on his knee and asked the many questions that children would ask.
One day the grandson came to his grandfather with a look of anger on his face a... | middle2182.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Yes, he did."
},
"options": [
"Yes, he has.",
"No, he wasn't.",
"Yes, he did.",
"No, he didn't."
],
"question": "Did the thief steal anything from Brown's house?",
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},
... | Mr Brown is one of my friends. He can run very fast and likes to show people how fast he can run. One day, a thief got into his house, took some of his things and ran out of the house fast. Mr Brown found it and ran after him, and shouted, "Hey! Don't you know you can't get away from me."But the thief ran much faster,... | middle5835.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Why the writer likes Pisa"
},
"options": [
"Italian pizza",
"Italy's problems",
"How the leaning Tower of Pisa got its name",
"Why the writer likes Pisa"
],
"question": "This passage is about _",
"question_... | I often dreamed about Pisa when I was a boy .I read about the famous building called the Leaning Tower of Pisa. But when I read the word Pisa, I was thinking of pizza. I thought this tower was a place to buy pizza. It must be the best place to buy pizza in the world, I thought.
Many years later finally saw the Leaning ... | middle4295.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "A problem about a farm animal."
},
"options": [
"The digging of the creek.",
"A problem about a farm animal.",
"Who owned the field between the farms.",
"Who would pay for building the fence."
],
"question": "Wh... | Paul and Jason were brothers who lived and worked on neighbouring farms.For 35 years they farmed side by side,sharing machinery and goods as needed,without a single problem.
However,one autumn,things changed.It began with a tiny disagreement about a horse,which grew into a major difference.The difference led to angry w... | middle679.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "\"Fukushima 50\" stayed in the nuclear power plant bravely"
},
"options": [
"what happened in America on September 1l th, 2001",
"\"Fukushima 50\" stayed in the nuclear power plant bravely",
"who saved many lives from the big... | At a nation's saddest moment, its greatest heroes are born.
On September 11th, 2001, many police officers and government officials in America worked day and night to save lives from the big fire at the World Trade Centre. And in Japan, after the serious earthquake, a group of workers showed their courage.
The earthquak... | middle7944.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Because there have been theme parks named Angry Birds."
},
"options": [
"Because the screens of mobile phones and computers have become bigger.",
"Because Angry Birds has become more and more popular.",
"Because people spend ... | Now the game Angry Birds has become more and more popular with the young and the old. I'm sure you also enjoy it a lot. But is it too small to play the game on your mobile phone or on your computer? Do you want to visit a park where you can find some bigger birds and pigs? As this picture shows, Angry Birds has now bec... | middle6482.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "write a thank-you note"
},
"options": [
"return it",
"give it to one of our friends",
"do nothing",
"write a thank-you note"
],
"question": "When we receive a birthday present, we have to_.",
"question_type"... | What must you do when you receive a present for your birthday? You have to sit down and write a thank-you note. The word "thanks" is very important. We have to use them very often. We say them when someone gives us drink, helps us to pick up things, hands us a letter or lends us a book. It is rude to ask someone to do ... | middle2814.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "No one can change weather"
},
"options": [
"No one can make weather",
"No one can change weather",
"Asking each other's name",
"Talking what they eat"
],
"question": "\"No one does anything about the weather\"me... | Everyone talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it. It is true. People usually begin their talks with"Isn't it a nice day?"
Many people think they can tell what the weather is going to be like. But they hardly agree with each other. One man may say,"Do you see how cloudy it is in the east? It's going ... | middle651.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "She feels bored."
},
"options": [
"She doesn't have a job.",
"She feels bored.",
"She hates rainy days.",
"She feels awful at school."
],
"question": "What's Linda's problem?",
"question_type": "factiod_ques... | Problem:
I'm bored. We have a day off because of the heavy rain. If you didn't go to school today, what would you do? Why? Linda
Some advice:
If I were you, I would be at home doing something, such as making my bed or helping my mother do some chores. That way, my room would be clean and my parents would be happy. Tina... | middle889.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the migrant workers of China"
},
"options": [
"the factory owners of China",
"the business men and women of China",
"the migrant workers of China",
"the people in Chinese cities"
],
"question": "The journalist t... | Who's building the new China? It's not the factory owners or the business men and women of China. It's someone else. We see them every day, They work day and night in the terrible working conditions and weather. They build the roads, the theaters, the cinemas and the supermarkets. They even clean up our rubbish. They a... | middle137.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "The Mid-Autumn festival."
},
"options": [
"The Mid-Autumn festival.",
"New Year's Day.",
"Deepavali.",
"Songkran."
],
"question": "What is Sandy's favorite holiday?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
}... | What is your favorite holiday? Here are some students' opinions.
Sandy from Taiwan says:
My favorite holiday is the Mid-Autumn festival. I always visit my grandfather and grandmother, and we always go to the same restaurant on the mountain. At night, we always have a picnic, and watch the moon together. I enjoy it a lo... | middle5809.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Gmeiner built the first SOS Children's Village"
},
"options": [
"People gave Gmeiner some money.",
"There were many orphans at the end of the war",
"Gmeiner built the first SOS Children's Village",
"A man called Hermann... | In Europe many people died during the Second World War. As a result, at the end of the war there were many orphans there. A man called Hermann Gmeiner wanted to help these children. His idea was simple. He wanted orphans to have a home, and he wanted them to have the care and kindness of parents. Gmeiner asked people t... | middle7978.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "bookseller"
},
"options": [
"driver",
"judge",
"policeman",
"bookseller"
],
"question": "Mike found a job as a _ when he left school.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"... | Mike found a job in a bookstore after he finished middle school. He wouldn't do anything but wanted to get rich.
It was a cold morning. It snowed and there was thin ice on the streets. Few people went to buy books and the young man had nothing to do. He hated to read, so he watched the traffic. Suddenly he saw a bag fa... | middle645.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "English"
},
"options": [
"Chinese",
"English",
"Maths",
"Art"
],
"question": "My _ is not good.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text":... | There are many clubs in our school. My English is not good. I want to join the English club. Wang Ying wants to learn to paint. So he wants to join the art club. Zhang Ping likes running. He wants to join the running club. Li Nan is good at singing and she wants to join the music club. What club does Han Mei join? Oh, ... | middle2800.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a fig tree"
},
"options": [
"an apple tree",
"a fig tree",
"a pear tree",
"a banana tree"
],
"question": "The old man was planting _ when the rich man saw him.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
... | A rich man was riding along the road and saw an old man digging in his garden. There was a young tree lying on the ground. The rich man asked the old man. "What kind of tree are you planting there. My good man?"
"This is a fig tree, sir." He said.
"A fig tree? The rich man was very surprised. "Why, how old are you, may... | middle2633.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Jean-Marc"
},
"options": [
"English Climbing Team",
"Jean-Marc",
"Jean-Marc and his wife",
"K2 in the Himlayas"
],
"question": "_ climbed up the peak.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answ... | London Time, July 7, 1992
Mountaineer Jean-Marc came back to London yesterday. He was welcomed by all the people in the city. But the 28-year-old Frenchman was very modest. "I'm not a hero," he said in London Guild Hall, "It was something I wanted to do, so I did it."
Jean-Marc climbed the world's highest mountain, K2 ... | middle876.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Both A and B"
},
"options": [
"Because the weather there is changeable.",
"Because they do not like to talk about private things.",
"Because then they can talk about other things naturally.",
"Both A and B"
],
"... | Walking in the street in the USA or the UK, you can often hear people talking about the weather. "Lovely day, isn't it?" "It's cold, isn't it?" and so ox
Americans and English people like talking about the weather. This makes lots of Chinese puzzled . But they talk about the weather not only because the weather there c... | middle7993.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The challenges traditional bookstores face."
},
"options": [
"The development of online bookstores.",
"The disadvantages of traditional bookstores.",
"The great advantages of online bookstores.",
"The challenges traditi... | Online shopping is growing fast in China, and more and more Chinese are buying books online. At the same time, traditional bookstores are facing new challenges. A bookstore in Beijing is going out of business . All of its books are on sale. Bookstore owner Wang Jian says hot sales of books on the Internet pushed him to... | middle36.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "two inches longer than"
},
"options": [
"as long as",
"two inches longer than",
"as big as",
"two inches shorter than"
],
"question": "The young man bought the new trousers _ his size.",
"question_type":... | Here's a story about a very interesting family. A young man once went into town and bought himself a pair of trousers. When he got home, he went upstairs to his bedroom and put them on. He found that they were about two inches too long.
He came downstairs, where his mother and his two sisters were washing up tea thing... | middle6455.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "friend"
},
"options": [
"sister",
"cousin",
"friend",
"aunt"
],
"question": "Anna is Sally's _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text":... | My name is Sally Miller. I am a student in No. 3 Middle School. Look! This is a ruler. It's yellow. It's not my ruler. Who lost it?
"Anna, is this your ruler?" I ask my friend.
"No, it isn't. My ruler is white. And it's in my pencil box now," Anna answers.
"Excuse me, Jack. Is this your ruler?"
"No, it isn't. My ruler ... | middle6333.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "people in North America"
},
"options": [
"people in the Middle East",
"people in North America",
"people in the South America",
"people in North China"
],
"question": "From the passage, we should give _ more p... | Our new foreign students are going to arrive very soon, and here are some ways to communicate with them politely.
How close do you stand when you talk to a friend? You can stand close to people in the Middle East but don't stand too close to North Americans! Give them more personal space.
Do you know How to _ people co... | middle4524.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "find the morning news"
},
"options": [
"learn the latest news",
"meet their own different needs",
"read the short stories",
"find the morning news"
],
"question": "People read newspapers in order to _ .",
... | Reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life. Some people read newspapers as the first thing to do in the morning, others read newspapers as soon as they have free time during the day so that they can learn what is happening in the world.
Sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news ca... | middle2155.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "One"
},
"options": [
"One",
"Two",
"Three",
"Four"
],
"question": "How many Chinese festivals does the passage talk about?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"ans... | We call the Chinese New Year the Spring Festival. There is a name for each Chinese year. We may call it the year of the sheep, the monkey, the snake, the tiger, the rabbit, the horse or the year of the pig. And this year is the year of the Sheep.
Before New Year's Day, people are busy shopping and cleaning their house... | middle4530.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Thanks to the development of traffic and communication"
},
"options": [
"Because of the rise in pollution.",
"Thanks to the development of traffic and communication",
"Because the earth is blown away by the wind every year.",... | The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and modern communication. Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought new problems. One of the biggest problems is pollution. To pollute means to make things dirty. Pollution comes in many ways. We see it, smell it, dr... | middle2141.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "until 1750"
},
"options": [
"until 1750",
"after 1750",
"since 1750",
"from 1750"
],
"question": "The idea of roller skating didn't exist _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Today, roller skating is easy and fun. But, before 1750, the idea of skating didn't exist . That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. Merlin's work was making musical instruments.
One day Merlin was invited to a music party. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin be... | middle6327.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "seven"
},
"options": [
"three",
"five",
"six",
"seven"
],
"question": "This is a family of _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "from... | I am an American student. My name is Vicky King. I have a big family. I have two brothers. They and I are in the same school. My grandma and grandpa live with us. They are my father's parents.
My father is from England, but my mother's hometown is at the foot of the Great Wall of China. My brothers and I were all born ... | middle1448.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Three."
},
"options": [
"One",
"Two.",
"Three.",
"Four."
],
"question": "How many tips are there in the passage?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text":... | It's easy to get lost in a _ city. Here are some tips to help you find the way and get to your destination .
Take a map with you when you go to a new place. If you lose your way, look at the map, you'll find the place where you want to go.
If you still can't find the place on the map, ask the police for help.They ... | middle7039.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "in"
},
"options": [
"near",
"in",
"outside",
"far from"
],
"question": "Kate lives in a tall building _ London.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | Kate is an English girl. She lives in a tall building in the city of London. There are sixteen floors in the building, and she lives on the tenth floor. She uses a lift to go up and down. Kate studies in a middle school near her house and she works hard. She goes to school early. Every day she leaves her home at half p... | middle862.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Happy experience."
},
"options": [
"Happy experience.",
"A strong society",
"Too much work",
"A flight"
],
"question": "What does the writer expect family life to be like?",
"question_type": "factiod_questio... | In a few years, most people will know that a healthy, happy, loving family is a joy and it is a necessary part for building a strong society. But there are still some people who don't believe family life can be an enjoyable experience.
Some people already accepted the idea of the "me generation" so they fail to underst... | middle7987.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "They thought the boy was foolish."
},
"options": [
"They thought the boy was very clever.",
"They thought the boy was foolish.",
"They thought the boy couldn't speak.",
"They thought the boy was a good student."
],
... | A boy couldn't speak when he was 3 years old. A lot of people thought he was a foolish boy. When the boy was 9 years old, he could speak but he still couldn't speak well. His teacher didn't like him at all and his classmates laughed at him. He felt very sad, One day his father had a walk with him. They went to a wood a... | middle6441.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "a factory"
},
"options": [
"a factory",
"an office",
"a school",
"a hospital"
],
"question": "Mike works in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | Mike is a factory worker. He is often very tired after a day's work. His wife, Jenny, has no job, so she stays at home to cook the meals. Every day he can have his dinner when he gets home from his factory.
One day, Mike came home very late because he was very busy in the factory. He was very hungry when he got home.
H... | middle22.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "after he had a fight"
},
"options": [
"before he went to school",
"when he went to school",
"after school was over",
"after he had a fight"
],
"question": "The boy went to his grandfather _ .",
"question_... | One day, a boy had a fight with one of his classmates. He didn't wait until school was over, and hurried home to his grandfather. He told him his story angrily. "He is really bad," the boy said, "and I hate him."
The grandfather said, "Let me tell you a story. When I was a boy, I, too, sometimes hated others for what t... | middle2627.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Moscow"
},
"options": [
"Spain",
"London",
"Paris",
"Moscow"
],
"question": "Samaranch became the president of the IOC in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_in... | Within IOC, Samaranch was a man much admired and sometimes loved, the Spanish who made the organization into one that is rich and so powerful.
No one doubted Samaranch's ability to make something impossible come true. In 1981 he ensured that Seoul was elected to be the host of the 1988 Olympics. Remember, that was a t... | middle3539.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He is looking for a hotel to live in"
},
"options": [
"He is walking in the country",
"He is working for a restaurant",
"He is looking for a hotel to live in",
"He is driving a small bus"
],
"question": "What's ... | One morning , Mr. Black is driving in the country and looking for the Sun Hotel. When he sees an old woman on the side of the road, he stops his car and says to the woman, "Excuse me, I want to go to the Sun Hotel, do you know it?"
"Yes, "the woman says, "I'll show you the way. "She gets into Mr. Black's car, and they ... | middle4256.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Six"
},
"options": [
"Five",
"Six",
"Seven",
"Eight"
],
"question": "How many people were there in grandparents' family before the writer was born?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer... | A long time before I was born, my grandma and grandpa moved into the house on Beechwood Avenue. They had a young family of 4 little girls.
During that time, work was hard to find, so Grandpa did whatever jobs he could. He worked on a farm during the week and at weekends he and Grandpa grew some of their own food in the... | middle7777.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "autumn"
},
"options": [
"spring",
"summer",
"autumn",
"winter"
],
"question": "The writer started walking more slowly in the _ of his life.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Life is like the four seasons. Now I am very old, but when I was young, it was the spring of my life. After I was born, I played a lot, and then I started school. I learned many new things. Like a flower, I grew bigger every day. There were happy days and _ ldays: some days the sun shone, and some days it didn't.
In my... | middle1306.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "600."
},
"options": [
"900.",
"600.",
"400.",
"300."
],
"question": "How many rooms does Buckingham Palace have?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
... | Buckingham Palace is in London, England. Buckingham Palace is famous because Queen Elizabeth of England lives there. She became queen in 1952.
Buckingham Palace is a big and beautiful building. Queen Elizabeth and her family live on the second floor of the palace. The queen also has her office at the palace. Queen Eliz... | middle692.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "England"
},
"options": [
"China",
"America",
"England",
"Japan"
],
"question": "People in _ begin their talks with the weather.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_i... | In Britain, people usually begin their talks with weather. For example, they will say"It's a fine day, isn't it?""Do you think it will rain?"
Many people believe that they are able to tell what the weather will be like. But they never agree with each other. One man may say, "How cloudy it is now! It's going to rain."... | middle6469.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "was over 50 years old"
},
"options": [
"was in a hospital",
"worked in a library",
"was over 50 years old",
"studied at a university"
],
"question": "William thought about the people that he hadn't thanked in hi... | When William Stidger taught at Boston University, he once thought about the people he hadn't thanked in his life. They taught him, encouraged him or cared a lot about him.
One was a teacher. She once taught William geography, and William loved geography all his life. So he wrote a letter of thanks to her.
He got the te... | middle5160.txt |
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