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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "France"
},
"options": [
"America",
"Egypt",
"France",
"China"
],
"question": "Matt loved the stamps from _ best.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
... | Matt's hobby was collecting stamps. He had stamps from many countries, like America, Egypt and China. On his birthday, can you guess what people gave him? That's right----stamps.
Matt's favorite stamps came from France. He had almost every stamp from 1954 to 2003 except one. That was a 1974 special edition . It was ve... | middle293.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "her family are too busy to be with her"
},
"options": [
"she has got everything",
"her family is too rich",
"she has no time to stay with her family",
"her family are too busy to be with her"
],
"question": "Jea... | Jean is a bright young woman from a rich and famous family. She goes to a good university and has almost everything that money can buy. But the people in Jean's family are so busy that they can hardly find time to be with her. In fact, Jean is quite lonely.
So Jean spends a lot of her time on QQ. She likes being anonym... | middle8045.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "maybe Tom's learning style is not good"
},
"options": [
"Tom's teachers are very lazy",
"maybe Tom's learning style is not good",
"Tom's classmates often help him with his homework",
"Tom is clever enough to finish his ... | Dear friends,
I'd like to share my suggestions about studying with you. "Studying" is not the same thing as "doing homework"! Studying may include doing homework,but it also includes a lot more, as you will see. So if you say that you have no homework,and therefore you can't or you don't have to study, you're mistaken!... | middle7376.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "my new teacher"
},
"options": [
"my parents",
"my new classmate",
"my new teacher",
"my good friend Jim"
],
"question": "In the morning, I help _ to carry the box to our classroom..",
"question_type": "c... | This is my first day at our new school. In the morning, I help my new teacher Mr Hu put some new English textbooks into a big box. And then I carry it to the classroom. The box is very heavy.
I walk very slowly with the big heavy box in my arms. A boy runs very fast to me. He can't stop. Oh, dear! My box drops on the ... | middle2568.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "an English girl"
},
"options": [
"a English boy",
"a English girl",
"an English boy",
"an English girl"
],
"question": "Jenny is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"an... | Jenny is an English girl. She is a nice girl. and she is my good friend, My name is Amy. My father is John. My mother is Helen. Jack is my brother. I love them. I like singing. Jack likes reading. My favorite color is blue. | middle3676.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "David Crystal thinks Netspeak helps develop the habit of writing."
},
"options": [
"David Crystal thinks Netspeak helps develop the habit of writing.",
"Geoffrey Nurberg believes Netspeakers can write Standard English.",
"Jam... | My summer hols wr CWOT. B4, we usd 2 go 2 NY 2C my bro, his GF & thr3:-@ kids FTF. ILNY, it's gr8.
Can you understand this sentence? If you can't, don't feel too bad; neither could the middle school teacher in England who received this as homework. This is Netspeak: the language of computerized communication found on I... | middle4131.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "get to know it"
},
"options": [
"invite the teachers to visit them",
"get to know it",
"see if the school was far",
"play with his classmates"
],
"question": "Before the family moved to the new area, the son was... | We moved to a new area when our son was in Grade Five. Before we moved, we took him to spend half a day at his new school. There he saw his new classmates and teachers. He enjoyed the visit. During the almost 150-kilometre drive home, he told us that he had told some of the students the dace when we would move there. A... | middle3138.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "there is lotts o f f at in them"
},
"options": [
"there is some meat in them",
"there is too much tofu in them",
"there is lotts o f f at in them",
"they are from Steve's Steakhouse"
],
"question": "Lisa doesn't... | I'm Lisa from London,England,and I'm a vegetarian.That's someone who don't eat meat.Why am I a vegetarian? Well,I love animals,so I don't want to eat them.We can stay healthy if we eat onlv fruit and vegetables.
A lot of people are vegetarians in England.There are a few shops and restaurantints that sell food Just fo... | middle4657.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "south American"
},
"options": [
"north American",
"south Asian",
"north Asian",
"south American"
],
"question": "Most of the hummingbirds live in a(n) _ forest.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
... | If you are lucky enough, you may find the hummingbird , the smallest bird of the animal world, in a south American forest.
Though the hummingbird is no bigger than a bee and weighs only 2 to 3 grams, it can fly as fast as 50 meters in a second. It can fly forwards as most birds do, and it can fly backwards as well. ... | middle5549.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "a big playground"
},
"options": [
"many football fans",
"a very good football team",
"many football players",
"a big playground"
],
"question": "If a country wants to take part in the World Cup, it must have _... | In the world, soccer (or football) is the most popular sport. This is because many countries have wonderful teams for the World Cup. The World Cup is held every four years.
To remember the 2002 FIFA World Cup, children from different countries and more than 60 children from different Japanese schools came together and ... | middle2226.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "how English speakers create the words"
},
"options": [
"how people learned English",
"how English speakers create the words",
"how people spoke English",
"how people taught others to speak English"
],
"question"... | There are some stories behind English words.
You've spent a lot of time studying how to use English in a proper way. But have you ever wondered why English speakers say some of the things they say? For example, why do they say "an easy task" is "a piece of cake"? Why do the two letters "OK" means "all right"?
Many Engl... | middle6040.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Very much."
},
"options": [
"Not at all.",
"A little.",
"Very much.",
"We don't know."
],
"question": "How does Mrs. Curie like Paris?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"a... | Paris is a very nice city. Mrs. Curie often goes to Paris and she has a good time there. Mrs. Curie is old and very
, so she sometimes can't find her way.
Now she sees a man near a bus stop. "I can ask him the way," she says.
"Excuse me," she says in French. "But can you tell me the way to Notre Dame de Paris , please?... | middle8079.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "food and water"
},
"options": [
"sunglasses",
"money",
"lace-up shoes",
"food and water"
],
"question": "Before starting a walk, _ is the most important thing that walkers must remember.",
"question_type... | Information for New Members
Welcome to Banktown Bushwalking Club! Here are some things you need to know:
Most walks are in faraway places. You need to take enough food and water for a full day of activity on each walk. This is the most important thing to remember.
Wear good lace-up shoes, because you need to do some ... | middle2232.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "may live in the south of Hezhou"
},
"options": [
"may pay more than Y=250 , 000 for it",
"must have breakfast in the kitchen",
"have to take a bath in the public bathroom",
"may live in the south of Hezhou"
],
"... | House for Sale
Y=250, 000, built in 2010
The house with 3 bedrooms, a bathroom, a living room, a kitchen and a breakfast room. It's in the south of Hezhou.
Shiji Supermarket, the biggest shopping centre in our city will open on July 8, 2011. Everybody with today s Hezhou Daily will get a small present that day. You are... | middle3892.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "In Grade Three."
},
"options": [
"In Grade One.",
"In Grade Three.",
"In Grade Six.",
"In Grade Seven."
],
"question": "If you're _ , you might regard the person who shared their lunch with you when you forgo... | In kindergarten your idea of a good friend was the person who let you have the red crayon when all that was left was the ugly black one.
In first grade your idea of a good friend was the person who went to the bathroom with you and held your hand as you walked through the scary halls.
In second grade your idea of a go... | middle4125.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "have time on the weekend"
},
"options": [
"call at 235-1143",
"have some children",
"have time on the weekend",
"be an interesting teacher"
],
"question": "If you want to teach in the swimming club, you can _ ... | Can you swim well? Are you free on Saturday and Sunday? Our club needs a swimming teacher to teach children from 8 to 10 years old. It is interesting to be with them. Please call Leo at 5968-4437.
Are you busy after school? No? Can you speak English? Yes? Then we need you to help some American students. They study in ... | middle6732.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "thirteen"
},
"options": [
"four",
"eight",
"thirteen",
"fourteen"
],
"question": "Bill is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "h... | My name is Bill. I'm an English boy. I'm in a high school. Sam is my good friend. He comes from Canada. He is 13. I'm 13, too. But we don't look the same. Miss Zhang is my English teacher. We don't know her age, but she looks young. She is not Sam's teacher. Miss Zhou is Sam's English teacher. Now please look at my pho... | middle6042.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "four"
},
"options": [
"five",
"three",
"four",
"six"
],
"question": "There are _ people in the picture.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_... | Look, this is a photo of Mr. White's family. The man in the photo is Mr. White, the father. The woman is the mother. They have two daughters. The girl behind Mr. White is Mary. She's 14. The girl behind Mrs. White is Jane. She is 11. Mary and Jane are in the same school, but not the same grade. Mary is in Grade2. Jane ... | middle2224.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "compare yourself with others to look down on yourself"
},
"options": [
"be afraid of difficulties",
"compare yourself with others to look down on yourself",
"run through life so fast",
"be afraid to learn"
],
"q... | Think of life as a game in which you are playing with five balls in the air. You name them work, family, health, friends and spirit and you keep all of them in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce( )back.
But the other four balls, family, health, friends and spi... | middle4655.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Because he is too busy."
},
"options": [
"Because he doesn't love them.",
"Because he is too busy.",
"Because he is a taxi driver.",
"Because he doesn't live with them."
],
"question": "Why doesn't the children'... | Jenny and Henry were born on the same day and they look the same. Their father is a taxi driver and he is busy all the time. He goes out early in the morning, but comes back when his children are sleeping in bed. He makes a lot of money but he doesn't talk with them about their study. The two children study in the same... | middle4133.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Natural eye care"
},
"options": [
"Natural eye care",
"Taking medicine",
"Seeing the doctor",
"Being happy all the time"
],
"question": "_ is the most important way to protect our eyes.",
"question_type": ... | Many of us don't pay attention to the importance of eye care. It's said that if you take care of your body, then you can be healthy. That is why our eyes should be given a lot of care. Natural eye care should be put in a number one place.
There are several causes leading to poor eyesight like not enough food, gene and... | middle3884.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The day before yesterday"
},
"options": [
"Yesterday",
"Last week",
"The day before yesterday",
"Last year"
],
"question": "When did the writer's mother leave?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{... | Dear Mom,
We had a nice time in the park last week, Mom, but you left the day before yesterday. Where did you? What happened to you?
When we were together, we went shopping, flew kites, went swimming ... You bought me a T-shirt in a store. You helped me with my homework. And you made sandwiches for me. We also slept to... | middle2542.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "To protect people from the rain."
},
"options": [
"To know when there'll be a heavy rain.",
"To check the weather report.",
"To protect people from the rain.",
"To remind people to take an umbrella."
],
"questio... | You can't always know when there'll be a heavy rain or when to take an umbrella with you. But designer Mikhail Belyaev doesn't think that forgetting to check the weather report before going out should cause you to get wet in the rain. That's why he created the Lampbrella--a lamp post with its own "umbrella".
The desig... | middle6724.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "In a small village."
},
"options": [
"In a town.",
"In a big city.",
"In a small city.",
"In a small village."
],
"question": "Where do the group have to make a meal in one show?",
"question_type": "factiod_... | Chinese TV viewers are getting a closer look at the changing roles of dads in the new reality show Where Are We Going, Dad? that is showing on Hunan Television. The show follows the adventure of five superstar dads who partner up with their young children(aged 4 to 6) and try to complete a set of tasks. In one show the... | middle6730.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Yao Ming and a US report"
},
"options": [
"Yao Ming",
"A US report",
"Yao Ming and a US report",
"A NBA star"
],
"question": "_ wrote \"Yao: A Life in Two Worlds.\"",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}... | A large book NBA star Yao Ming's English autography will come out in New York, US , this month. It is called "Yao: A Life in Two Worlds." It talks about his first year in the NBA. Yao wrote it with a US report.
Alicia's Coming American singer Alicia Keys,23, will be in the "Wall of Hope" concert with other stars, on th... | middle3648.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "a student in Jenny's school"
},
"options": [
"a Maths teacher",
"a songwriter",
"an editor of the school newspaper",
"a student in Jenny's school"
],
"question": "Andy might be _ .",
"question_type": "cloz... | "I believe you're the right person to write an advice column for the students called "Dear Amy!". Jenny, editor of the school newspaper, said to Andy, who finally agreed to accept the job if Jenny promised not to tell it to anyone else.
At first it wasn't too bad. Most of the letters he received were interesting and qu... | middle4127.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "The names of the persons they didn't like and the date."
},
"options": [
"The names of the persons they didn't like and the date.",
"The names of the persons they liked and the date",
"Their own names and the date.",
"T... | One day at the end of the class, a wise teacher told each of her students to bring a plastic bag and a bag of potatoes to school.
The next day she told her students, "From today on, for every person you don't like in your lives, you can choose a potato, write the person's name and the date on it and then put it in the ... | middle3890.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "From April 18, 2014."
},
"options": [
"From 2012.",
"From April 18, 2014.",
"Until June 8, 2014.",
"Every Friday through the coming year."
],
"question": "When did A Bite of China 2 appear on CCTV?",
"questi... | 17-year-old Tibetan boy climbs 40 meters up a tall tree only to get some honey as an ingredient for a traditional local drink. The money he makes from selling the honey will be used to pay for his younger brother's tuition fee .
This is only a scene from the first episode of CCTV's new documentary, A Bite of China 2(... | middle5239.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Fish and chips."
},
"options": [
"A hamburger.",
"Fish and chips.",
"Both.",
"Neither."
],
"question": "Which food could be more popular among British adults,a hamburger or fish and chips?",
"question_type":... | Britain Today
Food
British people like good food,and more than half of them go to a restaurant every month. Fast food is also very popular-- 30% of all adults have a hamburger every three months, but46% have fish and chips!
Sports
British people don't do a lot of sports. Only 17% of people go swimming every week,about ... | middle2556.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Global Positioning System"
},
"options": [
"Satellites",
"Receivers",
"Global Positioning System",
"Underwater Robot"
],
"question": "_ can tell you where the user is on the earth exactly.",
"question_type... | The Internet, mobile phones and iPads are parts of our lives now. Technology is greatly affecting all ways of our lives, from the ways we work to the ways we play. And it even causes a number of social problems such as cloning humans.
We have had lots of technology and it has changed our lives a lot. We are sure that... | middle2230.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Write them down."
},
"options": [
"Do some reading.",
"Tell others.",
"Talk with your parents.",
"Write them down."
],
"question": "What should you do if you have any ideas or dreams according to the passage?",
... | When you are not happy, there are six ways to make you happy or feel good about yourself.
(1) Look in the mirror and say to yourself, "I'm a special person and there's no one in the world like me. I can do anything!" It really works!
(2) Do something nice for someone. Helping others always makes you feel good.
(3) Sm... | middle4641.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "student"
},
"options": [
"instructor",
"camper",
"student",
"reporter"
],
"question": "Before the writer came to the high school summer camp,he was a (n) _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | In the summer between my first year and second year in college, I was invited to be an instructor at a high school camp. On the first day, when we were dancing and playing games, I noticed a boy under the tree who was small and thin. His shyness made him appear weak. I walked towards him, introduced myself and invited... | middle7348.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The pen."
},
"options": [
"The pencil.",
"The pen.",
"Jack.",
"The pencil box."
],
"question": "Who is the king now?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
... | Jack is 10 years old, and I am his pencil. I'm Jack's helper .
Jack's pencil box is my home. I have some friends here. They are seven crayons, a ruler, a pencil-sharpener and an eraser. Because Jack loves me, I'm the king in the pencil box. My friends and I are happy every day.
Today, I am not happy because a pen come... | middle6056.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "60"
},
"options": [
"18",
"29",
"60",
"250"
],
"question": "About _ people were hurt in the head-on crash.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"a... | News Review
Head- on Train Crash On May 18, two trains had a head-on crash near New York City. Over 250 people were on the trains then. About 60people were hurt, but no deaths were reported.
Travel Time Tourists came together to the Taishan Mountain, on May1. Over 180,000tourists
visited the place of great interest f... | middle1739.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "to spend summer with his uncle"
},
"options": [
"for his winter holidays",
"to see his sick uhcle",
"to spend summer with his uncle",
"because he gets into trouble"
],
"question": "Peter goes to the country _ ... | To Make Everybody Happy
Peter's uncle lives in the country. Once in summer, Peter goes to stay with him for a few weeks. Whenever they go for a walk or for a drive in the car and pass somebody, his uncle waves to the passer-by. Peter is surprised and says, "Uncle Georage, you seem to know everybody here. Where did you ... | middle2218.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "morning"
},
"options": [
"morning",
"afternoon",
"evening",
"night"
],
"question": "Alice and Bob meet in the _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"... | Alice is a white dog. She is two.Bob is a brown dog. Bob and Alice are good friends. Look at the two dogs.
Bob:Good morning!
Alice: Good morning!
Bob:What's this?
Alice: It's a jacket. It's my sister's. Oh, my sister is Grace.
Bob:What's that?
Alice:It's a book. It's Miss Miller's book. She is an English teacher.
Bob:W... | middle5577.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "After his graduation from high school."
},
"options": [
"In 1982.",
"In 1998.",
"In 1991.",
"After his graduation from high school."
],
"question": "When did Nie join the army?",
"question_type": "factiod_qu... | Do you know Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng? Fei Junlong was born in 1965. He is a Chinese astronaut selected as a member of the Shenzhou program. He was born in Jiangsu and joined the People's Liberation Army Air Force in 1982 at the age of 17. And since then he has only returned home six times. As a fighter pilot , he w... | middle3106.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Toby"
},
"options": [
"Gramps",
"Toby",
"Toby's Dad",
"Toby's Mum"
],
"question": "This letter is written by _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
... | Monday, April 17
Dear Gramps,
I was so upset last week when somebody stole my Super Racer from the park by your house. I called up the toy company but they said they have only red, blue and green racers. Dad called Cobb's Toy Store today and found out they might have purple ones. Can we go there when I come to visit yo... | middle8053.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "furniture in the local style"
},
"options": [
"a colorful,local style telephone",
"a bathroom with a carpet from wall to wall",
"furniture in the local style",
"comfortable and modern furniture"
],
"question": "... | When you are next in Hawaii,be sure to stay at the Garden Hotel.Whether you come on business or on holiday,you will find everything as comfortable and as convenient as you would expect in a first-class international hotel.Every bedroom has its own private bathroom,telephone,wall-to-wall carpeting and colorful,modern ma... | middle7360.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "passed here 10 minutes ago."
},
"options": [
"went to the park 10 minutes ago..",
"went to the cinema 10 minutes ago.",
"passed here 10 minutes ago.",
"passed here 20 minutes ago."
],
"question": "The boy and th... | Amy: Excuse me, Jill.
Jill: Yes, what can I do for you?
Amy: Did you see two persons pass from here? I want to take photos with them.
Jill: Can you describe what they look like?
Amy: Yes, they are one boy and one girl. The girl is very beautiful. quite thin and has long hair. And that boy is also very tall. He is abo... | middle285.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "his friend"
},
"options": [
"his friend",
"his father",
"his mother",
"his teacher."
],
"question": "The boy saw _ on the wrong train.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Do you learn from your mistakes? I hope so. But have you ever made the same mistake twice? I have.Sometimes I make the same mistake three or four times!
Sometimes,good things happen because of mistakes.Once I got on the wrong train.That was a big mistake.But on that train,I saw a good friend.I was so happy I made that ... | middle1077.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "believe"
},
"options": [
"think",
"dream",
"believe",
"dare"
],
"question": "The second word to tell the secret of life is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_i... | One day , a young man goes to an old man. The old man is _ and he knows everything.
He looks up into the old man's eyes and says, "I know you're a very wise man. I'd like to know the secret of life."
The old man looks at the young man and answers, "I am thinking about that all my life. The secret is four words. The fir... | middle6718.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Difficult."
},
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"Comfortable.",
"Difficult.",
"Smooth."
],
"question": "How was Marco Polo's three-and-a-half-year journey to China?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
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While he was the... | middle7406.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "a little longer"
},
"options": [
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"a year",
"a little longer",
"than 365 days"
],
"question": "It takes the earth _ to go around the sun.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
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"answer... | Why is 2004 a special year? Because it is a Leap Year .
What's so special about that? Well, we have a Leap Year every four years. And it has 366 days, not the usual 365. In a Leap Year, we have 29 days in February, while in a usual year we have only 28 days.
Why do we have a Leap Year? We have a Leap Year so we can ... | middle3660.txt |
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"answer_text": "the United States"
},
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"London",
"the United States",
"New Zealand"
],
"question": "Where did Mariko visit?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_... | This month inTravelersCorner there are three teenagers' experiences in year-abroad programmes.
Mariko Okada - Tokyo
My year abroad in the United States was a fantastic experience. I'm not a shy person, and I was very comfortable speaking to everyone. So I got lots of speaking practice. I also learned many English songs... | middle5211.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Mr Smith drank too much"
},
"options": [
"Mr Smith was not careful",
"Mr Smith drank too much",
"Mr Smith forget they were on the bridge",
"Mr Smith couldn't work in the morning"
],
"question": "_ ,so he almost... | Mr Smith was in trouble those days. He drove a car for Mr Black, a rich businessman. He worked hard and the shopkeeper liked him. But he couldn't work when he drank too much.And once he almost fell into the river when he drove along the bridge. Mr Black became angry and was going to send him away. He had a big family a... | middle1063.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Because she wants to show thanks."
},
"options": [
"Because she has a good smartphone.",
"Because she wants to show thanks.",
"Because she decides to become famous.",
"Because she is good at taking photos."
],
"... | The "59 smiles" on a smartphone by an old woman in Wuhan, Hubei province in about six months tell a big story. The smiles are from the 59 people who offered her seats on buses. "Everybody can be a good _ , because in many cases a friendly smile is all that is needed to build a better world." says Zhang Yongsheng in an ... | middle7374.txt |
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"answer_text": "A bank worker."
},
"options": [
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"A customer.",
"A bank worker.",
"We don't know."
],
"question": "What was the first thief?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer... | Computers can help many workers. They can also help thieves.
There was one thief who worked in a bank of the United States. He paid for everything he needed by check . Then he told the computer not to take any money from his account for the checks he wrote. The bank's computer did what he said. And it did not take any... | middle1705.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Using a credit card is easier and safer than cash"
},
"options": [
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"Digital money is most likely to be used instead of cash.",
"Using a credit card is easier and sa... | What's going to happen in the future? Will robots control our planet? Will computers become smarter than us? Not likely. But here are some things that scientists say are most likely to happen in 10 to 30 years from now, according to the BBC.2-1-c-n-j-y
Digital money
We used to pay with cash for everything we bought. No... | middle5563.txt |
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},
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"negative to be used",
"hard to understand",
"helpful in communication"
],
"question": "According to the writer, body language is very _ .",
"q... | If the eyes are the windows of the soul, then the body is the mirror of our feelings. If we are feeling great, we may give our body signals . If we look at someone else's body, we can often tell how they are feeling by their body signals. So reading body language signals is a great tool in daily communication.
In case ... | middle3112.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Some of the children and their parents played the poor."
},
"options": [
"Half the poor and half the rich joined in the activity.",
"Children played the rich and parents played the poor.",
"Parents played the rich and childre... | On Children's Day 2004,Hong Kong held an interesting activity.In this activity,children and their parents played the rich and the poor.In the dinner,the rich could have delicious food,but the poor could only have bread with porridge.
Parents all hoped to have the dinner for the poor with their children.They hoped that ... | middle4696.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the migrant workers of China"
},
"options": [
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"the business men and women",
"the migrant workers of China",
"the people in Chinese cities"
],
"question": "The writer thinks _ a... | We can see them every day, on every street corner, on every construction site in cities. They work day and night in the terrible working conditions and weather. They build the roads, the theaters, the cinemas, and the supermarkets. They're China's _ .
More than 140 million workers have left their homes to look for jo... | middle5588.txt |
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"answer_text": "They bring people together."
},
"options": [
"They make people rich.",
"They bring people happiness all the time.",
"They make people younger.",
"They bring people together."
],
"question": "What's the idea of V... | Are Sports Important?
Sports are all around us. We watch and read sports news. There are also sports clubs,
and even sports-only channels on TV. In many countries, players make millions of dollars every year. But why are sports so important? They're only games, right?
Our readers answer:
Vlad (Ukraine)
Sports bring pe... | middle6081.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a village"
},
"options": [
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"a city",
"a village",
"a large village"
],
"question": "The two deaf men live in _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3... | There are two deaf men in the small village.One is Mr. Brown and the other is Mr. Green.They live near to each other.They are good friends.
They often talk together.They talk about all kinds of things.Sometimes they are worried about their hearing.But one thinks the other is deafer.
One day,Mr. Brown comes to Mr. Green... | middle3847.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "eleven people"
},
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"four children",
"eleven people",
"five people"
],
"question": "Mr Brown sees _ in all .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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{
"answer": {
"... | One day Mr Brown sees a young woman with several children in the street. He is very surprised because all the children are wearing the same clothes. White caps, blue coats and yellow trousers. "Are all these children yours?" he asks the woman. "Yes, they are," she answers. "Do you always dress them in the same cloth... | middle2581.txt |
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"answer_text": "north"
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"south",
"north",
"east"
],
"question": "Last winter,there were heavy snows in the _ of China.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_i... | It snowed heavily last winter in northern China.Big snows came to Beijing,Hebei,Shanxi,Ningxia and Xinjiang.For many cities,it was the biggest snowfall in 50 years.The snow made traveling hard.Many schools had to close for days.
Jia Aizhen,14,lives in Taiyuan,Shanxi.Her math teacher asked them to have a test on Wednesd... | middle3853.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "listening to music"
},
"options": [
"taking some photos",
"listening to music",
"reading a book",
"sleeping for a while"
],
"question": "According to the passage, _ is a good way to keep away from being bore... | Some advice on travel
Here is some advice on travel. I think it will be helpful to you.
1. Forget fashion! Always wear your most comfortable clothes and shoes when you go on long trips.
2. If you're going somewhere cold, remember to take your warm clothes with you.
3. If you are going somewhere sunny, remember to take ... | middle508.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "easy"
},
"options": [
"difficult",
"easy",
"simple",
"possible"
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"question": "It wasn't very _ to find jobs in the northeast of England.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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... | It was very difficult to find jobs in the northeast of England, and when John lost his job, he found it was impossible for him to get a new one.He had soon spent all his money, so he decided to go down to the south of the country.He was told that the things there were better, and that it was easier to find work.The bes... | middle6095.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Liang Bo"
},
"options": [
"Wu Mochou",
"Zhu Zhiwen",
"Liang Bo",
"Liu Huan"
],
"question": "_ becomes \" The Voice China\".",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index... | China's New Voice
Three months ago,Liang Bo was just a student who was studying music in the college. Now he becomes " The Voice of China". The lucky young man is the winner of The Voice of China, the most popular TV show this summer. People think Liang's voice is natural, clear and touching.
The 21-year-old boy was bo... | middle4682.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "her uncle had no children"
},
"options": [
"her uncle had no children",
"she treated her uncle very well",
"her uncle didn't get along well with his children",
"she was very poor and her uncle wanted to help her"
],... | June and I were both poor when we were young. At that time, June always said, " If I got rich, I would buy a bigger apartment and a new wardrobe ." Of course, she said this just for fun and she never imagined that she would really become rich.
A few years ago, June was surprised and excited when she came into a fortune... | middle246.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "four"
},
"options": [
"two",
"four",
"five",
"six"
],
"question": "There are _ season in a year.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_tex... | There are four seasons in a year. They are spring, summer. autumn and winter.
Spring is a beautiful season. In spring, the trees turn green and the flowers come out. Everything looks new. We can have a trip in spring. Summer is a happy season. In summer, we can swim and eat lots of ice cream. Autumn is a
season. In aut... | middle8090.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "park"
},
"options": [
"clothes store",
"bank",
"post office",
"park"
],
"question": "The writer's house is near a _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2... | Now many boys wear the same clothes as girls, and some of them have long hair. So sometimes it's difficult to tell whether they are boys or girls.
One Sunday morning, I went for a walk with my grandfather in the park near my house. After a while, my grandfather was tired, so he sat down on a bench near the pool.
"Oh,"... | middle4872.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "in the afternoon"
},
"options": [
"in the morning",
"in the afternoon",
"while I was in the back room",
"while I was in the garden"
],
"question": "The storm happened _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_question... | Last Sunday I saw the worst storm in years. It came suddenly and went on for more than three hours. After lunch, I went into my room to have a rest. The air was hot, and all was quiet.The strong wind started blowing into my room. Pieces of paper on my desk flew high into the air and some flew out of the open window. As... | middle6903.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "give her a lesson"
},
"options": [
"play some games",
"see the square",
"show her the way",
"give her a lesson"
],
"question": "The writer's father took her to the church to.",
"question_type": "factiod_ques... | We were standing at the top of a church not far from my home. I didn't know why.
"Look down," Father said. I tried and saw the square in the center of the village. And I saw the streets to the square. "See, Elsa," Father said. "There is more than one way to the square. If you can't get where you want to go by one road,... | middle520.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "To see if the virus is still around."
},
"options": [
"To help clean up the border.",
"To see if the virus is still around.",
"To protect the chickens from falling ill.",
"To make sure that the birds can find food."
... | Health officials in Canada are very busy these days. They are placing chickens at fixed points all along their 2,500 km border with the United States of America.
It's not a joke, nor have the Canadians gone mad. They are using these chickens to see if the West Nile virus is still around. The virus infects birds, so... | middle6917.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "have meals in darkness"
},
"options": [
"eat special dark food",
"choose any food they like",
"have meals in darkness",
"eat inside a whale"
],
"question": "Whale Inside is a place where people can _ .",
... | Have you ever heard about the Whale Inside Dark Restaurant? The restaurant is in eastern downtown Beijing. It's the first eat-in-the-dark restaurant in China, and also in Asia. The restaurant is so welcome, since it's open in January at jianwai SOHO in Chaoyang District.
People going there will experience darkness both... | middle4866.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "had his own ways of planting trees"
},
"options": [
"didn't know how to plant trees at all",
"wasn't good at his own medical job",
"had his own ways of planting trees",
"had nothing to do but plant trees"
],
"qu... | When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor, Dr. Gibbs. He didn't look like any doctor I'd ever known. He never invited us to play in his yard, but he was a very kind person.
When Dr. Gibbs wasn't saving lives, he was planting trees. He owned a large field and wanted to make it a forest.
The good doctor had some inter... | middle252.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Five days."
},
"options": [
"Five days.",
"Six days.",
"Seven days.",
"Four days."
],
"question": "How many days do many Americans go to work a week?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answ... | Many Americans go to work five days a week. American students go to school five days a week, too, so they usually have a two-day weekend. The weekend is Saturday and Sunday. At the weekend people spend their time in many different ways. Sometimes they go shopping. Sometimes they go for a drive. Sometimes they visit fr... | middle8084.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Three."
},
"options": [
"Two.",
"Three.",
"Four.",
"One."
],
"question": "How many kinds of hiking are there in the passage?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"a... | The students of Class Three are going hiking for their fieldtrip. Hiking is good for people's health. Many hikers like to hike in the countryside, forest and mountains. Just walking for fun is the first kind of hiking. Many people like to hike in the parks or just on the sidewalks.
A hike can take a few hours or week... | middle905.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "he liked to do the same things as other people"
},
"options": [
"he did not like taking a bus",
"he liked to be different from other men",
"he liked to do the same things as other people",
"the bus did not always come o... | Mr. Carrey worked at a big company. He went to work by bus. One day when he was standing at the bus-stop, he watched cars go by. Many of the cars were new Sherry 700s, and most of them were yellow.
Mr. Carrey was a person who did not like to be different from other men. He always wore the same clothes as other men, ate... | middle1249.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "For about 50 years."
},
"options": [
"For about 10 years.",
"For about 20 years.",
"For about 50 years.",
"For about 60 years."
],
"question": "How long has the Internet been used?",
"question_type": "factio... | We are all busy talking about and using the Internet. But how many of us know the history of the Internet?
Many people are surprised when they find that the Internet was set up in the 1960s. At that time, computers were large and expensive. Computer networks didn't work well. If one computer in the network broke down, ... | middle2740.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "shops and banks"
},
"options": [
"shops and banks",
"libraries and schools.",
"banks and schools",
"hospitals and hotels"
],
"question": "The eye-recognition program has already been tested in _ in a few count... | Soon computers and other machines will be able to remember you by looking at your eyes! The program works because everyone's eyes are different. So in the future you won't have to remember a number when you want to use a machine or take money out of a bank. You'll just have to look at the machine and it will be able to... | middle4331.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Invitation in western countries."
},
"options": [
"Drop in anytime.",
"Come and see me soon.",
"Invitation in western countries.",
"Westerners."
],
"question": "The best title of this passage is _",
"quest... | When you hear Westerners say " Drop in anytime" or "Come and see me soon" , you should realize that it doesn't mean you are welcome to come over to their house anytime. It's wise to telephone before visiting someone.
Never accept an invitation unless you really plan to go. You may refuse by saying, "Thank you for invit... | middle2998.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Because they can learn skills and get money."
},
"options": [
"Because they don't want to be stressed out.",
"Because they can learn skills and get money.",
"Because they can get a good job in the future.",
"Because the... | Having a part-time job is an important part of growing up for American teenagers. It can teach them important skills that will be useful for the rest of their lives. And many teenagers find that making their own money gives them a sense of pride and freedom.
American teenagers are allowed to do part-time jobs at the ag... | middle3338.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Wizards of Waverly Place"
},
"options": [
"Barney and Friends",
"Wizards of Waverly Place",
"Her three albums",
"Her charity activities"
],
"question": "_ was (were) very successful and after that Selena Gomez ... | Selena Gomez won Favorite Female Singer at 2014 Kids' Choice Awards on March 29. It is a very important awards show held every year in America.
Gomez was born on July 22,1992 in Texas. The 22-year-old girl is an all-round star----she not only acts well but also sings a lot of popular songs. At the age of 7, Gomez first... | middle4457.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "to develop some good habits"
},
"options": [
"to treat others gently",
"not to feel strange at school",
"to develop some good habits",
"to be better than other children at school"
],
"question": "The writer wish... | Dear World,
My son starts school today. It's going to be strange and new to him for some time. And I wish you would treat him gently.
You see, up to now, he has been king of his own room. He has been boss of the backyard. I have always been around to treat his wounds, and to comfort his feelings.
But now things are goi... | middle2026.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Cola"
},
"options": [
"Juice",
"Water",
"Milk",
"Cola"
],
"question": "Tony's favourite drink is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_te... | Tony:I like eating hamburgers and drinking cola. Yes, they are not healthy. But I eat hamburgers and drink cola every day.I don't like vegetables. I hate tomatoes.
Cindy: My favourite food is chocolate and my favourite drink is milk. Milk can make me healthy. I drink milk every morning. I like fruit too. And my favour... | middle6240.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "successful"
},
"options": [
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"successful",
"comfortable",
"generous"
],
"question": "Many students want to get good education to be _ in the future.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | In Singapore,many middle school students spend a lot of their time on their studies. Good education is often regarded as a ticket to success in their future. So,many of these students try their best to get good grades in their examinations.They have a lot of homework every day and exams are a big headache.Sometimes,som... | middle6254.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "a student; a student"
},
"options": [
"a worker; a student",
"a student; a worker",
"a student; a teacher",
"a student; a student"
],
"question": "My brother is _ and I am _ .",
"question_type": "... | I'm a school girl. My brother and I are twins. We are both at school. We like school. My parents are both teachers. They work hard. My brother and I study at No. 1 Middle School. There are twenty-five boys and eighteen girls in our class.
We go to school from Monday to Friday. We have no classes on Saturdays and Sunday... | middle8279.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Do some exercise"
},
"options": [
"Do some exercise",
"Clean the shoes",
"Have a rest",
"Eat enough fruit"
],
"question": "_ before leaving.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Many people like traveling (going to other places). Modern traffic is fast, so going to different places becomes very easy. If you want to travel, you must be healthy. But do you know how to keep healthy when you are traveling? The following information is important for you.
Before leaving:
Wear comfortable shoes, a ha... | middle5985.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "milk"
},
"options": [
"milk",
"butter",
"jam",
"sweet"
],
"question": "Cheese is made from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "c... | The food in America is different from (......) that in China. The American people eat a lot of potatoes. They like to eat them every day. They often eat bread. They eat it with cheese, butter or jam . Cheese and butter are made from milk. The American people drink a lot of milk. They put it in the tea. They also drink ... | middle4443.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "make lonely old people's life better"
},
"options": [
"understand human-animal relationship",
"make lonely old people's life better",
"find the causes of old people's loneliness",
"improve the animal-assisted research"
... | Scientists are placing robotic dogs in the homes of lonely old people to test whether they can improve the quality of life for humans. Alan Beck, an expert in human-animal relationship, and Nancy Edwards, a professor of nursing, are leading the animal-assisted study on the effect of robotic dogs on old people's depres... | middle2032.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "second"
},
"options": [
"fifth",
"second",
"first",
"three"
],
"question": "Mary is a _ year student.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_t... | Little Mary is a good girl. She's in Grade 2 now. Her home is not far from school, but she is often late for class because she likes watching TV, listening to music in the evening and she goes to bed very late. So she can't get up on time in the morning.
This term Mr White, Mary's uncle, works in her school. He teaches... | middle2754.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "three."
},
"options": [
"three.",
"five.",
"four.",
"six."
],
"question": "How many times do I play basketball every week?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"ans... | My favourite sport is basketball because it is very exciting.I like basketball because the NBA stars play very well.Basketball is very cheap and it is a good sport for our health.We can grow taller if we play basketball often.Also it keeps me fit.I play basketball three times a week.Most often I play it in my school.I ... | middle4325.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "No, he didn't."
},
"options": [
"Yes, he did.",
"Yes, he didn't.",
"No, he did.",
"No, he didn't."
],
"question": "The lion didn't eat the mouse at last, did he?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
... | Once upon a time, there was a lion and a mouse.
One day, when the lion was sleeping, the mouse ran onto his face. The lion woke up. He was very angry and caught the mouse. "I will eat you!" the lion said angrily.
The mouse cried out,"If you do not kill me, I would be happy to give you a reward ."The lion laughed at the... | middle6532.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "four"
},
"options": [
"two",
"three",
"four",
"five"
],
"question": "There are _ amusing secrets about Disneyland mentioned in this passage.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | The popular Disneyland has some deep, dark, and sometimes amusing secrets that you probably don't know. Read on to learn them.
General Main Street
By using a special method of construction , Disneyland created an effect that you don't notice until your tired family leaves the park. The next time you enter Disneyland, m... | middle5013.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "A nurse."
},
"options": [
"A doctor.",
"A nurse.",
"A piano teacher.",
"A bus driver."
],
"question": "What did Barbara do? _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_ind... | Barbara was driving her six-year-old son, Benjamin, to his piano lesson. They were late. There was always so much to do, and Barbara, a night-duty nurse at the local hospital, had recently worked extra hours. She was tired.
"Mom!" Ben cried. "Look!" Just ahead, a car had lost control on the icy road and wildly rolled... | middle3462.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "did very little work"
},
"options": [
"didn't do any work",
"did much work",
"did very little work",
"tried to finish his work"
],
"question": "John _ at school.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
... | John was ten years old and he was very lazy. He had to go to school, of course, but he was bored there and tried to do as little work as possible. His father and mother were both doctors and they hoped that he would become one, too, when he grew up. But one day John said to his mother, "When I finish school, I want to ... | middle7604.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Many people take cars or buses for traveling."
},
"options": [
"Many people like staying at home on holidays.",
"People living in the city often go to another city for traveling.",
"It is easy to buy a ticket on holidays.",
... | Many people do not like to stay at home on holidays.They want to go out to see something different or do something interesting.So people from the country come to the city and people from the city go to the country for holidays.During the holidays trains,buses and planes are all very busy.It is very hard to buy train ti... | middle939.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "three years"
},
"options": [
"three years",
"six years",
"one year",
"two years"
],
"question": "The writer spent _ study at the school in Bath, England.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | From age eight to eleven, I studied at a small school in Bath, England. It was a small school of four classes, with about twenty-five children in each class according to age. For the most part, one teacher had to teach all subjects. However, sometimes the headteacher , Mr. Ronald Broaches would come in and spend an hou... | middle1513.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "glasses were in style"
},
"options": [
"glasses could help eyes to see clearly",
"glasses were in style",
"eyes could send our light onto glasses",
"glasses could help with eye problem"
],
"question": "When the ... | "I can't see clearly, because I don't wear my glasses today." We always hear people saying something like this. Glasses are very important to many people. Do you know how they were invented and developed?
Glasses took a long time to develop into what you can find in the glasses store today. The Chinese first used color... | middle7162.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "It's very large."
},
"options": [
"It's very beautiful.",
"It's very small.",
"It's very large.",
"It's very clean."
],
"question": "How does the building look?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
... | My name is Peter. I study in Cambell Middle School. It has a very large building. There are big playgrounds on two sides and a beautiful garden in front.
In the building, there is the headmaster's room, the teacher's rooms and thirty-four classrooms. We also have two labs and a library in the building. Our library is ... | middle8251.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Someone you do not know can call you."
},
"options": [
"You can have a car accident.",
"Someone can post your photograph on the internet.",
"Someone can get your personal information",
"Someone you do not know can call ... | Mobile phones and the internet have improved our live in many ways. However, along with improvements, they have also brought a number of worrying problems.
Many car accident are caused by mobile phones. You can use many new mobile phones to get on the internet. This can be very convenient, but some drivers get on the i... | middle3304.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "our parent"
},
"options": [
"our kid",
"our parent",
"our friend",
"our sister or brother"
],
"question": "The apple tree in the passage is just like _ in the life.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
... | Once, there was a big apple tree. A little boy loved to climb to the tree top, ate the apples and played around it. With time on, the little boy grew up. He no longer played around it every day. One day, the boy came back, sad. "Come and play with me," the tree said. "I am no longer a kid." The boy replied, " I need mo... | middle3310.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Some people."
},
"options": [
"Everyone.",
"The writer.",
"Some people.",
"The teachers."
],
"question": "Who thinks that students won't have to go to school?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
... | Some people believe that classes, teachers and school buildings will no longer be necessary in the near future because of the Internet and other new technology. Perhaps this will be true one day, but if the world has no schools, I can't imagine how our society will be. In fact, we should learn how to use new technology... | middle1507.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Red"
},
"options": [
"Red",
"Green",
"Yellow",
"Black"
],
"question": "_ has the longest wavelength of all light we can see.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_inde... | If we are driving a car or crossing a street, we will stop when the traffic lights turn red. Why do we use red rather than other colors?
As we know, scattering happens when light goes through the air. For the same media, if the wavelength is long, the scattering will be short. If the wavelength is short, then the s... | middle6268.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a group of fish traveling together"
},
"options": [
"a place for students to study",
"a group of fish traveling together",
"a special kind of animals",
"a place for training dolphins"
],
"question": "The word\"s... | Can dolphins talk? Maybe they can not talk with words,but they can talk with sounds.
They show their feelings with sounds.Dolphins travel in a group.We call a group of fish a"school".They do not study,but they travel together.Dolphins are mammals ,not fish,but they swim together like fish in a schoo1.Dolphins talk t... | middle7176.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "eight hours"
},
"options": [
"six hours",
"eight hours",
"nine hours",
"ten hours"
],
"question": "Japanese and Korean people usually sleep about _ a night.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
... | The French spend more time sleeping and eating than anyone else among the world's rich people, according to a survey.
The average French person sleeps almost nine hours every night, more than an hour longer than the average Japanese and Korean, who sleep the least in a survey.
And while more and more French people have... | middle8245.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "They are heavenly bodies similar in nature."
},
"options": [
"They are heavenly bodies different in composition.",
"They are heavenly bodies similar in nature.",
"They are more asteroids than meteoroids.",
"Asteroids ar... | Unless we spend money to spot(,) and prevent asteroids now, one might crash into Earth and destroy life as we know it, say some scientists.
Asteroids are bigger versions of the meteoroids that race across the night sky. Most orbit the sun far from Earth and don't threaten us. But there are also thousands of asteroids... | middle7610.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "A new-born giraffe's first lesson."
},
"options": [
"A new-born giraffe's first lesson.",
"A mother giraffe's story.",
"The lives of some great people.",
"The way for a giraffe to stand up."
],
"question": "What... | Bringing a giraffe into the world is _ . A baby giraffe is born 10 feet high and usually lands on its back. Within seconds it rolls over its legs under its body. Then the mother giraffe rudely introduces its children to the reality of life.
In his book,A View from the Zoo, Gary Richmond describes how a new-born giraff... | middle1261.txt |
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