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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Play basketball."
},
"options": [
"Play baseball.",
"Play basketball.",
"Play video games.",
"Play soccer"
],
"question": "What things do the three children do together?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions... | My best friends are John and Ann. We do many things together. John lives near my house and we are in the same class. He's fifteen years old and he's tall and thin. He's got blond hair and blue eyes. He's polite and very clever. He's very good at math and he helps me with my homework sometimes. He usually wears jeans an... | middle5790.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "slow running"
},
"options": [
"walking",
"running as fast as possible",
"slow running",
"slow walking"
],
"question": "Jogging means _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | One of the easiest ways to keep fit is to do jogging. Jogging is the name for a very gentle running. It is just a little faster than walking.
Start slow jog 20 meters, then walk 20 meters. Little by little, if you are not feeling very tired, you may do more jogging and less walking. Finally, jog the whole way. It wil... | middle6299.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "New York City"
},
"options": [
"Los Angeles",
"Washington",
"New York City",
"Seattle"
],
"question": "_ is the largest in population in America.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer":... | A nickname is a shortened form of a person's name.A nickname can also be a descriptive name for a person,place or thing,Many American cities have nicknames.Nicknames can also be funny.
Los Angeles,California is the second largest city in population,after New York City. Los Angeles has several nicknames.One is L.A.It is... | middle7187.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "In the 1900s."
},
"options": [
"In the 1200s.",
"In the 1500s,",
"In the 1600s.",
"In the 1900s."
],
"question": "When did ice cream become well-known in many countries?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions... | People think of ice cream as an American food. Yet, ice cream really came from Asia. In the late 1200s Marco Polo, the great explorer, is said to have seen rich Asians eating dishes of ice. Camels had brought the ice from distant mountains. Before it was served, the ice had been flavored with fruits.
Marco Polo brough... | middle5784.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "The child"
},
"options": [
"The child",
"The parents.",
"The child's friends.",
"the teachers"
],
"question": "Who is most affected by the parent-teacher relationship?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
... | Good parent - teacher communication is necessary for a child's success in school. Recent studies show that the more actively parents are involved in the child's school life. The better the child does in his studies.
Like all relationships, parents and teachers affect each other, but the person who is most affected is... | middle3493.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "in the mountains"
},
"options": [
"in a big town",
"near the sea",
"in the mountains",
"with his Uncle Peter"
],
"question": "Where did Johnny and his parents live?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
}... | Johnny lived with his mother and father in a small town in the mountains
One day there was an earthquake near the town. Many houses were damaged . Everyone thought that there would soon be another earthquake.
They were worried that the second earthquake would be worse than the first.
"We must send Johnny to a safe plac... | middle1284.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "In the geography class"
},
"options": [
"At home",
"On the school bus",
"In the geography class",
"We don't know."
],
"question": "Where is Susan now?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"ans... | Susan is very careless . She often loses her things.
It's time for the geography class. But Susan can't find her geography book in her schoolbag. She looks into the desk, and it's not there. "Oh, no!" Susan thinks. "Is it at home? Do I lose it? Where is it? I need it!"
Just then, the geography teacher, Mr. White, _ Sus... | middle6500.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the parents have to prepare them for their future"
},
"options": [
"they can grow fast at school",
"they have to work for themselves at the moment",
"the parents have to prepare them for their future",
"they are able to... | We send our children to school to prepare them for the time when they will be big and will have to work for themselves.They learn their own language so that they will be able to tell others clearly what they want and what they know,and understand what others tell them.They learn foreign languages in order to be able to... | middle923.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "with their hands"
},
"options": [
"by learning by themselves",
"with their feet",
"with their hands",
"by playing football"
],
"question": "People usually make their living _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_q... | Most people make their living with their hands, but Bob makes his living with his feet.
Bob's story began in a small city of England. His family was poor. Seven people lived in a small house. Bob had no place to play but on the street.
Kids in the city like playing football very much. Little Bob wanted to play footba... | middle4317.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "In his room."
},
"options": [
"In his room.",
"In the lost and found box.",
"In the classroom.",
"We don't know."
],
"question": "Where is Jimmy's schoolbag?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
... | Jimmy is at school now. He is in the classroom, but he can't find his schoolbag. Where is it? Is it lost? Oh, no! It is in his room. He doesn't take it to the school. He calls his sister Sally and asks her to take his school things to the school. Here are his school things.
His schoolbag is on the chair. Under the ch... | middle3478.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "found people felt hungry during the long wait between the two meals"
},
"options": [
"enjoyed chatting with her friends at home",
"loved fine tea and beautiful china tea cups",
"wanted to share nice food with her friends",
... | One thing that British and Chinese cultures share is a love for fine tea. Today, when we think of Western tea culture, we often think of the English and beautiful china tea cups.
Afternoon tea
People believe that an English lady, Anna, first introduced the idea of afternoon tea. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the Engl... | middle2000.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Paul told him about the car"
},
"options": [
"he met Paul",
"Paul told him about the car",
"Paul received an expensive car",
"he was walking around the car"
],
"question": "The street urchin was very surprised w... | A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin was walking around the shining car. "Is this your car, sir?" he asked.
Paul answered, "Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas." The boy was surprised, ... | middle4471.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "He wanted her to pay for him."
},
"options": [
"He wanted to steal her money.",
"She looked like her dead granddaughter.",
"He wanted to stare at her.",
"He wanted her to pay for him."
],
"question": "Why did th... | A young woman was walking through a supermarket to pick up a few things when she noticed an old man following her around.Thinking nothing of it,she _ him and went on shopping.After she got what she wanted,she went to checkout line,but the old man got in front of her.
"Pardon me!" he said,"I'm sorry if my staring at you... | middle7178.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "We think about something too quickly."
},
"options": [
"We lose our mind.",
"We are not thirsty.",
"We think about something too quickly.",
"we won't be able to remember things."
],
"question": "We sometimes for... | You hurry into the kitchen,open the refrigerator and suddenly you forget why you open it."What am I looking for?"You ask yourself."What am I doing here?"Don't worry.You are not losing your mind.We have all had this kind of thing.If you think about something very quickly,it goes into your short-term memory and it goes r... | middle1509.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Four hundred years ago"
},
"options": [
"Two hundred years ago",
"Four hundred years ago",
"Three hundred years ago",
"One hundred years ago"
],
"question": "When did the American Thanksgiving holiday begin?",
... | Thanksgiving Day
Almost every culture in the world has held celebrations of thanks for a plentiful harvest. The American Thanksgiving holiday began as a festival of thanksgiving in the early days of the American colonies almost four hundred years ago.
In 1620, a boat filled with more than one hundred people sailed acro... | middle6266.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "unhappy"
},
"options": [
"unhappy",
"excited",
"afraid",
"lucky"
],
"question": "At first, the animals feel _ when Elephant comes.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answ... | It is a hot summer day. A group of animals are waiting in line for the bus under the hot sun. They are all swearing .
Then Elephant comes and stands in front of all the other animals.
"Elephant please wait in line!" the animals tell him.
Elephant still stands there and he doesn't say anything. The other animals are ve... | middle6272.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Volcanoes and beaches."
},
"options": [
"Waves and cities.",
"Beaches and language.",
"Volcanoes and beaches.",
"Volcanoes and people."
],
"question": "According to the passage, what are the two most beautiful t... | Imagine that you are the first person ever to see Hawaii. What would be the first thing you would set foot on?
The beach, naturally. There are hundreds of miles of beaches on the twenty islands of Hawaii. These islands cover 1,600 miles and are about 2,300 miles west of California. Most of them are covered with fine wh... | middle4465.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "it provides excellent service"
},
"options": [
"it provides excellent service",
"it has many policewomen",
"the police officers work on horses",
"it has a long history"
],
"question": "London Police Force is fam... | London police are well known in the world. Today there are policemen everywhere, but in 1700 there was no policeman in London at all. A few old men used to protect the city streets at night, and they were not paid very much.
About 300 years ago, London started to get bigger. The city was very dirty and many people were... | middle2772.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a famous Polish pianist"
},
"options": [
"the greatest musician in the world",
"a famous Polish pianist",
"a famous Paris pianist",
"one of the greatest musicians in Hungary"
],
"question": "Chopin was _ .",
... | Frederic Chopin was born in March 1810 near Warsaw in Poland . He was one of the greatest musicians in the world, In 1831, he went to Paris, No people knew he could play the piano very well.
At that time people in Paris liked the Hungarian pianist Franz Liszt.
One night,at a concert, Liszt went to the piano and people ... | middle6514.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Nobody."
},
"options": [
"Pablo.",
"His wife.",
"The bartender.",
"Nobody."
],
"question": "Who stole Emilio's wallet?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,... | Emilio lost his wallet at a bar .He looked for it everywhere.But he couldn't find it.The bartender didn't have it,either.Emilio went home.He was very angry.
"Somebody stole my wallet."he told his wife."Are you sure?"She asked,"Maybe you just lost it.""I don't think so.You can't trust anybody in this city."
Then,Emili... | middle937.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "In 1945."
},
"options": [
"In 1939.",
"In 1942.",
"In 1944.",
"In 1945."
],
"question": "In which year did Anne die of illness?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_i... | World War II lasted from 1939 to 1945. Life changed for everybody, including women and children because of the war. Millions of people lost their lives during the war. The Diary of a Young Girl was a record of that time. The book was written by a girl named Anne Frank.
Anne Frank was born in Germany in June 1929. Becau... | middle2982.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "few people know"
},
"options": [
"few people know",
"no one knows",
"only you know",
"all the people know"
],
"question": "The writer of the passage thinks that _ there is a blind spot on the eye.",
"que... | It seems to be strange to you there is a blind spot on the eyes,Here is an interesting experiment that can make something disappear,when one eye is open.
Make a card about the size of a postcard and write two English letters L and R on it,L on the left and R on the right.First,hold the card about 80 cm away and you see... | middle3444.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "earphones"
},
"options": [
"radios",
"watches",
"earphones",
"mobile phones"
],
"question": "We can't use _ when we are running in the street.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": ... | If you want to protect yourself,please remember the following ways of information. These ways will make you safe.
Don't use earphones when you are running in the school yard or in the street. You will keep yourself from the outside world and can easily get into trouble.
If a stranger is following you, please don't go... | middle5035.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "A student"
},
"options": [
"A student",
"A teacher",
"An American",
"A nickname"
],
"question": "What is Jenny?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | Everything has a name.All people,places,and things have names.For example,Jenny is the name of a student from England.England is the name of a country.Cities and towns have names,too.Schools and office buildings also have names.For example,tomato,potato and bean are names of vegetables.Apple,orange,and banana are names... | middle1253.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "What a serious problem we have."
},
"options": [
"What our environment looks like.",
"How important to clean our cities.",
"What a serious problem we have.",
"How difficult to remove rubbish."
],
"question": "Wh... | As we become richer and richer, we are producing more and more rubbish. The Asian Development Bank(ADB) says that our largest cities produce 760 000 tons of solid waste every day. It predicts that there will be an increase--to 1.8 million tons--by 2025. It seems too much to deal with. "The growing waste is simply tryi... | middle7144.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "all above"
},
"options": [
"in the woods",
"in the mountains",
"on lakes",
"all above"
],
"question": "Traditional camps are _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answ... | Millions of children in the United States go to summer camps. Some go to play outdoors at traditional camps in the woods, in the mountains or on lakes. But families now have many choices of special camps. These can be in the middle of nature or a big city. Special camps offer young people the chance to learn about diff... | middle8277.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "TV plays a great part in American people's life"
},
"options": [
"TV is more important than school",
"fewer and fewer children go to school",
"There is not a school which has no TV set in America",
"TV plays a great par... | Television has taken the place of schools as the main educator in America. There are several reasons for this. First, there is the number of hours. While Americans spend about 13,000 hours in schools, they spend 15,000 to 16,000 hours in front of a TV set. Second is the age at which viewers start watching TV. People ... | middle1535.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "he had become richer and wanted to see big town"
},
"options": [
"he always spent his holiday there",
"he wore his new clothes",
"he never went to the big town",
"he had become richer and wanted to see big town"
],
... | A poor farmer had never left his small village. After he made a lot of money, he decided to spend a holiday in an excellent hotel in a big town.
When lunchtime came on his first day there, he went to eat it in the restaurant of the hotel in his new clothes. The headwaiter showed him to the table, took his order and wen... | middle5753.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "California may have as many cars as China"
},
"options": [
"there are more traffic jams and accidents in America than in China",
"traffic policemen are often seen in the street in America",
"California may have as many cars a... | In America: There are many more cars than in China. Maybe the number of cars in California is the same as the number in China. But there are fewer traffic jams and accidents in America than in China. We hardly see traffic police in the street, but all cars obey traffic rules strictly , and people hardly find that a car... | middle2028.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "news report"
},
"options": [
"poster",
"review",
"advertisement",
"news report"
],
"question": "This is a(n) _ from London.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_ind... | LONDON (Reuters) -- British milkman Steve Leech, who saved several shops and flats by putting out a fire with 320 pints of milk, was celebrating Thursday after winning a national bravery award.
Leech, 35, named "Hero Milkman" by the National Dairymen's Association, said that he had noticed smoke coming out of a shop in... | middle3336.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "You will destroy your well-planned thoughts about success."
},
"options": [
"You will destroy your well-planned thoughts about success.",
"You'll have great pressure and try not to make any mistakes.",
"You will try your best... | "You don't have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great." I believe it is a normal thought in today's society to just let life happen to us. I also believe that we sometimes destroy our well-planned thoughts about success because it's easier to just continue as usual rather than "try" with t... | middle4459.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "The thief."
},
"options": [
"The thief.",
"The caretaker.",
"The master.",
"The onlookers."
],
"question": "Who do you think the dog was tracking?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer"... | "Track!" said my master.
Like any good tracker-dog who has received the command he most loves, I gave a bark of excitement, put my nose down to the ground and sniffed. The ground was rich with smells. Even in the high-class housing area where we were working, the stones held traces of many sole and confusing scents (s... | middle7150.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the owl can tell them what they should do when they have some problems."
},
"options": [
"they are all afraid of him",
"the owl can help them when they don't feel well",
"the owl can tell them what they should do when they ha... | In the middle of a dark forest, there lives an owl . All the animals know that he is the wisest among all of them. So they often go to him and tell him their troubles. Then the owl always teaches them what they should do.
One day, a little bird goes up to the owl. She is crying. "what's wrong with you?" asks the owl.
... | middle1521.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Aug. 27th"
},
"options": [
"Aug. 25th",
"Aug. 27th",
"Aug. 30th",
"Sep. 1st"
],
"question": "If you want to see The Time Machine and E.T. on the same day, you should go on _",
"question_type": "cloze_quest... | The Time Machine
This move is based on a science fiction story. A scientist and inventor decides to prove that time travel is possible.
He wants to change the past. To test his idea, he travels 800000 years into the future with the help of his own invention -- a time machine... It will be put on in the National Theatre... | middle6528.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Factors leading to the health and long life of people."
},
"options": [
"Cause and effect of long-lived life.",
"People in the world enjoying a longer life.",
"Factors leading to the health and long life of people.",
"A... | In the Caucasus region , nearly 50 out of every 100,000 people live to celebrate their 100thbirthday, and many don't stop at 100! By comparison, in America only 3 people in 100,000 reach 100. But these Caucasus people aren't alone. The Pakistani Hunzas, who live high in the Himalaya Mountains, and the Vilcabambans of t... | middle1247.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "In Beijing."
},
"options": [
"In Yushu.",
"In Beijing.",
"In Shanghai.",
"In Qinghai."
],
"question": "Where is Lin Min?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": ... | I'm Lin Min. My sister Lin Li is a teacher, but she isn't in Beijing with us. She works in a small school in Yushu in Qinghai. She works very hard. Every morning after breakfast, she goes to four of her students' homes and brings them to school. At eight o'clock, the students have the first morning class. After four cl... | middle7636.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "The visitor takes some food with him when he leaves."
},
"options": [
"The host talks little with the visitor.",
"The child accompanies the visitor to the gate of the house.",
"The host offers the visitor a seat only.",
... | Akuapem is in the eastern part of Ghana. The sun there shines all the time. The local people are very friendly and hospitable . Now let's have a look at how Akuapem people receive a visitor.
A visitor is often welcomed warmly in a family of Akuapem. After the visitor is welcomed into the house, he is offered a seat and... | middle2996.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "rowed his boat"
},
"options": [
"took a train",
"rowed his boat",
"traveled by air",
"traveled by bus"
],
"question": "We can learn from the passage that Eruc _ during his adventure.",
"question_type": "... | Erden Eruc has been rowing across the Pacific Ocean in a rowboat since he left California on July 10, 2007. He has been heading for Australia with only birds, fish, and sharks ever since.
Crossing the Pacific is only part of his journey. Eruc has decided to go all the way around the world using his own energy. He will ... | middle3450.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "didn't take the exam because of the accident"
},
"options": [
"was a classmate of the writer's",
"was the only child of her family",
"didn't take the exam because of the accident",
"died immediately at the scene of the ... | I remembered Julie coming to the front of the classroom after class one autumn day in September 1976. While most of the other students hurriedly left to enjoy the pleasant weather or to relax at the student union, Julie remained to ask me questions about the next week's exam. She had clearly already done some serious s... | middle5021.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "To play chess."
},
"options": [
"To play chess.",
"To speak English.",
"To swim.",
"To play football."
],
"question": "What can Mr. Chen teach you?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer... | Swimmers wanted
Can you swim? Do you like children? Can you help them with swimming on weekends?
Come and join us. Call Jane at 330-9786
Chess Club
Do you like to play chess? Do you want to play chess well? Mr. Chen can teach you.
You can come here every Friday afternoon.
Tel: 6723-1940 Add : Room 102 in School's P... | middle4868.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "a TV set and some red flowers"
},
"options": [
"a TV set and some red flowers",
"some red flowers",
"a TV set",
"a picture"
],
"question": "We can see _ on the table.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"... | Kate's room is big. A TV set is in the room. The TV set is on the table. Some red flowers are on it, too. We can see a nice picture on the wall . We can see a hat and some books on her bed. Her _ are under the bed. A desk is near the window . On the desk is a clock. It's time to go to school . Where's Kate's bag? O... | middle1910.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "learn how to grow flowers"
},
"options": [
"need special help",
"learn how to grow flowers",
"have a special illness",
"learn how to change his life"
],
"question": "Augus began to _ half a year ago.",
"... | Most young boys don't like growing flowers and watering them. But for 16-year-old Angus,working in the garden isn't just a hobby -- it has changed his life.
Angus has a special illness and his IQ is lower than a normal boy. Six months ago, he started
learning how to grow flowers. Now, he spends hours in the garden grow... | middle6919.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "None."
},
"options": [
"All.",
"Most.",
"Some.",
"None."
],
"question": "How many of the students really know what the act wants to tell them?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | A teacher takes a very big bottle and puts a few big stones into it. He asks the students, "Is the bottle full?"
They all answer, "Yes!"
The teacher then puts some small stones into the bottle. The small stones are between the big stones. He then asks, "Is it full now?"
Some students give no answer, but most answer, ... | middle3861.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "A Swiss doctor"
},
"options": [
"A Swiss scientist",
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"A young student",
"A Swiss worker"
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"question": "_ discovered DNA.",
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... | Do you know why people look the way they look? What inside our bodies makes us grow in a certain way? The answer is DNA. It was first discovered by a young Swiss doctor in 1868.
DNA is like a computer program for your body. Almost every cell in your body includes DNA. The way DNA in the cell decides why you are the wa... | middle3875.txt |
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"6:00 p.m."
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... | Beijing Half -Day Tour
Languag
We have more than 20 guides and they can speak English and Chinese.
Time and place
Our bus will wait for you at your hotel at 9:00 a.m.or2:00 p.m. And we'll drine you bdck to your hotel at about 1:00 p. m. or6:00 p. m.
Itinerary
First, visit the Drum tower dating from 1420 . you can clim... | middle1904.txt |
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},
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"She was one of the top students.",
"She loved telling jokes.",
"She often asked questions in class."
],
"question": "How was the write... | During my second year of nursing school, our teacher gave us a test. I was a hardworking student and I did well in all the subjects. I finished the questions successfully until I read the last one: "What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?"
Of course this was a joke. I saw the cleaning woman every day... | middle248.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
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},
"options": [
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"are usually wild with joy",
"usually set up a higher goal",
"usually think of our failure over and over"
],
"question": "According to the author,... | So many of us expect everything we do to be successful. We look forward to success to show us our value or to be the top of the group wherever we are. How many times in our schooling did we hope for a high mark? We want it and then feel like a failure when we don't achieve what we want. Even when we succeed we still pa... | middle7385.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the air hostess was kept busy and forgot it"
},
"options": [
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"the air hostess was kept busy and forgot it",
"it wasn't allowed to take medicine during the flight",
"there wasn't enough water... | A passenger told an air hostess that he needed a cup of water to take his medicine when the plane just took off. She told 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 mi... | middle260.txt |
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"answer": {
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},
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"five",
"six"
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"question": "How many people are there in Kelly's family?",
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "has a hard time"
},
"options": [
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"sleeps late",
"has a hard time",
"feels excited"
],
"question": "When the math exam comes, Dai Shuang usually _ .",
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... | Many students are under great pressure this term. There is some advice on studying and preparing for exams.
Sciences
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Yes, he did."
},
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"Yes, he did.",
"No, he wasn't.",
"No, he didn't."
],
"question": "The young visitor stayed a long time in my friend's house, didn't he?",
"question_type": "fact... | Almost everyone likes dogs, and almost everyone likes to read about dogs. I have friend. He has a big police dog with the name Jack. Police dogs are very clever. Every Sunday afternoon my friend takes jack for along walk in the park. Jack likes these long walks very much. One Sunday afternoon a young man came to visit ... | middle1092.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The teacher's."
},
"options": [
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"God's.",
"The teacher's.",
"His own hand."
],
"question": "Whose hand did Douglas draw?",
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"answer": {
... | On Thanksgiving Day, a teacher asked her class of first-graders to draw a picture of something they were thankful for. She thought that these children from poor families actually had little to be thankful for. And she found most of them drawing pictures of flowers or tables with food. The teacher was very surprised to ... | middle506.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "38"
},
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"38",
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"question": "There are _ students in Judy's class.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text":... | Hi, I'm Judy. I'm a middle school student . In my class, there are thirty-eight students. How do they go to school every day? Seventeen of them take buses because they live far from the school. Six students walk. They think walking is good exercise. Fifteen students ride their bikes to school because they like riding b... | middle6925.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Class 2, Grade 7"
},
"options": [
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"Class 7, Grade 2",
"Class 2, Grade 7",
"Class 2, Grade 8"
],
"question": "Dongdong is in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answ... | This is No. 12 High School. My friend Dongdong is in this school. Dongdong has short hair, a big nose, a small mouth and big eyes. He is thirteen. He is in Class Two, Grade Seven. He's a good student. He has two good friends in his school. They are Jim and Jack. They're brothers . They are fourteen. They have small nos... | middle512.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "48."
},
"options": [
"48.",
"40.",
"37.",
"31."
],
"question": "How old was Obama when he became the American president?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": ... | Obama has made history by becoming the first African-American in American history.
Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961. His parents didn't live together when he was two years old and later divorced. Obama grew up with his mother in Hawaii, and for a few years in Indonesia. Later, he moved to New York, where he g... | middle1086.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "\"Bike for a Better City\" members ride bicycles to work."
},
"options": [
"Special lanes are needed on every street.",
"\"Bike for a Better City\" members ride bicycles to work.",
"The Central Park is closed to cars on weekd... | Some people think that they have an answer to the problems of automobile crowding and pollution in large cities. Their answer is the bicycle, or bike.
In a great many cities, hundreds of people ride bicycles to work every day. In New York City, some bike riders have even formed a group called "Bike for a Better City". ... | middle6931.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "mobile phones"
},
"options": [
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"clocks",
"knives",
"mobile phones"
],
"question": "According to the passage, some students'_are stolen.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | These days the subject of security on campus is talked about quite often. Some students' mobile phones are stolen, some students fight with and hurt one another, and others are knocked down by the fast running bikes or cars.
These problems arc common on campus. I think there are three causes for these. Firstly, some ... | middle3691.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "His mother."
},
"options": [
"His mother.",
"His father.",
"His teacher.",
"His brother."
],
"question": "Who does the writer want to work for?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {... | The winter vacation is coming. I don't want to spend more time playing. I decide to work to make money for the next term. But I don't know what work I can do.
Now, my mother is writing a book. She is busy and tired. I want to type for her for pay. When I tell her, she is very happy. She agrees to pay me 5 yuan for 1,00... | middle3849.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Tara said she wasn't from Korea because she didn't want Rose and Jenny to speak Korean with her the following days"
},
"options": [
"Tara said she was from Korea because she knew the student in her group was also from Korea",
"Tara... | It was the first day of class. Two of her new ESL (English as a Second Language) classmates wanted to know where Tara was from. They were both from Korea. Because Tara looked Korean, one of the women asked Tara, in English, if she was from Korea. Tara replied, "No, I'm not." Then the women took turns asking Tara if she... | middle4840.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "all of above."
},
"options": [
"learn things quickly",
"remember things easily",
"study better",
"all of above."
],
"question": "When you have good study habits, you will _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_que... | All students need to have good study habits . When you have good study habits, you can learn things quickly. You also remember them easily.
Do you like to study in the living-room? This is not a good place because it is usually too noisy. You need to study in a quiet place, like your bedroom. A quiet place will help yo... | middle5586.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "milk and hamburgers"
},
"options": [
"milk and hamburgers",
"ice cream and salad",
"vegetables",
"chicken"
],
"question": "Kan eats _ for breakfast.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"ans... | Hello, I'm Kan. I like different kinds of food. I like hamburgers, ice cream, salad and orange juice.
For breakfast, I often have some milk and hamburgers. I don't like dessert. My favorite football star, Ronaldo eats lots of healthy food. He likes eggs and vegetables for breakfast. For lunch, he eats hamburgers, potat... | middle4698.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "19 years old"
},
"options": [
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"17 years old",
"18 years old",
"19 years old"
],
"question": "How old is Jyoti Amge in 2013?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
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"answer": {
... | Jyoti Amge, an Indian girl, is the world's smallest woman. She is only 0.628 metres tall. She is small, but her dream is great. On her 18th birthday in 2012, she shared the good news with others. She would act in two movies.
Jyoti is the youngest of the five children in her family. She stopped growing after her first b... | middle1938.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "To turn to grown-ups for help."
},
"options": [
"To keep it a secret.",
"To try not to be caught.",
"To study hard for the test.",
"To turn to grown-ups for help."
],
"question": "What's the writer's advice to k... | At school, besides cheating on a test, a kid might cheat in other ways. They might steal someone else's idea for a science project, or copy a book report from the Internet and hand it in as if it's his or her work.
Cheating can happen in a lot of different ways. When people cheat, it's not fair to other people, like th... | middle7391.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "what to do when you are caught in a fire"
},
"options": [
"how to look after yourself when you are on fire",
"what to do when you are caught in a fire",
"when to leave the burning place",
"why to call 119 when there is ... | Passage 4
How dangerous it would be if there was a fire! Today is in winter. It's time for us to learn a lot more about fire, especially what to do if we are caught in a fire:
1. Shout out
If you smell smoke or see fire, shout out "Fire!" Shout as loudly as you can, because people may be asleep.
2. Call 119
Never try t... | middle274.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "To See Better by Feeling"
},
"options": [
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"To See or to Feel",
"To See Better by Feeling",
"Ways of Feeling"
],
"question": "Which of the following can be the best title of the story?",
... | "If you want to see a thing well, reach out and touch it!"
That may seem a strange thing to say. But touching things can help you to see them better. Your eyes can tell you that a glass ball is round. But by holding it in your hands, you can feel how smooth and cool the ball is. You can feel how heavy the glass is. Whe... | middle6064.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Mother"
},
"options": [
"I",
"Father",
"Mother",
"I don't know."
],
"question": "Who likes strawberries very much? _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
... | We go shopping on Sunday. I often go to the supermarket with my mother on Sunday morning. Father likes fruit very much. We buy some bananas for him. Mother likes red apples, but the apples in the supermarket are green. We don't buy them. The strawberries are very nice. Mother likes them very much and buys some for... | middle4673.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "In 1860."
},
"options": [
"In 1680.",
"In 1860.",
"In 1953.",
"In 1961."
],
"question": "When did Mr. Mendel discover why we look the same as other people in our family?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions... | DNA is the whole "map" of the human body. It is something that all humans have, and it tells the body what to do. DNA is the reason that we look like our parents, because we get some of their DNA to make our own.
People have been trying to understand the human body for a long time. In 1860, Mr. Mendel discovered why we... | middle2202.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Grade 9"
},
"options": [
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"Grade 8",
"Grade 9",
"Grade 10"
],
"question": "When Daniel finishes _ , he has to take an exam to continue his studies.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | My name is Daniel. I am in Grade 8. This is my second year of middle school. When we finish Grade 9, we have to take an exam to continue our studies. We go to school five days a week and have seven classes every day. We study maths, Chinese and English. We also have other subjects. They are science, geography, history ... | middle4115.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "In a hospital."
},
"options": [
"At a bus stop.",
"In a park.",
"In a hospital.",
"In a shop."
],
"question": "Where can you often find volunteers in the United States?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"... | Each nation has many good people who help to take care of others. For example, some high school and college students in the United States often spend many hours as volunteers in hospitals, orphanages or homes for the old. They read books to the people in these places, or they just visit them and play games with them... | middle6702.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "he could sing well"
},
"options": [
"he could fly high",
"he could build a nest",
"he could sing well",
"he could live in the tree"
],
"question": "The hippo envied the bird because _ .",
"question_type": ... | Once upon a time,a hippo lived in a river next to a big tree.
One day,a bird came and nested in the tree.The songs of the bird filled the hippo with so much envy that he couldn't think of anything else.Every day he would think why he wasn't born to be a bird even though the bird told him many times he was so lucky t... | middle7408.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "In the 1960s"
},
"options": [
"In the 1970s",
"In the 1960s",
"In the 1990s",
"In 1989"
],
"question": "When was the Internet invented?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"... | The Internet joins millions of computers all over the world, and it's used by people all over the world. It was invented in the 1960s in the USA. The American government needed a network of computers for its army. Then in the 1970s scientists and businesspeople also wanted to use the Internet to send and receive messag... | middle1079.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "At home."
},
"options": [
"At home.",
"At school.",
"At a fashion show.",
"At a clothes shop."
],
"question": "Where does Peter talk with his parents?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"ans... | Today is Sunday, so Peter doesn't go out. He asks his parents about the traditional Chinese clothes. Mother tells him that Qipao is the traditional dress of China. Qipao is usually made of silk. Sometimes Qipao is made of cotton. Many women in the West like it very much too. Father say all the VIPs in important meeting... | middle6716.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "In a small village"
},
"options": [
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"In a big city",
"In New York",
"In a town"
],
"question": "Where does Mrs. Brown live?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer":... | Mrs. Brown lives in a small village. Her husband is dead. She has a son but no daughters. His name is John and he is twenty-five. After John finishes college , he gets work in a big city, New York, and he lives there. It's quite a long way from his mother's home, and she is not happy about it. But John says, "There is... | middle2570.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "3."
},
"options": [
"1.",
"2.",
"3.",
"4."
],
"question": ".How many children did the Hennigs have according to the text?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index":... | "I didn't hear them call my name," explained Shelley Hennig to Active Teens (AT) as she talked about that exciting moment on national television when she won the honor of Miss Teen USA 2004. "Are you ready?"is what she heard. Then she said,"I shook my head no,and then they said 'yes' and it was announced again."
It was... | middle4101.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Passing exams."
},
"options": [
"Clothes.",
"Finding jobs.",
"Politics.",
"Passing exams."
],
"question": "What are British students interested in now?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"an... | In Britain life used to be fun for teenagers.They used to have money to spend , and free time to _ .They used to wear teenage clothes, and meet in teenage coffee bars and discos.Some of them still do.But for many young people, life is harder now.Jobs are difficult to find.There's not so much money around.Things are mor... | middle4667.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "October 1st"
},
"options": [
"September 1st",
"October 1st",
"October 60th",
"November 1st"
],
"question": "The students performed a group show for the 60th birthday of China on _ .",
"question_type": "cl... | Have you ever watched the big parade on Tian'anmen Square on October 1? Some students performed in the big parade. In order to get ready for it, this summer, many Beijing middle school students had a different kind of vacation. Instead of hanging out with friends or traveling, they trained hard for the 60th birthday... | middle2216.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "A good diet and lifestyle."
},
"options": [
"Only a good diet",
"Eating three meals regularly.",
"A good diet and lifestyle.",
"Sports activities."
],
"question": "What makes grandpa so healthy?",
"question_... | My grandpa is 93 years old this year. He is very healthy and looks young. Many people ask him why he is so healthy.
Grandpa says good diet is very important to everyone. Grandpa has three meals a day regularly . He often eats lots of vegetables and fruit. He never drinks or smokes . He says they are bad for health. Aft... | middle6070.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "houses"
},
"options": [
"apartments",
"parks",
"houses",
"gardens"
],
"question": "Many British people live in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
... | Life in Britain
Homes and families
Many British people live in Houses, not apartments. Most houses have gardens.
Daily life
Most office workers start work at about nine in the morning, and finish at about five or six in the afternoon. Most people don't go home for lunch, and they just have a quick meal.
School life
Chi... | middle4897.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "In Beijing."
},
"options": [
"In London.",
"In Beijing.",
"In Shanghai.",
"In Hong Kong."
],
"question": "Where did the Browns enjoy themselves before they left for New York?",
"question_type": "factiod_ques... | It's Really a Miracle
Mr. Brown works in New York and he brought his family to China last summer. They visited many places of interest and had a good time here. Before they left for New York, the Browns climbed the Great Wall. It was the greatest project over two thousand years ago. They took a lot of photos there an... | middle5551.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Soccer"
},
"options": [
"Soccer",
"Basketball",
"Tennis",
"Ping-pong"
],
"question": "What sport do Tom and his father like playing?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"ans... | Hello, everyone. My name is Tom . I'm a middle school student. I am a soccer fan . I play soccer after school every day. This is my father, His name is Mike Smith. He is a soccer fan, too. He plays soccer very well. I like playing soccer with my father very much. We have a great collection of 15 soccer balls. This... | middle6058.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "climb a hill"
},
"options": [
"climb a hill",
"visit his friends",
"go to the park",
"sleep at home"
],
"question": "Paul is going to _ today.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer"... | Peter: Paul, what are you going to do this afternoon?
Paul: I plan to climb a hill. Would you like to go with me?
Peter: Thank you. But I don't want to be tired. I want to sleep at home. Have a good time!
Paul: I'm sure I will. But now I don't know what to wear.
Peter: What about your new trousers?
Paul:My new trouse... | middle8075.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "feel awkward"
},
"options": [
"get hurt",
"give up cutting",
"feel awkward",
"change their tools"
],
"question": "If right-handers cut up potatoes with there left hand, they will _ .",
"question_type": "cl... | Are You Right Handed or Left Handed?
Which hand do you use when write? About 8 to 15 percent of people are left handed. They often have to use tools that are designed for right-handed people. So it is difficult for left-handers to use most tools. If you are right handed, try this experiment: Take a knife with your left... | middle7346.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "It's necessary and healthy for people."
},
"options": [
"It's the only way to get relaxed.",
"It makes other people feel upset.",
"It's necessary and healthy for people.",
"It makes out-going people feel lonely."
],... | These days there are lot of possibilities to be always connected to family and friends. Now that I have just moved lo France, this can be very convenient. 1 can ring my sister who lives in Los Angeles on Viber, or I can Skype my parents or friends back in England for a chat. However, sometimes the convenient and depend... | middle7420.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "She wanted to ask her boss for a raise in salary."
},
"options": [
"She knew her husband would give her a big surprise.",
"She wanted to ask her boss for a raise in salary.",
"She knew her boss would refuse.",
"She knew... | This is a heart-warming story. It tells about a woman who finally decided to ask her boss for a raise in salary . All day she felt nervous. Late in the afternoon she summoned the courage to approach her boss. To her delight, the boss agreed to a raise. She was so delighted.
The woman arrived home happily that evening.... | middle5237.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Mary Green's birthday party"
},
"options": [
"Mr. Green's birthday party",
"Mrs. Green's birthday party",
"Mary Green's birthday party",
"Mr. White's birthday party"
],
"question": "What kind of party is Mrs. Gr... | Mrs. Green is going to give a birthday party for Mary. Mary is her daughter. She is going to be ten years old. A lot of friends of Mary's are going to come to the party. There are twenty girls of them.
Mrs. Green is getting ready for the party. Mrs. White is helping her.
"That's a big nice cake," Mrs. White says to Mrs... | middle3646.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "They love their children too much and ask for nothing in return."
},
"options": [
"They often get dirty when eating.",
"They often refuse to take a shower.",
"They often read stories to their children while sleeping.",
... | Where has the Time gone? is the hottest song that has moved thousands of Chinese. Chinese parents give their children endless love and want nothing from them. However, sometimes, daughters and sons are too busy growing up and forget that their parents are getting older and older. What should we do? Let's have a look a... | middle4129.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Mathew"
},
"options": [
"Jane",
"Lucy",
"Mathew",
"No one"
],
"question": "_ is interested in taking photos.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"an... | Lucy and her classmates are discussing about creating a homepage for their class.
Lucy: What should we put on our class homepage?
Jane: I think our class homepage should have daily or weekly news of class activities.
Mathew: What kind of class activities?
Jane: Something like spring outings, class meetings, a... | middle5223.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "more than3,000 years"
},
"options": [
"2,000 years",
"3,000 years",
"a century",
"more than3,000 years"
],
"question": "The sports has a history of _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"an... | Many years ago,there was a very popular sport in America. Who invented the sport more than 3,000 years ago? We don't know . But everyone thinks it was the 01mecs made it popular.
People don't have the same rules about the game all over the world . People in different parts of the world play the game in different places... | middle3652.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "should explain something that visitors can't understand"
},
"options": [
"needs to learn about giving a blessing",
"can answer visitors some stupid questions",
"must take visitors to the Taj Mahal and the tiger reserve",
... | Last summer I went to India with my family. We spent 10 days traveling around Rajasthan and I will never forget it. We saw lots of things like the Taj Mahal and we went to a tiger reserve . Our guide was called Krishna and he was really nice especially when I didn't always understand things he would explain it to me a... | middle7434.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "In the police station"
},
"options": [
"in the hospital",
"At school",
"In the police station",
"In the office"
],
"question": "Where does Lily want to work?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
... | Dear Editor,
I am unhappy these days.I am a student in Grade 3 of a middle school. I want to be a policewoman in the future. But my mother doesn't like the job. She always says it is too dangerous for a girl to work as a policewoman. She thinks girls should work in the office. She hopes that I can work as a teacher.... | middle1723.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "generous"
},
"options": [
"lucky",
"generous",
"ugly",
"sad"
],
"question": "The writer thought poor people were _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0... | One night a man came to our house and told me, "There is a family with eight children. They have nothing to eat for days."
I took some food and went. When I finally came to the family, I saw the ugly face of those little children by hunger. There was no sorrow or sadness in their faces, just the deep pain of hunger.
... | middle8061.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "grab the red envelopes"
},
"options": [
"make video calls",
"send messages",
"grab the red envelopes",
"take pictures"
],
"question": "According to the passage, Zhang's parents can't _ with the \"WeChat guide\... | Zhang Ming, a college student from Shandong, created a 9-page "WeChat guide". With drawings and simple words, the step-by-step guide explains how to send messages, take pictures and make video calls. Zhang made the guide for his parents. "My parents are getting old. They need an easy way to learn how to use new technol... | middle7352.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "stay in Clarkman's bookstore"
},
"options": [
"visit her aunt",
"see her parents",
"stay in Clarkman's bookstore",
"work in a restaurant"
],
"question": "Grace planned to _ for her summer holiday.",
"que... | One year ago Bertha and Grace became close friends at a college in Dartmouth.
One day, Bertha said that her aunt Margaret had invited her to spend the summer holiday with her. And they would have picnics and parties as well. But Grace told Bertha that she planned to stay in Clarkman's bookstore until the new term bega... | middle4883.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "record the number of each kind of butterfly"
},
"options": [
"study 830,000 butterflies",
"help scientists take notes",
"record the number of each kind of butterfly",
"find how many kinds of butterflies there are"
]... | According to a national study, in the summer of 2013, the long-term warm weather in the UK has made the number of butterflies increase.
Around 46,000 volunteers took part in the year's Big Butterfly Count , and they found 830,000 butterflies.Volunteers were asked to make a record.They would record how many times they... | middle5545.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "near my school"
},
"options": [
"behind the school",
"near my home",
"near my school",
"behind my home"
],
"question": "Where is the new shopping mall?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"an... | There is a new shopping mall near my school. It is very big. There are five floors of shops and each floor is very big. There are lots of clothes shops, but only one sports shop. There are lots of restaurants on the top floor, you can eat different kinds of food from different countries . I like going to see a movi... | middle8059.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "at 8:00"
},
"options": [
"at 9:00",
"at 7:30",
"at 8:30",
"at 8:00"
],
"question": "From the passage we know the students used to have the class _ in the morning.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}... | Some school officials want to change class time from 8:00am to 9:00am.What do you think?
Jill----"I think it's a good idea! I usually get up at 6:10 and it's difficult for me. At night I have to do lots of homework and I like to watch TV . I go to bed at about 11:00 pm. I usually can't catch the bus at 7:30 in the mor... | middle6074.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "in 2003"
},
"options": [
"in 2003",
"in 2004",
"at 6.00p.m.",
"at the age of12"
],
"question": "Alain Robert first climbed the tall building _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer":... | As a child,Alain Robert was afraid of height.One day,when he was 12,he returned home from school.At the front door of his building,he looked for his keys.He didn't find them.It was 3.30p.m.and his parents worked until 6.00p.m.Alain looked at his apartment on the eighth floor.He saw an open window.He closed his eyes and... | middle2212.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "sign language"
},
"options": [
"sign language",
"Chinese culture",
"a foreign language",
"bodies"
],
"question": ". This passage mainly talks about _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"a... | There's one language that is used in every country in the world. It's everyone's second language. It's easy to be understood, although you can't hear it. It's sign language.
When you wave to a friend who is crossing the street, you're using sign language. When you raise your hand in class, you're saying, "I think I kno... | middle4105.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Three."
},
"options": [
"One.",
"Two.",
"Three.",
"Many."
],
"question": "How many preserved ancient cities are there in China?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_i... | Pingyao is one of China's three protected ancient cities (the other two are Xi'an and Jingzhou). Lying in the middle of Shanxi Province, 90 kilometers south of Taiyuan, Pingyao ancient city used to be about two hours' drive from the capital of Shanxi Province, but now the distance is only one hour and ten minutes' driv... | middle2574.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Hainan"
},
"options": [
"Hunan",
"Zhejiang",
"Guangdong",
"Hainan"
],
"question": "Which city was not affected by the smoggy weather on Saturday?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer":... | BEIJING--Heavy haze still covered north and east China on Saturday, with
highways closed and flights delayed or canceled .
The smoggy weather affected the country's land from north to south, including Beijing, Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Hunan, Guangxi and Guangdong, with visibility less than 50 me... | middle6712.txt |
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