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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Young people"
},
"options": [
"Old people",
"Young people",
"Men",
"Women"
],
"question": "_ are more and more interested in plastic surgeries.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {... | These days, more and more young people wish to be more beautiful, So they turn to plastic surgery (
) for help. They spend thousands of yuan on these painful surgeries to fix their nose, to fix their eyes or to be thinner.
In fact, most people are not happy about the way they look. Even the most beautiful actresses ... | middle1842.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a hotel"
},
"options": [
"a restaurant",
"a hotel",
"an airport",
"a shop"
],
"question": "\"The Plaza\" here is the name of _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer... | There are three airports in New York. When you arrive at one of them, you can take a bus or taxi to any place in New York.
Public transport . In New York there's a good bus and subway service. If you are planning to use the subway a lot, you should buy a subway ticket for ten journeys because it's cheaper. But you ... | middle6693.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "a theme"
},
"options": [
"a plae",
"a date",
"a cake",
"a theme"
],
"question": "The writer advises us to decide on _ first for a birthday party.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer"... | It is that time of year again. _ There is so much to do to get ready for the party. Planning a child's birthday party is necessary. It can be fun, exciting and sometimes busy. When planning a child's birthday party, there are many important details( ) to remember:
First, you should decide on a theme. It is very importa... | middle468.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The owner of a hotel."
},
"options": [
"His friend.",
"The owner of a hotel.",
"An editor.",
"His father."
],
"question": "Whom is Mr Hector Bradley probably writing this letter to?",
"question_type": "facti... | Dear Sir,
I am writing to you about my stay at your hotel. My wife and I arrived on Saturday, 15thMay and stayed for a week. Though we were treated well and found the service excellent, we think there are one or two matters we should bring your attention.
1. We had hoped for a nice holiday from our busy work lives, and... | middle3933.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "family"
},
"options": [
"family",
"friends",
"students",
"teachers"
],
"question": "According to the passage, the best way to have a healthy lifestyle is to have a good lifestyle with _ .",
"question_type"... | To stay healthy sometimes isn't difficult.
Have a healthy lifestyle. It's the best way to have a good lifestyle with family. When your family do the same activity, you can _ each other to keep going. If you make your family enjoy doing exercise and eating healthily, you can also be healthy.
When you go shopping, buy he... | middle4090.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Because Mr Dodd was Mrs Black's family doctor."
},
"options": [
"Because Mr Dodd was Mrs Black's friend.",
"Because Mr Dodd was a funny man.",
"Because Jake believed Mr Dodd.",
"Because Mr Dodd was Mrs Black's family do... | One day Mrs Black visited her family doctor, Mr Dodd. Mr Dodd was an old funny man with a beard. "What's the problem ?" the doctor asked her. "I am very worried about my son, Jake," Mrs Black said, "I can't stop him from betting. He spends all his money betting on horse races. And even worse he'll bet on everything. It... | middle3927.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "It's on the day before All Saints Day."
},
"options": [
"It's on the day before All Saints Day.",
"It's on the children's New Year's Eve.",
"It's on October 30.",
"It's before Children's Day."
],
"question": "Wh... | Halloween is a festival on October 31. The name of the holiday means "hallowed" because it happens the day before All Saints Day.
Before the festival, people paint homes, shops and classrooms in the traditional Halloween colours, orange and black. Some people make costumes and masks at home. Some people buy them in sho... | middle6687.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "sleeps much of the time"
},
"options": [
"moves more slowly in the daytime",
"has thousands of feet",
"doesn't move at all",
"sleeps much of the time"
],
"question": "A snail _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_... | We've talked about snails and their slow move. But much of the time snails don't move at all. They're in their shells ---sleeping .
Hot sun will dry out a snail's body. So at the least sign of hot sun, a snail draws its body into its shell and closes the opening with a thin cover. Then it goes to sleep. A snail will ... | middle1856.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Because the writer couldn't read books quickly."
},
"options": [
"Because the writer was too shy to talk with others.",
"Because the writer found science easy and fun.",
"Because the writer liked her science class.",
"B... | Have you ever had a science class that you look forward to? It doesn't happen often. But when you have a teacher like Mrs. Rheineck, it's more than a science class. It's a science class where learning is easy and fun. There is no getting down to a huge textbook or listening to a teacher about something you don't care a... | middle3099.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "More than four."
},
"options": [
"Two.",
"Three.",
"Four.",
"More than four."
],
"question": "How many problems are mentioned in the passage?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_... | With the development of economics , the problem of left-behind children has become a serious social problem. More and more people have realized we should do something to help them.
One of the biggest problems is that the children are all hungry for the love from their parents. Many of them can just get a call or a l... | middle332.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a problem"
},
"options": [
"good",
"pleasant",
"a problem",
"fantastic"
],
"question": "When the writer grew older, he found it _ for him to have a talk with his father.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions... | I used to be very close to my father when I was a child. He gave me almost everything I wanted. Whenever I quarreled with my mother, I would turn to my father for comfort. He was everything to me.
Time flies like a bird. As I got older, I became silent and found it hard to start a conversation with my father. The gap ... | middle454.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "China"
},
"options": [
"the United States",
"Canada",
"Japan",
"China"
],
"question": "Which of the following countries hasn't been mentioned in the passage?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
... | An official media outlet has, for the first time, published a cartoon of President Xi Jinping, with graphic details of his engagements over the past months. Cartoons can make politicians seem more friendly, says Tao Duanfang in an article for The Beijing News.
Cartoons can leave a deep impression about a character in t... | middle6877.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a party"
},
"options": [
"work",
"watch a game",
"a party",
"the movies"
],
"question": "Mr. Brown went to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
... | Just then the police radio says there was a robbery in a supermarket nearby. The police told Mr. Brown to stay there and they would be back soon. Then the police ran to the supermarket.
Mr. Brown didn't wait but drove home. When he got home, he was tired and went to bed. Mrs. Brown found a police car in front of their... | middle440.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the name of a book by Andrew Matthews"
},
"options": [
"the first thing you must do to make your dream come true",
"the most important dream to have for students",
"the name of a book by Andrew Matthews",
"the name of a... | As students, you may have many dreams. They can be very big like becoming Superman, or they can be small. You may just want to become one of the ten best students in your class.
If you find a dream, what do you do with it? Do you ever try to make your dream come true?
Follow Your Heart by Australian writer Andrew Matth... | middle4912.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "encourage him"
},
"options": [
"show she is strong",
"encourage him",
"prove her ability",
"make memories"
],
"question": "Mom told the girl's father \"we can get through anything\" in order to _ .",
"que... | She is a beautiful red-haired girl. she has been shopping with her mom in Wal-Mart. It was raining hard outside. We all stood there under the awning . Her voice was so sweet. "Mom, let's run through the rain," she said.
"What?" Mom asked.
"Let's run through the rain!"
"No, honey. We'll wait until it slows down a bit,"... | middle326.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "animal shelter"
},
"options": [
"animal shelter",
"primary school",
"children's hospital",
"old people's home"
],
"question": "Mandy works as a volunteer at a(n) _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
... | I often walk dogs at an animal shelter near our house. When they see me, they look so happy, because they know they will get to go outside, play with me and get lots of love from me.
-----Mandy, 12
Every weekend, I go to an animal shelter to help. They have adoption events at pet stores. I help out by talking to peopl... | middle6862.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Because he has made great contributions for the development of Xiaogang Village"
},
"options": [
"Because he repaired roads.",
"Because he built a building for some people.",
"Because he is a filial man.",
"Because he h... | Shen Hao was born in 1964. He was the former first secretary of Party branch of Xiaogang Village, Fengyang County, Anhui Province. He died on November 6, 2009. From 2004 to 2009, he had done many good things for villagers. For the development of Xiaogang Village he had made great contributions. So he was respected by a... | middle441.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "by train"
},
"options": [
"by ship",
"by plane",
"by car",
"by train"
],
"question": "The most popular way to Paris is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index"... | There are many different ways to travel to Paris from London. One of the quickest and most popular ways is by train. From Waterloo Railway station, you can travel all the way to Paris. The journey takes about three hours. The train, called the Eurostar, is very modern, and the seats are comfortable.
You can also travel... | middle327.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "make other customers angry"
},
"options": [
"talk for half an hour",
"pay more for his meal",
"make other customers angry",
"be driven out by the boss"
],
"question": "The man talking on the cell phone loudly in... | What do you do in a situation like this? You're calling dinner with friends at a nice restaurant. You're having a great time when a phone rings at the table next to you. A man takes out his phone and starts talking loudly about problems he's having with his girlfriend. He talks for almost ten minutes! This happens all ... | middle4913.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "two"
},
"options": [
"four",
"two",
"three",
"one"
],
"question": "These passage talks about _ countries.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"ans... | Small talks
A small talk is a good way to kill time and make friends. When you are in other countries, do you know how to have small talks with people?
In England, people like to talk about the weather, because the weather there _ very often. In the morning, it is sunny, but in can be cloudy or rainy in the afternoon. ... | middle4907.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "sorry for"
},
"options": [
"happy about",
"angry about",
"sorry for",
"excited about"
],
"question": "The woman was very _ the harm she had done to her neighbour.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}... | A woman repeated a bit of gossip about a neighbour. Within a few days the whole neighbourhood knew the story. The neighbour was deeply hurt. Later the woman responsible for spreading the gossip learned that it was completely untrue. She was very sorry and went to a wise old man to find out what she could do to repa... | middle333.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the wind"
},
"options": [
"brightly colored sailboats",
"the wind",
"the sun",
"the water"
],
"question": "The writer compares the Olympic volunteers to.",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"... | Unlike other people, my Olympic heroes are not Olympic champions or the important people on the Olympic Committee . They are just the ordinary ones who do the everyday things. They work without the recognition the famous people get. They are the Olympic volunteers.
These people aren't the great stars of sport. They ... | middle6876.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "three times a week"
},
"options": [
"once a week",
"twice a week",
"three times a week",
"four times a week"
],
"question": "AROUND HANGZHOU can be watched _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
... | AROUND HANGZHOU is a special news program in English on HTV-1. It's about the city and lasts for 8 minutes. You can watch the program at 22:27 p.m. every Sunday and watch it again at 7:30 a.m. and 15:35 p.m. on Monday.
Tel: 85195197 Add: 310004,139 North Ring Road, Hangzhou[
HANGZHOU WEEKLY is to help foreign... | middle6686.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "a boring thing"
},
"options": [
"a common thing",
"a treasured thing",
"a natural thing",
"a boring thing"
],
"question": "According to the passage, a letter of reply is not _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_q... | A letter of reply is sometimes a most treasured thing. Here is a story that tells about this common and natural human feeling.
The busiest woman in Labrador during one bitter cold Christmas not very long ago, was an Australian nurse named Kate Austen. But Nurse Austen was not too busy to write with a long, friendly let... | middle3926.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Examinations are"
},
"options": [
"Examinations are",
"No interest is",
"Books are",
"studies are"
],
"question": "_ the greatest problem,so the school students don't pay attention to sports now.",
"questi... | Today it is found that school students hardly pay much attention to sports.It is because they have no interest in sports? It may not be the fact.They often say they have other more important things to do.
What are these important things? Examination! They have to spend much time on all kinds of examinations and tests a... | middle4091.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "felt unhappy"
},
"options": [
"felt happy",
"felt unhappy",
"cut off her hair",
"shouted at her dad"
],
"question": "Shelly _ before she ate her meal.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"a... | In front of my daughter, Shelly, was a bowl filled with cabbage. She hated cabbage. She only sat there in silence with tears in her eyes.
"Shelly, my dear, why don't you eat a little? If not, your mum will shout at us."
Shelly didn't feel happy. "OK, dad. I will eat, just a little." Then Shelly said, "Dad, if I eat it ... | middle3098.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "In the 1770s."
},
"options": [
"In the 1670s.",
"In the 1760s.",
"In the 1770s.",
"In the 1780s."
],
"question": "When did Captain James Cook travel around Antarctica?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
... | Antarctica is in the most southern part of the world. It is like nowhere else on the earth. It is much larger than Europe, and nearly twice the size of Australia. Antarctica is the coldest and windiest place in the world, even colder and windier than the North Pole. In summer, the sun shines for twenty-four hours a day... | middle2386.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "farmer"
},
"options": [
"farmer",
"teacher",
"driver",
"worker"
],
"question": "Mr. Black is a _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text"... | Mr. Black works on a big farm. His wife Mrs. Black works in a school Mr. Black is nearsighted. But he doesn't like wearing glasses when he has meals. Mr. Black has a son. His name is Tony. He is in Class One, Grade Eight of No.2middle School. He likes talking very much. He often talks about his school and his friends a... | middle1857.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "seven"
},
"options": [
"five",
"six",
"seven",
"eight"
],
"question": "There were _ parts in the documentary A Bite Of China?",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_i... | There are many TV programs about Chinese dishes, but few are Like A Bite Of China . The seven-part documentary tell us food in different places in China.
The different kinds of food on TV are from 60 places. You can see many kinds of food and they can _ your eyes and stomach. And you also learn how to make the food . T... | middle1843.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "going to the cinema"
},
"options": [
"watching TV",
"going shopping",
"doing homework",
"going to the cinema"
],
"question": "Ben and Kate always spend their Sundays _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_question... | How do most students spend their free time? Do they have time to do the things they like? Let's see what some students do during their free time. Ben is eleven. He has a sister, Kate. Both of them like going to the cinema. Every Sunday morning, they go to the town by train and then they go to the cinema because they l... | middle2392.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "500 pints."
},
"options": [
"300 pounds.",
"500 pounds.",
"500 pints.",
"600 pints."
],
"question": "How much milk can a named cow produce in a year?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answ... | Cows that are named and treated with a "more personal touch" can increase milk production by up to 500 pints a year.
The study, by the university's School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, involved 516 farmers across the UK.
The study found farmers who named their cows got a 54% higher production than those ... | middle3932.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The sight of a father with a child in his arms."
},
"options": [
"The sight of the street lights.",
"The sight of the empty street.",
"The sight of a father with a child in his arms.",
"The sight of light in his own hou... | "BANG!" the door caused a reverberation . It was just standing there, with father standing on one side, and I on the other side.
We were both in great anger. "Never set foot in this house again!" stormed father. With tears welling up in my eyes, I rushed out of the flat and ran along the street.The street lights were ... | middle469.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "A and B"
},
"options": [
"they often have beautiful coulours",
"they can \"talk\"",
"they can dance",
"A and B"
],
"question": "People like parrots, because _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
... | There are many different kinds of parrots. Some are quite big. Others are small. Many people like them because they often have beautiful colours, and because they can "talk".
No one knows why parrots can talk. Most birds cannot talk. Some people say that parrots can talk because they have big, thick tongues . But so... | middle6692.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "they didn't know each other"
},
"options": [
"the farmer didn't like the teacher",
"the teacher didn't like the farmer",
"the farmer liked to tell jokes",
"they didn't know each other"
],
"question": "At first t... | Two strangers were sitting together in a plane . They were on a long journey . One of the men was a teacher . The other was a farmer .
They sat without talking for a while , then the farmer said , " Let's do something to pass the time ."
" What do you want to do ?" the teacher asked .
" We can ask each other riddles ( ... | middle1116.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Reading and listening."
},
"options": [
"Speaking.",
"Writing.",
"Thinking.",
"Reading and listening."
],
"question": "What is the best way to get correct English sentences according to the passage?",
"quest... | Before you can start speaking and writing in English, your brain must get enough correct English sentences. This is obvious .
There are two ways to get correct English sentences: listening and reading. Both are good, but reading is much easier than listening. With the help of a good dictionary, you will be able to unde... | middle482.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "A and B"
},
"options": [
"On foot",
"By bus",
"By train",
"A and B"
],
"question": "How does Tom get to school ?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
... | Hi there ,
How are you ? Thanks for your last e-mail . You want to know how I get to school , right ? Well ,I usually leave my home at about 8:00 and walk to the bus stop . The school bus usually comes at about 8:15 .My school is about 20 kilometers from my home .It takes about 40 minutes to get there by bus .The bus r... | middle6679.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "was eating his lunch"
},
"options": [
"was waiting in line",
"was eating his lunch",
"was asking for money",
"was waiting for the waitress"
],
"question": "The old gentleman _ outside the coffee shop.",
... | I was in a shopping mall, so I decided to go and get a cup of coffee. As I was making my way to the coffee shop, I noticed an old gentleman poorly dressed sitting near the shop. I knew from the first sight that he needed help. He had a little lunch in front of him and was enjoying it. It was clear that he had a problem... | middle7567.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He worried that others would discover his secret."
},
"options": [
"He left the party too late.",
"He was afraid of the darkness.",
"He worried that others would discover his secret.",
"He didn't know where the black ba... | I had hidden the long black bag in the garage for the past two days. Tonight, in the dark, I would finally take it away. If everything went OK, it would be done by morning. But I had to be sure no one, not even my wife, saw me.
It was more difficult to get away from the party than I expected. I said that the children w... | middle3701.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the newspaper"
},
"options": [
"the telegraph",
"the newspaper",
"an office worker",
"a friend"
],
"question": "The young man got the information about the job from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"... | A story happened when the telegraph was the fastest method of long-distance communication. One day, a young man went to an interview for a job as a Morse code operator .
Answering the ad in the newspaper, he went to the office address. When he arrived, he walked into a large, busy office filled with noise, including th... | middle5370.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "arms"
},
"options": [
"mouth",
"teeth",
"feet",
"arms"
],
"question": "Mr Shum is a painter who has no _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"ans... | Here is an interview with a painter. Read and choose the best.
Reporter:Mr Shum, you were one of Taiwan's most outstanding youths last year. Why was that?
Mr Shum:Well, I can tell you that there are two reasons.First, I am a painter. Second, and more important reason is I am handicapped . I have no arms and only one le... | middle2379.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "In 1997"
},
"options": [
"In 1997",
"In 2000.",
"In 1996.",
"In 1998."
],
"question": "When did One Piece come out in Japan?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"a... | In Japan,Luffy is more popular than Harry Potter.Luffy is the main _ of One Piece <<>> ). The book came out in 1997.
One Piece tells the adventures of Monkey D.Luffy,a 17-year-old boy.He got supernatural abilities by eating magical fruit.Luffy's dream is to find the world's biggest treasure , One piece. Then he wants... | middle5416.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Difficult."
},
"options": [
"Difficult.",
"Happy.",
"Exciting.",
"Boring."
],
"question": "What did Marie think of Alice's life this year?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index... | I'm Marie. I work in a nursing home and my job is to look after the old people. Alice is one of them. She's a very nice old woman.
This year, Alice had a difficult time. She went to hospital twice. In November, I finally could get her back to her "home".
Alice hoped that her daughter could come to visit her on Christ... | middle4708.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "One should follow the fashion so that society is progressing."
},
"options": [
"One should follow the fashion so that they won't be looked down.",
"One should follow the fashion so that society is progressing.",
"One should f... | Fashion is a term commonly used to describe a style of clothing worn by most people of a country. A fashion usually keeps popular for 1-3 years and then is replaced by another fashion. Even though there are a lot of changes in fashion, most people do not easily hope for the changes.
Nowadays more and more young people ... | middle3067.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "A teacher."
},
"options": [
"A teacher.",
"A doctor.",
"A student.",
"A worker."
],
"question": "What does Miss Wang do?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": ... | Miss Wang asks her students about their future jobs. Let's look at their answers.
Bob: I'm going to be a cool spy like James Bond. I know it is difficult and dangerous. I will work hard and I look forward to studying in America one day.
Mike: I'm going to be a mathematician , because maths is my favourite subject. I... | middle7201.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the boy is blind and needs help"
},
"options": [
"the boy always has a hat on his head",
"the man is one of his neighbors",
"the boy is blind and needs help",
"the boy works for the man"
],
"question": "Form the... | One morning, a blind boy sat beside a building with a hat by his feet.He held a sign which said, "I am blind.Please help me."
There were only a few coins in the hat.A man was walking by.He took out a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat.He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words on... | middle8132.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "improve the quality of school life"
},
"options": [
"save the environment",
"go to school on time",
"improve the quality of school life",
"organize the sports activities"
],
"question": "School Watch can help it... | Hello, everyone. Because of the high rate of school violence in some areas, teenagers' safety becomes a serious problem. We are planning to set up an organization named School Watch to make sure that students have a safe school environment. Please be part of our plan!
What is School Watch?
School Watch is a volunteer ... | middle1670.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "someone asked him about the time"
},
"options": [
"the boxes were very heavy",
"he felt very tired",
"a stranger wanted to buy his watch",
"someone asked him about the time"
],
"question": "Peter stopped in the ... | Peter was walking in the street with two big and heavy boxes. A stranger walked up to him and asked, "What is the time?"
Peter stopped, put down the boxes and looked at his watch. "It's five fifteen," he said. "Hey, what a nice watch!" said the stranger. Peter smiled a little and said, "Yes, it's not bad. Look at this... | middle7215.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "take better care of the earth."
},
"options": [
"learn more about the earth",
"make full use of the earth",
"take better care of the earth.",
"study the warmth of the earth"
],
"question": "Earth Day is probably... | April 22 is Earth Day. Everyone on Earth should care about and protect the earth!
The earth has warmed by about 1degF over the past 100 years, but why and how?
Well, scientists are not quite sure. Maybe the earth gets warmer and warmer on its own. But many scientists say that people are doing many things which makes ... | middle1664.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because they are role models for other women in the US."
},
"options": [
"Because they are unpaid.",
"Because they have official work.",
"Because they are role models for other women in the US.",
"Because they are more ... | Why are first ladies so important in the United States? They are unpaid and have no official work? There are several reasons, but the most important reason is that they are role models for other women in the United States.
Jacqueline Kennedy was the best first lady in the US. Although she wasn't an actress, model or si... | middle5402.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "copied from Tommy"
},
"options": [
"sat behind Tommy",
"copied from Tommy",
"asked the teacher for help",
"didn't copy others"
],
"question": "Donald _ during the exam.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"... | Donald was not very good at math. He couldn't understand the teacher's explanations. Even when the teacher explained something a second time, Donald Still couldn't understand it.
"Never mind." Donald told himse1f, "I'm quite good at other subjects. I'll cheat in the math exam to get a good grade, then I won't be in tro... | middle3073.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "clever"
},
"options": [
"kind",
"lazy",
"clever",
"foolish"
],
"question": "Mr. Whitcomb Judson was a _ man.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
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[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Elephants."
},
"options": [
"Chains.",
"Elephants.",
"Cages.",
"Farmers."
],
"question": "What did the writer see in the village?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
... | Once there was a man traveling in a faraway village.As he was passing the elephants,he suddenly stopped.He found that these huge elephants were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg.No chains ,no cages.It was clear that the elephants could,at any time,break away from their ropes but for some reason,th... | middle5364.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "comedies"
},
"options": [
"documentaries",
"comedies",
"Beijing Opera",
"romances"
],
"question": "People, old and young, like _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answ... | Movies are great things. They have a long time. They tell us many things. There are funny movies, scary movies and also exciting movies. Different people like different kinds of movies. Comedies are welcomed by the people of all ages. Usually old people also like Beijing Operas and documentaries. Young people, especial... | middle496.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "1940s"
},
"options": [
"1900s",
"1940s",
"1990s",
"2010s"
],
"question": "The novel The Little Prince was written in the _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_inde... | If you love reading books, you must know about the book The Little Prince. It's a famous novel written by a French writer. As one of the best-selling books in history, it has been sold as many as 200 million copies in 253 languages and dialects . Now, around seventy years after the birth of the book, an American direct... | middle7573.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "She is crying."
},
"options": [
"She is looking for her doll.",
"She is crying.",
"She is asking Jack for help.",
"She is taking a walk."
],
"question": "What is a girl doing in the street?",
"question_type"... | One day, when Jack is taking a walk on the street, he hears a voice. He finds a girl crying in the street.
"Why are you crying, little girl?" Jack asks. "I lost my doll," the girl answers. "Don't cry, little girl. I'll go to the shop and buy a new doll for you," Jack says. So the little girl follows Jack to the shop an... | middle2423.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "it is often faster"
},
"options": [
"it is much cheaper",
"it is often faster",
"it's not easy to buy a car",
"the weather is more pleasant"
],
"question": "In a city, a bike is better than a car because _ ."... | Two years ago my husband bought me a bicycle. If you live in a city, it is often faster than a car and you don't have to worry about parking . You can leave it anywhere. Because it has a seat at the back and a basket at the front, I can take my daughter to school, to the library, to the shops, to anywhere.
I use it mos... | middle6645.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "he didn't know the musical stave before"
},
"options": [
"he didn't know the musical stave before",
"he had little fun before",
"the music courses are not free",
"he seldom watched TV before"
],
"question": "In ... | Have you ever seen a movie called " The Choir Boys"(<<>> )?The French movie tells the story of a group of naughty boys who learn music from a dedicated teacher. In Shanghai, there is also a group of children learning music. But their story is a bit different.
The musical group, "Shepherds' Kids" , was founded by the ... | middle1894.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Some animals migrate."
},
"options": [
"Animals like to use warm coats and heater.",
"The pets like dogs ad cats also migrate.",
"Birds like to migrate to different places every year.",
"Some animals migrate."
],
... | Winter is very cold in many countries. It's easy for you and me to keep warm. If we are cold, we can just buy a warm coat or use a heater and we will feel better. But what about animals? How do they keep warm in winter?
Some animals migrate . This means they travel to places where the weather is warmer. Many birds leav... | middle6123.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "liked"
},
"options": [
"liked",
"like",
"lived",
"live"
],
"question": "Mr. and Mrs. Green _ the country very much, because it was a quiet clean place.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"... | Mr. and Mrs. Green lived in a big city, and one summer they went to the country for their holiday. They enjoyed it very much, because it was a quiet, clean place.
One day they went for a walk early in the morning and met an old man. He lived on a farm, and he was sitting in the warm sun in front of his house. Mr. Green... | middle2351.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "tell"
},
"options": [
"read",
"write",
"tell",
"listen to"
],
"question": "John's mother can't help him to _ the time.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": ... | John is six years old. He can read and write well. But he can't tell the time. He says "breakfast time", "lunchtime", and "teatime" when it is eight o'clock, twelve o'clock and four o'clock in the afternoon. His mother doesn't know how to help him.
One day John's aunt, Mary, comes to see his mother. His mother tells he... | middle4720.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "he had lost his left arm in a car accident"
},
"options": [
"he was only ten years old",
"he would have an old teacher",
"he had lost his left arm in a car accident",
"he knew he was not clever"
],
"question": "... | The boy began lessons with an old Japanese judo teacher, Mr. Tanaka. The boy was doing well, but his teacher had taught him only one move in three months of training.
"Mr. Tanaka," the boy finally asked, "shouldn't I be learning more moves?"
"This is the only move you know, but this is the only move you'll ever need to... | middle1880.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "new"
},
"options": [
"fast",
"old",
"new",
"cheap"
],
"question": "\"Future mail\" is a/an _ way to send your letter.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1... | Have you ever dreamed about sending a letter to yourself or your friends in the future? While express mail is a fast way to send your letters, there is another type of mail appearing in China as a new business--future mail.
"The letter should be sent next Mother's Day and not a day earlier!" Lin Xiaofan, a college stu... | middle7229.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "a magic mirror"
},
"options": [
"a magic mirror",
"a normal mirror",
"a small mirror",
"a magic book"
],
"question": "One day a rich boy bought _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answe... | One day a rich boy bought a magic mirror . When he got home, he looked in the mirror. His face looked sad. He tried to smile , his face looked still sad. The he did many happy things, but his face always looked sad.
" Oh, what a terrible mirror! It doesn't work!" he said angrily.
The next day on his way to buy some cho... | middle6137.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "hear the old man's music"
},
"options": [
"find an old man with a saxophone",
"see a river",
"hear the old man's music",
"imagine the sound"
],
"question": "On the bus, the writer couldn't _ .",
"question... | I used to live in Kobe in Japan. On my way home on the bus every evening I used to look for an old man who often played his saxophone near the river. I couldn't hear his music because the windows were closed on the bus but I imagined it to be loud and clear. I wanted to be like that man.
One night I went to Himeji, a... | middle1658.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "other dolls are trying to beat her in the market"
},
"options": [
"it wears heavy makeup and miniskirts",
"other dolls are more popular with little girls",
"other dolls are trying to beat her in the market",
"it has bec... | Fifty-three years ago Barbie Millicent Roberts first appeared in the world of toys. Since then, Barbie doll, as everyone called her, has become the most successful toy doll in history. Her parent, the Mattel Company, said that 90% of all American girls between 3 and 10 have at least one Barbie at home.
However, Barbie... | middle6651.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "She had a big argument with a boy."
},
"options": [
"She fought with a boy in her class.",
"She didn't get along with boys.",
"She had a big argument with a boy.",
"A boy tried to teach her a lesson."
],
"questi... | When I was in primary school, I got into a big argument with a boy in my class. I forgot what the argument was about, but I will never forget the lesson I learned that day.
I thought that I was right and he was wrong - and he thought that I was wrong and he was right. The teacher decided to teach us a very important ... | middle3729.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Skills are important to children's reading development."
},
"options": [
"Parents are more important than teachers for little children.",
"Teachers need to learn a lot to use the new teaching way.",
"It's impossible for presc... | Teachers and parents usually call attention to the pictures when they read storybooks to preschool children. But a new study tells that calling attention to the words and letters on the book may lead to better readers.
The two-year study compared children who were read to this way in class with children who were not. T... | middle4046.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Buttercup -a pig"
},
"options": [
"Alida -a lion",
"Buttercup -a pig",
"Lois -a sick girl",
"Jupiter - a doctor"
],
"question": "Which of the following do you think is the right match?",
"question_type": nul... | These amazing animals prove that love lives on four legs.
A little girl's lifeline
Three-year-old Alida Knobloch and her 27kg golden dog, Mr. Gibbs, are almost together all the time There is a special love between them. Alida, who suffered from serious lung disease when she was 10 months old, is unable to breathe on ... | middle2437.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "get some money and help poor children go back to school"
},
"options": [
"travel around China",
"visit some schools",
"teach poor children",
"get some money and help poor children go back to school"
],
"question... | A new Long March
Twenty-one people from Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland began a new Long March on October 15. They will walk about 8,000 kilometers from Ruijin, Jiangxi to Wuqi, Shanxi. They hope to get 20.2 million Yuan to build 101 schools and help poor children go back to school. They hope to finish the march by... | middle125.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He is tall and thin"
},
"options": [
"He is short",
"He is fat",
"He is tall and thin",
"He has brown eyes"
],
"question": "What does John look like?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answ... | My name is Tom. My best friends are John and Ann. John lives near my house and we are in the same class. He's tall and thin, he has blonde hair and blue eyes. He is polite and very clever. He is very good at math and sometimes helps me with my homework sometimes. He usually wears jeans and a blue T--shirt. We three oft... | middle643.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "A well-dressed man."
},
"options": [
"An old woman.",
"Three children.",
"A well-dressed man.",
"A well-dressed woman."
],
"question": "Who was on the train with Jill Jones?",
"question_type": "factiod_ques... | Jill Jones got a new job in a different part of the city. She had to go to work every day by train.
There was only one other person on the train with her. He was a well-dressed man reading a newspaper. Suddenly, about halfway through the journey, the man began tearing his newspaper into hundreds of small pieces. Then ... | middle2806.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Everyone needs stress to improve himself."
},
"options": [
"You shouldn't go to the gym if you are under stress.",
"One can do his homework to burn up adrenaline.",
"Disease and accidents are caused by stress.",
"Everyo... | It's in the 2010s.You feel sick, so you go to the doctor. She checks your fever, looks at your throat, and asks what you've been thinking about lately. When you leave, she gives you some medicine, but also a list of thinking skills that you are supposed to practice daily. She says that the way you think is causing some... | middle2812.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The umbrella will be OK for your clothes in any colors."
},
"options": [
"You can carry it when you are wearing any clothes.",
"Any color of your clothes will be all right.",
"The umbrella will be OK for your clothes in any c... | Sally was a student. It was going to be her mother's birthday. She wanted to buy her a present that would be nice and useful but not expensive.
A week before her mother's birthday, she went shopping after a quick and simple lunch. When she had been looking for half an hour, she found a shop that was selling cheep umbre... | middle657.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "cats"
},
"options": [
"dogs",
"pigs",
"cats",
"mice"
],
"question": "Americans like _ best as pets.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_te... | Cats are the most popular pets among Americans. So it is not surprising there are many expressions about cats. Do you know any of them? Now let me introduce some to you.
Some cats like to catch small birds, like canaries. If someone looks very proud or satisfied with himself, we say he looks like the cat that ate the c... | middle131.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Tomorrow is Mother's Day."
},
"options": [
"She loves her mother.",
"Her father asks her.",
"Tomorrow is Mother's Day.",
"She is a good girl."
],
"question": "Why does Susan want to give a present to her mother?... | Tomorrow is Mother's Day. Susan wants to give a present to her mother. Father tells her to go to the shop and try to find something. Susan hurries to the shopping center and goes to the women's store. She has $3.00. First she thinks she will get her mother something to wear. Then she thinks she will buy something for... | middle119.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Ann"
},
"options": [
"Smith Ann",
"Smith",
"Ann",
"Mark"
],
"question": "What's my sister's name?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text":... | Hello! I'm Mark Smith. I'm an American boy. I'm 12 years old. This is my little sister, Ann . She is five. My family are in China now. Because my father and my mother work in China. They are English teachers. They work hard. The students all like them.
Now I'm a middle school student. I have a friend at school. He's a ... | middle5833.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "7"
},
"options": [
"6",
"7",
"8",
"9"
],
"question": "How many net words does this passage mention?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "male woman"... | Languages are always changing.As time goes by,some new words are created and becoming more and more popular.Search on Baidu,and you can find some hot net words in China today.
"Tuhao",a Chinese word,which originally meant a rich and powerful person or family in a certain town or area,nowadays,has become a general term ... | middle4293.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "At least 24."
},
"options": [
"Less than 75.",
"Less than 24.",
"At least 24.",
"At least 75."
],
"question": "How many languages are spoken in India?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"ans... | More and more people are trying to learn English than any other language in the world. English is the world language of politics and international business. It becomes the international language of science, medicine, sports, travel and so on.
In most schools in Asia, English is taught as the main foreign language. Scho... | middle6484.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "dirty"
},
"options": [
"strange",
"popular",
"old-fashioned",
"dirty"
],
"question": "In Britain, people can't use _ words in their children's names.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answ... | In many countries, unusual names for children are becoming more popular, especially when more and more stars give their children special names. In Britain, you can call a child almost anything you like except dirty words.
Some parents choose names which come from popular culture. Because of the film the Lord of the Rin... | middle7942.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "holding a basketball match"
},
"options": [
"holding a basketball match",
"working with an American organization",
"asking her Chinese friends for donations",
"taking the poor students to her home"
],
"question"... | Liang Huili is the leader of Huana International Volunteer Service Group,with hundreds of students, young professionals and business leaders. They held a basketball match to help 150 poor students in western China with school supplies and winter clothes. She also worked with an organization in the US to raise money fo... | middle6490.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "three bottles of orange"
},
"options": [
"many things",
"three bottles of orange",
"two glasses of milk",
"some bread and cakes"
],
"question": "There is a big table with _ on it.",
"question_type": "clo... | Look at the picture. What can you see? In the picture there is a big table with a lot of things on it. There are three bottles of orange juice, two glasses of milk, some bread, cakes and so on. look, there is a cat under the table. It's Kate's cat. Its name is Mimi. I think it like them very much. No, Mimi. You can't h... | middle7956.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "is five years old"
},
"options": [
"is six years old",
"is a student",
"is five years old",
"has a brother and a sister"
],
"question": "Tom _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer":... | Tom is five years old . He has no brothers or sisters . He is a lovely boy . He doesn't go to school because he is too young . He likes to play with other children in the small park every day .
The park is near his building . In the park there are interesting things to see and play with .
Tom's parents love him very mu... | middle5199.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "more difficult"
},
"options": [
"more difficult",
"much easier",
"less interesting",
"more interesting"
],
"question": "In the writer's view, dealing with parents is _ than with children.",
"question_typ... | Living and dealing with kids can be a tough job these days, but living and dealing with parents can be even tougher.
If I have learned anything in my 16 years, it is that communication is very important, both when you disagree and when you get along. With any relationship, you need to let other person know how you are ... | middle2190.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "chat tool"
},
"options": [
"game",
"chat tool",
"book",
"TV program"
],
"question": "QQ is a kind of _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer... | QQ is one of the most popular chat tools among teenagers .We regard it as an important chat tool in our daily life because it has some advantages .
First, we can make lots of e-friends on QQ.It is easy to find the person who has the same interest as us ,and we can talk with him or her happily .Second ,we can also join ... | middle5827.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "an hour"
},
"options": [
"half an hour",
"an hour",
"fifteen minutes",
"a day"
],
"question": "Joshua Bell played six famous pieces of music for _ at a bus station.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
... | On a cold morning at a bus station, a man played six famous pieces of music for about an hour. During that time, about two thousand people went through the station, most of them were on their way to work.
3 minutes later: a middle-aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed down, stopped for a few seconds ... | middle1472.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Five."
},
"options": [
"Three.",
"Four.",
"Five.",
"Six."
],
"question": "How many city kids went to learn about village kids' everyday lives?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_i... | Let's Learn More about Each Other
Are the lives of city kids the same as those in villages? In many ways, they are very different. But what are the differences?
Hu Peng of Wuhan and four friends decided to find them out. Earlier this month, they lived for a week in Caidian, a village near Wuhan. Hu and his friends went... | middle7003.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "to hold a big party"
},
"options": [
"to go shopping",
"to meet friends",
"to travel abroad",
"to hold a big party"
],
"question": "The most usual way to welcome the new year in the US is _ .",
"question_... | In the US, the most popular way to welcome the new year is with a big party. Some parties are at private homes. But in recent years, it has become more and more common for Americans to go to a hotel or eating-place on the night of December 31st. There, they can eat a big dinner, drink champagne, and dance to orchestra ... | middle3265.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "by a Harvard student named Mark Zuckerberg"
},
"options": [
"twenty years ago",
"thirty years ago",
"by Mark Zuckerberg and his classmates",
"by a Harvard student named Mark Zuckerberg"
],
"question": "Facebook ... | You are busy with your job but want to make new friends? You miss your old friends and try to find them? Then try a new website --- Facebook.
Mark Zuckerberg,a Harvard student,created Facebook only about eight years ago. At first,it was only for Harvard students. Soon it became popular on the Internet. Now over 25 mill... | middle5614.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the food was eaten up quickly"
},
"options": [
"the food was put into a big box",
"his mum followed the children",
"the food was eaten up quickly",
"his mum stopped buying food"
],
"question": "After the first w... | Bags of Love
Last year, I worked in a middle school near my mother's house, and I stayed with her for a month. During that time, I helped her do some housework and buy some food.
After the first week, I noticed that the food was eaten up very quickly. Then I began keeping an eye on my mum. To my surprise, I found that ... | middle5172.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Play basketball"
},
"options": [
"Play football",
"Play basketball",
"Draw pictures",
"Play computer games"
],
"question": "What do Sandy and his friends do on Sunday afternoon?",
"question_type": "factiod_q... | Philip likes to play football. He often plays football after school with his friends. Sandy likes to play basketball. She teaches her friends how to play it every Sunday afternoon. Han Mei is very good at the computer. She always uses it to draw pictures three times a week, and she uses it to surf the Internet. She has... | middle858.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Robert Boyle"
},
"options": [
"Their chemistry teacher.",
"Their headmaster.",
"Robert Boyle",
"Thomas Edison"
],
"question": "Whom did the three kids want to challenge?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions... | Three kids have been learning chemistry for only a few months. But they have already begun to challenge a world famous scientist!
Li Weichi, Huang Runling, and Xiao Yan are from Zhongshan Huaqiao Middle School in Guangdong. They have just found a red cabbage that could be a new kind of acid-base indicator . They wan... | middle18.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the students had to pass a test to save the music department"
},
"options": [
"the headmaster would be in big trouble",
"the school had a problem with money",
"the students had to pass a test to save the music department",
... | More than 50 music students of New Milford High School in New Jersey, US, got a letter from their headmaster. The letter said that the music department of the school was in big trouble. The students had to pass a test, or the department would be closed.
The test came on Saturday. The nervous students were required to... | middle7771.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "In the Edwards' house."
},
"options": [
"In Roy Senior High School.",
"In the Edwards' house.",
"In another school in New Haven.",
"In the Palumbos' house."
],
"question": "Where does the writer live for the fir... | Boys and girls, here I will tell you something about my first trip to the USA.
When I get to Kennedy Airport, I begin my visit to the USA. First, I go to Roy Senior high School. I'm happy on the first night in America because I live with a kind family, the Edwards. It's a big family. They are very friendly to me. They ... | middle694.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "always"
},
"options": [
"always",
"sometimes",
"never",
"hardly"
],
"question": "Harry _ drove his car very fast.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | Harry likes driving his car very fast, and one day he hit another car. He jumped out and ran to it. There was an old man in the car. He was very angry and said to Harry." What were you doing? You nearly killed me!"
"Yes," Harry answered," I am very sorry." He took a bottle out of his car and said, "Drink some of this... | middle2609.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Since about 300 years ago."
},
"options": [
"For 1700 years.",
"For 700 years.",
"Since about 300 years ago.",
"Since about 200 years ago."
],
"question": "How long has the sign language been taught?",
"ques... | For many years, we couldn't talk with the deaf. These deaf people couldn't use a spoken language.
But beginning in the 1700s, the deaf were taught a special language. Using this language, they could share thoughts and ideas with others. The language they used was a language without sound. It was a sign language.
How di... | middle5166.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "getting unhappy for no reason"
},
"options": [
"getting unhappy for no reason",
"getting good grades",
"breaking school rules",
"asking the doctors for help"
],
"question": "According to the passage, _ is comm... | Do you ever find yourself getting really unhappy for almost no reason? Or suddenly feeling down without knowing why? But why is the feeling so common among teens?
Maybe you're starting a new school and not able to see old friends. Getting good grades or wanting to be better in sports or other activities can be a concer... | middle4278.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The king."
},
"options": [
"The Nile River.",
"Summer.",
"The king.",
"Water and fertility."
],
"question": "Which of the following is not related... to the new year of ancient Egyptians?",
"question_type": ... | The people of ancient Egypt began their new year in summer. That is when the Nile River flooded its banks, bringing water and fertility to the land. Today, most people celebrate New Year's Day on January 1. People celebrate the New Year's holiday in many different ways.
The ancient Babylonians celebrated by forcing t... | middle3517.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "eat her"
},
"options": [
"eat her",
"walk around",
"play with her",
"visit the shepherd"
],
"question": "The lamb knew the wolf was going to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": ... | A lamb was on her way home. Suddenly a wolf came up and stopped her. The lamb said, "I know you are going to eat me. But before you eat me, I would like to hear you play the flute . You can play the flute better than anyone else, even the shepherd himself."
The wolf was so happy. And he took out his flute and began to ... | middle3271.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "friends"
},
"options": [
"workers",
"brothers",
"friends",
"hunters"
],
"question": "The two men were _ in the passage.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index":... | Once upon a time, two men were walking in the forest. One was thin and tall, and very bad too. The other was fat and short, and very honest. The tall man said to the short man, "We are good friends. If any beast comes, I'll help you." The short man said, " Of course, we are good friends. We will help each other."
At th... | middle5600.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "pleased"
},
"options": [
"pleased",
"unhappy",
"angry",
"bored"
],
"question": "At the end of the story, we know the passenger was _ with the air hostess.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | A passenger told an air hostess that he needed a cup of water to take his medicine when the plane just took off. She said to him that she would bring him the water in ten minutes.
The air hostess was kept so busy that she forgot to give him the water. As a result, the passenger was held up to take his medicine. Thirty... | middle1466.txt |
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