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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "plastic bags"
},
"options": [
"computers",
"mobile phones",
"plastic bags",
"MP4 players"
],
"question": "The following can become e-waste EXCEPT _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answ... | Have you ever heard of e-waste(electric 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 electric industry, e-waste pollution has become a serious problem. Acc... | middle6684.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "In a park."
},
"options": [
"At a school.",
"on a farm.",
"In the street.",
"In a park."
],
"question": "where did the story happen ?",
"question_type": null
},
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,... | One day, an old man went(go)for a walk in a park in Washington, and when he was(is) tired, he sat(sit) down on a bench . A young person was standing on the other side of the pond .
"My goodness" the old man said(say)to the person sitting next to him on the bench."Do you see the person with loose pants "and long hair? ... | middle6690.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He didn't like children."
},
"options": [
"He often stayed in his house.",
"He didn't often speak to people.",
"He didn't like children.",
"He had a place to play basketball."
],
"question": "Which of the follow... | A few years ago I didn't knew my neighbour Mr Reed well. Now we're friends.
It all started from a basketball game near his home. Peter passed the ball to me. But I didn't catch it and it went right into Mr Reed's garden.Everyone said that he didn't like children. Nobody dared to get the ball. And no one knew Mr Reed w... | middle6848.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "bedroom"
},
"options": [
"family",
"bedroom",
"bookcase",
"computer"
],
"question": "This is a photo of my _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"... | This is a photo of my bedroom. In my room, a bed, a dresser, a computer, a desk and a chair are here. Under my bed are a video tape and a baseball. The computer is on the desk. My notebooks and a pencil case are in the drawer of the desk. A computer game is behind the computer. A clock is near the computer. A bookcase ... | middle4087.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "gets one event to cause other similar events to happen"
},
"options": [
"turns a good day to a bad day",
"makes one person affect another",
"turns bad things into good things",
"gets one event to cause other similar eve... | Bad days happen to us all. Often a day that starts out bad just continues to get worse. Sometimes there's a "domino effect " with bad events. For example, you sleep through the alarm, so you're stressed. And you will sit in the bad traffic, which will also make you late for work, etc.
How can we turn a bad day to a goo... | middle3930.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "22"
},
"options": [
"5",
"12",
"17",
"22"
],
"question": "The writer discovered Google at the age of _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_te... | I began to send e-mails when I was 17. I discovered Google 5 years later. Now, I use the internet all the time. The Internet has become so popular that 90 percent of 12-to-17-year-olds in the United States use the internet, and about half of these kids use it every day. They visit chat rooms and send e-mails. They go t... | middle4939.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "At ten."
},
"options": [
"At five.",
"At six.",
"At seven.",
"At ten."
],
"question": "When did Peter's mother come back?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index":... | It was a Sunday morning. Peter, a seven-year-old boy, watched TV in the room while his brother Bill did his homework. Their father watered the flowers in the garden and their mother went out to do some shopping. At ten the woman came back with a heavy basket. Peter ran up to her. He wanted to know what his mother bough... | middle2390.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "you're growing"
},
"options": [
"you're careful",
"you're kind",
"you're growing",
"you know nothing."
],
"question": "If you are making a mistake, that means _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
... | People are always afraid of making mistakes. But sometimes it's not bad to make mistakes, and here is why.
At first , mistakes are a clear sign that you are trying new things. It's always good to new things, because when you are trying new things your are growing. If you never try new things , how can you improve ? How... | middle1841.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "She had lived in the street for many years"
},
"options": [
"She had lived with her parents whose names were not known",
"She had lived in the street for many years",
"The workers knew her well",
"She had learned to wri... | The Girl From the Street
The workers who brought the girl to the orphanage knew little about her. The streets where they found her had been her home for many years. Her parents were unknown. They left her long ago. At the orphanage, the girl, like all the children there, was taught to read and write. While she was stud... | middle1699.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "China took a step closer to building its own space station."
},
"options": [
"China has caught up with the United States in the space exploration field.",
"China took a step closer to building its own space station.",
"China ... | Two Chinese spacecrafts successfully completed China's first space docking early November 3, 2011, which has taken the country a step closer to building its own space station.
Nearly two days after its launch, the unmanned spacecraftShenzhou VIIIdocked with the space lab module Tiangong I more than 343 km above the ear... | middle443.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because she wanted to cool the fish."
},
"options": [
"Because she didn't cook the fish.",
"Because she wanted to give the fish to the cat.",
"Because she wanted to cool the fish.",
"Because she wanted to show how delic... | Mrs. Jackson was a rich woman. She had many friends. She liked cooking very much and she often invited her friends to her big house.
One day, she invited some of her friends to lunch. She wanted very much to try a new way of cooking a fish, and she was very pleased with herself when the dish was ready. The fish was ver... | middle3918.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Lisa"
},
"options": [
"Jenny",
"Tom",
"Lisa",
"Ann"
],
"question": "Who sent this e-mail?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "4: 00 ... | Subject: party Hi! Jenny,
My sister Ann and I are going to have a party this Friday at my home. Some friends will be there. Most of them are from the office. My best friend, Tom, will come, too. I want you to meet him.
Do you want to come? We'll play games and talk. Then... | middle457.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Watching TV."
},
"options": [
"Reading.",
"Watching TV.",
"Doing sports.",
"Playing with their pets."
],
"question": "What is the favorite free time activity of people in the UK?",
"question_type": "factiod_... | People in the UK spend their free time in different ways. They usually use it to relax. They spend a lot of their free time at home. The most popular activity is watching TV. People in the UK watch TV for about 25 hours a week. They often record programs so they can watch them later. Reading is also a popular way of ... | middle6874.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "."
},
"options": [
".",
".",
".",
"."
],
"question": "What's the Chinese meaning ofskilled?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "He m... | There was once a young man called Paul in a village in the USA. Paul was very lazy because his father was a rich farmer and he didn't have to work. Mr Smith, a neighbour of his, was a blacksmith . He used to work in his shop all day. Paul spent hours and hours watching how the blacksmith worked every day. "Young man, ... | middle331.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Seven"
},
"options": [
"Five",
"Six",
"Seven",
"Eight"
],
"question": "How many things does this passage mention for you to do if you want to keep healthy?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
... | Do you want to be in good health? Try to do the following things! You can become strong.
Drink eight cups of water every day. Water helps your body in many ways. If you feel......,have a cup of water.
Don't forget to eat your breakfast. Breakfast gives you everything your body needs for the morning. So do not forget yo... | middle456.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Web sites"
},
"options": [
"QQ",
"Web pages",
"Web sites",
"Blogs"
],
"question": "_ can offer free ways to create personal Web pages and fill them with writings and pictures.",
"question_type": "cloze_que... | Most people are writing blogs . Others are reading them. The word " blog" is a short way of saying Web log almost like QQ Zone .
Many popular Web sites now offer free, easy ways to create personal Web pages and fill them with writings and pictures. Blogs offer people a place to show their writings and feelings over t... | middle4904.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Robert didn't study hard at all"
},
"options": [
"Robert had a lot of housework to do",
"Robert didn't study hard at all",
"Robert hoped to be a writer",
"Robert wasn't clever enough"
],
"question": "_ , so he... | Robert lives in a small town. Five years ago, when he was nineteen, he finished middle school. He didn't like any subjects except playing when he was at school. Of course he learned nothing and the bosses wouldn't use a man like him. He has to stay at home, but doesn't do any housework, only watches TV or lies on bed. ... | middle324.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "America"
},
"options": [
"England",
"Canada",
"America",
"German"
],
"question": "Michael Jordan was born in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
... | Michael Jordan is one of the most famous basketball players in the world. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He didn't like to talk to other people about himself. He was very short and he didn't play basketball very well when he joined the basketball team in his high school at first. But the next year, things changed g... | middle1868.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "with his son"
},
"options": [
"to a small city",
"to get some money",
"with his son",
"to get a ticket"
],
"question": "One day the father takes a bus _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
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... | A father and his young son get into a bus in a small city and sit down. The bus conductor comes to them for their money. The man says "I want one ticket to Oxford." and gives her a shilling( ).
The conductor looks at the small boy for a few seconds and then says to him, "How old are you young man?"
The man begins speak... | middle4910.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "A record for paddling a bathtub."
},
"options": [
"A record for paddling a bathtub.",
"A record for climbing a mountain.",
"A record for pushing a hospital bed.",
"A record for swimming across a river."
],
"ques... | Everyone would like to be remembered. A few people even try to do something that no one else in history has ever tried to do. These people sometimes have their names recorded in the Guinness Book of Records.
Often it takes a group of people to do something unusual. One such team paddled a bathtub 145 kilometers for 24 ... | middle442.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "his own heart was perfect"
},
"options": [
"his heart was painful",
"the old man's hear was perfect",
"his own heart was perfect",
"he himself was the most beautiful"
],
"question": "The young man thought _ ... | One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town announcing that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole town. A large crowd gathered, and they all thought it was perfect. There was not a flaw in it.
Suddenly, an old man said, "Your heart is not nearly as beautiful as mine." The crowd and the young man l... | middle3931.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "190"
},
"options": [
"20",
"30",
"50",
"190"
],
"question": "The earliest frogs lived about _ million years ago.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
... | Frogs are animals that can live both in water and on land.There are more than 5.000 kinds of frogs on the earth.The earliest known frogs lived about 190 million years ago and the frogs today still look the same.Here are some fun things that you might not know about frogs.Enjoy!
The Biggest and the Smallest Frogs
Some f... | middle5398.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "in 1927"
},
"options": [
"in 1927",
"in 1955",
"in 1901",
"in 1966"
],
"question": "When did Walt Disney creative his Mickey Mouse ?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"an... | Walt Disney was born in 1901. He created the Mickey Mouse in 1927 . It made him very famous . He died in 1966, but his work and his dreams did not die. Now people all over the world enjoy his Mickey Mouse and other cartoons.
Walt Disney was a man who did not _ easily. One summer, he wanted a job in a post
office, but t... | middle4086.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "some shops, restaurants and schools"
},
"options": [
"200,000 people",
"no hospitals",
"schools but no hospitals",
"some shops, restaurants and schools"
],
"question": "The Chinatown in New York has _ .",
... | What is a Chinatown? Is it a town in China? Of course not! It is in a foreign country. It is a place where many overseas Chinese live together.
There are lots of Chinatowns in America. The biggest one is in New York. There are about 150,000 people in it. It is the home of Chinese New Yorkers. And it is also a good pl... | middle6849.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "he often helps them"
},
"options": [
"he often helps them",
"he looks down upon them",
"he thinks himself the cleverest",
"he knows more than any other child"
],
"question": "The children like John because _ ... | John is a good boy. He studies hard and is never late for school. He has a lot of friends. And he often helps them and they like him. But he always thinks himself the cleverest in his class and looks down upon others.
This term a new student, Fred, comes to his class. He's thin and short and never talks with the boys.... | middle6691.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "a good place"
},
"options": [
"a good place",
"some trees",
"to sit on eggs",
"to make a bird net"
],
"question": "We need _ near a bird nest if we want to watch and know about birds.",
"question_type": ... | If we find a bird nest , we will have a good place of watching and knowing about birds. Birds sit on eggs and take care of their babies from April to June. Because the baby birds are too young to leave the nest, parents often go to look for food and come back in several minutes. So it is good to watch birds. When we w... | middle1698.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "tell him their ideas and feelings"
},
"options": [
"give him lunch money",
"know him very well",
"tell him their ideas and feelings",
"give him some clothes"
],
"question": "Jerry would like to make friends with... | Cindy, Jerry and Mary are giving their opinions about a good friend.
Cindy: I think a good friend should be honest . That's more important than any other thing and is where a good friendship starts. _
Jerry: I think a good friend has to be generous. Here "generous" doesn't mean he has to give his friends his lunch mon... | middle1840.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Ten"
},
"options": [
"Six",
"Seven",
"Nine",
"Ten"
],
"question": "How many classes are there in Grade 7at Amy's school?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": ... | Hi, my name is Amy. I am a Grade 7 student, and I would like to tell you something about my class and myself.
There are ten classes in Grade 7.In each class, there are about forty students. I think that my class, Class 4 is the best .That is because all the students in my class work very hard and the teachers are all v... | middle2391.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "all of the above"
},
"options": [
"unhappy",
"unhealthy",
"tired",
"all of the above"
],
"question": "Too much homework makes the students feel _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answe... | Nowadays, lots of students in Shenzhen complain that they have too much homework. Because of this, they feel unhappy about learning at school. According to a survey, a pupil has to spend two hours finishing the homework every day. It usually takes three hours for a middle school student and four hours for a high school... | middle4938.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "ten years"
},
"options": [
"ten months",
"one year",
"five years",
"ten years"
],
"question": "I have been away from my hometown for _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | I have returned to my hometown after I was away ten years ago. So many things have changed around here. It has become better and better. When I left here, there was a small pool on the right of my house. Now the pool has gone and people have built a large shopping mall there.
The biggest changes have taken place in th... | middle2385.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "In a shop."
},
"options": [
"At school.",
"In the classroom.",
"In a shop.",
"At a party."
],
"question": "Where does Rick work? _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"a... | Rick is a good man.He makes birthday cakes in a shop.His cakes are great and have very good prices,so many people buy his cakes.He makes friends with lots of his customers .They all like him very much.One evening.he wants to go home,but many of his old customers come in.Rick smiles to them,"I am sorry.It is late today.... | middle318.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "yes, thank you"
},
"options": [
"yes, thank you",
"No, thanks",
"No, I'm sorry",
"Yes, why not"
],
"question": "If Americans want something, they would say\" _ \".",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},... | Americans are very direct people. When they want something, they say"Yes", and when they don't, they say "No".If they want something different from what is given, they ask for it. Here's an example : I arrive at someone's house and he or she gives me wine, but I don't want wine. Maybe I don't like it or maybe I just d... | middle1854.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "how to keep your valuables safe while traveling"
},
"options": [
"what to do while traveling",
"how to carry your valuables on your person",
"how to keep your valuables safe while traveling",
"how to save money while tr... | While traveling, you'll be taking money, license or passport. Or you will buy something expensive to take back home with you and you don't want it to get stolen. Here are some ideas on how to keep your valuables safe while traveling
Plan ahead of time
Think of what you really need and don't need to take on your trip.... | middle6685.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the kids may not be accepted by universities in their own countries"
},
"options": [
"they hope their children may easily find a job there",
"the kids may not be accepted by universities in their own countries",
"all foreign ... | In Canada and the United States, there is a new group of children called "satellite kids", who live in one place but whose parents live in another place.
Asians are immigrating to Canada and the United States in larger numbers than ever believe that they can give their children a better education in the west. In Asia, ... | middle3925.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "One Computer Every Child gave them computers."
},
"options": [
"They go to school every day.",
"They have good teachers.",
"One Computer Every Child gave them computers.",
"They can learn from books."
],
"questi... | The children in the village wear dirty, cheap clothes. They sleep beside cows and sheep in small houses. They have no school. But they can write 26 English letters, and some know a few English words.
How did it happen? It was because a U.S. group called One Computer Every Child offered them 20 computers.
Can children t... | middle3716.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "mostly lies within the Arctic Circle"
},
"options": [
"is the largest country in Europe",
"lies just on top of Europe",
"is connected with Denmark and Norway",
"mostly lies within the Arctic Circle"
],
"question... | Greenland is the largest island in the world.It covers over 2,000,000 square kilometers.Most of the island lies inside the Arctic Circle ,and a huge sheet of icecovers 85% of its area.
Along the sea mountains rising from the sea,there are a few low trees in the southwest,but no forests.In winter snow covers everything,... | middle5367.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Basketball"
},
"options": [
"Football",
"Basketball",
"Ping-pong",
"Swimming"
],
"question": "What sport does Daniel like?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index"... | What sport do you like best?
Daniel: I like basketball best. I often watch NBA. I play basketball every day. I am short, but I am strong. I am a good basketball player in our school.
Lucy: Ping-ping is my favourite sport. I am a Chinese and Chinese ping-pong players are the best in the world. I want to be a good ping-p... | middle2408.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "recognize the comers"
},
"options": [
"warn the strangers",
"recognize the comers",
"stop the visitors",
"welcome the children"
],
"question": "The new camera made by Netatmo can _ .",
"question_type": "... | A new camera made by a company named Netatmo has facial recognition software that can tell parents at work that their children have returned from school, or that a package has been taken to their home. It can also tell them if a stranger has entered their home.
Janina Mattausch is a product marketing manager for Neta... | middle7570.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Climbed the mountains."
},
"options": [
"Rode camels.",
"Sold vegetables.",
"Climbed the mountains.",
"Fished on the east coast."
],
"question": "According to the passage,what didn't the fathers and their childr... | Since last year, Where Are We Going, Dad? has become the most popular TV shows.On the show, the five fathers and their children traveled around China riding camels through the western deserts , fishing on the east coast, and selling vegetables for their bus fare in southwestern Yunnan province.
One dad doesn't know h... | middle7216.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "twelve years"
},
"options": [
"thirteen years",
"nine years",
"twelve years",
"eleven years"
],
"question": "The elementary and secondary education together take the children _ to complete in the USA.",
... | Most Americans start to school at the age of five when they enter kindergarten . Children do not really study at this time. They only attend for half the day and learn what school is like. Children attend elementary school for the next six years. They learn to read and write and work with numbers. They also study the ... | middle6108.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "A businessman gives advice to a fisherman."
},
"options": [
"A businessman and a fisherman have become friends.",
"A businessman learns how to fish from a fisherman.",
"A businessman wants to become a businessman.",
"A ... | Martin Lynch, an American businessman, had been going on vacation to a small Mexican fishing village for a number of ears. One morning while going for a walk along the beach, he saw his friend Pablo Perez, a local fisherman. Martin watched Pablo _ his boat and pack the fish in a box.
Martin noticed Pablo was smiling an... | middle1667.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "is near a park"
},
"options": [
"is near a park",
"is beside the sea",
"has no furniture",
"can't be used now."
],
"question": "From the above we can learn that the Happy Village flat _ .",
"question_type"... | Share Flat Happy Village big flat, 1 room ready for use immediately, with all necessary furniture and appliances. 3 minutes' walk to underground station, 2 blocks from shopping center, park view, $2100 including bills, female nonsmoker, no pet.
Sara 25720836 or 10077809Moving Sale 2 armchairs, red/brown at $400 eac... | middle5401.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "The phrase \" with tears1 \" means that the apple tree was sad because the boy asked for too much."
},
"options": [
"The phrase \" with tears1 \" means that the apple tree was sad because the boy asked for too much.",
"The phrase \... | Once there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it every day. He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him.
Time went by ...The little boy had grown up and he no longer played around the tree every day. One day, the boy came back to the tree and he looked sad , " Come and play with... | middle3070.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He will visit his grandpa."
},
"options": [
"He will go to William's house for fun.",
"He will stay at home.",
"He will visit his grandpa.",
"He will exercise in a park."
],
"question": "What will Kevin do this ... | Dear William,
It's 2:25 am. I can't sleep. There is something that I have to tell you. Our grandfather feels bad and gets very sick. He had a fever for the whole day yesterday. So, Aunt Ruby sent him to the hospital last night. Did your father tell you _ ? Mike and I planned to go to New Town to visit him this weekend.... | middle5415.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "draw our attention to Internet jargons"
},
"options": [
"explain some Internet jargons",
"suggest common Internet jargons",
"laugh at the Beijing father",
"draw our attention to Internet jargons"
],
"question": ... | Recently a Beijing father sent in a question at an Internet forum asking what "PK" meant.
"My family has been watching the 'I Am the Singer' singing competition TV programme. My little daughter asked me what 'PK' meant, but I had no idea," explained the puzzled father.
To a lot of Chinese young people who have been pl... | middle3064.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "on Dec. 10 2012"
},
"options": [
"in October ,2012",
"in February ,2013",
"on Dec. 10 2012",
"on Thursday"
],
"question": "Mo Yan will go to Stockholm for the ceremony _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_ques... | Chinese writer Mo Yan has won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature, announced Peter, the Secretary of the Swedish Academy in Stockholm on Thursday. The awarding ceremony will be held on December 10. The winner will win a medal, a personal diploma and a cash award of 8 million Swedish Kronor (about 1 million U.S. dollars... | middle8131.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "six"
},
"options": [
"four",
"five",
"six",
"seven"
],
"question": "There are _ people in the family. .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answ... | It's Sunday morning. My parents, my uncle, my sisters and I are all at home.My father is sitting near the window. What is he doing? He is reading a newspaper. He wants to know what happens all over the world. My mother is watering the flowers in the small garden. There are some beautiful flowers in it. Some are red, an... | middle7202.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Because Mr Miller wouldn't pay for her work."
},
"options": [
"Because that was her first part-time job.",
"Because Mr Miller had no time for him.",
"Because she wanted to go home.",
"Because Mr Miller wouldn't pay for ... | When I was 14, I decided to make some pocket money by mowing lawns in summer. I worked hard because that was my first part-time job. After working for one week, Mr Miller said that he had no money for me. Oh, dear! He wouldn't pay for my work! That surprised me greatly. I argued with him, and then I went back home.
M... | middle1673.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "in their car"
},
"options": [
"by bus",
"in their car",
"by bike",
"on foot"
],
"question": "The husband and the wife went shopping _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | One day, my wife and I went shopping. We took the car as we had a lot of things to buy because my brother and his family were going to spend the weekend with us. We stopped the car in front of the shop. An hour later we came back to the car with a lot of things. Then the trouble started. We could not open the car door.... | middle1115.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "lost a piece of its own"
},
"options": [
"spent much time talking with insects",
"wanted to enjoy the sunshine",
"was looking for its missing piece",
"lost a piece of its own"
],
"question": "The circle rolled v... | Once a circle lost a piece of its own. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around looking for its missing piece. But because it was incomplete ,it could only roll very slowly. It enjoyed the flowers and the sunshine along the way. It talked with insects . It found lots of different pieces, but none of them fitte... | middle481.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Fat."
},
"options": [
"Tall.",
"Short.",
"Thin.",
"Fat."
],
"question": "What does Tom look like?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text":... | Tom is a fat boy when he is ten. He likes watching TV very much. He watches TV at least 5 hours every day. Wherever he goes, he will be late.
One day, he finds a pair of special glasses in his post-box. He also finds a message saying, "With these you can see time."
The boy wants to have a try. He puts the glasses on, l... | middle7564.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "protect your head"
},
"options": [
"protect your body",
"protect your head",
"help your bike riding",
"protect your arms"
],
"question": "If you wear a helmet in your bike riding on the road,it can _ .",
"... | Do you like travelling ?More and more students like riding bikes to travel on the road.But it may be dangerous on your trip.For your own safety ,do the following things.
Wear a bike helmet and it can protect your head.Look for a helmet that fits you well.Even the best,most expensive helmet won't protect you if it doesn... | middle5373.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "taxi driver"
},
"options": [
"watch maker",
"taxi driver",
"farmer",
"policeman"
],
"question": "Joe is a _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"ans... | Joe is a taxi driver. Now, after working for a long time, he is very tired. So he lies down on the chair in his car, and wants to have a sleep.
But a man comes up to his car, and asks, "Excuse me, what's the time, please?"
Joe is a little unhappy ,but he looks at his watch ,and says, "It's 10:15."
The man thanks Joe an... | middle6652.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "move around and do the programmed work"
},
"options": [
"guard factories, warehouses and museums",
"send loud, painful sirens when it is stolen",
"sense moving objects and signal police",
"move around and do the program... | Many companies use guards and expensive alarm systems to protect their property . Soon a new kind of protection will be used--robots. Engineers have been working on the first mobile robots for businesses. The robots will guard factories, warehouses and museums at night.
The mobile robots will move around slowly on whee... | middle4045.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "August 5"
},
"options": [
"April 5",
"August 5",
"April 21",
"August 21"
],
"question": "Xu Jiao's birthday is on _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,... | Have you seen the movie Changjiang 7(CJ7)?The story is about a boy called Dickey. He lives a poor life with his father. His father doesn't have any money to buy toys for him. One day his father finds him a strange toy from a junkyard . Dickey names it Changjiang 7 (CJ7). It is an alien dog. It can do many things that ... | middle2434.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "read papers"
},
"options": [
"talk",
"stand",
"eat something",
"read papers"
],
"question": "On the bus, the English people often _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"an... | In England, people don't often talk much. You can get on a bus or a train,and everyone sits looking out of the window.
Often they read books and papers, but they don't talk much. When you meet English people they often talk about one thing--weather . So when you meet somebody in England, you can say, "Nice weather for... | middle2352.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Lead"
},
"options": [
"Iron",
"Silk.",
"Lead",
"Gold"
],
"question": "What do most hair dyes contain?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_te... | Colorful hair speaks more about beauty. Now it becomes popular and people are dyeing their hair to make it different. Dyeing hair with natural products is good for health while dyeing with chemicals is harmful. Researches have found that dyeing hair with chemicals can make people have cancer.
Lead is very harmful for t... | middle1883.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "right"
},
"options": [
"important",
"unfair",
"wrong",
"right"
],
"question": "More Americans realized that it was not _ to treat black people differently from white people.",
"question_type": "cloze_quest... | Every January we celebrate the life of a great man, Martin Luther King who fought for civil rights. He believed that all Americans should be treated fairly, no matter what their skin colors were.
Dr. King was born in 1929 in Atlanta. Because he was black, he could not go to the same schools as white children. Black Ame... | middle6134.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "A Greenwich Village modal."
},
"options": [
"The Statue of Liberty.",
"Superman.",
"His serf-portrait.",
"A Greenwich Village modal."
],
"question": "What did Nathan put on his desk at college?",
"question_t... | Nathan Sawaya's childhood was a lot of fun. He drew cartoons, wrote stories, and played with plastic toy bricks . His grandparents bought his first set of toy bricks when he was five years old and he's been building with toy bricks ever since. He even took his building bricks to college with him! Instead of books and ... | middle1897.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "He is a worker."
},
"options": [
"He is a worker.",
"He is a teacher.",
"He is a doctor.",
"He is a farmer."
],
"question": "What does Mr Smith do?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer... | Mr Smith works in a factory in the middle of the city. The factory is not far from his home. It is about 800 meters away. So Mr Smith doesn't go to work by bus. He usually goes there by bike, sometimes he walks to work. It takes him 10 minutes to get there by bike or 20 minutes on foot. He usually leaves home at ten m... | middle2346.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "about four years"
},
"options": [
"one year",
"half a year",
"about four years",
"two years"
],
"question": "I travel to work by bus for _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | If you go to visit London, you'll see a lot of buses and cars on the road. You'll also see many bikes because more people travel by bike. Why? There are many reasons. First, it is very cheap to buy a bike, and it is quick, too. You often need to wait for a bus for half an hour. When the bus comes, there are so many oth... | middle4737.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Listening carefully."
},
"options": [
"Walking slowly.",
"Listening carefully.",
"Standing sadly.",
"Writing quickly."
],
"question": "What is Holmes doing while Helen is telling her story?",
"question_type"... | "My dear lady," says Holmes. "You're shaking. Are you cold? Do you want a cup of hot tea?"
"I'm not cold," the woman replies, "I fear for my life!"
"We are here to help you. Don't worry about anything. I don't know you. But I know many things about you. For example, I know how you travel. You came to London by train. Y... | middle3058.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Because they feel and bounce alike."
},
"options": [
"Because they are easier to control.",
"Because they waste less material.",
"Because they look exactly alike.",
"Because they feel and bounce alike."
],
"ques... | In fall 2006,the National Basketball Association (NBA)started using basketballs made with synthetic ,or man-made ,material instead of leather .They made the change be- cause they wanted every basketball they use to feel and bounce the same.Not all leather balls are exactly alike in weight or how they bounce,but the syn... | middle4051.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "children"
},
"options": [
"men",
"women",
"children",
"boys"
],
"question": "It is not a good idea for _ to have to work hard.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_i... | It is not a good idea for children to have to work hard. Children should study in school as hard as they can. They should not have to do heavy work with their bodies. When parents or others force their children to work hard, the results are never good. Many may be very bad. If a farmer makes his son work like a man, he... | middle2420.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "English classes"
},
"options": [
"Chinese classes",
"P. E. classes",
"English classes",
"music classes"
],
"question": "Zhang Xin has five _ every week.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"a... | Hello, everyone! I am Zhang Xin. Do you know what I see in America? Well, it is really an interesting trip. Now, 1et me tell you what I find in this trip.
In China, I have five English classes every week. When I study English,my teacher teaches me to say "I am fine" when people ask me "How are you?" But in the US., I f... | middle6646.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "On April 20th."
},
"options": [
"On April 18th.",
"On April 19th.",
"On April 20th.",
"On April 25th."
],
"question": "When is Lu Han's birthday?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer":... | How do you usually celebrate your birthday? Playing a soccer game may not be your first choice. But Lu Han, the former EXO singer, did just that and showed has an unusual side of him.
Lu Han celebrated his 25th birthday by playing a soccer game with players from Beijing No.47 High School on April 19th in Beijing, a day... | middle7558.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "On their horses."
},
"options": [
"In a boat.",
"On their horses.",
"By swimming.",
"By building a bridge."
],
"question": "How did they cross the river?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"... | One day, Tomas Jefferson, the president of the USA, was crossing a river with a group of travelers. The river was overflowing its banks. So it was very dangerous to cross it on a horse. Each man was fighting for his life! Then another traveler came and he wanted to cross it, too. But he didn't have a horse. He watched ... | middle132.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "teacher"
},
"options": [
"scientist",
"teacher",
"doctor",
"farmer"
],
"question": "The writer is most probable a _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,... | In today's class, I will teach you how to send birthday e-cards to friends anywhere in the world without leaving our classroom.I'll show it to you on 123 Greetings, which is one of the most popular free-card websites.
Step 1 Connect your computer to the Internet and go to 123 Greetings.Click "Happy Birthday".You will ... | middle5818.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Clearing your worries about your pets."
},
"options": [
"Giving you a topic to talk about.",
"Clearing your worries about your pets.",
"Helping your new friends to learn more about you.",
"Encouraging your new friends... | International travelers, whether traveling for business or pleasure, will find themselves _ from time to time. Here are a few ways to meet new people and perhaps even get new travel chances.
Make yourself friendly
Be relaxed and polite. Remember to put yourself in social activities. Restaurants, shops and parks are all... | middle2811.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Bob's teacher"
},
"options": [
"Bob's teacher",
"Bob's father",
"Bob's mother",
"Bob himself"
],
"question": "Who teaches Bob three words?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Bob Smith is a little boy. On the first day at school, his teacher, Ms. Green, teaches him three words--you, he and I. Then the teacher says, "I am your teacher. You are my student. He is your classmate."
When school is over, Bob goes home. His mother asks him,"What does your teacher teach you today?"Bob says with a sm... | middle7969.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a little fat"
},
"options": [
"too thin",
"a little fat",
"careful",
"brave"
],
"question": "We can guess that the girl is _ according to the passage.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"a... | As a girl, I've spent a great deal of my time on earth concerned about my weight. So I do know something about exercise. Let me tell you about the calorie-burning activities I've tried or will try.
Salsa
I try to maintain my weight through dancing. Dancing improves my coordination and sense of rhythm in addition to b... | middle654.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "his father"
},
"options": [
"his mother",
"his father",
"his friend",
"Wang Hai"
],
"question": "Li Ming often walks with _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_ind... | Li Ming likes walking. He goes for a walk after his father comes back from work. Li Ming likes water very much. He often throws his toys into the water. He plays with the water and sometimes he is wet all over . His mother says, "You are from fish, I think."Li Ming is very glad. "Yes, I like fish very much because fish... | middle640.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "One cold winter morning."
},
"options": [
"One cool autumn morning.",
"One cold spring morning.",
"One cold winter morning.",
"One hot summer afternoon."
],
"question": "When did this story happen ?",
"quest... | One cold winter morning, an old woman had to go to see her doctor. When she walked into the doctor's office, she told him that her right leg hurt and sometimes she could not walk. She asked him what was wrong. She told him that she had never had such a feeling before.
The doctor checked the old woman carefully, then he... | middle898.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "elementary school"
},
"options": [
"university",
"elementary school",
"junior high school",
"senior high school"
],
"question": "The story happened when the writer was in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_qu... | This summer I will leave the junior high school where I have been for three years. I am generally considered to be a careful and polite boy now. However, five years ago, I was a little bit bossy . I often fought with other boys and sometimes I even fought with my elder sister. When I saw Superman on TV for the first ti... | middle2805.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Mr. Gale is still young."
},
"options": [
"Mr. Gale is still young.",
"Mr. Gale is 100 years old.",
"Mr. Gale is one of the oldest men in England.",
"Mr. Gale was interviewed by a radio reporter after his 100th birthday... | Mr. Gregory Gale is one of the few people in England who are 100 years old. On the day of his birthday, he played a game of tennis and went for a long walk. A few days later a radio reporter came to his house and asked him if he had any "secrets of long life". This is what Mr. Gale said, "No, I don't know any secrets l... | middle126.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "fun"
},
"options": [
"terrible",
"lonely",
"hard",
"fun"
],
"question": "People often think the life in space is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
... | An astronaut's work may sound exciting, but living in space isn't as fun as you think. The website www.space.com lists the disadvantages of living in space. Here are some of them.
When astronauts work outside the station during spacewalks, they have to wear special gloves. The gloves are very tight. They can hurt the a... | middle2193.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "health benefits"
},
"options": [
"health benefits",
"health problems",
"happiness and success",
"some trouble"
],
"question": "According to some surveys, singing can bring _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_qu... | Some people think that singing can lift our spirits ( ), while some other people don't think so.They don't like singing and they think singing can never make them happy.I do think singing can make us feel good, and it can lift our spirits.Let me tell you more about that.
Some researchers once did some surveys and ... | middle5824.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Chinese"
},
"options": [
"Japanese",
"English",
"American",
"Chinese"
],
"question": "Li Lei is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_tex... | I am a Chinese boy. My name is Li Lei. I am twelve. My sister's name is Li Mei. She's Fourteen. Li Mei and I are students. We like school. My mother is a teacher. She is a teacher of English. My father is a policeman. My young brother's name is Li Hong. He is only four. We all like him. | middle7955.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "learn more about the life there"
},
"options": [
"teach in a school",
"volunteer in a hospital",
"join a writing club",
"learn more about the life there"
],
"question": "Yu Qiuyu went to Germany to _ .",
... | Yu Qiuyu is a famous writer. Once, he went to Germany to learn more about the life there. He found a room for renting . The owner was an old man. Yu looked around the room and found it very nice, so he decided to rent it.
The old man smiled, saying, "Don't worry, young man. You haven't lived here. I think you can try l... | middle4284.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "by car"
},
"options": [
"on foot",
"by car",
"by bike",
"by train"
],
"question": "Greg Heffley always gets to school _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index"... | Greg Heffely is 11 years old. He is a student. In his class, some students get to school on foot.. Some get to school by bus. He lives far from school. He always gets to school by car. He is clever and naughty He always has a lot of ideas .He likes writing diaries. In his diary, he often writes many interesting storie... | middle4290.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Sunny."
},
"options": [
"Sunny.",
"Windy.",
"Rainy.",
"Snowy."
],
"question": "How will the weather be if birds are flying high in the sky?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | What will the weather be like in the future? Some people say they can know the weather from animals.
If birds are flying high in the sky, there will be a nice day. When they sit in trees or stay close together, bad weather is on the way. Ants often build their homes on the steep side just before the rain comes. Cats ... | middle2839.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "4"
},
"options": [
"2",
"3",
"4",
"5"
],
"question": "There were _ main classes in the Aztec.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "... | The Aztec population was divided into four main classes.Nobles were the highest and most powerful class.They included the emperor and his extended family, as well as governors in charge of local areas, and members of the government.The nobles owned most of the land.Commoners made up most of the population.They ran smal... | middle6487.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a huge area of warm water"
},
"options": [
"a storm that hits every two years",
"a huge area of warm water",
"a wind from the south",
"some cold water in the Pacific Ocean"
],
"question": "El Nino is _ .",
... | In the 1500s, South American fishermen said that the sea became warmer every few years. They gave this special event a Spanish name 'El Nino', meaning 'the baby'. It is called 'the baby' because it arrives around Christmas.
El Nino is a huge area of warm water in the middle of cold water in the Pacific Ocean. It happen... | middle7941.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "2023"
},
"options": [
"2023",
"2022",
"2019",
"2018"
],
"question": "The 19th Asian Games is to be held in Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {... | Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang Province, China, was chosen to be the host city of the 19th Asian Games . However, some people say that the 19th Asian Games will be held in 2022, while some say 2023. Which is true?
To make it clear, we need to have a better understanding of Asian Games first.
The Asian Games is a multi-s... | middle7799.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "the ways to protect the environment"
},
"options": [
"some suggestions about cars",
"an advertisement",
"the changes to the climate",
"the ways to protect the environment"
],
"question": "The passage is mainly a... | Learning about the environment is very important. There are many good books that will help you learn. To get started, ask your teacher or your friends for some advice. You can also look at some good websites with information about the environment and climate change. Climate change may be a big problem, but there are ma... | middle2187.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "a lot of money"
},
"options": [
"a beautiful wife",
"a big house",
"a big piece of land",
"a lot of money"
],
"question": "The poor fisherman often dreamed of having _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions... | Once upon a time, there was a poor fisherman in a village near the sea .He always dreamed of having a lot of money. One day ,he heard that a big ship with a lot of gold _ in the nearby water.Because of this , for a long time he often went to the sea and hoped to find the gold .
One day, he was sitting on his boat daydr... | middle5830.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "didn't like to do his homework"
},
"options": [
"understood much",
"did a lot of housework",
"didn't like to do his homework",
"learned science and biology very well"
],
"question": "Mr. Green _ when he was ... | Mr. Green is a famous writer now. But he said he was not a good student when he was young. He was often late for school and didn't like doing his homework. Sometimes he slept in class while the teacher was teaching. He didn't understand much, but he always thought he understood everything.
One day the teacher asked the... | middle3299.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "in the forest."
},
"options": [
"in the shop",
"at the zoo",
"in the forest.",
"on the farm."
],
"question": "Da Niu found the bird _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"... | Once upon a time, there was a farmer called Da Niu. One day he was walking in the forest and found a bird. The bird's was hurt and it cried. Da Niu picked it up and took it home. He looked after it carefully every day. The bird got well soon.
One morning Da Niu enjoyed the sunshine next to the wall. The bird took his h... | middle3272.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "email cherrylf@hotmail. com."
},
"options": [
"call 021-58609228",
"fax 021-58609728",
"call 010-69191617",
"email cherrylf@hotmail. com."
],
"question": "If an Australian student wants to learn Chinese, he or s... | House For Sale
Red Rose Garden, Pudong
3-storey home. 509 sqm total land area. 428.8 sqm built-in. 312.9 sqm garden.
Asking for RMB 13 million.
MP: 13761973547 Tel: 021-58609228 Fax: 021-58609728
Job Wanted
Cherry, 24, a shining girl, good at oral English and Putonghua. Now I am working at an international tra... | middle5603.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "push it first"
},
"options": [
"walk for a long way",
"push it first",
"make it in a circle",
"use a big tank"
],
"question": "To get water from a PlayPump, people need to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_qu... | For many kids in Africa, the colorful PlayPump is the first playground thing they have ever seen. When the children give it a push and jump in for their first ride, smiles of wonder appears on their faces.
The fun of going round and round in a circle is just part of the wonder. The wonderful invention doesn't only chan... | middle7014.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "They encouraged people to spend some of their work time thinking and improving new ideas."
},
"options": [
"They encouraged people to work a longer time.",
"They discouraged people to think freely.",
"They asked people to s... | Creativity is the key to a brighter future, say education and business experts. Here is how schools and parents can encourage this important skill in children.
If Dick Drew had listened to his boss in 1925, we might not have an important product: a new type of tape. Drew worked for the Minnesota Mining Company. At work... | middle7772.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "have some troubles in the future"
},
"options": [
"have some troubles in the future",
"worry about everything in the future",
"not know the importance of making friends",
"not find anybody to help him"
],
"quest... | Friends are important to the children. Research shows that children who have no friends can suffer from difficulties later in life. Friendship provides children with more than just fun. In making friends, children learn how to get in touch with the others and solve problems. Having friends even does good to children's ... | middle1303.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "sports car"
},
"options": [
"book",
"sports T-shirt",
"sports car",
"cellphone"
],
"question": "The young man wanted his father to buy him a _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": ... | A young man was getting ready for graduation. He always wanted a beautiful sports car, and he told his father this. On the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful box.... | middle697.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because she was very sad."
},
"options": [
"Because she was crying.",
"Because she never had tears.",
"Because she was very sad.",
"Because she was very happy."
],
"question": "Why did the father tried to cheer ... | When I was small, my grandmother died. I was so sad that I had no tears. But that night when my dad tried to cheer me up, my laugh turned into crying.
So it came as no surprise to learn that scientists believe crying and laughing come from the same part of the brain. Just as laughing has many health advantages, scienti... | middle5165.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Old people with Alzheimer's disease"
},
"options": [
"Old people with Alzheimer's disease",
"Students in primary school.",
"Old people who are strong and healthy.",
"Anyone around the world"
],
"question": "Who ... | There is good news for old people with Alzheimer's disease . As we know, people who have Alzheimer's disease may get lost easily. Sometimes they can't find the way to their home. All the family members must be worried about their safety. Now, some has invented GPS-enabled walking shoes. The shoes are very special and ... | middle5171.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "he hadn't put his heart into his studies"
},
"options": [
"the teacher blamed him from time to time",
"he was not a smart boy in his class",
"the test for the seventh grade challenged his confidence",
"he hadn't put his... | In the middle of the first term of school, the entire seventh grade was tested for basic skills. Steve hurried through his tests, and continued to dream of other things. His heart was not in school, but in the woods.
One day, Miss White's impatient voice broke into his daydreams. "Steve! Pay attention!" Steve turned to... | middle3500.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "expect to receive fair treatment"
},
"options": [
"expect to receive fair treatment",
"behave differently from humans",
"have no teamwork in their life",
"have bad relationships with each other"
],
"question": "... | Most humans expect to receive fair treatment. A recent study shows that monkeys may feel the same way. This is the first time scientists have seen this kind of behavior in animals.
Scientists chose monkeys for the research because monkeys have close relationship with each other and they also have good teamwork.
Sarah B... | middle7766.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "family name"
},
"options": [
"family name",
"given name",
"middle name",
"full name"
],
"question": "In China, the first name is the _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Most English people have three names: a first name, a middle name and a family name . For example, my full name is Ann Allan Green. Green is my family name. Ann and Allan are my given names. People don't use their middle names very much.So we can say Ann Green. We can say Miss Green or Mrs. Green. But we can't say Miss... | middle6478.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "eyes"
},
"options": [
"head",
"eyes",
"ears",
"mouth"
],
"question": "Something is wrong with the woman's _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"... | A woman is having some trouble with her eyes, so she goes to see the doctor. He is a new doctor and doesn't know her, so he asks some questions and one of them is, "How old are you?"The woman says, "I don't know, doctor, but let me think about it." She thinks for a minute and then says, "Yes, I know now, Doctor!When I ... | middle1317.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "took away all her money and put it in a bank"
},
"options": [
"took away all her money and put it in a bank",
"let her take care of all her money",
"gave all her money to her parents",
"spent all her money"
],
"... | Chen Jie, 14, from Ningbo, Zhejiang is a lucky girl. She got 3600 yuan as gift money this Spring Festival. However, her grandmother took away all the money and put it in a bank account.
Many students experienced the same thing as Chen. They got their gift money, only to immediately have it taken away.
Xiong Shengyue, 1... | middle1471.txt |
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