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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 got into the car, and they drove for about twelve miles. When they came to a small house, the old man said, "stop here. "
John stopped and looked at the house and said, "but this isn't a hotel"
"No," the old man answered, "this is my house. And now I'll show you the way to the Sun Hotel, Turn around and go back nine miles, then you'll see the Sun Hotel on the left." | 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's birthday. I will buy her a birthday card. | middle4518.txt |
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"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 much too tall.
I have a new jacket now that's green.
So I gave my sweater to our cat Queen.
Queen just had kittens out in the shed .
My favorite sweater is now their bed. | middle3277.txt |
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"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 smiled to cover her embarrassment because she wasn't able to answer the question.
In a dining room in Beijing, an Englishman was careless and dropped a plate. The Chinese who had seen this began to laugh. The Englishman felt uncomfortable and even got angry. "They are laughing at me," he thought. In fact the Chinese laughed not at the Englishman or his bad luck--whether he is a foreigner or a Chinese. The smile or laughter has several feelings: don't take it so seriously; laugh it off, it's nothing; such things can happen to any of us. | middle2169.txt |
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"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 different from yours. However, all I can say as advice is that you must choose a career wisely. The first consideration is your interest. You can only succeed and feel happy when you do something you enjoy. You must get a job which not only provides you with something useful, but also you are pleased with. Then, you must read a lot in the field you are aiming at. Also, you should get to know the men and women who work in that field, when mind and heart work together, success is _ .
No career is more or less important. I think your interest may be in the field of making TV programmes. Your good communication skills, your taking an active part in school plays and the prizes you have won in speech competitions all lead you to that direction. So a career in Mass Communication and TV film production will bring luck to you. If you succeed in that field, you will become famous and rich.
Think a thousand times before making any final decision about your career. After all, we want you to be a man of success.
We all know that you are old enough to think for yourself.
With all the best wishes !
Your loving father | 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, "But I don't have a computer, neither an e-mail." "I'm sorry," said the HR manager. "If you don't have an e-mail, that means you are not living. And anyone who isn't living cannot have the job."
The man left with no hope at all. He didn't know what to do with only $10 in his pocket. He thought and thought. Then he went to the supermarket and bought 10 kilos of tomatoes. He sold the tomatoes from door to door. In less than two hours, he had 20 dollars. He repeated the operation three times, and started to go early every day, and returned home late. Shortly, he bought a cart , then a truck, then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles . Five years later, the man was one of the biggest food retailers in the US.
One day, one of his friends asked him for his e-mail. He said, "I haven't got one." His friend couldn't believe his ears. "Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e-mail?" The man thought for a while and replied, "Yes, I'd be an office boy at Microsoft!"
,. | 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 help of all the people who are working in Microsoft and anti-spam technology, only around ten spares reach his inbox per day.
* Earliest e-mail
In l971,Ray Tomlinson,an engineer at the computer company, and Newman in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the U.S.A. sent the first e-mail.At first it was an experiment to see if he could get two computers to exchange a message.(It was Ray who decided to use the @ symbol to separate the other's name from their location. The first e-mail message was "QWERTYUIOP")
* Largest LAN party
The largest LAN(Local Area Network)party was made up of 8531 unique computers and 9184 members in Sweden from 30 November to 2 December 2006.
* Most telephone books torsi in three minutes
Tina Shelton tore 21 telephone books at last, each with l028 numbered pages in a time of three minutes in California, the U.S.A. on 9 February 2007. | middle7011.txt |
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{
"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 care if the snacks are good or bad for their health. They love them either way. Some snacks often have special importance in a certain country or culture.
Potato chips and French fries are very popular in the US. They are cheap and tasty. People don't need to wait for a long time to eat it. Popcorn is another common snack. People love eating it when they are watching sports games or visiting the amusement park. Most cinemas sell it to attract customers.
In the UK, kids often sit down for snacks after school. They call this "afternoon tea". A traditional afternoon tea includes biscuits and tea. People also have scones with jam and cream, which is probably the most classic English snack.
In South Korea, Choco Pie is one of the most popular snacks. It's also a favorite of soldiers. The sweet snack makes them happy and helps them _ hard times.
However, it is not just about what you eat as a snack - it's how much you eat and when. Chips and French fries are high in calories and eating too much may make you fat. Sweet snacks like candy and chocolate are high in sugar and eating a lot may give you bad teeth. | middle1474.txt |
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"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 pleasant climate, with lovely warm sunny days for most of the year. The summer is from November to February, and the weather is really hot at this time. In August, it's winter and the weather is usually warm, except at night.
Greece
The best time to visit Greece is April to June. If you just want to sit on a beach and see the sunshine every day, then August is the perfect month. But, be careful! Temperatures are really high. In the southeast of Greece, it might be 30--35 centigrade.
Australia
It's winter in Australia in July and August. The hottest months are from November to March. The best time to go is September or October. It's warm enough to swim in the sea. It's cool enough to tour around, and it's not too rainy. If you prefer it colder, go in August. | middle7005.txt |
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"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 parents. The doctor said, "Jack's head was badly hurt. Maybe he can remember all the things he has lost one day. Maybe he will forget them forever." Every day Jack's parents told Jack something about himself, his friends and so on. But Jack still couldn't think of anything. One day, when his father talked about his dog, Tidy, Jack seemed to think of something. Then Jack's father had an idea. He took Jack back home. Jack and Tidy played together happily. After a year, with the help of Tidy, Jack's memory came back. | 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 eaten nothing since yesterday. He took a bag from his home, and went next door to Farmer Mike's.
Farmer Mike's house had been a great place for Felix until the farmer married a wife who had a cat. Felix felt scared when he thought of it. He looked around _ as he moved quietly into the room and was quite nervous when he filled his bag with rice. He was turning to leave when suddenly he felt something unusual. The cat? Without thinking he started to run and luckily escaped the cat's paws .
The next afternoon Felix heard some good news: a new family would move into the farmhouse soon. Felix was happy and hoped that the family would come before Christmas. Before long, a car came up to the house, with sandwiches, cheese and chocolate.
Felix's Christmas miracle did arrive!
The house came alive the next few days. Felix enjoyed every hour of them. However, the day before Christmas when he was drinking hot chocolate with a big smile, he heard about the gift that the children of the family might get for Christmas. What? A cat? The smile froze on his face; his mouth fell wide open. After a long moment, he at last found his voice: "Hey! Whose Christmas miracle is this?" | middle3505.txt |
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{
"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? Probably a bit like life on a cruise liner , but much larger, with shops, gyms, swimming pools, schools and other areas. In fact, the early seasteads may actually be specially-rebuilt cruise liners. But as science advances, Friedman believes they'll become more like floating cities, with several hundred people.
Seasteading raises a lot of questions. First of all, how will the new countries make money? The Seasteading Institute has suggested several money-making ideas, including ocean-based theme parks, casinos and fish farming. There's also the questions of safety. With storms, typhoons and pirates , the high seas are a dangerous place. However, the Institute says that it can stand bad weather and prevent crimes with its well-designed systems.
So, is this just a day dream? Well, maybe not. One of the people behind the project is Peter Thiel. He founded PayPal and was one of the first investors in Facebook. So far, he's donated $ 500,000 to the project.
And Friedman isn't wasting any time. He recently announced the creation of the Poseidon Award. This will be given to the first seastead with fifty people. Friedman is hoping to hand out the award in 2015. | middle686.txt |
[
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"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 |
[
{
"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 to bear things like those. According to ancient Chinese wisdom, we should shout in a loud voice instead of keeping silent. In fact, it's good for our health.
"Chinese people have passed on the practice from ancient times to now as a part of traditional medicine," said Mrs. Li, a 60-year-old woman from Hangzhou. "My parents taught me to do this. It's a part of our folk culture. "
Mrs. Li is a member of a group of people who love shouting. Each morning, she and some of her friends climb to the top of a hill and let out loud shouts before starting their daily exercise. They believe that shouting is good exercise for their lungs and it brings them a lot of fun.
"Sometimes I shout out and other shout back," said Mrs. Gu, another shouting lover. "It makes you happy. You laugh and then you feel very comfortable. "
Dr. Peter Calafiura, an American doctor, agrees that shouting can have a positive influence on people's health.
So, next time you start your morning run, why not try to shout out first? It will make you healthier. | 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 read. Many people have different ideas about it. Here're some _ of the readers .
Hello Kitty: It is a great book about how a cat sees the seasons. I'm a teacher and I read it to my students every year when we study the seasons.
A Sweet Girl: I'm a little girl from America. I've got the book on my 12thbirthday this year. My parents buy it for me. I love it so much. I often read it before going to bed.
Warm Wind: I'm Jenny. I'm in the school reading club .We share our favourite book every Sunday. I share this book with other students in the club. They all like it. | middle5955.txt |
[
{
"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 the boy, "Your window is open this time and our football is in your room. May I get it please?" | 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--the male penguins are perhaps the best parents in the world. They choose their wives in the dark They can only hear them--not see them. Then the female penguins lay their eggs and go away for about two months. The males look after the eggs. If the eggs get cold, there will be no chicks. There is no food. The snow falls and the wind blows--sometimes at 150 kilometers an hour. The penguins do not move.
When the females return from the sea, they will not remember their husbands. It doesn't matter. Only one thing-- their eggs. Male penguins never fight--unless a penguin leaves a chick for a minute. Then they fight because they all want it. They are strange and wonderful birds. | 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 watch called Android Wear. The watch uses a touchscreen and voice control. Simply say "OK, Google" to ask what ever you want to know. For example, say "OK, Google. Where's the nearest toy store?" Your answer will tell you the answer on Google Maps.
Le Pen
Do you like listening to music while doing homework? If you do, you will like Le Pen. With a music player planted inside, Le Pen plays music while you write on paper. The music stops when you stop writing. So if you want to enjoy more of your favorite songs, keep on writing.
One wheel
In the near future you may find a new way to escape traffic: a self-balancing skateboard called Onewheel. It can go as fast as 19km an hour. On a single charge , it can take you as far as 7-10km. | 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 knows what you need to learn.
You mustn't be _ on a test day. If you're badly ill, call and let the teacher know you will not be there for the test. If your teacher allows make-up tests , you should take the test in one or two days after you go back to school.
Be on time! It is impolite to be late. If you come late, be sure to do it quietly. Take your books out of your bag after you go into the classroom. Then go to your seat and sit down quietly. In the US, you needn't knock at the door before you come into the classroom.
If you have to leave during the class, do it quietly, too. There is no need to ask the teacher's agreement. | 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 website. On April 8, 2012 he appeared to the public officially in the group of EXO. The EXO is one of the most pop music groups in Asia. His handsome looking, stage strength in singing and dancing, excellent personal charm won many fans'love. He was the only one of the EXO who was good both at singing and dancing. In his spare time, he likes playing magic cube and also does well in football and basketball. On 10th October, 2014, he _ the agreement with SM and then went back to China. Now the 24-year-old young man had his first try at acting. He started in the Chinese movie Returning to the 20s. In the movie, a 70-year-old woman becomes back to 20 again and plays in a band with her grandson. Lu Han played the role of the grandson. Another good news for the fans is that he is said to be invited to the Spring Festival Gala for 2015. | middle4487.txt |
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"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? Check yourself by answering "yes" or "no" to these questions.
(1)Do you move your lips when reading silently?
(2)Do you point to words with your finger as you read?
(3)Do you move your head from side to side as you read?
(4)Do you read one word at a time?
If you answer "yes" to any of these questions, start at once to break the habit.If you move your lips, hold your fingers over them,or hold a piece of paper between your lips while you are reading. Then if your lips move, you will know it and can stop them.
If you point to words, hold the two sides of your book, one side with your left hand, the other side with your right hand. Then you won't have a free finger to use in pointing while reading. If you move your head, place your chin in one hand and hold your head still .
If you read no more than one or two three words at a time, you need to work very hard in learning to take in more words at each glance as your eyes travel across the lines of words.
Even if you do rather fast now, you can learn to read even faster.As you probably have been
told, the fast reading is to take in whole groups of words as each glance. Read in thought groups and force your eyes along the lines of words as fast as you can make them go. Anyone who practices doing these things will be able to read faster | middle5799.txt |
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"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 showed their dogs how to open the wooden box .Sometimes they use their heads to push it and sometimes they use their hands.
10 dogs were divided into two groups---Group1 and Group2. In the first part of the test, Group1 were rewarded with a piece of meat for copying their owner's actions. Group2 were rewarded with food for not copying and using other ways. With each dog the experiment was repeated hundreds of times. Scientists recorded the time to see which group was first to get 85% right. They found that Group1finished the task much sooner than Group2.
In the second part of the test, all the dogs were only rewarded for copying the way that their owners used. Group1 reached the 85% mark more quickly than Group2.
So the scientists draw a conclusion: "Like humans, dogs can copy actions that they see. Dogs' imitative behavior is shaped more by their interactions with humans than by evolution ."
Scientists said,"A dog's behavior is influenced much like that of a child; they look and learn similar behavior. We hope that owners understand the importance of their actions and use this knowledge to set good examples and therefore have a good effect on the behavior of their pets." | middle2948.txt |
[
{
"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 mother is a nurse. On Sundays, Joan goes to the People's Park with her father and mother. Sometimes she goes shopping with her mother. They like the Chinese food very much. It's a happy family. | 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 your family and how old you are . A little primary school kid may get one yuan , but older children would get more . Each family is different.
Many parents or grandparents give kids pocket money so that their kids can :
use the money to buy things that they want .
learn to find out how much things cost .
learn to look after money well .
learn to shop around for the best price
learn to save their pocket money for the future.
learn what is worth buying.
It is difficult to _ money . If you spend all of your money too quickly ,you will not be able to buy the necessary things that you will need in the future life . If you always save money , you will not get many nice things that you really like . Try to use your pocket money in the right way and you will always get something good. | 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 likes swimming, too. He wants to work in Sanya and to be a swimmer. But he can't speak Chinese. So he is still there and goes to Chinese classes every week. | 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 Summer Univcrsiade. The pandas, a male and a female from Wolong Panda Research Center in Sichuan Province, will be "universiade Pandas", just like "Asian Games Pandas" and "Olympic Pandas".
Shenzhen Safari Park will rebuild its panda house to welcome the pandas. The panda house has been empty since another panda, Yongba, 25, was returned to Sichuan in 2009 because it was too old.
How old are the Universiade Pandas? What are their names? What are they like? What are their living habits? We will find out the answers in June when they arrive. | 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 cool!
Xingsha Beach The whole afternoon
Tel:375 -- 7442
Talent Show
Are you good at singing,dancing,acting or playing the guitar?
Come and show yourself!
Music Hall 7:00 p.m.-- 9:00 p.m.
Tel:375 -- 9876
Chess is fun!
Different kinds of chess
Who will win at last?
Chess Club 8:00 a.m.-- 10:30 a.m.1:00 p.m.-- 3:30 p.m.
Tel:375 -- 7465
For further information,please call the school office.Just do it! Enjoy yourself! | 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's imagination ,and keep them interested all the way through .
Publication Date :September 3,2013 Publisher: Hazed Published Language:English | 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 old man carefully cut the hamburger in half and divided the French fries in two piles. Then he neatly put the half of the food in front of his wife. He took a sip of the drink and his wife _ . "how poor the old people are!" the people around them thought. As the man began to eat his hamburger and his French fries, his wife sat there watching him and took turns to drink. A young man came over and offered to buy another meal for them. But they refused politely and said that they got used to sharing everything.
Then a young lady asked a question of the little old lady. " Madam, why aren't you eating? You said that you share everything, then what are you waiting for?" She answered, "The teeth." | 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," said the professor. "But it shouldn't be too difficult to fix. Let me have a look at it."
And before the farmer could say a word, the professor was at the door. A broom fell on his shoulder and a woman's voice shouted, "Go away, you old rascal , or I'll kill you..."
The professor left the house quickly. The farmer sat on the road looking very unhappy. The professor walked up to him and put his hand on his shoulder. "Never mind," he said, "my chimney sometimes too." | 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 parent or an older relative probably bought your clothes and helped you clean up your room. Now you are likely to have a clothes allowance, to care for your bedroom, and to share other cleaning chores. You may once have had trouble getting your homework finished on time. By now, you may have learned to pace yourself. You know how much time you need. Do you remember begging your parents to stop for ice cream, or take an after-school job when you want money for a new clock radio? Of course, you don't always budget your time and your money perfectly. Your room doesn't always pass inspection. And you are often less than even tempered when something upsetting happens. But you're learning.
As you get older, you have more privileges and more responsibilities. You may baby-sit for younger brothers and sisters, help cook dinner, and do odd jobs to contribute to the family income. You may get to stay up to watch a late movie on television, sit in on adult conversations, take subways and buses alone, or go on camping trips with your friends. Eventually, you will have a job and an apartment of your own.
You'll become a voter and perhaps a husband or wife, maybe even a parent. But doing things adults do does not necessarily mean you will be wiser, braver, or more self-assured. It takes time to acquire knowledge and build self-confidence. Adults need to test themselves in the world, just as you do as a teenager. Being an adult is a continual process of growth. | 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 going to go out with some friends. To wish me a happy birthday, they are going to pull on my ear 21 times, once for each year. It's an old custom. Some people pull on the ear just once, but my friends are very traditional."
Mr. and Mrs. Sato are from Tokyo. Mr. Sato is going to be 60 tomorrow. In Japan, the sixtieth birthday is called Kanreki --it's the beginning of a new life. The color red is for a new life, so we always give something red for a sixtieth birthday.
Liu Mei from Beijing feels very excited and tells us, "Tomorrow is my 16th birthday. It's a special birthday, so we're going to have a family party. Maybe I will get some lucky money from my relatives . My mother is going to cook noodles for a long life."
Phillip, from Paris, smiles to us, "I'm going to be thirty next week, so I'm going to invite three very good friends out for dinner. In France, when you have a birthday, you often invite people out."
How do you usually celebrate your birthday? | 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 dog food.
When the time came, a plate of the dog food was set in front of the dog. Everyone looked at the dog. But there was one problem. He didn't eat any of it. The dog didn't like the dog food!
The boss of the company had to do something fast. All of the people were watching. All of them were laughing. So he ate the dog food himself! | 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 or five subjects each term. They usually have same lessons every day, and teachers don't ask them to do much homework. After school, they can do many interesting things like playing sports. Most students are seventeen years old when they finish high school.
After high school, many students go to college . They can go to a small one or big one. They need a lot of money to go to college. So many college students work after school to _ . | 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 what you can do to pay for it. Can we do that?" Anny agreed with much happiness, and she got the necklace.
How much Anny loved the necklace! She wore it everywhere and every minute. Anny also did part - time jobs to make pocket money. She worked very hard. Soon she succeeded in paying off the price for the necklace.
Anny's daddy knew how she tried her best to get the necklace. He also knew how much Anny cared about it. One night, he asked Anny if she loved him. "Sure, Daddy." the little girl said. "Then how about giving me your necklace?" "Oh, no, Daddy! Not my necklace!" Anny cried. "Oh, dear, it's fine." her father gave her a kiss.
Several days later, Anny went to her daddy, with her lips trembling . "Here, Daddy. I love you." She held out her hand. Inside it was the plastic pearl necklace that she loved so much.
When he saw this, Anny's father smiled with surprise. He then pulled a cute box out of his pocket. Inside the box was a real and colourful pearl necklace, which was waiting for Anny for so long. | 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 keys in the schoolbag, too. My bed is blue, and my green quilt is on it. Under the bed, you can see a baseball, and I can play it well. My books are in the bookcase, and my white model plane is in it, too. My room is tidy, isn't it?
Do you have a room? Can I have a picture of your room?
Yours,
Liu Peng | 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 the young man.
"Well," says the old man, "Let me sit here please. When she comes back, I will leave here."
The bus starts .
"She doesn't come, but her bag is here. Let me give her the bag." Then the old man throws the bag out of the bus window.
The young man jumps up and shouts, "Don't throw! It's my bag!" | 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 though you have to deal with some very grown-up problems and decisions.
Families can be one of the biggest causes of stress, such as problems with parents arguing at home or problems with brothers and sisters. Teenagers also have a lot of stress from school, either from their teachers or from their friends. Some teenagers also feel stressed about choosing their education after high school. Getting a place at university can be very difficult and some cannot afford to go to university. The stress about getting a job when finishing school is hard for some teenagers. There are so many young people finishing school and not enough jobs for them.
Sadly, there is nothing we can do to remove these causes of stress from the 1ives of teenagers, but you can learn the best way to deal with it. Talking to people is one of the best ways to deal with stress. It may sound simple, but it is true. A problem shared is a problem halved. | 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 passed away. Pinky's parents did not mind. Pinky left school and started working full time because she had a baby to feed. Today , she has twelve adopted children, and two sons from her marriage.
Pinky is about 30 years old and she comes from a common family. If you passed her on the street, you wouldn't give her a second look. She lives in a brown mud-washed house. There is a vegetable garden outside. Red hens with noisy chicks run all over the garden looking for food.
If you ask her why she provides a home to so many kids, she smiles shyly. But her eyes are serious. "I know what it is to be poor and hungry." As a child, her only dream was to eat a full meal, and her favorite amusement was watching people with shoes and imagining what it felt like. By adopting poor and homeless children she is making sure that they never feel that hopeless.
Pinky feels very proud when she sees her children happy and bright, Her oldest baby, Aarita Rai, is now 20 years old, Then, there is 19-year-old Nimbe who came to Pinky because her mother was unable to look after her. She started to work in a government office two years ago. Ten-year-old Bhim and 14-year-old Kumar came to Pinky five years ago, after their father's death. They started living on a patch of land given by Pinky and grew vegetables for sale.
"I like children. It's not one more mouth to feed but one more soul saved," Pinky says. | 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 drinking. He usua1ly worried a lot the night before the exam. But on that night he looked quite relaxed. He told me what he would do." It's very easy," he said to me, "There are a hundred questions and I have to get fifty right answers to pass the exam. I'll bring a coin with me and throw it to decide answers. I' m sure I'll get half the questions right in this way. "During the exam, Fred sat down and really threw the coin for half an hour when he was writing down his answers. Then he 1eft half an hour before the others. The next day he saw the teacher on the playground. "Good morning, Mr. Wu," he said, "Have you checked the papers? Have I passed?" The teacher 1ooked at him and smiled, "Ah, it's you, Fred. One moment, please." Then he put his hand into his pocket and took out a coin. He threw it into the air, caught it in his hand and looked at it , "I'm very sorry, Fred. You _ ." | 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 Huang and Mr Huang like their students very much. | 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. Outside the zoo gate there is a picture. It's a picture of a panda with "Welcome". In the zoo, Rose sees not only pandas but also many other animals.
A panda is round and fat. It looks like a ball. It always moves slowly like a ball rolling . There are also elephants. The elephant is the biggest animal on land. There are many monkeys on the hill. Some of them are sitting in the trees. Some are picking nuts. And the others are running or climbing up the trees. Rose and her parents have a good time in the zoo. | middle916.txt |
[
{
"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 take a shower at around nine o'clock and then go to bed at around nine- thirty. Sometimes I read some books because I can learn something about my work.
How about your evening? Write to me soon, please.
Best wishes,
Victor | 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 things more easily after taking a nap. A nap may improve your self-confidence and make you more active. It may even cheer you up. But, there are some rules you should think about taking a nap.
First, take a nap in the middle of day.
Next, a 20-minute nap is best. If you sleep longer, you may fall into a deep sleep. After waking from a deep sleep, you will feel worse. Also, you should set an alarm clock. That way, you can fully relax during your nap. You won't have to keep looking at the clock so you don't sleep too much.
Now, the next time you feel sleepy after lunch, don't get stressed. Put your head down, close your eyes, and take a nap. | 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 , in today's Shandong Province. Chinese look upon Confucius as the greatest thinker and also the greatest teacher. He had about 3,000 students. For more than 2,000 years, Confucius' ideas have been around in people's everyday lives. Now they have gone far into Western countries and south Asia. People can still hear _ today.
Why are his ideas so popular? They help not only in everyday life but also society.
Confucius' most important ideas are kindness and good manners. Confucius said young people should take care of the old. People should give up thinking of themselves and work for others. As a great teacher, Confucius said that all should go to school if they wanted to learn.
Some of Confucius' popular words are "A kind person should care others" and "Be strict with yourself, but be kind to others". People use his ideas to help themselves and society. Now, more than 100 Internet web sites are teaching people about Confucius and his ideas.
"Kindness and honesty are the best values of the world today," said 79-year-old Kong Fanjin who was studying Confucius. | 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. Herself, Mom and Dad were looking out of the house. On the _ was the little dog, she wanted to have it so much.
"Look, mom!"
"Oh, Mary, this is so beautiful! Your best ever!"
Mary was very happy and said, "I'll show this to Dad now!"
She ran to the door of the room where her dad worked.
"Dad!" Mary knocked on the door. "I want you to see the house I made!"
"I'm sorry, Mary, I am busy. Can't you show it to someone else?" her dad answered in the room. Mary looked down at her drawing and her tears came down.
"I don't want to show it to anyone else. I want to show it to my dad. You're the only dad I have!"
Mary's mom felt so heavy in her heart and she got ready for a hug. But before she took another step, the door opened and Mary's dad appeared.
"I'm sorry Mary. I was foolish! Come here and we'll look at your drawing!"
Daughter and the only dad she had walked into the room to enjoy the child's beautiful work of art. | 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, four other actors and actresses spoke their lines, and I opened my mouth. Nothing came out. I couldn't even breathe. I just wanted to leave. The next thing I knew, I was running off the stage.
As I was running off the stage, I accidentally knocked over a glass of grape juice that was on a table. The purple juice hit the girl next to me --- Andrea, the leading actress of the drama. She gave me a nasty look. I thought she was going to kill me!
But then, Andrea quickly said, "Darling, you're so silly! Let's toast to my darling's silliness! Cheers!" She grabbed another glass of grape juice and drank it. The other actor quickly followed Andrea's lead and saved the scene. The audience thought my mistake was part of the play!
I apologized to everyone after the play. To my surprise, they were not angry with me. They told me, "It's all a part of being on stage." I could be wrong, but I think I liked being on stage. I think I will try again. | 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. Ill decide who play each part."
I wanted to have one of the bigger parts in the play, so I choose the part of the king. He has a lot of lines to say. I learned them by heart.
This morning in our English lesson we had to say our lines. I acted the part of the king. When I said my lines, I put a lot of expression into my acting. I thought I acted really well.
Everyone in the class read a part and then the teacher who would play each part.
Many of the students in my class couldn't act at all. They couldn't even read without making lots of mistakes. I was sure that I would get a big part in the play.
However, the teacher gave me the part of a soldier. He has only one line. It is, "Yes, sir!"
I was very disappointed. At the end of the lesson I went up to her and asked her why I had such a small part.
"You put too much _ in your acting," she said. "Good acting is not big acting. It is acting the audience can believe in."
I think I know what she means. | 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 observed animals.
"Animals ' behavior can be connected to future weather conditions or events." They say. For example, if cows lie down, a rainstorm is coming. There are many traditional stories connecting animals and natural events. Many people think that these stories don't have scientific evidence( ) at all. Scientists, however, are beginning to take another look at some of these ideas.
A Japanese earthquake researcher named Kiyoshi Shimamura noticed an increase in dog bites a short time before earthquake hit. Then he did research on twelve public health centers in Kobe, Japan. These health centers treated people after the 1995 earthquake . He got some interesting information about the month before the big earthquake: treatment for animals' bites had increased . In fact, aggressive behavior in dogs, such as biting and barking loudly , jumped 60 percent.
There are also other changes in animals' behavior before the earthquake. For example, fish began swimming together in large groups , but only in the middle of the water and not near the edges. Birds flew away from their nests for many days, leaving their eggs unprotected . These animals' behavior suggests that animals may be able to predict natural events better than people. | 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 couldn't be true that my beautiful mother would many someone who dressed like a clown . I hated him.
Lunch was terrible. Mother kept trying to start a conversation, but neither Jim nor I would say
much. Finally I offered to bring in the dessert just to get away from the clown
Something unpleasant happened, but I didn't mean to do it. I guess the plate slipped. But one minute I was handing Jim his blackberry pie, and the next, dark purple berries were oozing all over his shirt and tie.
I was mortified. My face turned bright red. Jim looked very much surprised at first, but then he began to laugh. I started to laugh too. Maybe this guy was all right, after all. Then I had a quick look at my mother. She looked happier than I had seen her in a long time.[:ZXXK] | 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 lights, infrared faucets and air-conditioners need electricity to work. One way to save energy is by keeping lights clean. More and more dust and dirt make the lights less bright. When malls keep lights clean, they can use fewer lights and keep the area just as bright ,Using fewer lights means using less energy.
You step up to the water faucet. The water starts to flow. You don't have to touch a thing. Why do malls have such fancy faucets?. The answer is simple. They save water. Sometimes people forget to turn the water off after they wash. Infrared faucets turn themselves off.
The... | 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 are active and outgoing, but they are sometimes afraid to talk and make friends with others. They always try to hold other people away from them. They may seem to have lots of friends, but inside they are hurting.
Are you lonely? If your answer is "yes", you may need to work hard enough! Here are some tips to think about:
To be wanted and needed is a big answer to loneliness. Is there any way you can help other people? Try to do something helpful for others even if you are very busy. By helping other people, we find friends and lose loneliness.
Do you have an interest or hobby? Find a group of people with this interest and join them.
Live in the real world! The world on the Internet is not a real world and it is very different from the real life. The students asleep in class are mostly those who often surf the net through the night. As a result, they'll get lost in the real world.
Don't wait for someone to phone, or write, or email you, you call them. And if they seem too busy, it doesn't mean you are not welcome. Try another time!
When you've done anything wrong to other people, don't be too proud to say sorry. You must do that even if you find it hard to open your mouth. | 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 thirty, he became a teacher. He started his own school. He believed everyone should have a chance to get education whether they were rich or poor. He had about 3, 000 students and many of them became famous.
Chinese see Confucius as the greatest thinker and also the greatest teacher. His most important ideas are kindness and good manners. He said young people should take care of the old. People should stop thinking of themselves and work for others. His ideas are around in people's everyday life. Today people can still hear them, and _ go far into east and south Asia. | 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 sky is falling!He can't wait to tell everyone about it. They run for their lives!When everyone learns the truth ,no one likes Chicken Little. They laugh at him. He gets a bad name in the town,Oakey Oaks. It's time for him to change others' minds.
Chicken Little begins to play baseball. He is not bigger than a ball,but he plays very well!He helps his team win. Now they think he's great.
Just then,a spaceship really does fall from the sky!The aliens abroad have bad plans. Once again he must tell people about _ !Will he get help from his friends in the town?Can he show himself a different person?You have to watch the film to find it out! | 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 jacket now that's green,
So I gave my sweater to our cat Queen.
Queen just had babies out in the shed .
My favorite sweater is now in their bed. | 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 is to enjoy the holidays but not to eat too much. You don't have to turn away from the foods that you enjoy. The following suggestions may be of some help to you.
* Do not miss meals. Before you leave home for a big dinner, have small, low fat foods. This may help to keep you from getting too excited before delicious foods.
* Begin with clear soup and fruit or vegetables. A large glass of water before you eat may help you feel full. Use a small plate ; a large plate will encourage you to have more than enough.
* Better not have high fat foods. Dishes that look oily have much fat in them.
* Fill your plate with salad and green vegetables.
* If you have a sweet tooth, try some fruits. They don't have as much fat as cream and chocolate.
* Don't let exercise take a break during the holidays. A 20 minutes' walk after a meal can help burn off calories . | 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 keep in good health. Also, the food for breakfast will give you what you need in the day.
Eating a good breakfast is important, but not many people are changing their eating habits. In the USA, about 60% of people have their main meal in the evening. For most Japanese and Australians, the evening meal is the main meal of the day, too.
In Mexico, the main meal for many families is usually at 2:00 pm. In Switzerland, the main meal is also in the middle of the day.
Many nutritionist say people should eat small, low-fat meals five or six times a day. However, most people think that what you eat is more important than when you eat it. Eating healthy foods like vegetables, fish, and fresh fruit is a good way to enjoy a healthy life. | 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 parents. Don't get to your parents when you are angry. Your parents probably won't consider your ideas if you are shouting at them. And you can't express yourself well if you are angry. Go someplace to cool off. Make sure you understand why you are unhappy. Then think about what you want to say to your parents. If you don't think you can speak to them at the moment, try writing a letter.
Try to reach a compromise . Perhaps you and your parents disagree on something. You can keep your disagreement and try your best to accept each other. Michael's mother didn't agree with him about buying a motorbike. They argued over it. But they finally came to a compromise. Michael bought the motorbike, but only drove it on certain days.
Of course, your parents might refuse to compromise on something. In these situations, it is especially important to show love and respect to them. Showing respect will keep your relationship strong.
Talk about your values. The values of your parents are probably different from those of your own. Tell your parents what you care about, and why. Understanding your values might help them see your purposes in life.
A good relationship with your parents can make you a better and happier person. It is worth having a try!
,. | 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 school.
Her mother gave her diary to a French reporter, Pierre Haski when he went to Zhangjisshu in 2001. Now, it has been published in France Italy, Germany, Japan and China.
Ma is now a Junior Three student at Yuwang Middle School in Tongxin. Before this, she had to leave school twice. When she had to stop going to school the first time, her mum told her there was no money for her to go to school. She worked for 21 days and saved 13 yuan. With this money, she went back to school. The second time, her family told her she had to leave school but her two brothers could stay.
"I want to study," Ma wrote in her diary. "Why can boys study but girls can't? It would be wonderful if I could stay at school forever."
Ma loves school so much because she wants to have a better life.
"My parents work hard in the fields but they are still poor. They have no knowledge. Most girls in my village leave school early and get married young. I don't want that kind of life," Ma said.
After her story became known, many French student sent money to her. Ma's dream is the same as ever. She hopes to go to Tsinghua University and become a reporter. "Then , I can find poor kids like me and help them, " she said. | 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 left at New Park. Go along Centre Street and my house is on your right.
I hope you can have a good trip.
Yours,
Mike | 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 weren't looking good.
Mr. Right put my paper on my desk. There in big red numbers, circled to draw attention, was my score, 55!
I lowered my head, and covered the score up quickly. A 55 is not something that you wanted your classmates to see.
"The scores were not very good, none of you passed," Mr. Right said. "The highest score in the class was a 55."
A 55. That's me!
Suddenly my sad look didn't look so bad. I had the highest score. I felt a lot better.
I walked home alone that day with the low but high score. My father knew that I had a big test that day and asked me as soon as I got home, "How did you do in your test?"
"I made a 55," I said.
A frown now stood on my father's face. I knew I had to explain immediately. "But Dad, I had the highest score in the class," I proudly stated. I thought that explanation would make a difference.
"You failed!" my father replied.
"But it's the highest!" I insisted.
"I don't care what scores others had, but you failed. What matters is what you do!" my father firmly said.
For years, my father was always that way. It didn't matter what others did, it only mattered what I did and that I did it excellently.
We often don't understand the wisdom of good parents until we ourselves stand in the parents' shoes. My father's words have carried me throughout life. | 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 can.There are many bridges over the rivers.The trains can easily run over the water.But it is not easy to build the bridges.Today's trains have dining rooms for people.You may eat something in them on the way if you are hungry.Trains are useful to men,women and children.Many children have model trains.With the model trains they can build their own rails and enjoy the wonderful world of trains. | 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 doctor in a hospital. My mother runs a clothing shop. We have another family member, Beibei. She is a lovely dog. She will have a puppy soon. | 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. His mother in the house saw the two as they got closer and closer. She quickly ran to the lake, shouting to her son as loudly as she could.
Hearing her voice, the little boy swam quickly to his mother, but he was too slow. Just as he reached her, the crocodile reached him, too.
The mother caught her little boy by the arms just as the crocodile caught his legs. There was a tug of war between the two. The crocodile was much stronger than the mother, but the mother didn't give up. A farmer happened to drive by. He heard her shouts, and then tried his best to kill the crocodile.
After spending weeks in the hospital, the little boy felt well. His legs were scarred by the animal and on his arms there were deep scars, too. His mother's hands had deeper scars because she wouldn't let go.
The newspaper reporter interviewed the boy. He asked the boy if he would show him his scars. The boy said to the reporter proudly, "Look at my arms. I have great scars on my arms. I have them because my mom wouldn't let go." | 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 lessons, and she likes English best. Usually Jenny has lunch at school. She goes home at five in the afternoon. Sometimes, she helps her friends with their lessons. After supper she usually watches TV news. Then she does her homework. She goes to bed at about 9:30. Jenny is a good girl. | 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 are some listeners effective? First of all, they don't care about some poor situations, like an uncomfortable seat or a personal problem. They say "No" to anything that will stop them from understanding and remembering. After leaving a class or meeting, they remember what the speakers said, not the room conditions or the speaker's accent .
Effective listeners always pay attention to the message itself. They try not to be influenced by their own feelings or opinions. They do not decide if the thing is boring, too easy, or too difficult before listening. They like getting the challenge of new ideas. To help remember difficult ideas, they write down important words and phrases.
However, ineffective listeners often daydream. They don't like to hear what they don't agree with or easily understand. They are often so busy taking notes that they miss the speaker's main idea. These listeners leave a speech or a class with a notebook full of words, but the notebook means nothing.
Do you wish to do well in your study? Start to be an effective listener. It may help. | 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 this way .It's all parts of sportsmanship , A great tradition in sports and competition .It means playing and being calm all through the match .
Everyone feels great when they win .In the last few years ,your may see some players celebrate a goal with a long dance .However , it's always hard for people to say in public that they made a bad play .Good sportsmanship is what they really need .It's the golden rule of sports .
Good sportsmanship means that you play by the rules ,talk politely to every during games and stay cool even when you lose the game .At the school sports meet, for example , it's more important for you to know how to work as part of a team and cheer your team on .hey may help you enjoy more success at your future work .In competition---as us in life--you may not always win ,but believe me ,sportsmanship will help you get through , and there is always the next match . | 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 black tea. They may drink tea at any time of the day anywhere. But they don't drink tea just before they go to bed, for tea makes them awake.
In England, people like to drink tea with milk and sugar in it, and they often have it in the afternoon with their friends.
In Japan, people also like drinking tea very much. It is very popular there. They drink tea every day. They have it in different ways from that in China. Some young Japanese girls are good at making tea. They can do it beautifully.
In the U.S.A., people drink tea at breakfast or after meals. They usually use tea bags to make their tea. Making tea with tea bags is faster and easier than making it with tea leaves in teapots. | 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. One hundred persons were chosen to answer the questions last week.
What they want Health Safety Food
52% 33% 15%
Where they like to live In a quieter place In a busier place In a greener place
15% 5% 80%
What they think of working in the city Bad Good No idea
8% 80% 12%
Whether they plan to change their living places Yes No Difficult to say
39% 41% 20% | 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 at home and take care of their children, but now not any more.Everyone is busy working.Mother used to spend all day cooking in the kitchen.But now the family don't eat home-cooked food any more.
And the cars! No one walks any more.More and more people drive.Students used to walk 5 miles to school every day, even in winter.But now students don't.And in school, children don't have to think any more.In math class, for example, they used to add, subtract, multiply and divide in their heads.Instead, they use calculators .
And people today have TV and computers, and they don't talk to each other any more.They are too busy to talk, too busy to eat, too busy to think....
Life used to be simple, but it isn't any more. | 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 manage to communicate with each other.
Willow trees are the best-known of these trees. When insects begin nibbling a willow tree, the tree sends out a special smell at once. This smell tells the other willows that harmful insects are coming near. All of them quickly make a chemical in their leaves. This chemical is bad to the insects. The insects do not like it and they fly away soon. In this way, the willow trees protect themselves from the insects.
The next time when you take a walk in the woods, maybe the trees are "talking" to each other quietly. And when someone says that trees cannot "talk", please tell them that even trees give messages to each other, too. | 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 are smart and cute. Do you like the giraffes? They are fun. And there are many other animals, too. It's really exciting!
Tickets :Grown--ups :Y=2.00
Students of 6--12:Y=1.00
Time: Monday--Friday: 9:00 a.m--4:00 p.m
Saturday--Sunday:8:00 a.m--5:00 p.m
Don't give food to the animals. | 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 basketball, too.
Yao Ming is widely known in China.He came to be a very important basketball player in China Basketball Association .It's short for CBA.During the 2000~2001 season, he did very well.He got 27.1 scores for the Shanghai Oriental Sharks in every match.
Yao Ming joined the Houston Rockets in November, 2002.He said this was a new start in his basketball life.He would do his best to learn from the NBA and improve himself.
Sport analyst Bill Walton said, "Yao Ming has the potential , the capability of changing the future of basketball." | 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 to be active . People think that red example is exciting sociable people, those who like to be with others like red. The cool colours are green, blue and purple. These colours, unlike warm colours, are relaxing. Where there are cool colours, people are usually quiet. People who like to spend time alone often prefer blue.
Red may be exciting but one scientist says that time seems to pass more slow in a room with warm colours than in a room with cool colours. He suggested that a warm colour such as red or orange is a good colour for a living room or a restaurant.
People who are relaxing or eating don't want time to pass quickly. Cool colours are better for offices of factories as the people who work there want time to pass quickly. Scientists don't know why people think some colours are warm and other colours are cool.
However, almost everyone agrees that warm colours remind people of warm days and cool colours remind them of cool days. Because in the north the sun is low during winter, the sunlight appears quite blue. Because the sun is higher during summer, the hot summer sunlight appears yellow. Jacksunshine998@sina com | 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 their popcorn. But that's not all; they also like other kinds of things like chocolate, and even cheese! Americans like to eat popcorn as a snack . These days, there are a lot of "low -fat" kinds of popcorn in US shops to keep people healthy.
Americans started eating popcorn in movie theaters in the 1930s. Before this, they couldn't because movies were silent and popcorn made too much noise. When movies got noisier, people could eat noisier food.
Next time you eat popcorn, why not try to eat it American style. | 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 live in about 40% of all homes in the US. About half that number have cats.
Families in the US are becoming smaller. On the average ,2.64 people lived in a home in the early 1990s. In 1960, the average was 3.5.
Half of the teenagers in the US have their own bedrooms.
An American moves, on the average,twelve times in his or her life. In Japan, a person moves about five times, and in England a person moves eight times. | 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, you asked me to stop and do my homework. After finishing my homework, still I wasn't allowed to read my football magazines. You said I had to go to bed early. That was bad enough, but yesterday was the worst day. I bought some computer games, and put them in my bag so that you wouldn't see them. I told you I had to do my homework first. I know it was wrong to lie to you, but you told me that Dad would talk to me later. Mum, I didn't quite like what you did to me! I really love you, mum, but I wish you could try not to be so hard on me.
Love,
Zhang Ning | 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 industry,more and more people all over the world have known the word.In September,2008,taikonauts caught many people's eyes again.
The Shenzhou-7 spacecraft that carried three taikonauts took off from China's Jiuquan
Satellite Launch Center on September 25th.It's the third time for China to send people into space.During the flight in space.some tasks were completed and the 20-minute spacewalk was the most exciting one.With the help of his two teammates Liu Boming and Jing Haipeng,Chinese taikonaut Zhai Zhigang completed China's first spacewalk.China has become the third country to finish such an outer space activity following Russia and the U.S.A.All the Chinese people are proud of our country. | 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, so it's easier to breathe and see where you are going.
4.Test the door. If the door is cool, open it carefully. If the door is hot, do not open it! Try to find a different way out.
5.Get out. Do not stop to pick up anything. A fire can become very big in a few seconds!
6.Don't use the lift. Always use the stairs. The lift may go wrong and keep you inside.
7.Don't go back .Even if you have left your pet or favorite toy inside, do not go back for it. Animals have a very good sense of smell. They often get out of buildings before people. | 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 front of their house, Sam was so surprised that he stopped to look at him closely. It was an icy morning and he looked very cold.
The poor old man didn't have anything to cover himself with. Sam went into his house to get the old man a blanket. However, there were no extra blankets, so Sam thought hard and took his father's coat. It was the only thing of his father's that he had left. Sam wrote a short note. "Sir, I found you sleeping in front of my house. This is my father's coat. I hope it fits you well." He put the note in a pocket of the coat, and covered the old man with the coat. Then he went to work. When he came back three hours later, both the man and the coat were gone. Sam thought that it was the best thing he could have done with his father's coat.
That afternoon, Sam hurried home after school because Julie was at home alone. However, Julie and the old man were standing in front of the house, and Julie shouted to Sam, "Brother! He's our grandfather!"
The grandfather smiled and said, "Sam. Thank you for giving me the coat and letting me know how good my grandson is. This coat was the one that I gave my son a long time ago!" | 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! "
The boy soon fell silent as tears fell from his big blue eyes. Feeling sorry, the father said: "You can finish later. The boy said nothing but quietly walked away." That evening the father said: "Come and finish the kisses now, Andrew!" But the boy didn't.
Unfortunately, a few days later after the father's birthday, the boy had an accident and died. His sad father wrote: "If only(...,)I could tell him how sorry I am for my thoughtless words, and how much my heart is hurting."
Love is a two-way street. We must warmly accept any loving act, or others will take it as a "NO" and it can leave a scar . If we don't receive love, our life will lose its true meaning. Nothing is more important than accepting love from those who are near and dear to us .
,. | 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 into towns and cities. In most big towns it is very hard to find parking spaces.
Wide, smooth , straight roads must be built now in place of the old and narrow roads. These roads must not pass through towns and cities. They must not be crossed by other roads.
Today such roads are being built in many countries in the world. These roads have at least two lanes , one for slow-moving traffic and the other for fast-moving traffic.
These roads do not pass through town and cities; horses and bikes are not allowed on them. Accidents do not usually happen. Cars can travel hundreds of miles without having to stop.
But these modem roads often cannot be built in towns and cities. Before a road in a town can be made wider, many buildings have to be pulled down.
Some people feel that more car-parks should be built outside a city, then the drivers should leave their cars and catch a bus or take a taxi to their offices. | 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 .They can run over 70 miles an hour. But they get tired quickly and usually stop after a few minutes.Pronghorn antelopes are the fastest animals over long distances. They can run 35 miles an hour for many miles. Their top speed is more than 50 miles an hour.Ostriches can't fly, but they can run faster than other birds. They can run 43 miles an hour for a short distance. And can keep up a speed of more than 30 miles an hour over long distances. | 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 |
[
{
"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 and couldn't go to buy any for her. She gave some money to Bruce and said, "Go and buy two kilos of bananas in the shop. "
Bruce liked bananas, too. He went out happily. Half an hour later he came back with a bag in his hand. Mrs. Gates weighed the bananas and found they were half a kilo short. She took the bag to the shopkeeper and said, "I sent my little son for two kilos of bananas, but you gave him only one and a half kilos!" "Have you weighed your little son yet, madam?" asked the shopkeeper, "My scales are all right." | 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. She has a set of keys in her desk. She has a computer game.
A model plane is under her desk. It is her father--Tim Miller's. Her mother--Emma Miller's sweater is in her room, too. | 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 houses.
In a village in Somerset, a place in South West England, villagers have found a new way to save their red phone box. They turned it into a mini library to deal with the shortage of libraries in their area. The idea was given by a local villager, Janet Fisher, who lives opposite the phone box. Villagers got together to set up the book box. Over 100 books and a lot of movies and music CDs are available at this mini library. The books are of different kinds, including from cooking books to the classics and children's books. People can put the books that they have read inside the phone box, and take away the books that they'd like to read. The books are always changing. There is a regular check on the books to keep the phone box collection fresh.
Anyone is free to come to read books there. The phone box library is open every day around the clock and is lit (the past form of "light") at night. " It's very pleasing that the red phone box has been saved. More importantly, it can continue providing a service for us," said one of the villagers. | 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 people doing it. I thought maybe I could do it too! The next year I decided to run for the race, but I had little running practice. I just wanted to finish. On the day of the race, it was terribly hot. After running for about 5 miles, I was thinking, "I must be crazy. Why did I do this? What was I thinking?" And at one moment, I said to myself, "I am never doing this again!"
That first 10 km race was quite an experience. I jogged, I walked, I jogged and walked. At times, I didn't know if I could finish.
Near the end, a 70-year-old man ran past me, very fast, and I felt a little embarrassed that I was more than 50 years younger than he and I couldn't even keep up with him. But then I realized something. He was running his race and I was running mine. How often in life do we compare ourselves to others when we really shouldn't? I decided that I would not give up on running races,and that one day I would be one of those 70yearolds who were still running.
As I crossed the finishing line, I was proud of myself. I didn't regret having such an experience. | 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 of the other. Some animals live in holes in trees. Some squirrels build nests high in trees. Some birds live in holes in trees. Most of the birds live in nests . Crows build their nests high in trees. But hawks build their nests high in the mountains. Some animals even carry their homes on their backs . | 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 Foundation, teenagers need 8.5 to 9 hours of sleep every night. What cuts into their sleeping time? Homework. Also, school starts early in the morning.
But bad sleeping habits also play a role. Do you like to have a look at your mobile phone before going to bed? The survey finds that 60 percent of people check their phones before they sleep. They read news, check their WeChat or chat with QQ friends.
It's important for us to get enough sleep. We feel tired and think slowly. Besides, sleepy kids are often unhappy, says a study by the US National Sleep Foundation.
We can't change our school time. But there are still ways to get better sleep. Stay away from coke, coffee and tea at night. They make it hard to fall asleep. Watch less television. Leave your mobile phone and tablet computer on your desk.
,,. | 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 to be beautiful and young?
But I don't agree with the opinion that women have to show their beauty through their looks. Their mind can be more beautiful and attractive than their looks. A woman has experienced many troubles and may be called "aunt", but she can still be beautiful if she has excellent qualities like knowledge, a kind heart and great courage .
What's more,old and young, beautiful and ugly are relative. People who keep a young mind will never feel old. Knowing about new things and wanting to learn more,they can keep up with fashion. Simply dressed women are also beautiful in their own way.
Reading and learning is the best way to keep one young. Good books can feed the flower of one's heart and looks. | 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 rushed into the garden in a hurry and found a big snake entwining the little boy with its terrible body and trying to eat the boy. It was a boa . Lisa was _ and quite angry. She decided to save her son from the boa's mouth.
It was great mother's love that made Lisa forget what she was facing. She took up a hoe from the ground and beat the boa as hard as she could.
One...two...with the hoe, Lisa beat the boa time and time again, but useless. The little boy's voice and breath were getting weaker and weaker. Lisa's heart was broken and she got nearly mad.
Suddenly Lisa put away the hoe and threw herself to the boa, opened her mouth and bit into the boa's back. The boa was so badly hurt that it let go of Barney and moved into the forest hurriedly. It had never known how a woman had such terrible sharp teeth. Soon the boa was found dead in the forest.
It was great mother's love that saved the little boy. | 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 American. The man said to him, "Good morning!" Mr. Li thought the man told him his name. So he said to him, "Li Haitao."
On the second morning, Mr. Li met his son's friend on the ship. He told him about the American. After hearing that, his son's friend laughed and said, "He said hello to you in the morning."
On the third morning when Mr. Li met the American again, he said, "Good morning!" And the American said to him, "Li Haitao, sir." | 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 England in autumn for the first time, he feels cold at first. There are often dark clouds, grey sky and cold rain in England in autumn, and most students from warm countries do not like this.
But snow is different. Though it is cold, it is also beautiful. Perhaps, after several dark mornings, the student wakes up one day, and there is a lot of light in his room. He thinks "Is it so late?" and jumps out of bed. But no, it is not very late. He looks out of the window and there is the snow on the ground and on the houses and everywhere. The light of his room comes from clean, beautiful snow. | 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 children to take part in all kinds of activities at school. They believe that joining in these activities can make their children mature . Schoolwork is important, but they think that social skills are important as well.
But things in China are different. Chinese parents often tell their children to study hard and pass exams. They think that, for a student, staying away from schoolbooks means wasting time. This puts a lot of pressure on Chinese students, so leaders in China's education department have called for less homework at the lower grades. Only healthy kids can become healthy adults. | 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 do with your anger." I then asked him if he wanted to talk to me about it but he was too angry to talk to me. Then he stormed off .
My sister looked at me surprisingly. Now she has a son the same age as mine and she said angrily, "How can you allow your child to be angry with you? If my son learns that from you, I will never forgive you."
Then it was hard for me to stay with her, I ended up leaving earlier. Why shouldn't my son have the right to tell me when I have made him angry? If he can't tell me then how can he tell others in his life?
Children need to be able to express how they feel. We need to teach them ways to do this in a right way instead of saying nothing. I want them to tell me. _ anger is not healthy for anyone and usually makes things worse. | 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 want to try the _ deal. You can give your kids a list of chores that need to be done each week. If they complete these chores, you can give them some money. You can also break the list down and tell them they will get so much for each chore that is finished. Older kids , who like to do things on weekends or buy things like video games, will work hard to complete their chores and earn their money. This is also teaching them responsibility. This is teaching them that they must work for what they want.
If you are dealing with younger kids, you may want to go with the rewards chart . This is where you design a chart and list their chores on the chart. For each chore they complete, you can put a red flower beside it. For the rewards, you canalso do a number of things ,such as going to the park, going out to eat, buying a DVD or something similar. The rewards would be up to you because you know what your kids like.
For real small kids, you can turn it into a game. When kids were much younger, you can teach them to dance around and sing as you cleaned. The kids loved it and would do a wonderful job at picking up their toys. So, consider turning cleaning into a game for the real small kids. | 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 replied, "I played with some friends of mine in the fields."
When his mother heard this, she picked up a pair of scissors and cut the cloth.
"Why did you cut your cloth?" Mencius asked, "It was beautiful but now you've wasted it." "You have wasted your time," his mother said, "now I have wasted mine. Look what terrible things we have done."
Mencius learnt a lot from this lesson. After that, he always studied hard.
,. | 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 their houses to keep warm during the winter. By the 1950s, London's smog problem had become so bad that the-government decided to do something to clean the air. A new law was made and nobody could bum coal in any British city. Within a few years, the air became much cleaner. There were no more " _ ". .
Many Chinese cities now face the same sort of' problem with air pollution that . London faced 40 0r 50 years ago. However, this problem is more difficult for Chinese cities to solve One reason is that more of the pollution comes from the factories, rather than from coal burnt in people's houses If these factories were closed, this would harm the economy and lots of people would lose their jobs. Another reason is that changing from coal to cleaner fuel , like gas, is quite expensive.
However, the air in many Chinese cities is becoming cleaner and cleaner, as the government and people pay more and more attention to cutting down pollution . As a result,there are fewer "pea-soupers" in Beijing than there used to be.
. | 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 my home. " Tony sees that his classmate is very selfish , but he says nothing. The next day, Allen comes to Tony's house and says, "Tony, you have a good garden-knife. I want to work in my garden tomorrow. Can I use it for two days?" Tony answers, "Why do you want to take my garden-knife home? You can work with it in my garden. " | middle2579.txt |
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