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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Jane" }, "options": [ "Mary", "Jane", "Mary and Jane", "Lucy" ], "question": "Who wrote the letter?", "question_type": null }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "She has no ...
Dear Mary, I am not happy these days. I am new in this class, you know, but I don' t have any friends here. I always have to keep quiet and put my heart into my study. I thought things would be fine. It's very hard for me to be happy and sometimes I get lost in thought. So I can't follow the teacher. I know it is not r...
middle7415.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "gives us courage" }, "options": [ "gives us courage", "thinks highly of others", "shares great fames", "stands on the mountain top" ], "question": "` According to this passage , a hero is a person who always _...
Like many people ,I have no clear idea about heroes . A t some point , we all wonder if we need a hero and what a hero really is. Although there are a lot of differences in cultures, heroes around the world generally share a number of characteristics which give us courage and make us want to learn from them. A hero ...
middle1064.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "yellow" }, "options": [ "blue", "black", "red", "yellow" ], "question": "The colour of Joan's dress is _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "ans...
Hi! My name is Hunt. Here is a picture of my class. Joan is short and is wearing a yellow dress. She is good at maths. David is tall and has black hair. He is good at playing basketball. Mike is big. He has small eyes. He is funny. He can play football. Lily has long hair. She can speak Japanese. Helen is a black girl....
middle5202.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Because there are so many people living on Earth." }, "options": [ "Because hunters are killing rare animals.", "Because not enough people help WWF.", "Because WWF does not have enough money.", "Because there are so man...
Over 30% of the natural world has been seriously destroyed by humans over the last 30 years. This is because the number of people living on Earth is nearly six billion . All of these people need food, space and energy. As a result, lots of Earth's natural resources will be used up. When we destroy our earth to get n...
middle3115.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Classical" }, "options": [ "Classical", "Metal", "Hip-hop", "Opera" ], "question": "_ Music needs high musical skills .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 2...
There are many different kinds of music in the world . Let's read some kinds of them . Classical Music Classical music is a form of music needing high musical skills . If you wish to learn this kind of music , you have to go through proper training . Metal Music Metal music came out after the Second World War . The mel...
middle5564.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "in autumn" }, "options": [ "in autumn", "in winter", "in spring", "in summer" ], "question": "The story about the dog happened _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answ...
Prana, our beautiful dog whose name means 'breath of life', isn't with us any more. But she brought such joy and love that we still miss her. There are so many wonderful stories about the love in this dog, but my favorite is this one. It was an autumn day in Minnesota, but the weather didn't know the difference between...
middle1702.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "a small computer" }, "options": [ "a kind of computer chips", "a small computer", "bigger than a textbook", "much heavier than a usual schoolbag" ], "question": "An e-schoolbag is _ .", "question_type": "...
Is your schoolbag too heavy to carry? The e-schoolbag will help you. In fact, the e-schoolbag should perhaps be called an e-textbook. It is a small computer for students. Heavy schoolbags have been a serious problem for them for a long time. But the e-schoolbag will change everything. It is much lighter than a usual sc...
middle296.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Writing by hand" }, "options": [ "Using a computer", "Writing by hand", "Typing on a keyboard", "Recording with a computer" ], "question": "_ to take class notes is more helpful for a long-term memory of idea....
Many college students have given up taking class notes by hand. Instead, they type on computers. But scientists say that method is less helpful. If you need to remember something, write it. Writing notes by hand is much better for long-term memory of idea. So, turn off your computer if you want to remember something. ...
middle7373.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Three." }, "options": [ "Three.", "Five.", "Four.", "Two." ], "question": "How many people are talking about clothes?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, ...
Clothes are very important in our life. Different people wear different clothes. Now let's listen to some people in France talking about clothes. Hello, I'm Betty. I started working this year, so I'm able to get new clothes more often than before. I think what I look like is really important to me, so I spent much mone...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Coco is a small and healthy dog" }, "options": [ "Coco is a small and healthy dog", "the Browns know about Coco from the newspaper", "Mr. Brown and Ms. Brown take Coco home on Saturday", "Mr. Brown and Ms. Brown have di...
"Well, we're in our new house. Let's get a new pet," Mrs. Brown says to her husband. "That sounds like a very good idea," he answers. "Do you want to see the ads in the newspaper?" "Let's go to the animal _ . Many pets there need homes. Tomorrow is Saturday, so we can both go," Mrs. Brown says. The next morning, the B...
middle4642.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "do something for Indonesia" }, "options": [ "play outdoors", "get the greatest pleasure", "learn more about Indonesia", "do something for Indonesia" ], "question": "The writer believed volunteering would be a go...
Indonesia is my mother's homeland and one of my favorite countries. Since I was young, I had learned a lot about the country and become interested in it. For a long time I had wanted to do something for the country and people there, and I thought volunteering would be a good and fun way to do so. I received the greates...
middle8078.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "America." }, "options": [ "Beijing.", "China.", "America.", "England" ], "question": "Where are Mr and Mrs Brown from ?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1...
Mr and Mrs Brown are from America. They are now teaching English in Beijing .Their son Jack is with them. Jack speaks English. They want him to learn some Chinese. Jack is in Grade Three in a Chinese school .He likes to play with Chinese children every day. He listens to Chinese, speaks Chinese, reads books in Chinese...
middle6055.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Their father." }, "options": [ "Their father.", "Their mother.", "Their sister.", "Their grandfather." ], "question": "Who usually takes Jane and Harry to school?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, ...
"Come on, Dad! It's 7:20 a.m. now," says Harry. "I need to wash the car now," Mr. Smith says. "You walk to school this morning, OK?" "But the school is a little far," says Jane. "Walking is good. Now get your schoolbags and go!" Then Jane and Harry walk to school. It takes 30 minutes. When they get to school, they ar...
middle6733.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "He and his team produced the new J-15 fighter successfully." }, "options": [ "He and his team invented the high speed train.", "He and his team produced the new J-15 fighter successfully.", "He and his team bought the latest ...
Who touched the hearts of Chinese people in the past year? Luo Yang, 51, the father of China's carrier jet, who devoted his whole life to the aircraft industry, is no doubt one such person. Luo was the head of production for the new J-15 fighter. On November 25, he was joining in fighter jet landing exercises for the L...
middle4124.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Over 200" }, "options": [ "Over 200", "130", "Less 200", "200" ], "question": "_ activities have been held so far during the Chinese Language Year.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer"...
More than 200 activities have been held so far during the Chinese Language Year in Russia. It has not only made Chinese culture popular in Russia, but also improved understanding and friendship between Russians and Chinese people. More and more Russians begin to enjoy Chinese food and operas, watch TV programs to leam ...
middle3893.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "The Secrets of Happiness" }, "options": [ "Money Makes You Happy", "The Secrets of Happiness", "Ideas for Helping Other People to Be Happy", "Good Friends Make You Happy" ], "question": "The best title of the pa...
Most people want to be happy, but few know how to find happiness. Money and success alone do not bring lasting happiness. Aristotle, a Greek thinker, said, "Happiness depends upon ourselves." In other words, we make our own happiness. Here are a few suggestions to help you be happier. The first secret of happiness is t...
middle2555.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "In his parents' garage." }, "options": [ "In his own house.", "In his friend's house.", "In his friend's garage.", "In his parents' garage." ], "question": "Where did Steve Jobs set up the Apple computer company...
"Three apples have changed the world. One is for Eve, one is for Newton. The third is in the hands of Steve Jobs." said someone. Steve Jobs was the former CEO of the Apple computer company in his parents' garage on April Fool's Day, 1976. Through many years' hard work, Jobs and his Apple products were a great success...
middle4130.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "play Tai Chi" }, "options": [ "walk", "play Tai Chi", "run", "call the police" ], "question": "Mr. White went to the park to _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer...
Mr. White was over 80 years old, but he looked younger than his age. He played Tai Chi in the park every day, so he was very healthy. It was 11:30. It was time for him to walk home. He usually got home thirty minutes later. One day, Mr. White didn't get home until 12:30. His family worried about him. After a short whil...
middle2541.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "find it hard to learn to read" }, "options": [ "learn language skills more easily", "be healthier", "find it hard to learn to read", "eat less food" ], "question": "Scientists say if kids watch too much TV,they ...
Television is good.You'd like to watch it all day and all night.But too much TV is a very bad thing.Scientists found that kids who watch too much TV may have more trouble learning to read.They can't focus on their work. Kids learn language skills best by reading,talking and playing with others.If they spend too much ti...
middle1048.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Because he wanted to know how to be rich." }, "options": [ "Because he was ill.", "Because he wanted to be wise.", "Because he was the wise man's friend.", "Because he wanted to know how to be rich." ], "questio...
There once lived a young man who thought himself to be poor. One day he went to a wise man to ask how to become rich. The wise man said, "Young man, you are already rich now." "But where is my wealth?" the young man asked. "It is with you. Your eyes are your wealth. You use them to see this world. You use them to see a...
middle6727.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Jack's sister" }, "options": [ "Lucy's sister", "Lily's sister", "Jack's sister", "Jack's mom" ], "question": "Linda is _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_inde...
Jack is an English boy. He is a good student. He is eleven. Now he is in a blue coat. Linda is Jack's sister. She is a nice girl. She is fourteen. Now she is in a green dress. Lucy and Lily are from the USA. They are students, too. They are in yellow coats. They look the same. Jack, Linda, Lucy and Lily are good friend...
middle6041.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "11" }, "options": [ "8", "9", "10", "11" ], "question": "How many seasons of I Love My Country has been aired so far?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, ...
I love My Country is a Dutch TV series, first aired in the Netherlands on March 8, 2008.A tenth season was aired in late 2012, with an 11thseason airing in March, 2013. The show was created by the Dutchman John de Mol and has been sold to at least 25 countries in the world. The series is divided into two teams. Each te...
middle2227.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "was started by an American teacher" }, "options": [ "was started by an American teacher", "has a history of over 10 years", "doesn't provide free lectures", "is fit only for college students" ], "question": "Kha...
Have you ever tried to understand something new on your own but found it a bit too difficult in books or on the Internet? Don't be worriedyou can get help at Khan Academy . Khan Academy is an online learning website created in 2007 by Salman Khan, an American teacher. In order to provide "a free world-class education t...
middle5548.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Three" }, "options": [ "One", "Two", "Three", "Four" ], "question": "How many children were there in Min Sun's family?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 3,...
Min Sun, with another name of Ziqian, was a famous man in the State of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period. He was a student of Confucius. Among all students of Confucius, he was compared with Yan Yuan. Min Sun's mother died very early, later his father took another wife, who gave birth to two sons. The stepmother _...
middle4656.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "150" }, "options": [ "300", "150", "50", "30" ], "question": "With the help of his friend, Mark could climb up El Captain about meters in height each day.", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { ...
It was early morning. Peter Corbett helped Mark Wellman out of his wheelchair and onto the ground. They stood before El Captain, a huge rock almost 1.2 kilometers high. Mark had long dreamed to climb El Captain when he was a child. At the age of twentyone, he had fallen while climbing mountain, losing his legs. But he ...
middle3139.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Children." }, "options": [ "Parents.", "Police.", "Children.", "Strangers." ], "question": "The passage is written for _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index"...
Parents are busy today. Sometimes they have to leave their children at home alone. For children, it is important to know how to keep themselves safe when they are at home alone. If you are one of them,what should you do? Let me give you some advice. When you arrive at your home, you should check the doors and windows f...
middle7377.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Three." }, "options": [ "Three.", "Four.", "Five.", "Six." ], "question": "How many drinks are mentioned in this passage?", "question_type": null }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answ...
Tea, coffee and cocoa are three major drinks all over the world. Tea is drunk by the largest number of people in the world. Tea, as well as silk and porcelain, began to be known by the world over a thousand years ago and has been an important Chinese export since then. Tea has a history of over 4 , 000 years and China ...
middle8044.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "the 2nd Sunday" }, "options": [ "the 1st Saturday", "the 2nd Sunday", "the 2nd Saturday", "the 4th Sunday" ], "question": "Mother's Day is on _ in May.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "a...
Mother's Day is a holiday for mothers. People celebrate it in the United States, England,India and some other countries. Little by little, people in many other countries also celebrate it. Mother's Day is on the 2nd Sunday in May. On that day, many people give presents of love to their mothers. If their mothers are ali...
middle6069.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Five" }, "options": [ "Five", "Three", "Four", "Two" ], "question": "How many people are there in this passage?", "question_type": null }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": ...
Sue and Linda usually go to school by car. They drive past a cinema, a supermarket and a food shop. The food shop is next to the supermarket. Jack and Michael usually go to school by bus. They go past a bank and a post office. The bank is next to the post office. Mary usually goes to work by bike. She rides a bike pas...
middle292.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "The burning of fossil fuels and deforestation." }, "options": [ "The disappearance of plants and animals and the wasting energy.", "The burning of fossil fuels and storms and floods.", "The burning of fossil fuels and defores...
Scientists who study the climate are still arguing about how fast the earth is warming and how much it will warm, but they do agree that the earth is warming and that it will keep warming if we don't do anything about it. Scientists agree that the burning of fossil fuels like oil and coal cause greenhouse gases to es...
middle1706.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "cat" }, "options": [ "girl", "doctor", "cat", "Nancy's friend" ], "question": "Boots is the name of a _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answ...
Nancy is an eight-year-old girl. She has a beautiful yellow cat, Mimi. Mimi has six new kittens . Three kittens are black, and two are white. One kitten is black, but it has white feet and a white face. Nancy asks, "Mom, can we keep all the kittens?" "We can't keep six kittens," she says, "When the kitten are three ...
middle5560.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Exciting." }, "options": [ "Unhappy.", "Exciting.", "Boring.", "Unhealthy." ], "question": "What are American children's life like after school?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": ...
American children have exciting after-school life, a new study says. Many junior and senior students have lots of funny things to do in their free time. More than 57% have activities every day. 82% have activities at least four times a week. American students spend their free time doing sports, or enjoying arts, music ...
middle3677.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Because they can hear if Robert goes out at night." }, "options": [ "Because they are old.", "Because Robert doesn't like any noise.", "Because the room upstairs is better than the one downstairs.", "Because they can he...
Robert is sixteen now. He'll finish middle school in two years. His father has a shop and got much money. He hopes his son can go to university and makes him study hard. But the young man likes to play cards. He has to go out when his parents fall asleep. One night, when Robert came back, his father happened to see him...
middle4118.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "keep notes to improve theirmemory" }, "options": [ "live with their children?", "keep notes to improve theirmemory", "do some sports", "have an operation" ], "question": "The doctor suggested the couple that the...
An old couple was having problems remembering things, so they decided to go to their doctor to makesurenothing was wrong with them. When they arrived at the doctor's, they explained to the doctor about the problems they were having with their memory. After checking the couple out, the doctor told them that they were ph...
middle5206.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "the first president of the US" }, "options": [ "the president of the US now", "the first president of the US", "the first black president of the US", "the president who always borrowed the books without returning them b...
People say that George Washington, the first president of the United States, never told a lie. But it seems that the president was not without faults. A New York library recently found that Washington borrowed two books from the library in 1789. He didn't return them. If he were still alive, he would have to pay the li...
middle1060.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "A boy in a film ." }, "options": [ "Two real British boys.", "Two boys in a film .", "The father of two boys.", "A boy in a film ." ], "question": "Who found the bag full of money which falls from the sky ?", ...
It is raining money ! Imagine this . A big bag full of money falls from the sky and lands right next to you . What would you do with the money ? This is the question faced by British seven-year-old Damian in the film " Millions ." Damian and his brother moved to a new place with their dad , after their mother passed aw...
middle7411.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "they think it is necessary" }, "options": [ "they think it is necessary", "they think their kids are old enough", "they have asked the author for advice", "they want to follow their kids wherever they are." ], "...
When can I get a cell phone?" The answer is when your parents think you need one, though many kids seem to be getting them around age 12 or 13. Some younger kids may have them because their parents see it as a matter of safety and convenience. For example, a kid can call mom and dad when sports practice is over. And a ...
middle1074.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Vietnam" }, "options": [ "China", "Japan", "America", "Vietnam" ], "question": "Where does the writer come from?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, ...
Now, I'm studying in the US. I find there are some differences between schools in the US and in Vietnam. One big difference is the clothes students wear at school and how they look. In my country, all the students should wear uniforms when they go to school. Boys aren't allowed to have long hair. Girls aren't allowed t...
middle7405.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "America" }, "options": [ "China", "America", "Canada", "Russia" ], "question": "_ has the most Internet users in the world according to the article.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answe...
Can you imagine a world without the Internet?It's surprising to think about it Now,China has more than 162 million Internet users,according to the China Internet Network Information Center. This is the second highest number of user in the world after the United States. Today,66% of Chinese "netizens "are teenagers. "Th...
middle5212.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Joy" }, "options": [ "Joan", "John", "Joy", "Joe" ], "question": "_ is in Class Eight, Grade Seven.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text...
Hello! My name is Joy. I'm a girl. I'm eleven. I'm in Class Eight, Grade Seven. This is my friend, Joan. She is twelve. She is in a Middle school. She is in Class Seven, Grade Eight. My English teacher is Miss White, but her English teacher is Miss Green. Look!Who's that? Oh, she's my mum. She's a Chinese teacher.
middle5574.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "It's a fine day" }, "options": [ "Get up, Tod. Let's go to the zoo today.", "It's a fine day", "What did you do in your dream", "What did you see there" ], "question": "What did Mrs Black say when she look out o...
It was a Saturday in May. When Mrs. Black opened the door and looked out, she smiled and said, "It's a beautiful day." She woke her small son up at eight thirty and said to him, " Get up, Tod. Let's go to the zoo today. Wash your hands and face, brush your teeth and eat your breakfast quickly. We are going to New York ...
middle3105.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "by bike" }, "options": [ "on foot", "by bike", "by car", "by bus" ], "question": "Mike visited the small town _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, ...
Mike went to a small town for his holiday. On March 4th, he arrived there. He rent a bike to travel around the town in the day. He visited some places of interest and had lunch in a restaurant. He had a good time. In the evening he stayed at an old hotel near the train station. Before going to bed, he went to the own...
middle7363.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "doctor" }, "options": [ "engineer", "doctor", "tour guide", "translator" ], "question": "From the story we can guess Mr. Zhang may be a _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": {...
Mr. Zhang was a sports fan. He worked in a hospital in the capital. He was busy all the time and had little time to have a rest. And one day he felt unwell and couldn't go on working. He decided to spend a week's holiday in a quiet village where he could go swimming or fishing. He got off at a small railway station and...
middle8050.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "On the morning and afternoon of June22." }, "options": [ "Only on the morning of June22.", "Only on the morning of June23.", "On the morning and afternoon of June22.", "On the morning and afternoon of June23." ], ...
To the students of Class3 *Examinations start on June22nd and end on June23. *For the PE test, go to the gym. For the music test, go to the Piano Room. All else are written tests. They will be held in classroom3. English June22 8:30 A.M. - 10:00 A.M. Math June22 10:30 A.M.--12:00 A.M. His...
middle1712.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "an old picture and some money" }, "options": [ "nothing", "a new photo and some money", "an old picture and some money", "some dollars and a piece of paper" ], "question": "In the bag there was _ .", "qu...
When I was walking down the street one day, I found a small bag on the ground. I picked it up and opened it to see if I could find out the owner's name.There was nothing inside it except some dollars and an old photo--- a picture of a woman and a young girl about twelve years old. I put the photo back and took the bag ...
middle6096.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Four." }, "options": [ "Three", "Two.", "One", "Four." ], "question": "How many pencils are there on the desk?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "...
My name is Lily. This is my classroom. There are 40 desks, 40 chairs, a bookcase, a computer and a teacher's desk in it. It has two green doors and four windows. There's a clock and a map on the wall . Look, that is Kate. She is my friend. A red bag, three black pens and four green pencils are on her desk. My favourite...
middle1921.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "It's bad for children's study." }, "options": [ "It can help children improve their study.", "It's good for a child's performance in math, science and English.", "It's bad for children's study.", "It's good for children...
A study reported: using a computer at home may be bad for a child's performance in math, science and English. It can't improve them. Children are spending more time chatting , playing games or sending and they aren't doing their homework. Li Jun, Hunan Now more and more people are buying and selling things on the Int...
middle4681.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "he couldn't have the Christmas gift he wanted" }, "options": [ "he was worried that his father was still not back", "it was the beginning of a new year and he didn't want to grow up", "he couldn't have the Christmas gift he w...
Real gift at Christmas IT was Christmas Eve, 1881. I was 15 years old and feeling like the world was over for me. I didn't have enough money to buy myself the gift that I had wanted that year. Dad came back in and there was ice in his beard. "You've been by widow Smith's house recently?" he asked. Widow Smith lived t...
middle4859.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "movie" }, "options": [ "movie", "book", "magazine", "joke" ], "question": "The passage is a review of a _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "an...
If you like adventurous cartoons, then Koala Kid is the movie for you. Koala Kid tells us a story of a white koala named Johnny. It lives in a community of the gray koalas. He is not confident because of his color. But he thinks he has special talents. So the goes on a magic trip. On his trip he meets Miranda, Hamis...
middle2596.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "More than 300." }, "options": [ "150.", "More than 150.", "300.", "More than 300." ], "question": "How many types of food are covered in this program?", "question_type": null }, { "answer": { "...
A Bite of China Season Two(<< >> ) is coming! The program is shown at 9 : 00 0n CCTV-1 every Friday night from April 18 to June 6, 2014. There are altogether eight episodes , all about history and culture of food, eating and cooking in China. The directors spent one year visiting more than 150 different parts of Chin...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Changjiang Hotel" }, "options": [ "Li Li's room", "Changjiang Hotel", "His friend's house.", "Anhui Hotel." ], "question": "Where will Peter live after arriving?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, ...
Dear Peter, I know that you are coming to Hefei next week. Welcome to my home. Let me tell you the way to my house. You will live in Changjiang Hotel on Changjiang Street, won't you? OK! Changjiang Street is a famous and busy street in our city. You can start from your hotel and go straight along Tongcheng Street. You ...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Five." }, "options": [ "Three.", "Four.", "Five.", "Six." ], "question": "How many people of the family will go to have a trip?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_i...
I'm taking my family to other countries to have a trip.My wife and I and our two children are all going along.My elder brother will go with us,too.He has never been overseas and he is even more excited than the children.My father is so old that he'd like to stay at home and take care of the house. We're going by train ...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Family names." }, "options": [ "Her friends.", "Her family.", "Family names.", "Her name." ], "question": "What is Jane Armstrong talking about?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": ...
Everyone has a family name. My name is Jane Armstrong. Armstrong is my family name. What does Armstrong mean ? Does it mean my arms are strong? But I am a slim girl. I don't like strong arms. My best friend is Lucy Long. Is she a long or a tall girl? No, she isn't. She is short. But she has long hair. Some family name...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Jenny." }, "options": [ "John.", "Frank.", "Steven.", "Jenny." ], "question": "Who first thought of the idea of helping those bored patients in hospital?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "...
How do you feel when you stay in hospital alone? Jenny, 13, a US student, feels bored. She knows the feeling because she has been in hospital many times herself. One day, she thought of an idea--if patients could get some books to read, they would feel better. So, from May, she and many of her friends began to collect ...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "he was fat in high school" }, "options": [ "he is very fat now", "he likes eating pork", "he was fat in high school", "he is as healthy as a pig" ], "question": "Luo Zhixiang has a nickname \"Pig\" because _ ...
Luo Zhixiang is a popular singer, an actor and a TV host. His English name is Show. He dances well. He is often called "Dancing King of Asia". He now becomes more and more popular. Show is from Taiwan Island. He is tall and cool. A lot of people love him very much because they love his songs and his wonderful voice. He...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "longer" }, "options": [ "shorter", "longer", "more round", "more delicious" ], "question": "The bananas is _ than the apple.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_...
An Apple's Words I am an apple. You can find me growing in many places in the world. I am like my cousins, pears and bananas. I am more round than a pear, and bananas are longer than I. I am delicious , so people all over the world like to eat me. I cost very little money and I help make people healthy. There is a sa...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "testing families" }, "options": [ "school trainers", "their owners", "their parents", "testing families" ], "question": "Guide dogs learn the words \"sit\" and \"stay\" with the help of _ .", "question_ty...
Guide dogs are a big help to blind people. A guide dog helps its owner cross the street and do many other things. But it is not easy to become a guide dog. Here's what a dog must do to get the job: 1. When the dog is very young, trainers watch the dog to make sure it is friendly and quiet. 2. For one year, the dog go...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "student" }, "options": [ "student", "salesman", "doctor", "reporter" ], "question": "After reading the story, we can know that the writer is a _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer...
One Sunday morning, I decided to buy a computer to use for school. I went to the biggest store in town, which sold all kinds of computers. There were so many computers there that I didn't know how to choose a right one. "Hi! What can I do for you?" A young man greeted me with a sweet smile. He looked like not a salesma...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "brown" }, "options": [ "black", "yellow", "brown", "white" ], "question": "What color is Caesar? It's _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answe...
Bob has a good friend, Caesar. He is a brown dog. He is not very old. Bob gets him from Mr. Mason. One day Bob's father, mother and Bob go to the Mason's farm for lunch. After lunch, Mr. Mason says, "I'm going to a big city. So I can't take him there. You can't have a young dog in a big city." " Let me have him, Mr. ...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "are very free at school" }, "options": [ "are very free at school", "as clever as them", "love their school a lot", "have many rules at school" ], "question": "Many Chinese students think that American student ...
Many Chinese students think American students enjoy more freedom than them at school. In fact, American schools also have their rules. If students break the rules, they will get punishment , too. On the first day of a new term, 128 students of Morton High School were sent back home for wearing the wrong clothes. Ther...
middle245.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "four" }, "options": [ "three", "four", "five", "six" ], "question": "There are _ people in the photo.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_...
Hello, I'm Kate. This is a photo of my aunt's family. The woman in the photo is my aunt, Jane. She is a teacher and she is very kind . These are my cousins Jim and Jack. They are seven and they are twins . Look! That lovely baby is my aunt's little daughter, Rose. She is only one. I love them very much.
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Vegetables." }, "options": [ "Fast food.", "Canned foods.", "Packed foods.", "Vegetables." ], "question": "Which of the following foods don't have salt in them?", "question_type": null }, { "answer":...
People all over the world like eating delicious food. If there is no salt in the food, it may not be very tasty. So there is often a lot of salt in food because people like the taste of salty food. However, too much salt is not food for you. If you cook food by yourself, you can control the amount of salt to keep you...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Parents." }, "options": [ "Teachers", "Parents.", "Children", "Cooks." ], "question": "Who can help kids stay healthy in daily life?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "ans...
Being fit is a way of saying a person eats well, gets a lot of physical activities, and has a healthy weight. If you're fit, your body works well, feels good, and can do all the things you want to do, like running around with your friends. Some steps only parents can take - such as serving healthy meals or deciding to ...
middle2757.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "look for a place near the nest" }, "options": [ "look for a place near the nest", "climb trees", "write down notes every day", "make a bird nest" ], "question": "The most important thing in observing birds is to...
If we find a bird nest, we will have a good place of observing and knowing about birds. Birds sit on eggs and take care of their baby birds from April to June. Because the baby birds are too young to leave the nest, mothers often leave and come back to the nest during the time to look for food. So it is good to obser...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "running for a ball" }, "options": [ "moving his arm", "walking with his parents", "talking with his dog", "running for a ball" ], "question": "Donny is _ in the street when a car hits him.", "question_typ...
Donny, an 11 year-old boy, is playing with a ball. The ball goes into the street, and Donny runs for the ball. A car hits Donny. An ambulance takes Donny to the hospital. The doctors at the hospital tell Donny's parents, " _ ". Every day Donny's parents visit him at the hospital. They sit next to Donny's bed and talk...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "sell and buy things" }, "options": [ "learn to cook", "sell and buy things", "enjoy Grandma's food", "have big parties" ], "question": "Thousands of people came to the town to _ at the Fair.", "question_...
I grew up in a small town in South Canada. Every autumn, there was a week-long fair in the town. Thousands of people from other towns came to sell and buy things. It was the most exciting time of the year. When "Fairtime" came, my grandma became the busiest person of the family. Grandma was a kind, well-educated old la...
middle6531.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Wave energy" }, "options": [ "Water", "The basketball", "Water and wave energy", "Wave energy" ], "question": "_ is really moving forward when you look at the wave.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }...
As we all know, the ocean moves. But waves breaking on the beach make the ocean fun. When you stand on the shore and look at the waves, it seems like the water is moving towards you. But the water is not really moving forward. The moving you see is wave energy. And wave energy comes from the wind. Let's think about how...
middle1538.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "he was too busy" }, "options": [ "he didn't like fishing", "he was not good at it", "he was too busy", "he couldn't find a place for fishing" ], "question": "David hadn't gone fishing for a long time because _ ...
David was a successful young man who worked in a large company in a big city in America. His favorite hobby was fishing. But it was several years since he had last gone fishing. He was too busy to get a chance to practice. Then one summer he decided to go on vacation to a village where there were a lot of streams . "I ...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "A machine will do any work in thinking like a human being." }, "options": [ "A machine will do any work in thinking like a human being.", "A machine can do better translation than human beings.", "A machine won't be able to b...
Many people have talked about whether or not computing machines can think. Can they or can't they? Almost certainly, a machine can do any work in thinking that a person can do--if the correct way for doing the thinking work can be told exactly. Besides, many programs have been made to direct machines so that they work ...
middle7149.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Debbie" }, "options": [ "Debbie", "Vicky", "Peter", "Diana" ], "question": "The letter is from _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text"...
Dear Vicky, Thanks for your letter and for the photos of your family. Now it's my turn! This is a photo of my family. My dad is called Peter. He's a dentist. He likes playing golf and he loves watching sports on TV. In fact, we all like watching TV! My mom's name is Diana. She's a teacher. She likes reading and she als...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "He made a big mistake." }, "options": [ "He doesn't know the rules.", "He got hurt.", "He made a big mistake.", "He plays too well." ], "question": "Why won't they ask him to play on the team again?", "quest...
I like playing football, but I am not very good at it. I do not usually play on my school football team. I am a _ player. This means that I play only if another player on the team can't play or is hurt during a game. I have only played in one of the games this year. That was the game we played yesterday. In the middle ...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "they don't have enough money" }, "options": [ "they don't have enough money", "they would rather save cancer patients", "doctors don't care if the babies die", "it makes more sense to have a bigger baby" ], "que...
When Christie Andrews was born, she weighed less that half of one kilogram. Her heart was the size of a large coin. Her mother said Christie was so small that she could hold her in the palm of one hand. Christie couldn't breathe without a machine to give her oxygen. If she had been born 20 years earlier, she would prob...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Sunny." }, "options": [ "Windy.", "Cloudy.", "Sunny.", "Snowy." ], "question": "How was the weather that day?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "a...
Last weekend three students went to London, and they visited many places. Did they enjoy the trip?Let's listen to them. "It was a fine day. I went to London with my friends Emily and James. We visited many places. The guide was very kind and funny. I really had a great time in London!"David said. "The train was so fast...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "Because it was his mother's birthday." }, "options": [ "Because his robot liked it a lot.", "Because it was his favorite food.", "Because it was his mother's birthday.", "Because no one else cooked dinner for him." ...
"Today is Mom's birthday, Mosh," Nick said. "Let's make her favorite banana bread and surprise her."Nick took out a cookbook. "I'll read the recipe, and you follow it. Get out a bowl and a spoon while I turn on the oven." Nick read from the cookbook. "First, mash the bananas in the bowl." The robot put the bananas in...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "Japan" }, "options": [ "Japan", "the US", "Korea", "China" ], "question": "From the passage we know that the writer is from _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_...
Karnishakuji4- 162 Tokyo 145 October24,2007 Concord School of English 23 Essex St. Concord,,NH03301 Dear Madam or sir , One of the teachers at my school in Japan told me that your school has summer courses . I'm planning to go to the USA next summer and would like to take a one- month course . I'm 18 years old and have...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "fruit" }, "options": [ "drink", "fruit", "medicine", "vitamin" ], "question": "The watermelon is a kind of _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "...
On a hot summer day, ice-cold watermelons serve up a delicious treat. Sure, the rosy flesh quenches your thirst . But now there are more reasons than ever for people to reach for a slice of watermelon. Meet Dr Alison Edwards. She is a scientist at the Agricultural Research Service. Scientists are people who come up ...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "part of the activity about the English Art Festival" }, "options": [ "a street for students to sell food along", "a kind of food sold by the students", "part of the activity about the English Art Festival", "an activity...
One day in April, a special activity called"Food Street"was held on the playground at Railway No. 1 Middle School in Xi'an. This activity was part of the English Art Festival in the school. The students in each class were divided into some groups. Each group sold different kinds of foods. The students did the shopping...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "No,he wasn't." }, "options": [ "Yes,he was.", "No,he wasn't.", "Sometimes he was.", "No,he didn't." ], "question": "Was Bob afraid of being alone at home?", "question_type": "factiod_questions" }, { ...
Bob was only seven years old. One night Bob was at home alone while his parents were out for a party. He had often stayed alone before,so he wasn't afraid. As he waited for his parents to return home,he watched a film on TV. His eyes became heavier and heavier as time passed by. Suddenly Bob's eyes opened wide--what wa...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "He was too short to join the school basketball team." }, "options": [ "There was something wrong with his leg.", "His P.E. teacher told him not to play basketball.", "He was too short to join the school basketball team.", ...
One day, I saw Harry sitting under a tree. He looked very sad. So I asked him what was wrong. "Nothing," He said, "I'm too short to join the school basketball team." "And our P.E .teacher thinks I've little hope to be in the team in half a year," he added. "Why not join another team?" I asked. "But my dream is to be an...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "why flowers open and close at particular time" }, "options": [ "when different flowers open and close", "if flowers have a mysterious way of knowing the time", "how flowers are used to tell the time in the darkness", "w...
We have known for a long time that flowers of different plants open and close at different time of day. Yet no one really understands why flowers open and close like this at particular times. It is not as simple as we might think, as new experiments have shown. In one experiment, flowers were kept in darkness. We might...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "She felt uncomfortable with Kelly's big body." }, "options": [ "She was not good at making friends.", "She was not in a good mood that day.", "She hoped to enjoy the trip alone.", "She felt uncomfortable with Kelly's bi...
WHEN a woman took the seat beside me on a plane, I felt uncomfortable. She had to lower herself slowly, squeezing her body into the small space. "My name is Kelly. I'm from Canada. Where are you from?" She waved a hand in front of my face. "China," I said as I shook her hand unhappily. Kelly kept talking to me. She w...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "42" }, "options": [ "20", "42", "23", "24" ], "question": "There are _ classes in Chou Zhou Middle School.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "an...
This term, I came to Chou Zhou Middle School. There are 42 classes, 110 teachers and 2400 students in the school. In the middle of the school there is two tall buildings. They are for us to have classes. All the classrooms are there. There are some small rooms, too. They are offices for the teachers to work. All the te...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "we feel well when the environment is good." }, "options": [ "germs can't live in the water.", "we should rest at home if the environment is bad", "we feel well when the environment is good.", "germs like comfortable env...
Everyone likes living in a clean and comfortable environment.If the environment is bad, it will affect our bodies, and make us not feel well.Sometimes we may be terribly ill.At that time we don't want to work, and we have to stay in bed and rest at home.So the environment is very important to us. It's germ that makes u...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "it was near the railway station" }, "options": [ "it was in the cool mountain village he was going to", "the boss of the inn was kind to him", "the boss could wake him up at the right time", "it was near the railway sta...
A student was going to spend his holiday in a cool mountain village. That evening he stayed at an inn near the railway station . Before going to bed, he went to the boss of the inn and said, "Excuse me, sir. Will you please wake me up at a quarter to five tomorrow morning? I'll take the five o'clock train." "Oh, sor...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "to tell us the importance and meaning of WIN-WIN." }, "options": [ "to tell us the cultural differences between China and the US.", "to tell us the different educational systems in the US and China.", "to tell us the importan...
In America, seldom do you go anywhere without hearing a principle called WIN-WIN. It sounds strange to me at first because throughout my childhood, I have always been taught to try everything possible to win an upper-hand, rather than to help other people win. However, as time goes by, I have gradually understood the e...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "more enjoyable things" }, "options": [ "more enjoyable things", "a comfortable computer room", "a place to switch off from the lessons", "a music room" ], "question": "Ma thinks his dream school should have _ ...
We spend hours, days and years of our lives in studying. But what do you think of your school? What is your ideal school like? Here is some designing from four children in different countries. I'm Ma from China. My dream school has a swimming pool and two football fields. It also has a cinema, a restaurant and a shoppi...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "a magazine" }, "options": [ "a science book", "a story book", "a magazine", "school rules" ], "question": "This passage may be taken from _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { ...
When you are feeling unhappy or forget how great you are, these are six ways to make you feel good about yourself. Look in the mirror and say to yourself,"I am a special person and there's no one in the world like me. I can do anything!" It may not sound so good, but it really works! Do something nice for someone. He...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "June 18th." }, "options": [ "9:30", "11:30a.m", "June 30th.", "June 18th." ], "question": "The register time is before _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_ind...
Summer Camp 2013 Good news! Summer Camp 2013 opens between 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. on June 30th. And it will last for a week. All children aged 7-14 are welcome. Each child can take part in only one of the following activities and needs to pay 150 yuan for it. 1. Sports (basketball, football, table tennis, etc.) 2. Le...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "Three" }, "options": [ "Two", "Three", "One", "Many" ], "question": "_ people are mentioned in the article.", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "a...
An artist went to a beautiful part of the country for a holiday, and stayed with a farmer. Every day he went out with his paints and brushes and painted from morning to evening, and then when it got dark, he went back to the farm and had a good dinner before he went to bed. At the end of his holiday he wanted to pay th...
middle1510.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "make friends" }, "options": [ "keep healthy", "make friends", "travel", "play games" ], "question": "According to the passage, the Internet is a good way for people to _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questi...
People are different. So are friends. Some friends are patient and helpful while some friends are cheerful and caring. The following are some kinds of friends. You can read it and find out what kinds of friends you have. This will help you to improve your relationships with them and help you to find new friends. Animal...
middle7161.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "driving down a mountain" }, "options": [ "driving down a mountain", "checking her car", "looking at a frog", "talking to a frog" ], "question": "The writer was _ when she heard the strange noise.", "questi...
I will never forget that unusual day!I kept hearing a strange noise while I was driving down a mountain in my car,so I stopped on the dirty road to check.There was a little green head looking at me in my backpack."What are you doing there,little frog?''I said to myself.Well,you can imagine my surprise when I heard this...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "in the southeast of France" }, "options": [ "in the southeast of France", "in the northeast of France", "in the southwest of France", "in the northwest of France" ], "question": "The Provence lies _ .", "...
If you are going to Europe, you might consider taking some time to visit Provence. Whether you are interested in beautiful places, ancient history, good food, or music and theater, Provence has something to offer to you. Provence once was a Roman province and is in the southeast of France now. You will be attracted by ...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "She is patient and fun" }, "options": [ "She is patient and fun", "She is famous in the world", "she is more important than her sons", "They have been best friends and lived close." ], "question": "How does the ...
In fact, at the time they seemed to be ordinary events, but now everything seems different. I had spent 10 years away from the place where I was born. Even though I made the decision to leave my country by myself, I miss a lot of things now. The person that brought me the happiest memories is my best friend. She is the...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 3, "answer_text": "Because she can hear the tutor clearly." }, "options": [ "Because the tutor is only for her.", "Because she likes playing on the screen.", "Because it's cool.", "Because she can hear the tutor clearly." ], "ques...
It's three thirty in the afternoon at Raynham Primary School in London. Students are ready for their after-school math lesson. Thousands of kilometers away, their math tutors are also arriving for class. Each pupil gets an online tutor. The students work on their computer screen and wear a headset to talk to their tu...
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[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "much lighter than a usual schoolbag" }, "options": [ "as heavy as a usual schoolbag", "much heavier than a usual schoolbag", "much lighter than a usual schoolbag", "not so light as a usual schoolbag" ], "questio...
Is your schoolbag too heavy to carry? The e-schoolbag will help you. It is said that e-schoolbags are going to be brought into use in Chinese middle schools soon. In fact, the e-schoolbag should perhaps be called an e-textbook. It is a small computer for students. Heavy schoolbags are a problem for them. But the e-scho...
middle7607.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "who are neatly dressed" }, "options": [ "who can roller skate well", "who are over eighteen", "who are neatly dressed", "who are learning how to roller skate" ], "question": "From the poster we know Rollerworld ...
Rollerworld is a public skating rink that welcomes everyone from beginners to experts. NOTICE -- under 12's must be taken care of by an adult. -- small cost for adults watching children -- no dirty or dangerous skates -- dress must be neat -- no jackets, hats or open clothing to be worn -- no newspapers, books, magazin...
middle6519.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "like blue color" }, "options": [ "like orange color", "like blue color", "prefer warm color", "are usually active" ], "question": "According to this passage, people who don't like to be with others _ .", ...
People usually talk about two groups of colors: warm colors and cool colors. Scientists think that there are also two kinds of people: people who prefer warm colors and people who prefer cool colors. The warm colors are red, orange and yellow. Where there are warm colors and a lot of lights people usually want to be ac...
middle1276.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 0, "answer_text": "an advertisement" }, "options": [ "an advertisement", "a food report", "a shopping list", "a menu\\" ], "question": "The above reading is most probably _ .", "question_type": "cloze_questions" }, { ...
Relax and unwind in our new state of the Loch Ness Easery. Whether you are looking for a snack or a full meal we have almost anything to be suitable for everyone. We will be ready for helping you at all times. * Fresh Tea, Coffee, Hot Chocolate etc. * Good choice of Home Baking and Cakes. * Home Made Soup and Sandwic...
middle709.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 1, "answer_text": "he doesn't know the way home" }, "options": [ "he is tired after shopping", "he doesn't know the way home", "he likes taking the taxi", "his friends want him to do that" ], "question": "Sometimes Peter has to ta...
Peter always doesn't know the way. His friends often laugh at him. They say he needs a map to find the bathroom in his own house. In his eyes, every street looks the same, and he doesn't know which way to go. Sometimes he has to take a taxi home because he can't remember the way to his house. Peter watches a lot of fil...
middle2794.txt
[ { "answer": { "answer_index": 2, "answer_text": "he doesn't work hard at his lessons" }, "options": [ "he's the tallest of the children", "he's thirteen years old", "he doesn't work hard at his lessons", "he is not the worst in the school" ], "question": "Bill...
Of all the students of Grade Four, Bill is the tallest. He's thirteen, and of course, he's the oldest, too. But he's the worst student. He can't answer the easiest questions in class. And he never passes the exam. But the boy is the strongest in his school. Even the boys in higher grades are afraid of him. So every day...
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