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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "the Sun Hotel"
},
"options": [
"the Sun Hotel",
"The Moon Hotel",
"his home",
"the old man's house"
],
"question": "What is John looking for?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | John was travelling around the country in the town. One evening he was driving along a road and looking for a small hotel. When he saw an old man at the side of the road, he stopped his car and said to the old man, "I want to go to the Sun Hotel, Do you know it?"
"Yes," the old man answered, "I'll show you the way."
He... | middle3511.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "friends"
},
"options": [
"friends",
"sister",
"classmates",
"cousins"
],
"question": "Ann and Alice are _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"ans... | I'm Ann. I am twelve. My birthday is on May 11th. I am a student. I am in No. 3 middle School. I have a good friend. Her name is Alice. She is twelve, too. We are not in the same class. We have the same English teacher. Her name is Monica. We all like her. Kate is Alice's sister. Oh, today is November 11th. It's Kate'... | middle4518.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "5"
},
"options": [
"3",
"4",
"5",
"6"
],
"question": "The girl in this poem is _ years old now.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": ... | My Favorite Sweater
by Bonnie Highsmith Taylor
My favorite sweater grew too small.
I love that sweater best of all.
My grandma made it when I was three.
She made that sweater just for me.
I picked the yam , a special blue.
The color of bluebells, wet with dew .
When I was three I was very small.
But now I'm five and mu... | middle3277.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "she couldn't answer the question"
},
"options": [
"she was asked to answer a question",
"she was asked to stand up",
"she couldn't answer the question",
"the teacher looked funny"
],
"question": "The Chinese gir... | In an American classroom, a Chinese girl was asked to answer a question. She stood up and smiled, without making any sound. The American teacher looked at himself and didn't see anything funny. So he asked her the question again. The girl just smiled but said nothing. The teacher was angry. He didn't know that the girl... | middle2169.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "choose a career"
},
"options": [
"get good marks",
"choose a career",
"prepare for a competition",
"communicate with others"
],
"question": "We can infer that Victor wrote a letter to ask for advice on how to _... | Dear Victor,
I have received your loving letter from school and I am glad to know that you are becoming responsible enough to decide on your career .
You are now in the final year of high school and are going to start further education in college. You know that we belong to different times, and my social life is diffe... | middle5606.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "He did the cleaning"
},
"options": [
"He sent e-mails.",
"He did the cleaning",
"He sold computers.",
"He filled in forms."
],
"question": "What did the man do for the test?",
"question_type": "factiod_quest... | A jobless man wanted very much to have the position of "office boy" at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test. "You have passed the test," he said. "Give me your e-mail address and I'll send you the form to fill in and the date when you may start." The man replied, "... | middle1460.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "In l927."
},
"options": [
"In2006.",
"In l927.",
"In l971.",
"In l928."
],
"question": "When was the first trans-Atlantic telephone call from New York to London made?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
... | The first ever trans-Atlantic telephone call was made from New York City to London in 1927. In keeping with this spirit, we'd like to tell you some of our other communication records:
* Most spammed person
Microsoft chairman William H.Gates III(the U.S.A.)receives up to four million spams each day. However, with the h... | middle7011.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Canada"
},
"options": [
"China",
"Canada",
"America",
"England"
],
"question": "From the passage, we can know popular snacks in different countries except _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | Nothing beats sitting down in front of the TV with some delicious candy or tasty French fries.
Recently, an online list of favorite snacks in China became popular. It says that peanuts , walnuts and chocolate are good for our health, but jelly , potato chips and lollipops are "bad" for us.
Kids, though, hardly ca... | middle1474.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "spring"
},
"options": [
"spring",
"summer",
"autumn",
"winter"
],
"question": "The best time to visit Mexico is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | Famous Places around the World
Mexico
The best time to visit Mexico is spring. The weather in Mexico is hot and wet for most of the year, except in Mexico city. It can get very stormy at the end of August. And you should keep in mind that hurricane seas on lasts from June to November.
South A frica
South Africa has a p... | middle7005.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "A car hit him."
},
"options": [
"A car hit him.",
"His ball was missing.",
"He was ill.",
"He was lost."
],
"question": "What happened to Jack one day?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
... | Jack is a twelve-year-old boy. One day, he was playing football. The ball went into the street and Jack ran for it. Unfortunately, a car hit him. Jack's parents took him to the hospital at once. Jack woke up after a month. When he woke up, he asked, "Who am I? Who are you? Why am I here?" He even didn't know his parent... | middle5612.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Upset."
},
"options": [
"Excited.",
"Hopeful.",
"Angry.",
"Upset."
],
"question": "How did the little mouse feel at the end of the story?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Felix, a little mouse, looked outside through the window of a farmhouse. Still nobody came. Maybe today, he thought hopefully. It was only a few days before Christmas and he was watching for a miracle .
This farmhouse had been empty too long. It needed a family. Felix's stomach made a noise. He realized that he had eat... | middle3505.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "In Google."
},
"options": [
"In Facebook.",
"In Seastead Institute .",
"In PayPal.",
"In Google."
],
"question": "Where did Friedman use to work?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer":... | Ever thought of moving to a new country? How about starting a new country? Patri Friedman is planning to do just that. He left Google years ago to set up the Seasteading Institute. And his dream is to build seasteads-----floating micro-nations in the middle of the ocean.
So, what will life on a seastead be like? Probab... | middle686.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "one; two"
},
"options": [
"one; two",
"one; three",
"two; one",
"one; one"
],
"question": "Jack Ken and Mary Ken have _ son(s) and _ daughter(s).",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"ans... | Here is a photo of my family. These are my parents, Jack Ken and Mary Ken. My father is a teacher and my mother is a nurse . This is my brother David and this is my sister Jane. And the little girl is me .I have a happy family. I love my family. | middle1312.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "her parents"
},
"options": [
"her parents",
"her teacher",
"Mrs. Gu",
"Dr. Peter Calafiura"
],
"question": "Mrs. Li learnt to shout to make herself feel better from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions... | We have to accept the truth: Sometimes, we just want to shout out loud.
For example, we all have days like this: our dog has made a mess on the floor we just cleaned, or our friend called to tell us he or she couldn't come at the last minute when we had cooked dinner for him or her. We may be really angry but we tried ... | middle2784.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "A cat"
},
"options": [
"A dog",
"A cat",
"A bird",
"A lion"
],
"question": "What is Green Eyes?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "... | Green Eyes is a book. It's about a lovely cat called Green Eyes. He is one year old. He is interested in everything around him. He lives in his big red box and greets spring, summer, autumn and winter--each with their special colours and feelings .The pictures of the book are beautiful, and the words are easy to rea... | middle5955.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "in the garden"
},
"options": [
"in the street",
"in the garden",
"in the zoo",
"at school"
],
"question": "The children often play football _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": ... | The children often play football in the garden and sometimes break Mr. Black's windows. One afternoon Mr. Black is at home and reads a book. In a minute he closes his eyes and goes to sleep. At that time a little boy knocks at the door. Mr. Black opens the door and asks, "Do you break my window again ?""Oh, no"says th... | middle4493.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "an easy"
},
"options": [
"an active",
"a quiet",
"a hard",
"an easy"
],
"question": "From the passage we know that penguins usually lead _ life.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer"... | Penguins live together, but each pair has a little piece of ground of their own. When a penguin wants to walk through its neighbor's ground, it must ask for permission . If it does not, it will have to fight. Penguins come and go all day. They fight for fish and look after their children.
All penguins are good parents-... | middle6284.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "tell you how to get to some places"
},
"options": [
"go as fast as 19km an hour",
"tell you how to get to some places",
"run, balance, dance and even serve you",
"play music while you writing on paper"
],
"quest... | Four New Cool Inventions
Mip
Mip, a playful robot, was developed by a Canadian toy maker named Wowwee. It stands 19 cm tall. You can control it simply with your gestures or a smart phone. Mip can run, balance and dance on two wheels. It can also bring you a bottle of water.
Android Wear
Google is developing a smart wa... | middle6290.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "tell your teacher you don't know"
},
"options": [
"keep quiet",
"tell your teacher you don't know",
"repeat the question",
"be laughed at"
],
"question": "In America, if you don't know the answer to the question... | The class in America is almost the same as that in China. But something is different.
In America, if the teacher asks you a question but you don't understand, you should put up your hand and ask the teacher to repeat it. If you don't know the answer, it is all right to tell the teacher you don't know. Then he or she k... | middle5941.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "In Korea."
},
"options": [
"In America.",
"In UK.",
"In Japan.",
"In Korea."
],
"question": "Where did Lu Han use to work as a singer?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"a... | Lu Han was born in Beijing in April 20, 1990, who is a singer and dancer. Because of his outstanding appearance, he was discovered by SM Entertainment Company while shopping in Myeong Dong in South Korea. In 2010 he entered the SM Company to become its practice. On December 27, 2011 he first appeared through the EXO we... | middle4487.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "to feel whether your lips move or not"
},
"options": [
"to tell others to be silent",
"to feel whether your lips move or not",
"to hold a piece of paper between them",
"to keep yourself from talking to others"
],
... | You will have a lot of reading to do in this grade this year. You can do more of it in less time if you learn to read rapidly. Perhaps you have been told about some habits which keep a person from reading fast and have been strongly asked to break those which you might have.
Do you still have any of these bad habits? C... | middle5799.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "human-dog interactions"
},
"options": [
"proper rewards",
"domestication",
"human-dog interactions",
"evolution"
],
"question": "The scientists believe dog's imitative behavior mainly comes from _ .",
"que... | Now scientists have discovered that the dogs behave like their masters, too. Just like children, they use a " look and learn" ways when they go about their tasks.
Scientists at Oxford universities designed an experiment to test if the dogs have the ability to copy humans' actions by using a simple wooden box. 10 owners... | middle2948.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Chinese"
},
"options": [
"Chinese",
"English",
"French",
"Japanese"
],
"question": "Joan likes speaking _ with us after class.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_i... | Joan is an American girl. She lives in China now. She is in my class. Her parents work in China, too, but her brother works in the U.S.A. He often writes letters to them. Joan likes Chinese class very much, and likes speaking Chinese with us after class. Her father teaches us English well. We all like his class. Her mo... | middle1299.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "parents or grandparents"
},
"options": [
"parents",
"friends",
"parents or grandparents",
"Teachers"
],
"question": "Usually kids can get their pocket money from their _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_quest... | Pocket money means that you have money in your pocket that you can spend. You may get a regular amount of money from your parents or grandparents , for example , every week or once a month.
How much pocket money should you get ? That depends on what your parents or grandparents can afford, how many kids there are in yo... | middle2960.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Australia"
},
"options": [
"America",
"Canada",
"England",
"Australia"
],
"question": "Jim and Kate are from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
... | Mr and Mrs Brown come from Sydney . They have two children, Jim and Kate. They are all in Sanya now.
Mr Brown likes swimming and reading, too. They often go swimming in the afternoon. Jim and Kate like playing games. They often play games with Chinese boys and girls.
Jim's uncle works in a restaurant near Sydney. He li... | middle5969.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "August 12"
},
"options": [
"August 12",
"August 23",
"September 12",
"September 23"
],
"question": "The26th World Universiade will begin on _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer... | 2011 is a special year to all the people in Shenzhen. The 26
World Universiade will be held in the city from August 12
to 23
.
As we all know, "Start Here" is the slogan of this great event. Does anyone know that a new life of two giant pandas will start here as well?
Shenzhen is expecting the pair of pandas for the Su... | middle8281.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "have the chess competition"
},
"options": [
"have the chess competition",
"go to the talent show",
"watch the basketball game",
"have water sports"
],
"question": "You can _ in the morning or in the afterno... | Yucai Middle School will have a School Day on Friday.Students don't need to have any classes.Instead,they are going to do a lot of things for fun.Here is a poster for it.
The most wonderful game of the year
Meet our school basketball stars
Basketball Court 3:00 p.m.-- 5:00 p.m.
Tel:375 -- 7682
Water Sports
It's really... | middle731.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "on a website"
},
"options": [
"in a novel",
"on a website",
"in a news report",
"in a TV program"
],
"question": "You can most probably find the material above _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}... | Book Description
This isn't an education children's picture book with plenty of facts to expand young minds. Sara Myers simply explains all about dogs with easy words or phrases. Children will learn about :
What dogs are
Where they can be found
What they eat
And much more !
The fantastic photos are sure fire your chid'... | middle2974.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "One hamburger, some French fries and one drink"
},
"options": [
"One hamburger and one drink.",
"Some French fries and two cups of coffee.",
"One hamburger, some French fries and one drink",
"Some fries and drink."
... | A little old man and his wife walked slowly into McDonald's on a cold winter evening. They took a table near the back wall, and then the little old man walked to the cash register to order. After a while he got the food back and they began to open it.
There was one hamburger, some French fries and one drink. The little... | middle4336.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "help the farmer fix the chimney"
},
"options": [
"help the farmer fix the chimney",
"eat supper with the farmer",
"look at the farmer's wife",
"have a smoke"
],
"question": "The professor wanted to _ .",
... | Late one afternoon, when a professor was walking along a country road, he saw a farmer eating his supper alone on the road before his house.
The professor walked up to the farmer and asked, "Why are you eating here alone?"
"Well, sir," answered the farmer after a short pause, "the chimney smokes"
"That's too bad," sai... | middle3459.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Becoming An Adult"
},
"options": [
"Becoming An Adult",
"It Is No Good Becoming An Adult",
"Becoming A Voter",
"Adulthood Is always A Long Way To You"
],
"question": "The best title for this passage may be _ ... | When do you become an adult, a grown-up? At eighteen? Twenty-one? Thirty? Adulthood may seem a long way to you, but the fact is that you are in the process of becoming an adult right now. The changes are so gradual)( that you may not notice them ,but you can be sure that they're happening.
When you were a child, a pare... | middle2747.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "21 times"
},
"options": [
"once",
"twice",
"21 times",
"we don't know"
],
"question": "Sandy's friends will pull on her ear _ on her birthday.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": ... | Everyone has his own birthday. People in different countries celebrate their birthdays in different ways. Now here are four people from different countries. They will tell us how they celebrate their birthdays in their countries.
Sandy comes from Madrid . She says happily, "My 21st birthday is on Saturday, and I'm goi... | middle5028.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "makes dog food"
},
"options": [
"takes a picture",
"has more than on boss",
"makes dog food",
"makes a new machine"
],
"question": "The company in the story _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
... | A company began to make a new kind of dog food. A party was held to show the new dog food to everyone. People from the newspapers and TV stations were there.
There was a dog at the party. He was supposed to eat the dog food and have his picture taken. The plan was to show everybody how much the dog would like the new d... | middle902.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "September"
},
"options": [
"September",
"June",
"February",
"January"
],
"question": "American students always go to school in _ after summer vacation.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"a... | Most American children begin to go to school when they are five years old. American schools begin in September. There are two terms in a school year. The first term is from September to January, and the second is from February to June. Then the students have a great summer vacation.
High school students have only four ... | middle1528.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "got a plastic pearl necklace"
},
"options": [
"went to buy a necklace",
"got a plastic pearl necklace",
"bought her mother a pearl necklace",
"asked her mother to buy something tasty"
],
"question": "One day, An... | Anny was a five-year-old girl. One day when she and her mother were in a department store , Anny saw a plastic pearl necklace . What a beautiful necklace! She wanted it very much, so she begged her mother to buy it for her. The mother said, "Well, I can buy you the necklace, but when we get home, we should discuss wha... | middle6247.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Liu Peng's uncle"
},
"options": [
"Liu Peng's father",
"Liu Peng's uncle",
"Eric's uncle",
"Eric's father"
],
"question": "Who is the computer from?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answe... | Dear Eric,
How are you? This is a picture of my room. You can see a nice computer on my desk. It is my birthday present from my uncle. A tape player is next to the computer, and some tapes are on the computer. My school-bag is on the chair. My pencil-box and two books are in the schoolbag. And you can see a set of k... | middle2021.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "in the bus"
},
"options": [
"in the room",
"in the bus",
"beside the driver",
"in a car"
],
"question": "The old man wants to find an empty seat _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answ... | It's Sunday. There are many people in the bus. And an old man is looking here and there. He wants to find an empty seat . Then he finds one. He goes to it. A small bag is on the seat. And a young man is sitting beside it.
"Is this seat empty?" asks the old man.
"No, it's for a woman. She goes to buy some bananas." Says... | middle5996.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Because even though you are not an adult, you must deal with adult problems."
},
"options": [
"Because even though you are not an adult, you must deal with adult problems.",
"Because even though you are an adult, you must deal with... | Everybody can suffer from stress. No matter what your age is, you can feel stressed out by things that are happening in your life.
Teenagers, however, have many more opportunities to get stressed than people in any other age group. Being a teenager is hard. You are not a child any more, but you are not an adult, even t... | middle4450.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "didn't go to school anymore"
},
"options": [
"began to raise some chickens",
"didn't go to school anymore",
"asked her parents for help",
"left her mountain village"
],
"question": "After Pinky adopted her first... | Some people like to collect stamps. Others prefer posters or coins. But Pinky Bhutia is different. She collects children. In her mountain village, in Sikkim, she is known as the wonderful young woman who adopts all the children she can.
Pinky was 14 when she adopted her first child, a Nepali baby girl, whose patents p... | middle5982.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "because he did little work on his books"
},
"options": [
"because he did little work in the bars",
"because he did little work on his books",
"he was a hard-working student",
"he didn't like taking the exam"
],
... | One of my friends Fred did very 1ittle work when he was a student. He spent more time drinking in bars than working in the library. Once, we had to take an important exam. The exam had a hundred questions. To each question, we had to write "Right" or "Wrong". The night before the exam, Fred was watching TV and drinkin... | middle4444.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "No, they aren't."
},
"options": [
"Yes, he is.",
"No, he isn't.",
"Yes, they are.",
"No, they aren't."
],
"question": "Are Mr Huang's students all Chinese?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
... | Miss Huang and Mr Huang are teachers in No.16 Middle School. Their school isn't big, but it's beautiful. There are 35students in Miss Huang's class, twenty-one boys and fourteen girls. They are all Chinese. In Mr Huang's class, there are two Americans, one boy, Robert and one girl, Kate. They are good students. Miss Hu... | middle6253.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "America"
},
"options": [
"China",
"Beijing",
"America",
"a school"
],
"question": "Rose comes from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_... | Rose is an American school girl. She is now in Beijing with her parents.
It's Sunday morning. Rose gets up early in the morning. After breakfast her parents take her to the zoo. They go to see the pandas and other animals. The pandas live only in China. There are not any pandas in America. So they like the pandas best.... | middle916.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "5"
},
"options": [
"2",
"3",
"4",
"5"
],
"question": "Victor's family has _ people.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "play the pi... | Dear Tom,
Thanks for your letter. Do you want to know about my evening? Well, I usually get home from work at 6:00 pm. I cook dinner for my family--my parents, my sister and my brother. After dinner I usually watch TV, play computer games or play chess. I like playing chess because my father works in a chess club. I ta... | middle2753.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "lunch"
},
"options": [
"breakfast",
"lunch",
"dinner",
"supper"
],
"question": "It is normal to get sleepy for you at noon after _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer... | Do you feel a little sleepy after lunch? Well, that's normal . Your body slows down then. What should you do about it? Don't drink coffee! Instead, take a nap .
It's good to have a daily nap. First of all, you are more energetic after napping. You remember things better and make fewer mistakes. Also, you can learn th... | middle1272.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "2,500 years ago"
},
"options": [
"500 years ago",
"2,500 years ago",
"3,000 years ago",
"2,000 years ago"
],
"question": "Confucius was born about _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"... | Who is greatest teacher in Chinese history? You can't think of anyone else when you hear people read Confucius 2,500 year-old words: "All study but no thinking makes people puzzled." All thinking but no study makes people lazy.
Tuesday was Confucius' birthday. He was born on September 28,551 BC in the Kingdom of Lu ... | middle7603.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Mary's brother often played with her in the garden."
},
"options": [
"Mary liked drawing very much.",
"Mary's mother saw Mary's drawing.",
"Mary's brother often played with her in the garden.",
"Mary wanted her father t... | Mary was a four-year-old girl. She was interested in drawing very much. Mary showed her drawings to everyone. She especially wanted to impress her father, but her dad always seemed to be too busy.
One day, Mary wanted to learn to draw houses. She used many hours to draw a really beautiful house with a big garden. Herse... | middle3465.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The writer forgot his line."
},
"options": [
"Andrea was the leading actress of the drama.",
"Andrea drank the grape juice.",
"The writer had only one line.",
"The writer forgot his line."
],
"question": "Which ... | "One of my actors is sick! He has just one line and you're the only one who fits his clothes!" One afternoon, the school drama director suddenly shouted to me. She seemed so nervous and worried that I felt sorry for her and said, "Ok".
"You will be fine. It's easy!" She said. But it wasn't easy at all. On the stage, fo... | middle5014.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "To get a large acting part."
},
"options": [
"To get a morning eating part",
"To organize the play",
"To get a large acting part.",
"To work the lights."
],
"question": "What did the boy want to do in the play?"... | My class will put on a short play in English at the end of the year. Yesterday our English teacher gave us copies of the play.
"Choose a character in the play whom you'd like to be, "she told us. "This afternoon learn a few lines of this part for homework. Then tomorrow you can say those lines in front of the class. Il... | middle3303.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Lying down"
},
"options": [
"Running",
"Biting",
"Lying down",
"Sleeping"
],
"question": "What would cows behave before a rainstorm?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"ans... | According to some predictions, human beings will die out in 2012. Nearly all people think it's impossible, but there are some more earthquakes in recent years.
Animals can predict the weather or other natural events. It may sound strange, but farmers living in the countryside think so. For hundreds of years , they have... | middle1514.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "funny"
},
"options": [
"nice",
"expensive",
"usual",
"funny"
],
"question": "The writer thinks Jim's clothes look _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0... | I still remember quite clearly the day when my parents got divorced . Dad kissed me goodbye and left.
For a long time 'Mum and I lived a peaceful life. Then one day, Jim came over for lunch wearing a blue suit with a short brown tie and a green shirt I couldn't believe this was going to be my new stepfaLher. It coul... | middle7171.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "To save energy"
},
"options": [
"To spend money",
"To save energy",
"To keep the mall bright",
"To buy things"
],
"question": "_ is a hot topic for a big mall.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{... | At the shopping mall, you probably think about spending, not saving. Think about all the lights that keep the mall bright. Think about all the water faucets in the toilet. Think about all the air conditioning in summer. Saving energy is a hot topic for such a big place!
Many things at the mall use energy. Electric ligh... | middle8242.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "loneliness"
},
"options": [
"happiness",
"friends",
"loneliness",
"sickness"
],
"question": "The main topic of this passage is about _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Both the young and the old may feel lonely. A three-year-old child will feel lonely when it is left alone, and an old man over eighty years old is often afraid to live alone, too.
Some people feel lonely because they may not have enough time to make friends. Not only the quiet, shy people may feel lonely. Some people a... | middle1500.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "in the Kingdom of Lu"
},
"options": [
"in Sichuan Province",
"on August 28",
"in the Kingdom of Lu",
"about 1500 years ago"
],
"question": "Confucius was born _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},... | Confucius is the greatest teacher in Chinese history. He was born on September 28, 551BC in the Kingdom of Lu, in today's Shandong Province. When he was young, he and his mother had a hard life. At the age of fifteen, he began to learn music, and he did well in it. Then he went on learning other subjects. When he was... | middle5766.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "never worry too much in your life"
},
"options": [
"never worry about yourself",
"never worry too much in your life",
"never be afraid of the aliens",
"never believe anything"
],
"question": "The film Chicken Li... | Will the sky ever fall? The answer is no. But if it happens there's no need to be afraid!
The American film Chicken Little opened about two years ago. Its story tells us:don't worry too much in your life.
One day Chicken Little is in the woods when an acorn falls on his head!This makes him afraid. He thinks a piece of ... | middle4478.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "The girl's grandma made it."
},
"options": [
"The girl's grandma made it.",
"The girl got it at the age of three.",
"The yarn is the color of bluebells.",
"The mother cat uses it for the babies now."
],
"questio... | My Favorite Sweater
My favorite sweater grew too small.
I loved that sweater best of all.
My grandma made it when I was three.
She made that sweater just for me.
I picked the yarn , a special blue.
The color of bluebells .wet with dew .
When I was three I was very small,
But now I'm five and much too tall.
I have a new... | middle3471.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "six"
},
"options": [
"four",
"five",
"six",
"seven"
],
"question": "The writer gives us _ suggestions about controlling weight during holidays.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {... | Do you love holidays but hate the increase of weight that follows? You are not alone. Holidays are happy days with pleasure and delicious foods. Many people, however, are worried about the weight that comes along with these delicious foods.
With proper planning, though, it is possible to control your weight. The idea i... | middle5000.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "dinner."
},
"options": [
"Breakfast",
"Lunch.",
"The afternoon tea.",
"dinner."
],
"question": "What's the main meal of the day for most Americans?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"ans... | There is a famous saying in the West: Eat breakfast like a king. It means breakfast should be the most important meal of your day. Why?
The answer is in the word breakfast itself. Breakfast means "breaking of the fast ". There are about twelve hours between dinner and breakfast, so it's important to eat breakfast to ke... | middle6509.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "parents and children of all ages"
},
"options": [
"parents and other people",
"only school kids and their parents",
"teachers and their students",
"parents and children of all ages"
],
"question": "According to ... | Some people think only school children do not agree with their parents, however, it is not true. Communication is a problem for parents and children of all ages. If it's hard for you to communicate with your parents, don't worry about it. Here are some advice for you to _ the generation gap .
Don't argue with your par... | middle1266.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Brave."
},
"options": [
"Brave.",
"Pretty.",
"Lucky.",
"Poor."
],
"question": "Which of the following can describe Ma Yan's character best?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_inde... | Ma Yan is not really a writer. But this 15-year-old girl has written a book that has moved many people around the world. "Ma Yan's Diary" tells us about Ma's life. She lives in a poor village called Zhangjiashu in Tongxin, Ningxia, and she has no money to go to school. But she is brave and has a strong desire to go to ... | middle7617.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "plane"
},
"options": [
"train",
"taxi",
"bus",
"plane"
],
"question": "The friend will go to Mike's city by _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | Dear friend,
I know you are arriving next Sunday. Let me tell you the way to my house. Take a taxi from the airport. You pass a bank on your right and then go along Long Street. You go through Six Avenue, Seventh Avenue, and Eighth Avenue. When you see a big supermarket, turn left. Then go down Bridge Street and turn l... | middle7398.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "covered my score up"
},
"options": [
"lowered my head",
"covered my score up",
"walked home alone",
"explained immediately"
],
"question": "In class, to hide my score from my classmates, I _ .",
"questio... | Perhaps the only test score that I remember is the 55 when I was in high school.
The test was the final for a course. I remember waiting anxiously as my teacher Mr. Right passed out our papers one by one. It was a rather difficult test. I heard my classmates groaning , and I could tell by the groans that the scores wer... | middle1931.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "many different kinds of trains"
},
"options": [
"fast trains and slow trains",
"many different kinds of trains",
"trains to go through hills",
"trains to carry people"
],
"question": "There are all kinds of trai... | There are trains to carry people,trains to carry animals or carry things.There are fast trains and slow ones.Some trains go through hills.In big cities,the streets are usually very busy.So you can find trains under the ground.they carry people quickly in and out of the big cities.Can a train run over the water?Yes,it c... | middle4691.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "the USA"
},
"options": [
"the USA",
"China",
"the UK",
"France"
],
"question": "Jerry is from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text":... | I am an American boy. My name is Jerry Black. You can call me Jerry. I have a sister, Ginny. We are twins. But we are very different( ). I have a long face with a high nose, and she has a round face with a small nose. I like football. But she likes basketball. I like loud music. She likes light music.
My father is a do... | middle3698.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "swam quickly towards his mother"
},
"options": [
"swam to the middle of the lake",
"quickly ran toward the water",
"ran out of the back door of his house",
"swam quickly towards his mother"
],
"question": "The l... | On a hot summer day, a little boy decided to go for a swim in the lake behind his house.
In a hurry to swim in the cool water, he ran out of the back door, leaving behind his shoes, socks, and shirt as he went. He flew into the water, not noticing
that in the middle of the lake, a crocodile was swimming to the bank... | middle3840.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "She has her breakfast at home."
},
"options": [
"She has her breakfast at home.",
"She has her breakfast at school.",
"She has her breakfast on her way to school.",
"She has her breakfast on the bus."
],
"questi... | Jenny gets up early in the morning. She has her breakfast and then goes to school. She walks to the bus stop and takes a bus. She gets to school at about half past seven. Jenny is never late for school. She likes her school and works hard. Classes begin at 8:00. She has six classes every day. Jenny is good at all her l... | middle2586.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "pay attention to the message itself"
},
"options": [
"pay attention to the message itself",
"try to know what happened around you",
"look up something about the speaker",
"not write down anything"
],
"question":... | Do you notice that though students spend the same amount of time in class, some get better grades than others? In some ways, it's because they are different listeners. When having classes, some of them listen carefully. We call them _ listeners. Some just daydream or talk to others. They are ineffective listeners.
How ... | middle6938.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Football"
},
"options": [
"Tennis",
"Football",
"Golf",
"Spelling"
],
"question": "What match do you know will last 90 minutes ?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | If you're into sports , you 've seen it happen -----tennis players jump over the net to shake hands after a hard match ;football players exchange jerseys after 90 minutes of knocking each other around ;even boxer touch gloves at the beginning of each round .Players in every event ,from spelling _ to golf ,act in thi... | middle3854.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Because they may not sleep well."
},
"options": [
"Because they are full.",
"Because they may not sleep well.",
"Because there is nothing in the tea.",
"Because there is some milk and sugar in it."
],
"question"... | All around the world, people drink tea. But tea doesn't mean the same thing to everyone. In different countries people have different ideas about drinking tea.
People in China like to drink tea with nothing in it, and they often have it with their friends or by themselves. They have two kinds of tea--green tea and blac... | middle2592.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "52%"
},
"options": [
"41%",
"80%",
"39%",
"52%"
],
"question": "From the survey, _ of the people in Chongqing care about health.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answe... | As we know, Chongqing has changed a lot. Most of the people feel much safer now. More and more trees are being planted in the city. And every day you can see many old people play sports everywhere. The change makes the people in the city live a happy life. The small survey below is from the people who live in Chongqing... | middle4685.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a, c , d"
},
"options": [
"a, b, d",
"b, c, d",
"a, c , d",
"Lots of couples live apart because of unhappy problems."
],
"question": "What changes have happened to some families?",
"question_type": "factiod_... | My grandfather is eighty years old now.He always complains about how fast things have changed, and he often says that life used to be better.
Families aren't families they used to be.A lot of families have broken up.If husband and wife have problems with their _ , they no longer stay together.And mothers used to stay a... | middle6092.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "smells"
},
"options": [
"words",
"movements",
"smells",
"sounds"
],
"question": "Willow trees send messages with _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | We talk every day. When we have good news, we like to share it with our good friends and when something terrible happens, we tell it to others soon. But can you imagine that a tree can talk and share news too ? Of course, no tree moves _ and says words just as people do. Strange as it may sound, though, some trees do m... | middle269.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "American"
},
"options": [
"Australia",
"American",
"England",
"China"
],
"question": "Where are the tigers from ?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | Do you like animals? Come to Xinxin zoo to see the Australian koalas and lions from South Africa. The American tigers are waiting for you. Do you want to see penguins? They are kind of interesting. We also have very cute pandas, but they are a little shy, so please be very quiet. You can play with the dolphins. They ar... | middle4875.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "basketball"
},
"options": [
"table tennis",
"volleyball",
"basketball",
"baseball"
],
"question": "The Houston Rockets is the name of a _ team.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer":... | Yao Ming, the center of the Chinese National Men's Basketball Team, served the Huston Rockets in NBA.The 2.26 m, 120 kg center becomes the first one to come from a foreign team.
Yao Ming was born in Shanghai in September, 1980.His mother was a center and captain of the Chinese National Women's Team.His father played b... | middle527.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "like warm colours and like cool colours"
},
"options": [
"like warm colours and like cool colours",
"are yellow, red and yellow",
"are warm colours and cool colours",
"are green, blue and purple"
],
"question": ... | People usually talk about two groups of colours: warm colours and cool colours. Scientists think that there are also two groups of people: people who prefer warm colours and people who prefer cool colours.
The warm colours are red, orange and yellow. Where there are warm colours and a lot of light, people usually want ... | middle6904.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "popcorn"
},
"options": [
"popcorn",
"chocolate",
"sweets",
"cheese"
],
"question": "Young people like to eat _ at the cinema.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_ind... | Do you go to the movies during the holidays? What do you eat there? Popcorn ? Yes, of course! More and more Chinese youth now like to eat popcorn when they watch movies at the theater.
However, it may be the Americans who love popcorn the most. Americans do fun things with their popcorn. They like to put butter on the... | middle533.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "In or around the cities."
},
"options": [
"In the countries.",
"Around the farms.",
"In the towns near the sea.",
"In or around the cities."
],
"question": "According to the passage ,where do most Americans li... | Here are some facts about homes in the United States and the people who live in them. In the early 1990s, about 50% of the Americans own their homes and the rest rent their homes. The rented homes are usually apartments .
74% of the people in the US make their homes in or around cities. 26% live in the country. Dogs l... | middle255.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "to find a good job"
},
"options": [
"to be a teacher",
"to find a good job",
"to work in a big city",
"to become a football star"
],
"question": "Zhang Ning's mother wants him _ when he grows up.",
"quest... | Dear Mum,
I don't think you understand my life. You think I should be studying all the time. I know you want me to find a good job when I grow up, but I would like to have a wonderful time, too. You never think about fun things for me to do like music, sports. Two days ago, when I was watching a football game on TV, yo... | middle4861.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Chinese astronaut."
},
"options": [
"Chinese astronaut.",
"Chinese scientist.",
"Chinese center.",
"Chinese space industry."
],
"question": "What does\"taikonaut\"mean in English?",
"question_type": "factiod... | You may know the word "astronaut".But do you know the word "taikonaut"? It means "Chinese astronaut" in English.It comes from the Chinese pinyin "taikong" and the English word "astronaut".In 1998.a Malaysian Chinese scientist used the word for the first time.Since then,because of the fast development of China's space i... | middle4652.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "November 9"
},
"options": [
"December 9",
"November 9",
"November 11",
"September 11"
],
"question": "When is the National Fire Prevention Day ?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": ... | November 9 is a time for us to learn a lot more about fire . This is what to do in a fire:
1.Shout out. Shout as loudly as you can, because people may be asleep.
2.Call 119. Never try to put out a fire yourself. Tell 119 where you are and what is on fire.
3.Keep down close to the floor. There is less smoke down there, ... | middle2223.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Icy and cold"
},
"options": [
"Hot and sunny",
"Rainy",
"Icy and cold",
"Windy"
],
"question": "How was the weather when Sam saw an old man in front of his house?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
... | Sam was a-fifteen-year-old boy living with his little sister, Julie. Their parents had passed away long ago. Sam had taken care of Julie by himself.
One day, Sam woke up at three in the morning as usual. When Julie was sleeping alone, Sam left their little house to send newspapers. When he found an old man sitting in f... | middle6045.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "give his father kisses"
},
"options": [
"help pay the bills",
"have a talk with his father",
"buy his father a gift",
"give his father kisses"
],
"question": "On his father's birthday, the boy wanted to _",
... | A father sat at his desk and looked at his bills when his young son rushed in and announced: "Dad, because today is your birthday and you're 40 years old, I'm going to give you 40 kisses, one for each year!" When the boy started making good on his word ( ) , the father shouted: "Andrew, don't do it now. I'm too busy! ... | middle3883.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "all of the above"
},
"options": [
"roads are old and narrow",
"roads go across each other",
"people drive their cars too fast",
"all of the above"
],
"question": "The writer thinks that many accidents happen bec... | Have you ever noticed how busy our roads are becoming? Every year more and more cars are using them. Already in such countries as America, almost every family has a car. Many accidents happen because cars are now made to travel very fast. Also, people waste time and money every day as long lines of cars move slowly int... | middle2545.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "More than 3,500 pounds."
},
"options": [
"More than 4,500 pounds.",
"More than 3,500 pounds.",
"2,000 pounds.",
"1,500 pounds."
],
"question": "How heavy may a black rhino be?",
"question_type": "factiod_que... | Here are some of the fastest animals in the animal world. Let me tell you that a man can run 20 to 25 miles an hour.
Heavy people can not run very fast. But some heavy animals can.Black rhinos are more than 3,500 pounds. They can run almost 30 miles an hour. Cheetahs are the fastest land animal over short distances .Th... | middle4134.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "blue"
},
"options": [
"yellow",
"blue",
"nice",
"big"
],
"question": "My bag is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "All the thr... | Look at this.It's a blue bag.It is my bag.What's in it? Look,this is my English book.It's blue,too.My Chinese book is also in my bag.It is yellow.This is my pencil box.It's big and nice.I like English and Chinese.My bag is my good friend. | middle3897.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Bruce."
},
"options": [
"Mrs. Gates.",
"Her sister.",
"Bruce.",
"The girl."
],
"question": "Who went to answer the telephone when it rang?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | The telephone rang when Mrs. Gates was cooking lunch. Her son Bruce went to answer the phone. His aunt said she was coming to see them with her daughter that afternoon. Mrs. Gates was happy because she hadn't seen her sister for several months. She knew the girl liked bananas very much, but she was busy in the kitchen ... | middle2551.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Miller"
},
"options": [
"Smith",
"Green",
"Miller",
"Brown"
],
"question": "The girl Gina's family name is _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"an... | Gina has a small room at home. Look! This is her room. Some things are in her room.
Her schoolbag is on her desk. Her red jacket is on her bed. An E-dictionary is on her bed, too. It's Grace's. Grace Smith is her friend. Her books are on the sofa. And her teacher Mr. Green's pen is in the bookcase. She borrowed it. Sh... | middle4120.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "the British culture"
},
"options": [
"the British culture",
"the European art of building",
"the development of mobile phones",
"British people's daily life"
],
"question": "The red phone box has been a symbol o... | The red phone box in Britain is a perfect example of the British traditional culture. However, with the fast development of mobile phones, it has lost its place in people's everyday life. In order to save their loved red phone boxes, people have come up with many ideas, for example, to turn them into toilets or art hou... | middle1058.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "He passed out water to the runners."
},
"options": [
"He helped old runners.",
"He passed out water to the runners.",
"He cheered for the runners.",
"He took back the cups from the runners."
],
"question": "What... | Think back to a time in your life when you tried something new.
When I was a teenager I volunteered to pass out water at a local race. I was so excited to see all the different runners who passed by and quickly took a cup of water. Some ran past, some walked past and a few wheeled past.[:ZXXK]
I saw so many types of pe... | middle6737.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "animals' homes"
},
"options": [
"some trees",
"some animals and birds",
"animals' homes",
"different animals"
],
"question": "The passage is about _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"an... | Everybody has a home. People have homes. Animals have homes, too. People live in different kinds of homes. Animals also have different kinds of homes.
Some animals live in holes under the ground. The woodchuck lives under the ground. Its home has two doors. If any enemy comes through one door, the woodchuck goes out ... | middle6051.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Students have got too much homework and school starts early in the morning.."
},
"options": [
"Students like reading in bed before they sleep.",
"Students have got too much homework and school starts early in the morning..",
... | March 21 is World Sleep Day. How's your sleep recently?
The Chinese Medical Doctor Association asked 8,200 people in China about their sleep. More than 36.3 percent of them said they often sleep badly. The study also finds that many students have only 5 hours of sleep a day. According to the US National Sleep Foundatio... | middle3129.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because women try to keep their beauty by dressing up."
},
"options": [
"Because women are sure to be beauties.",
"Because women like to show their beautiful clothes.",
"Because women try to keep their beauty by dressing up."... | It seems that women and beauty go together. I think so. Look around yourself. Fashion ads are almost everywhere. Whether they have realized or not, a sea of. fashion is all around women. They are made to think that without beautiful clothes they will look old and lose their charm . So who doesn't want to dress up t... | middle2237.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "her son was in danger of losing his life"
},
"options": [
"her son was in danger of losing his life",
"her son was playing with a big snake",
"a boa was playing with her son",
"Barney was fighting with a boa"
],
... | The following is a true story. It happened in a small village in Australia, where some dangerous animals live in the forest.
Lisa, a 33-year-old mother, went to cook lunch in the kitchen, her 3-year-old son, Barney, playing by himself in the garden.
Suddenly, a loud cry of Barney came into the mother's ears. Lisa rushe... | middle6079.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "five years"
},
"options": [
"one month",
"five months",
"three years",
"five years"
],
"question": "Mrs. Li stayed in America for _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"a... | Mr. Li worked in a post office in Weihai. Last month he retired. His son works in America. Five years ago Mrs. Li went to America to look after their grandson. So Mr. Li decided to see them.
Mr. Li was afraid of taking the plane so he decided to go to America by ship. On the first morning on the ship, Mr. Li met an Ame... | middle282.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "In the north."
},
"options": [
"In the east.",
"In the north.",
"In the west.",
"In the south."
],
"question": "In which part of England is there much snow in winter?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
... | Have you ever seen snow? Many people in the world have not. Some countries never have snow; some have only a little on the tops of very high mountains. In the north of England, there is quite a lot of snow every winter, but in the south of England, there is usually little.
When a student from a warm country comes to En... | middle1716.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Schoolwork is as important as social skills"
},
"options": [
"Schoolwork is as important as social skills",
"Schoolwork is more important than social skills",
"Schoolwork is less important than social skills",
"Passing ... | In the United States, parents usually encourage their children to develop their potential . They pay attention to what their kids can do, not what they can't. As a result, US boys and girls hope to be actors, athletes and doctors; many even want to become presidents when they grow up.
US parents often encourage their ... | middle8054.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Get angry."
},
"options": [
"Fight.",
"Get angry.",
"Drink wine.",
"be rude to their parents."
],
"question": "What should children be allowed to do according to the passage?",
"question_type": null
},
{... | Children should be allowed to get angry. I remember many years ago, when I was visiting my sister in Australia, and I told my oldest son that he wasn't allowed to do something he really wanted to do. He thought about it for a minute and said, "Mom, I'm very angry with you." I replied, "That's OK, darling, it's what you... | middle7367.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "To encourage younger kids to do more chores."
},
"options": [
"To know what your kids like.",
"To know how many chores the kids have done.",
"To encourage younger kids to do more chores.",
"To go out to eat or do someth... | Most kids hate doing housework. However, not all hope is lost. There are some things that you can do to get your kids to help you clean your house. If you are struggling with the chores and need your kids to help you, take a look at some of the creative ways in this article.
If you are dealing with older kids, you may... | middle3101.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "More than 2000 years ago."
},
"options": [
"Not long before liberation .",
"More than 2000 years ago.",
"About 400 years ago.",
"In the 18th century."
],
"question": "When did this story happen?",
"question_... | When Mencius was a little boy, his father died. Mencius and his mother were quite poor. One day Mencius returned home from school and found his mother making some cloth. It was very beautiful and expensive.
"How much of the book have you read today?" Mencius' mother asked him. "I haven't read any of it yet." Mencius r... | middle5570.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "People burnt too much coal in the houses."
},
"options": [
"There was too much smoke in the sky.",
"People burnt too much coal in the houses.",
"There were too many factories in the city.",
"The city was too big for the... | London used to be "foggy" for the same reason that cities like Beijing' or Chongqing are "foggy~ today. The "fog was in fact smog, a mixture of smoke and fog. In other words, it was made by air pollution In London, some of this pollution came from factories, but much of it came from the coal that people burnt in thei... | middle5216.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a book"
},
"options": [
"a knife",
"a book",
"a garden-knife",
"mone"
],
"question": "Tony wants to borrow _ from Allen.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": ... | Tony is Allen's classmate. One day,Tony comes to Allen's home. When he sees many books in Allen's study, he says to Allen, "Allen, you have so many good books. Can I borrow a book from you?" Allen doesn't want to lend a book to his classmate and he says, "Why do you want to take my book home? You can read it here in ... | middle2579.txt |
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