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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "sleepaway camp is more exciting"
},
"options": [
"no kid likes going to day camp",
"sleepaway camp is more exciting",
"day camp is a safer way to camp",
"going to sleepaway camp is hard"
],
"question": "The writ... | Many kids go to day camp during the summer. They can have a lot of fun, but the _ is almost the same. You start camp in the morning and go home in the afternoon. Sometimes, a bus takes you there or you might get a ride there. It might take you some time to like the place, the camp teacher, and the kids. But you go home... | middle6280.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Watching TV and playing computer games."
},
"options": [
"Watching TV and climbing mountains.",
"Playing computer games and reading books.",
"Watching TV and playing computer games.",
"Fishing, reading books and playing... | Hi, I'm Harry. I'm fourteen years old. I live in Taipei, Taiwan. I am a second grader in a junior high school. I'm interested in playing computer games and watching TV. My favorite food is pizza.
Hello, my name is Dolly. I was born on January 12th. There are four people in my family -- my mother, my father, my sister a... | middle5789.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "9"
},
"options": [
"10",
"12",
"9",
"19"
],
"question": "Zhang Lin is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "oranges"
},
"o... | My name is Zhang Lin. Today is my birthday. I am nine years old. Mom and Dad get a big cake for me. I like it very much. It is on the table now. There are some other things on the table, too. Such as apples, oranges, juice, chicken and some fish. I'm thirsty now. I want a bottle of orange juice. My friends Li Fan and ... | middle5951.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "South Korea and Singapore"
},
"options": [
"the US and Canada",
"the UK and the US",
"South Korea and Singapore",
"Australia and Canada"
],
"question": "The students from _ performed best in the test.",
... | Asia tops the OECD solving skills test
QUESTION: Can you quickly learn to set a thermostat ?
Don't look down upon such a task. It shows your ability to solve problems in creative ways, said the OECD . The OECD recently gave a problem-solving test to 85,000 students. They were all 15 years old, and from 44 countries.
Th... | middle4497.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "he can go to lots of different places"
},
"options": [
"he can meet many film stars",
"he makes a good living",
"he works on the railway for 28 years.",
"he can go to lots of different places"
],
"question": "Ca... | Our English teacher, Tom Jackson, has some good neighbors. They are Carl, Ann, Joe and Mary. Here's some information about them.
Carl is a train conductor. He works on the railway for 28 years. It is always a good job for him because he likes meeting people. Carl is very helpful and tries to make the passengers comfort... | middle2958.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He did not so well as bofore in math ."
},
"options": [
"He used to get high marks .",
"He did well in math .",
"He did not so well as bofore in math .",
"He had no time to study math ."
],
"question": "What pro... | Top student Lin Yijian had a problem recently . The 14-year-old boy from Xiamen used to get marks of over 110 points (out of 120 possible points)on his math tests . But during last semester's final exams , his math score was only 90 points .
It was a shock . "I didn't know what happened , "said Lin , who kept feeling n... | middle2780.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Because she was seriously ill"
},
"options": [
"Because she was seriously ill",
"Because she had no friend.",
"Because her life changed",
"Because she had a cold"
],
"question": "Why was Linda feeling bad for se... | Linda was a sixteen-year-old girl in Canada. She was feeling bad for several days. Her mother took her to a hospital and the doctors found out that she had cancer .
Linda's life changed. She began to go to the hospital often for treatment and she also became _ .
The hospital and the doctors were good, but Linda did no... | middle7820.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "what is right and what is wrong"
},
"options": [
"how they can study well",
"what they should do at school",
"what is right and what is wrong",
"how they can pass an exam"
],
"question": "The new school rules wi... | New rules and behavior standards for the middle school students came out. Middle schools are going to use a new way to decide who the top students are. The following are some of the new rules.
You should not be allowed to dye your hair, smoke or drink. You should not copy others' work in an exam. Don't do it again if y... | middle1289.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "order some flowers"
},
"options": [
"have a rest",
"help the girl",
"buy some food",
"order some flowers"
],
"question": "The man went to the shop to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | It was Mother's Day. A man stopped his car at a flower shop to order some flowers. He wanted the shopper to send the flowers to his mother, who lived two hundred miles away.
As he got out of his car, he found a young girl sitting on the road crying.
He asked her what was wrong and she replied,"I want to buy a red rose ... | middle735.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "eat something from each of the seven kinds of food every day"
},
"options": [
"eat three times a day",
"eat cooked food",
"eat dinner at 4 o'clock",
"eat something from each of the seven kinds of food every day"
],
... | Scientists say there are seven kinds of food that people should eat every day. They are: (1) green and yellow vegetables of all kind; (2) citrus fruits and tomatoes; (3) potatoes and other fruits and vegetables; (4) meat of all kinds, fish and eggs; (5) milk and foods made of milk, like cheese and ice-cream; (6) bread ... | middle8285.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "astronomers"
},
"options": [
"astronomers",
"farmers",
"singers",
"drivers"
],
"question": "Seth Shostak and Alexandra Barnett are _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"... | Is there intelligent life on other planets? For years, scientists said "no." or "we don't know." But today this is changing. Seth Shostak and Alexandra Barnett are astronomers . They believe intelligent life exists somewhere in the universe. They also think we sill soon contact these beings(;).
Why do Shostak and B... | middle5979.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "In 1967"
},
"options": [
"In 1955",
"In 1967",
"In 1976",
"In 1981"
],
"question": "When did Mo Yan leave school to work on the farm?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"an... | Chinese writer Mo Yan has won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature . He is the first Chinese who lives and works in China to win the prize.
Mo Yan, the pen-name for Guan Moye, was bom in 1955 and grew up in Gaomi in Shandong province in eastern China. His parents were farmers. He left school to work at the age of 12, fir... | middle2964.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "At a quarter past five in the afternoon,July 23rd."
},
"options": [
"At a quarter past five in the afternoon,July 23rd.",
"At a quarter to five in the afternoon,July 23rd.",
"At a quarter to ten in the morning,July 25th.",
... | Today is July 20th.Mr Smith is going to have a trip.This is his travel plan.
Dep.="depart;" leave arr.=arrive
21 July dep. New York 12:25
23 July dep. Ottawa 14:20
arr. Toronto 17:15
25 July dep. Toronto 09:45
arr. Tokyo 15:10
29 July dep. Tokyo 14:20
Arr. Sydney 20:05
2 August dep. Sydney 08:20
Arr. New York 16:25 | middle4252.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Father"
},
"options": [
"Mother",
"Father",
"I",
"I don't know"
],
"question": "Who like apples very much ?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"ans... | We do the shopping on Sundays . I often go to the supermarket with my mother on Sunday morning in a car . Father likes fruit very much. We buy some red apples for him. Mother likes yellow bananas , but they're green. "Look! The strawberries are very nice, mum. Do you like them?" I say to Mum. "Yes, I like strawberries ... | middle2623.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "student"
},
"options": [
"teacher",
"student",
"worker",
"soldier"
],
"question": "Mary is a _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text":... | Marry is eight years old now. This autumn she begins to go to school. She likes her teachers and has some friends. She studies hard and is good at her classes. So we think she's a good girl.
It's Sunday today. It's fine and after breakfast the girl and her parents are going to the zoo. She likes to watch the animals ve... | middle7983.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "to make a lot of money"
},
"options": [
"to pass exams and get good jobs",
"to win important competitions",
"to be a sportswriter",
"to make a lot of money"
],
"question": "Most businessmen want _ .",
"que... | Most people have ambitions.An ambition is something we want to do,want to be or want to have.A student's ambition,for example,might be to pass his or her exams and then get a good job.An athlete's ambition could be to win an important competition.A businessman's ambition is usually to make a lot of money.
Not all ambit... | middle6445.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "can buy everything you need easily"
},
"options": [
"often forget to buy what you need",
"have to stand to pay for the things",
"can buy everything you need easily",
"can't go back to buy what you forget"
],
"qu... | Click and shop
Do you always go shopping at the supermarket or often forget to buy something? If you do forget something,we believe you never want to go back for it.But with Webshop,our new Internet shopping service,you won't have to.Also avoid standing so long to pay for what you get.Start shopping online now!
Eat wh... | middle2145.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "5%."
},
"options": [
"5%.",
"50%.",
"95%.",
"30%"
],
"question": "How many people among 100 people use their left hands better?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_i... | Hands play an important part in our daily life. But do you know which of your two hands you use more? Very few people use both hands _ well .Most of us are right-handed. Only about five people out of a hundred are left-handed. New-born babies can take hold of things with either of their hands, but in about two years t... | middle4534.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "have a wonderful voice"
},
"options": [
"have a good-looking",
"have special talent",
"have a wonderful voice",
"dance and sing well"
],
"question": "If you want to be the winner of The Voice of China, you must ... | The Voice of China was hot during the summer of 2012!
The Voice of China is the large music show in China. This show is also the only one which regards the Voice as the only ruler. It premiered at 21:15 on July 13, 2012, on the Zhejiang Television. It has attracted great attention. _ .
The first season used "Real voice... | middle2151.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "You should remember what you have to say and when to stop."
},
"options": [
"You can speak as long as you like.",
"You should avoid contacting with audience.",
"You should remember what you have to say and when to stop.",
... | We are all called upon to make a speech at some point in life, but most of us don't do a very good job. This article gives some suggestions on how to give an effective speech.
So, you have to give a speech and you're fearful. You get nervous, you forget what you want to say, you stumble over words, you talk too long a... | middle7029.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a salesman or a detective"
},
"options": [
"a worker or a teacher",
"a nurse or a doctor",
"a salesman or a detective",
"a model or a carpenter"
],
"question": "Larry wants to be _ .",
"question_type": "cl... | I'm Larry. I'm really good at selling things. I also love helping people. But I'm not so good at solving problems. I think I'd like to be a salesman or detective .
I'm Anita. I really like doing things with my hands. I also enjoy working with wood. I don't enjoy working in the same place every day, and I hate being in... | middle6337.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "925 million."
},
"options": [
"6 million.",
"925 million.",
"200 million.",
"725 million."
],
"question": "According to the UN report, how many hungry people were there in 2011?",
"question_type": "factiod_q... | Almost every Chinese person can recite the two lines of the famous poem, " _ ". But sadly, many of us don't actually get the real meaning of these lines: Don't waste food.
A CCTV program reported that the food Chinese people throw away every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year. Do we have too much foo... | middle1458.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "failed in the exams"
},
"options": [
"often went to school late",
"did well at school",
"did a good job at school",
"failed in the exams"
],
"question": "According to the first report card, Karl _ .",
"qu... | My teenage son Karl became withdrawn after his father died. As a single parent, I tried to do my best to talk to him. But the more I tried , the more he pulled away. When his report card arrived during his junior year, it said that he had been absent 95 times from classes. In this way he would never graduate. I sent hi... | middle7997.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "30 dollars."
},
"options": [
"40 dollars.",
"15 dollars.",
"50 dollars.",
"30 dollars."
],
"question": "How much is the dress?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | Mrs. White likes shopping. Today is Sunday. She wants to buy a new dress for herself. Now she is in a clothes store and has a look at a red one. She asks the salesgirl , "How much is it?"
"It's thirty dollars." the salesgirl answers.
"Can I _ , please?" she asks.
"Yes, you can. The dressing room is over there. This way... | middle6451.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Eight."
},
"options": [
"Three.",
"Five.",
"Eight.",
"Nine."
],
"question": "How many kids got new schoolbags in Hebei Province?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_... | How was your Children's Day? What kind of gifts did you get?
Eight third graders in some poor places in Hebei Province got new schoolbags as Children's Day gifts. They were very happy. There were pencils, pens, exercise books and many other school supplies in the schoolbags.
These schoolbags are from students in Beijin... | middle32.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "active and happy"
},
"options": [
"sad and unhealthy",
"active but bored",
"active and happy",
"healthy but sad"
],
"question": "John was _ two years ago.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | John is 14 years old. He is a student of Grade Eight. He was a very active and happy boy two years ago. But everything changed after he started to play computer games. He never plays basketball or football with his friends any more. And when he sits in the classroom, he can't listen to the teachers. He sleeps in class.... | middle872.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "often stay at home in the evening"
},
"options": [
"often stay at home in the evening",
"often go out in the evening",
"often go out to have supper",
"often go to the cinema in the evening"
],
"question": "Mr. a... | Mr. and Mrs. Jones never go out in the evening, but last Saturday Mrs. Jones said to her husband , "There is a good film at the cinema tonight. Shall we go and see it?"
Mr. Jones was quite happy about it. So they went, and both of them enjoyed the film very much. When they came out of the cinema, it was 11 o'clock. The... | middle3529.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "loves her job"
},
"options": [
"hates to teach English",
"is a teacher of Chinese",
"loves her job",
"is angry with the headmaster"
],
"question": "Miss Wang _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
... | Miss Wang is a young teacher of English in a middle school in Chongqing. She loves teaching very much. One day when she was giving an English lesson, she found Mr. Li, the headmaster, sitting at the back of the classroom. After class, Mr. Li told her that he came to her class to find out how much English and Chinese sh... | middle4246.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "her mother always asks her lots of questions"
},
"options": [
"she is sad about the person at the concert",
"she doesn't like or care about her mother",
"her mother always asks her lots of questions",
"her mother doesn'... | Dear Dr. Smith,
My mom always keeps asking me, "What's going on?" If I want to go to a concert, she asks who I will go with. I think that's my own business . Sometimes it looks like she doesn't trust me. It makes me very sad. How can I get her to stop?
Dear Katie,
Many young people have the same problem as you. If you ... | middle5158.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "More than ten years."
},
"options": [
"Twenty years.",
"Over thirty-eight years.",
"More than ten years.",
"About seventeen years."
],
"question": "How long may people still be able to use fossil fuels?",
"q... | Since the first Earth Day started on April 22, 1970, people around the world have been encouraged to protect the environment and natural resources.Gaylord Nelson started this holiday.On the first Earth Day, 20 million people took part in Earth Day events.
Earth Day activities can include learning something about techno... | middle2637.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "smaller than"
},
"options": [
"larger than",
"smaller than",
"as big as",
"as small as"
],
"question": "The size of most American families is _ that of other countries'.",
"question_type": "cloze_questio... | Most American families are smaller than the families in other countries.Most American families have one or two parents and one or two children each.
Children in the US will leave their parents' home when they grow up.They usually live far from their parents because they want to find good jobs.They often write to their ... | middle1316.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "There are too many people"
},
"options": [
"Shenzhen has not enough water.",
"There are too many people",
"Shenzhen is developing very fast",
"Shenzhen is too small"
],
"question": "According to the passage, whi... | Shenzhen's fast development has made it become China's most crowded city! There are about 15 million people living on its 1991square kilometers. On each square kilometer averagely live 7500 people. It is 1080 more than that in Hong Kong, and nearly 800 more than that in Guangzhou.
Besides, Shenzhen owns 2 million local... | middle682.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "He was too busy to read books"
},
"options": [
"He didn't like reading",
"He was too busy to read books",
"He liked the life in the center of the town",
"He wanted to write a cookbook himself"
],
"question": "Wh... | Mr. Green once worked in a big company.He was quite busy so that he couldn't do any reading.So he gave up his job and opened a bookshop in the center of the town.It wasn't big but all the books were nice and most people liked to buy some there.When the shop was closed,he could read at home.He knew a lot and many lear... | middle6479.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "It's not as large as China."
},
"options": [
"It's the largest country in the world.",
"It's as large as Shanghai.",
"It's not as large as China.",
"It's the largest island in the west of the earth."
],
"questio... | Do you know Australia? Australia is the largest island in the world. It is a little smaller than China. It is in the south of earth. When China is in autumn, it's spring in Australia. Australia is big, but its population is not large. The population of Australia is nearly as large as that of Shanghai.
The government ha... | middle7767.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He fell onto the roof."
},
"options": [
"His truck broke down.",
"He was late for work.",
"He fell onto the roof.",
"His ladder fell down."
],
"question": "Which of the following things did NOT happen to the wor... | The worker I hired to repair my house had just finished a difficult first day on the job. A broken wheel made him an hour late; his ladder( )fell down when he was painting the roof and now his old truck wouldn't start. With each problem he shouted angrily more at himself than at his things. As I drove him home, the man... | middle3501.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "tell that laptops can help improve students' school performance"
},
"options": [
"show the problems schools are faced with today",
"prove that a school without high enrollment can do well",
"express the importance of computer... | Carmen Arace Middle School is situated in the pastoral town of Bloomfield, Conn., but four years ago it faced many of the same problems as inner-city schools in nearby Hartford: low scores on standardized tests and dropping enrollment . Then the school's hard-driving headmaster, Delores Bolton, persuaded her board to s... | middle2179.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "new and beautiful"
},
"options": [
"new and beautiful",
"old and beautiful",
"clean and new",
"old and clean"
],
"question": "The park near Andy's home is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | There is a new park near Andy's home. It's fine today. Andy and his family are in the park now. On their left, there is a cafe. On their right, there is a big lake. There are many flowers and trees around the lake. There's a small hill behind the lake. Near the lake, there are two signs. One says, "Don't swim in the la... | middle5616.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "He was there for his first date."
},
"options": [
"He got there much too early.",
"He was there for his first date.",
"He wanted to be more polite.",
"He enjoyed watching people there."
],
"question": "Why was t... | It was 8:40 in the evening and I was at Starbucks -- Plaza Singapura,the place we are going to meet.I was 20 minutes before meeting time.It is not polite to be late for a date for the first time anyway.I waited,looking at the people coming and going.I was daydreaming about today's soccer match I played and started thi... | middle4508.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "People"
},
"options": [
"Children",
"Fathers and mothers.",
"Lucy and Lily",
"People"
],
"question": "_ like to go to the park.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_i... | There is a park near my home. People like to go to this park after work. Some of them go to the park every day. Look! That is Mr. King. He is sitting on a chair and watching the children. Some children are playing a game. Some boys are playing soccer. Lucy and Lily are standing under a tree. They are talking. There is ... | middle3267.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "blueberry"
},
"options": [
"carrot",
"blueberry",
"apple",
"vegetable"
],
"question": "Billy's uncle hadn't made _ juice before.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_... | Billy always loved blueberries. They were his favorite fruit. Today he was going to make juice with his uncle. His uncle liked to make juice out of everything. He made carrot juice, apple juice, vegetable juice, and more juices. He had never made blueberry juice before though!
First, Billy and his uncle went to a blueb... | middle7001.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "class monitor"
},
"options": [
"PE monitor",
"cleaning monitor",
"class monitor",
"studying monitor"
],
"question": "Da Peng is the _ for this term.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"ans... | Dear Da Peng,
Thanks for your email. And thank you for introducing your Chinese friend Li Fang to me. You are the class monitor for this term. That's good. Work hard! Try to help your teacher.
My classmates choose me as the PE monitor in our class because I run very fast. My PE teacher and my classmates like me. They ... | middle7015.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "talks to her friends"
},
"options": [
"talks to her friends",
"plays with her friends",
"looks at the dogs in the window",
"takes a bus"
],
"question": "Before class begins, Jane usually _ .",
"question_t... | Jane always goes to school early. She likes to talk to her friends before class. After school she does not go home early. She is always late. Jane stops to see the animals in the pet shop. She likes to see the dogs. One of them is a little white dog. She watches the little dog play in the window of the shop. She watche... | middle1464.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "John Brown"
},
"options": [
"John Hall",
"Susan Brown",
"John Brown",
"Susan Hall"
],
"question": "The boy's name is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": ... | His first name is John.His last name is Brown.His phone numberis seven-four-five,six-six-zero-five.
Her first name is Susan. Her last name is Hall.Her phone number is five-zero-five,seven-one-one-seven. The girl found a baseball in the lost and Found .The boy lost a baseball.The girl calls the boy at his phone number. | middle5602.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "to help protect nature by selling posters or prints"
},
"options": [
"to help people plan their birthday parties",
"only to provide information about nature",
"to tell people how to buy birthday presents",
"to help prot... | Daniel likes to do something to protect the environment in his daily life. Next Sunday is his friend's birthday. He is going to buy some gifts online for his friend. Now he is visiting the following website for some information about gifts.
Welcome to Nature Posters - the world's largest collection of nature posters a... | middle3273.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "funny and educational"
},
"options": [
"ugly and terrible",
"funny but terrible",
"ugly and dangerous",
"funny and educational"
],
"question": "When the writer was a kid, he thought that the cartoons then were ... | When I was a kid, I never had any problems watching some cartoons. It was so much fun and a great education too. Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Tom and Jerry were my idols . Even now I really feel that they are worth watching at any age.
The problem I've found is the cartoons at present. Some of them contain something ugl... | middle5164.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "they are unhealthy food"
},
"options": [
"they don't like them",
"they are not delicious",
"they are unhealthy food",
"they are too expensive"
],
"question": "Some schools have banned cupcakes because _ .",
... | When kids at Archisha Singh's school in Loudoun County have a birthday, no parents buy them birthday cakes.
Some schools are worried that children might become fat or eat unhealthy food, so they have banned cupcakes altogether.
What do kids do? Birthday kids can donate a book. The headmaster of their school will then ... | middle696.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "A Chinese- style hospital."
},
"options": [
"A Spanish hospital.",
"A Chinese- style hospital.",
"A TCM hospital.",
"A western medicine hospital."
],
"question": "What hospital is Spain going to build according ... | According to Spanish business newspaper, Spain is planning to build the largest traditional Chinese medicine hospital in Europe. It's an important practice agreement between China and Spain. Barcelona will provide land for its construction and the new hospital is expected to cost 80 million euros ($88.6 million). This... | middle7773.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "what to do while visiting your friends"
},
"options": [
"where to find a friend in need",
"what to do while visiting your friends",
"how to make friends",
"when to visit your friend"
],
"question": "The passage ... | An American friend has invited you to visit his family. You've never been to an American's home before, and you're not sure what to do. Should you take a gift? How should you dress? What time should you arrive? What should you do when you get there? Glad you asked. When you're the guest, you should just make yourself a... | middle7940.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "In 1997."
},
"options": [
"In 1996.",
"In 1997.",
"In 1998.",
"In 2000."
],
"question": "When did One Piece come out in Japan?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_in... | In Japan, Luffy is more popular than Harry Potter.Luffy is the main _ of One Piece .The book came out in 1997.
One Piece tells the adventures of Monkey D.Luffy, a 17-year-old boy.He gets supernatural abilities by eating fruit.Luffy's dream is to find the world's biggest treasure, One Piece.Then he wants to become the n... | middle6486.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "At 6:40."
},
"options": [
"At 5:45.",
"At 6:10.",
"At 6:40.",
"At 7:00."
],
"question": "When does Nick have breakfast?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1... | Hi, I'm Nick. I am very busy from Monday to Friday. In the morning, I always get up and take a shower at six ten. After half an hour, I have breakfast. After I finish eating, I get dressed and go to school by bike. It takes me about twenty minutes to get to school.
After school, I go to the English club. Because my Eng... | middle2838.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "bag"
},
"options": [
"mother",
"teacher",
"bag",
"keys"
],
"question": "If you go outside with a \"smart bag\" but forget your keys, your _ will tell you.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | It's 8:00 a.m. and you are running out of the door. You walk outside and your handbag suddenly says, "Wait! You forgot your keys!" A talking handbag? Yes, it's true. This "smart bag" can "talk" to the things you often bring with. If you forget your keys or drop your purse, for example, the bag will tell you.
How does i... | middle3298.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "his alarm clock didn't ring"
},
"options": [
"he couldn't find hid shoes",
"his alarm clock didn't ring",
"he washed and dressed slowly",
"his car went wrong on the way"
],
"question": "Tony arrived at school la... | Have you ever had an embarrassing experience? Last week we asked readers to tell us about embarrassing experiences. We received thousands of letters! Here is a selection.
Tony:
My most embarrassing experience happened when I had just left university. I had just started teaching in a Liverpool middle school. One morning... | middle2186.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "excited"
},
"options": [
"sorry",
"angry",
"excited",
"happy"
],
"question": "When we have success in a school play ,we may feel _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"ans... | At school many things happen to us .We may feel excited when we have success in a school play.We may feel sorry if we lose an important game .We want to keep the memory for the rest of our lives .
How to keep the memory ?Our English teacher ,Miss Wang ,has taught us a good way of remembering things to make our own year... | middle5825.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "she didn't know how to stop his son surfing the Internet"
},
"options": [
"she often asked others for help",
"she thought she was a great mother",
"she didn't know how to stop his son surfing the Internet",
"she didn't ... | Dear Annie,
I have never written a letter to a newspaper before, I have just never felt the need to do such a thing. I have always felt I was quite able to do everything by myself. But now I know I was wrong.
Sometimes you really need help in life, I guess. And that's why I'm writing this letter to you.
I have a happy ... | middle2192.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "eye health"
},
"options": [
"tooth health",
"physical health",
"eye health",
"heart health"
],
"question": "People get a good chance to care about their _ on June 6thevery year.",
"question_type": "clo... | June 6this National Eye Care Day. It is a good chance for us to improve our eye health. What are common eye problems we have today? How can we protect our eyes? Read on to find out the answer.
Eyes are important in our everyday life. We use them to read books, see colors and view the wonders of the world. But sometimes... | middle4285.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "lamp; girl"
},
"options": [
"lamp; man",
"picture; lamp",
"lamp; girl",
"newspaper; shop owner"
],
"question": "In the advertisement, there was a _ and a _ on the bicycle.",
"question_type": "cloze_q... | Tom saw an advertisement in a newspaper for a beautiful bicycle. It cost 55 pounds. So he went to the shop and asked to see one of the wonderful bicycles.
The owner of the shop was harpy to show one to Tom. Tom examined it carefully, and turned to the owner and said, "There isn't a lamp on this bicycle. hut there was o... | middle7954.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "when it's powdered"
},
"options": [
"when it's mixed with water",
"when it's mixed with oil",
"when it's powdered",
"when it's put in the fridge"
],
"question": "In outer space, food can be stored for many years... | There's no pizza on Mars, but scientists have found a solution to this problem for hungry astronauts: a pizza printer! NASA, the American space agency, has developed a machine that "prints" food. They showed a model of the printer in Austin, Texas last month.
How does it work? Cartridges filled with powdered dough , c... | middle6492.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Because there are many big squares and nice museums."
},
"options": [
"Because riding bicycles is very easy and fun.",
"Because there are many big squares and nice museums.",
"Because there are many bicycle rentals.",
"... | Amsterdam is one of the most beautiful cities in Holland . It is the capital of Holland. There are many big squares and nice museums. Hundreds and thousands of people from all over the world visit there every year.
Riding bicycles is a fun and easy way to get around Amsterdam. Most students go to school by bicycle. Peo... | middle2804.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Because the pain didn't seem to get better."
},
"options": [
"Because the doctor in the village had been unable to save him.",
"Because he had a fever.",
"Because he suffered from a pain in the head.",
"Because the pain... | A farmer who lived in a small village had a bad pain in the chest. This never seemed to get any better. The farmer decided that he would go to see a doctor in the nearest town. But as he was a miserly person, he thought he would find out how much he would have to pay the doctor. He was told that a sick person had to p... | middle899.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Happy Farm"
},
"options": [
"The farmer",
"Happy Farm",
"The Chinese website",
"The Doctor"
],
"question": "According to this passage, what is very popular in China?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"ans... | Happy Farm is an online game. It is very popular among people in China. The game offers you a piece of empty land and some seeds at first. You are like the farmer. If your land is small, you can spend some money to make it big. And you must harvest your things on the farm on time, or some other farmers will steal you... | middle127.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "It was struggling to get out of its cocoon."
},
"options": [
"It was trying to make a cocoon for it self.",
"It was crawling around quietly on the ground.",
"It was flying among the trees in the forest.",
"It was strugg... | One day a man found a cocoon of a butterfly in the forest.He sat there for several hours and watched the butterfly.Suddenly, a small opening appeared and the butterfly made its great effort to force its body through that little hole.Then it seemed to stop making any progress.It appeared as if it had gotten as far as ... | middle5819.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "They are better than foreign ones."
},
"options": [
"They have little interest.",
"Our writers seldom know children's needs.",
"Most of them are the same",
"They are better than foreign ones."
],
"question": "Ab... | The new bookHarry Potter and the Half-Bloodis warmly welcomed by the children in China. It sells well across China. You can see and hear the advertisements about the book here and there.
Why is the book so attractive to children? After reading it, I was attracted by the magic world. I can not help asking: where is ou... | middle133.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "confidence is important for one to be successful"
},
"options": [
"people who failed are not lonely",
"animals can help people sometimes",
"nature will help if we are hard--working",
"confidence is important for one to ... | In one way, it may be thought that failure is a part of life. In another, failure may be regarded as a step towards success.
The "spider story" is often told as an example of this. Robert Bruce, leader of the Scots in the 13th century, was hiding in a hole on a hill from the English. He watched a spider making a web .... | middle655.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "doesn't work sometimes"
},
"options": [
"never works well",
"always tastes terrible",
"doesn't work sometimes",
"always makes patients feel worse"
],
"question": "The medicine given by doctors _ .",
"quest... | Now and then we all get ill. Then we usually go to see a doctor. Doctors know a lot about what makes us ill. They may give us something to take. The medicine often makes us well again.
But sometimes the doctor's medicine doesn't work. A sick person does not get well. The pain doesn't go away. There was such man. He was... | middle7968.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He told her to write down all her \"enemy\" had said about her."
},
"options": [
"He agreed with her \"enemy\".",
"He let her continue to put up with her \"enemy\".",
"He told her to write down all her \"enemy\" had said abou... | When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings . Sometimes she said I was thin. Sometimes she said I was lazy. Sometimes she said I wasn't a good student. Sometimes she said I talked too much, and so on. I tried to put up with her as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ... | middle3059.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "go to bed early and get up early"
},
"options": [
"work at night",
"eat well",
"go to bed early and get up early",
"get up late"
],
"question": "We will be healthy if we _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_quest... | Early to bed, early to rise , makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
This is an old English saying. Have you heard it before? It means that we must go to bed early in the evening and get up early in the morning. If we do, we shall be healthy. We shall also be rich (wealthy) and clever (wise).
Is this true? Perhaps it i... | middle4736.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "every one or two days"
},
"options": [
"every one or two days",
"once a week",
"every four or five days",
"three times a month"
],
"question": "According to the passage,we should wash our hair _ .",
"quest... | Are you taking good care of your hair and using the right products? Could your shampoo be damaging your hair? Should you brush your hair more or less? The following are a few tips to help you keep your hair healthy and shining.
A balanced diet will help you have nice-looking hair. Try to eat more green vegetables, eggs... | middle5428.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "plastic bags"
},
"options": [
"computers",
"mobile phones",
"plastic bags",
"TV"
],
"question": "The following can become e-waste EXPECT _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Have you ever heard of e-waste ( electronic waste, ) ,which can be produced every day? How do you deal with your computers, MP4 players and mobile phones when they're broken or you want a new one?
Most people just throw them away. With the development of electronic industry, e-waste pollution has become a serious probl... | middle6121.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "two and a half hours"
},
"options": [
"two and a half hours",
"five hours",
"six hours",
"five and a half hours"
],
"question": "How long were the students training every day?",
"question_type": "factiod_que... | Watch for us on TV
THIS summer, many Beijing middle school students had a different kind of vacation. Instead of hanging out with friends or traveling, they were training hard for the National Day celebration.
To mark the special anniversary of China this year, the students performed a group dance in a big parade on T... | middle1896.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "There will be more self-driving cars in use in the future."
},
"options": [
"It is too difficult for people to make self-driving cars now.",
"Self-driving cars will be first put on the market in 2020.",
"There will be more se... | You know how much your telephone has changed over the past 10 years? Your car will change even more than that in the next 10 years. One of the biggest changes is that cars will drive themselves.
"We certainly have the technology for it now."says Andrew Poliak of automotive technology supplier QNX."We expect self-drivin... | middle7559.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "his home is far from school"
},
"options": [
"he has no bike",
"he likes his dad's car",
"he doesn't like walking",
"his home is far from school"
],
"question": "Jack goes to school by car because _ .",
"... | Hi! I am Jack. I am thirteen years old. I'm an English boy. Now I'm in China with my parents. I go to a middle school in Tianjin. This is my school day.
I get up at half past six. I go to school at seven o'clock and I go to school in my dad's car. I want to walk to school, but the school is far from my home. I usually ... | middle6647.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a town of nearly 500,000 people"
},
"options": [
"a very big city",
"a small village beside the sea",
"a town of nearly 500,000 people",
"a small village at the foot of Roland Hill"
],
"question": "Horlton was ... | Dear sir,
I read your story (of the 4thFebruary) about the cost of living in the country rather than in the town, and I agree with most of your opinions.My husband and I lived in the middle of Horlton until two years ago a seaside town of nearly five hundred thousand people.When my husband stopped working, we moved t... | middle1128.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "take a submarine"
},
"options": [
"drive a car",
"take a bus",
"take a submarine",
"swim"
],
"question": "Maybe people in the future will _ to work on the ocean floor.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions... | Where do you think people will live in the future? Can you predict people will work and live in the sea? But how will people go to work then? By submarine!
Some scientists believe that some day submarines will be as many as today's cars. A famous French driver says, " One day, man will work on the ocean floor as they d... | middle4050.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "at 11:00 am on Wednesday"
},
"options": [
"at 9:00 am on Sunday",
"at 6:00pm on Monday",
"at 11:00 am on Wednesday",
"at 2:30pm on Friday"
],
"question": "You can go to the Science and Technology Museum _ .",
... | Science and Technology Museum
Opening hours
Saturday-Wednesday 10:00 am-17:30 pm
Charge
Adult :Y=10 Student: Y=5 Under 12: Free
What's on
Ancient Technology - the ground floor
Modern Technology -the first floor
Space - the second floor
The Silk Road: Trade and Travel - the second floor
Shop - the third floor
... | middle4044.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The shopkeeper."
},
"options": [
"The cat",
"Mr. Black",
"The shopkeeper.",
"Mrs. Black's daughter"
],
"question": "_ tells Mrs. Black how to cook the fish.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | Mrs. Black goes to buy a fish with her daughter. She doesn't know how to cook it, so she asks the shopkeeper to write down the way of cooking it on a note. She puts the note in her daughter's pocket and then they leave the shop with the fish.
On their way home, a black cat sees them and follows them. Suddenly the cat ... | middle6653.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "remember nobody is perfect"
},
"options": [
"compare yourself with others",
"have a perfect appearance",
"remember nobody is perfect",
"think you are the same as others"
],
"question": "The writer thinks it is i... | It is very normal for people to compare themselves with others. Everyone does it, but it is important to remember that no one is perfect. Other people may look confident, but everyone feels insecure once in a while, even the famous people like Yao Ming. When he was young, he probably felt insecure about being too tall... | middle6135.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "A burning desire."
},
"options": [
"A burning desire.",
"A good motivation.",
"Secrets to success",
"A good accomplishment"
],
"question": "What do you need to succeed according to this passage?",
"question_... | The motivation to succeed comes from the burning desire to achieve a purpose. Napoleon Hill wrote, "whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve."
A young man asked Socrates the secrets to success. Socrates told the young man to meet him near the river the next morning. When they meet, S... | middle1882.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "winter"
},
"options": [
"spring",
"summer",
"autumn",
"winter"
],
"question": "The Indians wants to know the weather in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_i... | It is autumn, and the Indians ask their new chief what the weather is going to be like this winter. The chief looks at the sky and says it's usually cold, and he tells the villagers to collect wood for the winter. As a good chief, he goes to call the weatherman and asks, "Is the coming winter going to be cold?"
"It l... | middle8118.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "the Great Wall"
},
"options": [
"America",
"England",
"Canana",
"the Great Wall"
],
"question": "Ann and his mother are going to _ by bus .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | It is a fine Sunday morning .Ann and her mother are on a big bus .There are many people on it . Some of them come from America ,and some come from English and Canada. They are going to the Great Wall .
There are only two Chinese on the bus .One is the woman .She is driving the bus .The other is a young man.He is their ... | middle4722.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Because he was ill."
},
"options": [
"Because he was ill.",
"Because he walked so fast.",
"Because he was too old.",
"Because the subway station was so crowed."
],
"question": "Why did Mr Hollopeter fall on the ... | It was 12:45 pm on January 2, 2007. 50-year-old Wesley Autrey was waiting for the train at a subway station in New York. His two daughters, aged four and six, were with him.
Suddenly, a sick man fell down on the platform . The man, 20-year-old Cameron Hollopeter, got up, but then fell again--this time, onto the track ... | middle1672.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "at a well-known hospital"
},
"options": [
"at the library",
"in a classroom",
"at a well-known hospital",
"in a medical school"
],
"question": "The medical students were having a lesson _ .",
"question_typ... | A doctor was once teaching a class of medical students at a famous hospital in Edinburgh. An injured man was brought in, and the doctor turned to one of his students and asked him, "What's wrong with this man?"
"I don't know, sir," the student answered. "Shall I examine him and find out?""There's no need to examine him... | middle7203.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Thirty-six."
},
"options": [
"Fourteen.",
"Twenty-one",
"Twenty-nine.",
"Thirty-six."
],
"question": "How many homes altogether were destroyed in the storm last Friday?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"... | Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories , destroying fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly destroyed that their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or broken roofs. One person was killed, several were badly hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other ... | middle8130.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "formal"
},
"options": [
"formal",
"direct",
"different",
"funny"
],
"question": "According to the passage, we learn that our letters are more _ than the e-mails.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},... | Before you hit 'Enter' on MSN, read this
It is often said that the language we use online is less formal than that we use in a letter, or in direct speech sometimes. This is true, but it can also make us in trouble sometimes.
The thing about online communication is that you have no idea what the person who is reading y... | middle3065.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "to have a rest"
},
"options": [
"to swim",
"to have a rest",
"to drink something",
"to make a bet"
],
"question": "Mr Baker went to the sea _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": ... | Mr Baker worked in a big factory. He was busy all the time and had little time to rest. One summer, he decided to go to the sea to spend his holidays.
One afternoon, it was very hot. Mr Baker came into a restaurant, sat at a table and wanted to drink. Just then, an old man came up to him and said, "How do you do, sir?"... | middle3703.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Two"
},
"options": [
"Two",
"Three",
"Four",
"Five"
],
"question": "_ kinds of flying cars are mentioned in the passage.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": ... | A science fiction flying car looks like a normal car, but it is an aircraft that anybody can fly directly from any place to another without using roads or runways. Science fiction writers have written about flying cars for a long time. But now flying cars will soon fly out of the world of science fiction into our rea... | middle7565.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Jenny"
},
"options": [
"Leo",
"Gary",
"Lily",
"Jenny"
],
"question": "Who will take fried chicken to the party?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
... | Dear Jenny,
Gary is having a _ party after Month Exam! He invites all of us to come! Since it is a potluck party, I think I will bring some beef noodles. As I know, Lily will take care of the drinks and Gina will bring a big homemade chocolate cake. Can you ask your mom to buy us some KFC fried chicken? You know it is ... | middle480.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Five."
},
"options": [
"Three.",
"Four.",
"Five.",
"Six."
],
"question": "How many people are mentioned in the story?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
... | A taxi hit a truck. A policeman spoke to the taxi driver and to the truck driver. He also spoke to Tom. He was a witness . This is what they said.
TRUCK DRIVER: I was driving from the airport to Newton. A car crossed the road, so I slowed down. I did not stop. A taxi hit the back of my truck. Nobody was badly hurt but ... | middle1114.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "People like traveling more than buying material things."
},
"options": [
"Spending money in a clever way makes people happy.",
"People like traveling more than buying material things.",
"Material things may cause jealousy.",
... | Money can make you happy, only if you spend it in a clever way.
Buying a new car makes you happy. However, you will forget this feeling when the car gets old. But if you spend a week traveling, it's more possible that you'll remember the great experience, and you'll remember the feeling for a long time. A new study has... | middle7571.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "on 9th November"
},
"options": [
"on 20th October",
"on 7th November",
"on 9th November",
"in 2005"
],
"question": "Xianning 1st International Hotspring cultural and Tourism Festival ended _ .",
"question... | As part of the first International Hot Spring Culture and Tourism Festival in Xianning, Hubei Province, Miss Friendship International 2009 was held in Wuhan, Hubei, China from 20th October 2009 to 9th November 2009 with 70 gorgeous contestants gathering from across the world.
The city is a popular travel spotlight, kn... | middle1100.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "an old man"
},
"options": [
"a young man",
"an old woman",
"an old man",
"a young woman"
],
"question": "Kitty saved _ from a burning house.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Last Thursday, a young woman saved an elderly man from a burning house on Garden Road. The young woman's name is Kitty and she works in a clothes shop. The elderly man, Daniel, lives just opposite the clothes shop. On Thursday afternoon, Kitty looked out of the window. She saw some smoke coming from Daniel's house and ... | middle494.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "sleeping"
},
"options": [
"eating",
"playing",
"sleeping",
"exercising"
],
"question": "Our bodies grow most while we are _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_in... | During the day we work and play, and at night we sleep. Our bodies rest while we are sleeping. In the morning we are ready to work and play again. When we are asleep, our bodies grow most. When children feel tired and angry, they usually need more sleep. We can get our lessons better, and we feel better, too, when we h... | middle4078.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "to eat once"
},
"options": [
"to eat once",
"to wear twice",
"to read once",
"to use six times"
],
"question": "Mrs.Green drove her small car to the shops to get something _ a week.",
"question_type": "clo... | Mrs.Green was eighty,but she had a small car,and she always drove to the shops on Saturday and bought her food.She didn't drive fast because she was old,but she drove well and never hit anything.
Sometimes her grandchildren said to her,"Please don't drive your car,grandmother.We can take you to the shops."
But she alwa... | middle3717.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "In 2008."
},
"options": [
"In 2003.",
"In 2009.",
"In 2008.",
"10 years ago."
],
"question": "When did the writer leave for London?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answ... | It was the Greek shopkeeper who taught me about the power of being kind.
In 2008, I left Spain to study alone in London. My parents had to bring up my three younger sisters and two younger brothers, so I found three part-time jobs to pay for my studies. I worked early mornings and late nights, so I was tired, really t... | middle5400.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "to spend time helping other"
},
"options": [
"to write about kindness.",
"to be kind to strangers",
"to spend time helping other",
"to go out to raise money"
],
"question": "The professor's homework was to ask h... | Chuck Wall teaches management and human relations at Bakersfield College. He walked into class one day and told his students that their homework was to perform one act of random kindness. His students did not understand the homework and didn't know what to do, but the professor would not answer their questions. He enc... | middle1666.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "was very tired"
},
"options": [
"was very tired",
"saw his friend",
"lost his watch",
"didn't know the time"
],
"question": "The driver stopped his car on a street side because he _ .",
"question_type": "... | A driver stopped his car on a street side to have a rest.As he lay down in the seat and closed his eyes, a person came up and knocked at the window to ask the time. The driver opened his eyes and looked at his watch. "It's five past eight." he said. Then he went to sleep again. But soon he was waken up again because a ... | middle6109.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "In a big hotel."
},
"options": [
"In a small hotel.",
"In a big hotel.",
"In a small cabin.",
"In a room."
],
"question": "Where're they going to stay in Toronto?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
... | I'm going to have a great weekend. I'll go across Canada with my parents by car. We'll drive seven or eight hours a day.
In Toronto, we'll stay in a big hotel. The food is very delicious. There's a big swimming pool and a lot of game rooms. I think I'll play there happily. But there'll be lots of people in the hotel, s... | middle7217.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "generous"
},
"options": [
"brave",
"lonely",
"serious",
"generous"
],
"question": "According to the passage, the writer's father is _ on Christmas.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answe... | My five brothers, my sister and I lived in Toronto with our parents. My father worked in a factory, and my mother stayed at home. Each year my father would dress up as Santa Claus and go through the streets sharing joy and candies with the children there. He loved it as much as they did!
But around Christmas in 1970, m... | middle319.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "All the animals and plants"
},
"options": [
"Some of the animals",
"All the things",
"Some of the plants",
"All the animals and plants"
],
"question": "_ need air.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},... | Air is always around us. It is around us when we walk and play. From the time we are born, air is around us. When we sit down, it is around us. When we go to bed, air is also around us. We live in air.
All the animals and plants need air. Living things can't live without air. We can live without food or water for a few... | middle2384.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "stupid"
},
"options": [
"clever",
"stupid",
"beautiful",
"angry"
],
"question": "In England, if people point to their heads, it means they think someone is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
... | We always use body language in our daily life. When we have a talk with someone, we may use more body language than words. However, the same body language may mean different things in different countries. That's why people sometimes do not understand each other correctly. Pointing to one part of the body can mean diffe... | middle4093.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "He wanted to be alone."
},
"options": [
"The writer didn't help him beat Tommy.",
"He felt no love from the family members.",
"He hurt himself when rushing up stairs.",
"He wanted to be alone."
],
"question": "W... | One night, I was sitting in my room half listening as my 15-year-old brother Tommy fought with my 12-year-old brother Kevin. I didn't pay attention when Kevin rushed up the stairs with the hurt on his face.
About 20mintes later, as I was walking up-stairs I heard Kevin crying inside the bathroom. I knocked on the door ... | middle3924.txt |
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