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"answer_text": "he improved the lives of people in developing countries"
},
"options": [
"he was a famous professor and physicist at UC, Berkeley",
"he improved the lives of people in developing countries",
"he spent thirty years helping peo... | On May 2, 2012, Ashok Gadgil became the winner of the $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Global Innovation . Each year, the honor is given to an inventor who has made a big difference in the lives of people in developing countries. Gadgil is a professor and physicist at the University of California, Berkeley. He spent th... | middle3094.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Last month."
},
"options": [
"Yesterday.",
"Last week.",
"Every morning.",
"Last month."
],
"question": "When did Jenny make her new term resolutions?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"ans... | My cousin Jenny made some new term resolutions last month.
First she wants to keep healthy. So she is going to exercise more and eat a lot of healthier food. She isn't going to eat junk food. She is going to make a volleyball team because she likes it and she's also good at playing it. And she also wants to improve her... | middle4923.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "watch TV"
},
"options": [
"are busy with their classes",
"do their homework",
"watch TV",
"listen to the radio"
],
"question": "A few children go to bed late because they _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_ques... | Most children like watching TV. It's very interesting. By watching TV they can see and learn a lot and know many things about their country and the world. Of course, they can also learn over the radio. But they can learn better and more easily on TV. Why? Because they can hear and watch at the same time. But they can't... | middle2361.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "visit his friend"
},
"options": [
"spend his holiday",
"visit his friend",
"study English",
"have a meeting"
],
"question": "Simon went to London to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"... | One day an American called Simon went to London to visit his friend, Rick. Rick told him that his flat was on the first floor. When he arrived, Simon went straight to the first floor of the building. But he was told that there was no Rick on that floor. Do you know why?
In fact, the British call the first floor of a bu... | middle4710.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The advantages of watching TV"
},
"options": [
"TV brings a good rest",
"The advantages of watching TV",
"Today's TV programs",
"How to use TV in schools"
],
"question": "The best title for the text is _ .",
... | I like watching TV very much, for I think it has many advantages . First of all, watching TV is a good rest(;). After a day of hard work, we need a good rest. Watching TV can make our mind and body not tired any more because of the pleasant music and TV plays. Besides , watching TV is entertaining . There are many kind... | middle7219.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "he was afraid he would be late for the play"
},
"options": [
"he knew there was a letter on the hall table",
"he had to tell someone to keep his letter until he got back",
"he was afraid he would be late for the play",
... | James and Harry came to London and stayed in the same hotel.
James came in in a great hurry one evening.A friend had offered him a ticket for a play. He saw a 1etter on the hall table."That will keep till I get back,"he thought,"no time to lose now."And he went off.
Harry came in a minute after James.There was a letter... | middle1668.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The writer didn't say anything about why the farmer was put in prison"
},
"options": [
"because he had done something wrong",
"because he had a lot of gold in the fields",
"The writer didn't say anything about why the farmer ... | A farmer was put in prison . One day, he got a letter from his wife.
"I am worried about our farm," she wrote. "It's time to plant potatoes, but I can't do all the digging by myself."
The farmer thought over and then had an idea. He wrote to his wife, "Don't dig the fields. This is where my gold is. Don't plant potat... | middle4076.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Australia"
},
"options": [
"England",
"America",
"London",
"Australia"
],
"question": "Jack is from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer... | Hello, I'm Jack. I live in Sydney, Australia. And I want an e-friend in China. I think China is a very interesting place. I am 14 years old and my birthday is in October. I can speak English and some French. I have a brother, Paul, and a sister, Sarah. They have e-friends in England and America. I like going shopping w... | middle3719.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "he expected too much of her"
},
"options": [
"he didn't like her",
"he expected too much of her",
"she had a boyfriend",
"she was uncomfortable"
],
"question": "The father was unhappy with the writer because _ ... | Last week my youngest son and I visited my father at his new house in Arizona.He moved there a few years ago,and I wanted very much to see his new place and meet his friends.
In my earliest memories my father was a tall,handsome and successful man.He loved his work and family,but was uncomfortable with his children.As ... | middle5368.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "black"
},
"options": [
"red",
"black",
"blue",
"white"
],
"question": "Jack's desk is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the de... | Dear Emma,
Thanks for sending me the photo of your room. Here is a photo of my room.
Look! A bed, a desk, a chair and a bookcase are in my room. My bed is blue and it is near the window . My desk is near the bed and it's black. My books and computer are on _ . An English dictionary is on the bookcase. Where is my penci... | middle2413.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Four"
},
"options": [
"Two",
"Three",
"Four",
"Five"
],
"question": "_ people are in Mr. Jones' family.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_... | Mr. Jones is in Beijing. He's a teacher. And Mrs. Jones is an English teacher. They have a boy and a girl. They are Paul and Michael. Paul is five and Michael is only three months . Paul loves his sister very much.
One day, Mrs. Jones' sister, Jane, comes to her family. She sees Michael for the first time . The boy s... | middle6675.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Amy's mother"
},
"options": [
"Amy's daughter",
"Amy's mother",
"the grandma doll",
"Angel of Joy"
],
"question": "We can tell from the story that Joyce is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{... | Amy was looking for a gift for her little daughter. Suddenly she stopped before a store of dolls.
"Girls like dolls," she thought as she was walking into it. Looking around, she saw a grandma doll - one with gray hair and a pair of glasses. In her mind appeared Joyce, her mother.
When Amy was a little girl, she got her... | middle6113.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The short-term memory becomes weaker."
},
"options": [
"The short-term memory becomes stronger.",
"The short-term memory becomes weaker.",
"The long-term memory becomes stronger.",
"The long-term memory becomes weaker."... | Memory is essential for life. We have a short-term memory and a long-term memory. When we get old, our short-term memory becomes weaker, but we can still remember things that happened a long time ago. There are many things we can do to improve our memory, such as using various memorizing methods as well as taking spec... | middle7225.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "stick to their eyes"
},
"options": [
"move downwards",
"move upwards",
"go out of the window",
"stick to their eyes"
],
"question": "If astronauts cry in spacecraft, their tears will _ .",
"question_type":... | SPACE is a lonely place. Hundreds of thousands of kilometers from home, astronauts have a hard life. It stands to reason that, once in a while, they need to have a good cry. But this is a lot harder than it sounds.
We still know very little about space, and about living in zero gravity. In fact, we are discovering new ... | middle1654.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Mary."
},
"options": [
"Mary.",
"Miss Li",
"Mr Johnson.",
"Lisa."
],
"question": "Who can teach children to play the piano?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index... | Passage A
Shenzhou Travel Agency
Five-day trip to Zhangjiajie By train
Five-star hotel
Call Miss Li at 5678-9230 for more information.
Piano Lessons
Music teacher
Good at teaching kids from 5 to 10 years of age
Call Mary at 8230-7861
Babysitter Wanted
A 2-year-old baby At my home
From 8:00 am to 4:0... | middle5432.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "To awaken anyone still asleep and to let others know there is a fire."
},
"options": [
"To ask people to put on their clothes",
"To ask people to look for valuables.",
"To awaken anyone still asleep and to let others know the... | 1.Know the fire exit and plan two ways out.
2.If you hear the smoke alarm or smell smoke, Shout "Fire! Everyone out!" to awaken anyone still asleep and to let others know there is a fire.
3. Feel the door with the back of your hand if there's a fire.
*If it's hot, use the window if possible. A warm door may mean ther... | middle3043.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "She doesn't know him."
},
"options": [
"He is cool.",
"He is popular.",
"She likes him.",
"She doesn't know him."
],
"question": "What does Ann think of Wang Lihong?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"ans... | Ann is a 13-year-old girl. She doesn't like popular music.
One of her friends asks her, "What do you think of Wang Lihong and his popular music?"
"Who is Wang Lihong? I don't know him." Ann says, "I like classical music."
Her friend looks at her surprisingly and says, "Classical music is for old people. We can't sta... | middle5354.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "A college student."
},
"options": [
"A teacher.",
"A doctor.",
"A college student.",
"A reporter."
],
"question": "What is the writer?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"a... | I entered a university after years of hard study. I thought my life would be full of happiness and knowledge. But my life in the university is not as what I had expected. Then I became lazy and silent, even puzzled . I don't know what my future would be like.
Four years in the university is only a short period. And a ... | middle6885.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "can tell the height of the speaker"
},
"options": [
"change more quickly as they get older",
"can tell the height of the speaker",
"sound different when they have water in their mouth",
"can tell the speaker's gender, a... | Our voice gives away a lot of information about ourselves. It can tell us our gender and age. And now, scientists say that it can also tell us our height.
Scientists at Washington University, Indiana University and University of California found that listeners could accurately tell the height of speakers, just by their... | middle7543.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He doesn't think it proper for a sign."
},
"options": [
"He doesn't think it means water closet.",
"He doesn't think it old-fashioned English.",
"He doesn't think it proper for a sign.",
"He thinks it elegant English."
... | Perhaps you've seen the English letters "WC" in your city. They show public toilets. But do you know it is far from elegant English? In fact, foreigners from English-speaking countries rarely use the letters.
Workers in our city are changing "WC" signs all over the city. The government is spending much money changing... | middle6649.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "call Mr. Brown"
},
"options": [
"call Mr. Brown",
"call 777-8953",
"see Mr. Brown at his school",
"write an e-mail to Mr. Brown"
],
"question": "If you need help with your math,you can _ .",
"question_typ... | Here is some information about some people.
I am a math teacher. I teach math very well. Do you need help with your math?Call me at 679-8840.(Mr. Brown)
I lost my blue bag. It's from my mom and I like it very much. Did you find my bag?Please call me at 777-8953.(Lucy)
I like playing the violin,but I can't play it well... | middle6891.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because he doesn't have a brother or a sister to talk or play with."
},
"options": [
"Because his parents don't love him.",
"Because he doesn't have holidays.",
"Because he doesn't have a brother or a sister to talk or play w... | It is most difficult for parents to decide whether to have a second child or not.
It is often heard that a single child is like to be a lonely child. There are no other children in the family for the child to talk or play with. An only child is not able to get along well with children of his age. Some parents regretted... | middle7557.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Her car stopped working on the road."
},
"options": [
"She met a bad guy on her way to a cafe.",
"Her car stopped working on the road.",
"She helped a man to fix his broken car.",
"Her friend asked her to pay his money ... | One day a man saw a lady on the road. Her car broke down and she needed help.
The man stopped his car and said: "I'm here to help you. You can call me Bryan Anderson." After he fixed the car, the lady wanted to pay him.
But Bryan said no. He said if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time she saw someone who n... | middle3731.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Four."
},
"options": [
"Three.",
"Four.",
"Five.",
"Six."
],
"question": "How many personality types are mentioned in the passage?",
"question_type": null
},
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
... | In our life,we may meet people with different personalities .What is your personality type ?Read about the following and find out!
A Dreamer thinks there is a"right"way to do things.This person wants to live in the"perfect world".Many are good listeners and like to help others.Many Dreamers work as teachers,and often l... | middle5340.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Last Saturday."
},
"options": [
"Last Thursday.",
"Last Friday.",
"Last Saturday.",
"Last Sunday."
],
"question": "When did the writer go to Hodo Soy Beanery Ockland?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
... | Last Friday my friend Deborah asked me if I would like to learn how to make tofu. I couldn't think of any good reason not to be interested in, so I said, "Yes". The next day I met her and another three nice people at the Hodo Soy Beanery Oakland. I enjoyed the trip. I got a lot from the trip. The following is what I le... | middle2349.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "The benefits of learning other languages."
},
"options": [
"The benefits of learning other languages.",
"The reasons why people come toAmerica.",
"The importance of learning English.",
"How to learn another language."
... | The Vieira family moved to the United States in 1981. At that time, they decided to stop speaking Spanish at home and only communicate in English. This was because they were now living in an English-speaking country.
Now the Vieira children are adults, and they sometimes travel to Spain to visit their family and frien... | middle3057.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "British"
},
"options": [
"British",
"Australian",
"American",
"Chinese"
],
"question": "Tony may be a(n) _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"a... | Dear mum and dad,
I'm writing this letter to you from the center of Australia. At the moment we're staying near Uluru--that's the aboriginal name for Ayers Rock. On the first day, we took a balloon tour over the rock, and I was surprised at how big it was: 3.6 kilometers long and 384 meters high. The colors of the roc... | middle7231.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Most of them are still alive."
},
"options": [
"Most of them because blind.",
"Most of them because of deaf.",
"Most of them died.",
"Most of them are still alive."
],
"question": "What happens to people attacke... | Should we be afraid of sharks ? Maybe not. New research into the reasons for shark attacks suggests that sharks don't like the way humans taste! In fact, most people who are attacked by the shark are still alive after receiving only one bite . Why is this?
There are many opinions to explain why sharks sometimes atta... | middle1898.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "spend their holiday"
},
"options": [
"sing songs",
"tell jokes",
"spend their holiday",
"find work"
],
"question": "The three friends came to New York to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | Three friends, Tom, David and John, came to New York for their holiday. They stayed in a very large hotel. Their room was on the 45thfloor.
In the evening, the three men went to the cinema and came back to the hotel very late.
"I'm very sorry," said the man of the hotel, "but our lifts do not work tonight. If you don'... | middle1640.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "go to the taxi stand and wait there"
},
"options": [
"wait at the airport",
"wait in the street",
"go to the taxi stand and wait there",
"go to the bus stop"
],
"question": "If you want to take a taxi, you shoul... | Here's how you can take the taxi in Japan
*From train station or airports , go to the _ and wait there.
*In the street, look for a taxi that has a red light in the front window. It means the taxi has no passengers . ( If the light is green, the taxi has passengers. )
*When you see an empty taxi, wave your hand and cal... | middle7966.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "the hamburger"
},
"options": [
"Chinese food",
"Mexican food",
"French fries",
"the hamburger"
],
"question": "In the United States the favorite food is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
... | The favorite food in the United States is the hamburger. The favorite place to buy a hamburger is a fast food restaurant. At fast food restaurant, people order their food, wait a few minutes, and carry it to their tables themselves. People also take their food out of the restaurant and eat it in their cars or in their ... | middle883.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "lifts"
},
"options": [
"fire escapes",
"lifts",
"roofs",
"stairways"
],
"question": "You can try to escape a fire except _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_ind... | Escaping from a fire is a serious matter. Knowing what to do during a fire can save a life. It is important to know the ways you can use and show them to everyone in the family, for example, you can use stairways, roofs and fire escapes, but no lifts.
From the lower floors of buildings, to escape through windows is p... | middle129.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "farmers"
},
"options": [
"workers",
"farmers",
"drivers",
"doctors"
],
"question": "Mr. and Mrs. Read are _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"... | Mr. Read has a large farm near a hill. He and his wife are busy all the day. They're often tired but they have a lot of expensive things and they live a happy life.
One day their sows had twenty baby pigs. Mrs. Read had to look after them at home. And at that time she had much housework to do. Several weeks later she ... | middle5803.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "robots' arms and hands"
},
"options": [
"scientists' hands",
"tools in their hands",
"robots' arms and hands",
"workers' hands"
],
"question": "The astronauts work in space with _",
"question_type": "cloze_... | Have you ever seen people building houses? To build a house , you need workers. They use their hands , tools and machines to put things together. Building the ISS is the same. The difference is that the workers are astronauts. They walk in space and use robots' arms and hands to do their work.
In the space station ,a... | middle7972.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Because the people think Zhang Wuben is a famous nutritionist and doctor."
},
"options": [
"Because the people think Zhang Wuben is a famous nutritionist and doctor.",
"Because the people like eggplant and gram best.",
"Becau... | More and more Chinese people care for their own health. I come from England. I came to China five years ago. I began to learn cooking Chinese food from my father. When I was fifteen, I began to help my mother in the kitchen. My father is a very famous cook in Beijing. So he taught me many things about cooking. In the p... | middle667.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a newspaper"
},
"options": [
"a postcard",
"a newspaper",
"a comic book",
"a novel"
],
"question": "The passage is probably taken from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | Rubbish sorting probably doesn't sound like much fun. But there is a new mobile game that may change your opinion about it, and you might even learn something while you play it-Meet Sortee.
Meet Sortee is a puzzle game developed by Flow Studio, a UK company. It makes you think deeply about everyday objects and their ... | middle7782.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "In the forest where he was working"
},
"options": [
"When he was working",
"In his garden",
"In the forest where he was working",
"On his farm fields, where he was farming"
],
"question": "Where did the woodcutt... | A woodcutter was working in the forest one day when he found a box full of gold coins. Unfortunately, his wife was the kind of woman who could not keep a secret. Somehow, he knew, he had to prevent her from talking about the gold.
He thought about this for a long time, then had an idea.
" I found something in the for... | middle1495.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Four months."
},
"options": [
"Two months.",
"Three months.",
"Four months.",
"Five months."
],
"question": "How long is each term?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answ... | American Schools
American schools begin in September after a long summer holiday. There are two terms in a school year. The first term is from September to January, and the second is from February to June. Most American children begin to go to school when they are five years old. Most students are seventeen or eightee... | middle101.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Anytime during a day."
},
"options": [
"Only in the day time.",
"Only at night.",
"Only some time.",
"Anytime during a day."
],
"question": "When can you use the room service?",
"question_type": "factiod_que... | Welcome to Franklin Hotel! We will make your stay here as enjoyable as possible. We hope we will give you the best service.
*Room Service: You can use the service 24 hours a day.
*Dining Room: You can have three meals a day in the dining room. Breakfast is from 8:00 to 9:30. Also the room waiter may bring breakfast to ... | middle3282.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "he had nothing to eat for a long time"
},
"options": [
"he was poor.",
"he was ill.",
"he had nothing to eat for a long time",
"he walked"
],
"question": "The student was very hungry because _ .",
"questi... | One day a poor student walked in a town. He didn't have anything to eat for several days and he was very hungry. But when he saw a man selling steamed bread ( ), he let out a scream ( ) and fell ( ) to the ground. When the man asked the student what was the matter, the student answered, "I don't like steamed bread. Whe... | middle115.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "convince readers to maintain cultural differences"
},
"options": [
"explain cultural differences",
"convince readers to maintain cultural differences",
"predict the future of globalization",
"show some cultural phenomen... | Take a look at teenagers around, dressed in baggy-pants , drinking soft drinks such as coke, reading Japanese cartoons. Whether you are in Beijing, Wuhan or Hong Kong, you will get the same impression. But should we copy others or should we maintain our differences?
It sounds convenient that people around the world ... | middle1481.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a science book"
},
"options": [
"a history book",
"a TV guide",
"a science book",
"a telephone book"
],
"question": "You can most probably read the passage in _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},... | Taking away a city's rubbish is a big job. Every day trucks come into a city to collect it. Most rubbish is made up of things we can't eat or use. If we kept these things we would soon have a mountain of rubbish.
In some cities the rubbish is collected and taken outside of the city to a dump . Often the city dump is pl... | middle673.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "her grandpa"
},
"options": [
"her mother",
"all the guests",
"her grandpa",
"a rich woman and her son"
],
"question": "Jane learns a lot from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer":... | Jane is only four years o1d and she doesn't go to school. But she is very clever and learns a lot from her grandpa--an old teacher. One day, Jane's mother, Mrs John takes her to a party. The guests all praise a rich woman's son. Mrs John asks him a few questions, but his answers are wrong. Jane begins to laugh.
The ric... | middle6488.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "brothers"
},
"options": [
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"brothers",
"sisters",
"friends"
],
"question": "Cara and Ben are _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,... | These are Cara and Ben. They are twins . They are twelve. This is their bedroom. It's a nice room. There are two beds in the room. The yellow bed is Cara's and that green one is Ben's. The twins have one desk and two chairs. The chairs look the same. Cara's sweater is on his bed. Ben's coat is on his chair. Their cloc... | middle7796.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "newspaper"
},
"options": [
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"newspaper",
"textbook",
"story"
],
"question": "Maybe the passage is from a/an _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
... | People's Daily Online 07:57, March 13, 2014
According to "China's Economic Life Survey 2013-2014", reported by CCTV (China Central Television) on March 4, 20 cities in China has been chosen as the happiest cities in the country. The China's Economic Life Survey, sponsored by CCTV, the National Bureau of Statistics, ... | middle2836.txt |
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"answer_text": "writer"
},
"options": [
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"teacher",
"actor",
"writer"
],
"question": "Roald Dahl was famous as a (an) _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
... | Roald Dahl was one of the most successful writers of children's books. He sold millions of books all over the world. Many of his books have been made into films and videos. He is so famous that there is even a Roald Dahl Museum you can visit.
Roald Dahl was born in 1916 in Wales, Britain. His father was rich but he die... | middle5181.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "low and high"
},
"options": [
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"low and high",
"low and salty",
"salty and flat"
],
"question": "People live on _ lands.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | People live all over world. They live on land that is low. They live on land that is high. Some live near the oceans. Others live far from the oceans.
Earth has many different kinds of lands. In some places, the land is flat . Flat lands are called plains .
Some parts of Earth have hills. Hills are higher than the land... | middle2605.txt |
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"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "parents"
},
"options": [
"parents",
"brothers",
"sisters",
"friends"
],
"question": "When we first get on the train, the people we meet are our _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answe... | Life is like a train ride. We get on. We ride. We get off. We get back on and ride some more. There are accidents and there are delays .At certain stops, there are surprises. Some of these will change into great moments of joy; some will result in bad results.
When we are born and we first get on the train, we meet peo... | middle4274.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "draw people's special attention to eye hygiene ."
},
"options": [
"criticize children who are shortsighted.",
"blame parents and schools for children's being shortsighted.",
"ask the high school graduates to pay attention to... | Schools and parents in Shenzhen City have been asked to take better care of children's eyesight as 45 percent of them were found to be shortsighted. Too much reading, poor lighting and too much TV are blamed . Of the city's high school graduates who applied to study at colleges this summer, but now he gets up earlier. | middle840.txt |
[
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "How to make your password much safer."
},
"options": [
"What passwords are.",
"How a password is hacked.",
"How to make your password much safer.",
"Why hackers hack your password."
],
"question": "What is the m... | Always forgetting your long passwords ? Worried about being hacked ?All these worries will soon become history. Scientists have found that upper-casing your password can help you reduce the chance being hacked.
Usually passwords are six letters or more.However,50 percent of people choose a common word or simple key com... | middle698.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "five"
},
"options": [
"three",
"four",
"five",
"six"
],
"question": "There are _ people in Chris's family?",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"ans... | Perfect Presents
David is going to American to stay with his penfriend, Chris.David wants to take some presents with him.
Chris lives in New York with his parents and his two sisters.We both love sports, especially (,)football and basketball.
My mum thinks it is a good idea to take presents for all the family.So here ... | middle6463.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because the writer wants to attract us to the zoo."
},
"options": [
"Because the writer wants to frighten us in the zoo.",
"Because the writer wants to make us lovely in the zoo.",
"Because the writer wants to attract us to t... | Visit the Forest Zoo. Come and see the Indian elephants and the new tigers from Northeast of China. The beautiful birds from England are ready to sing songs for you, and the monkeys from Mount Emei will be happy to talk to you. The lovely dogs from Australia want to laugh at you. Sichuan pandas will play balls for you.... | middle6305.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "chat tool"
},
"options": [
"game",
"chat tool",
"book",
"TV programmer"
],
"question": "QQ is a kind of _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"an... | QQ is one of the most popular chat tools among teenagers. We regard it as an important chat tool in our dailylife 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 ... | middle4512.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Because his own window was dirty."
},
"options": [
"Because the woman's window was dirty.",
"Because his own window was dirty.",
"Because the woman lived far away.",
"Because he had poor eyesight."
],
"question"... | Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. There was another building not far from mine. A woman lived there. I had never met her, but I could see her sit by the window each afternoon, sewing or reading.
After several months, I began to notice that her window was dirty. Everything was unclear through the dirty w... | middle4506.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Bert"
},
"options": [
"Guy",
"Bert",
"Bert's friend",
"Guy's brother"
],
"question": "_ Invited the writer to his birthday party.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_... | Yesterday was my friend Bert's birthday. He invited me to his house for his birthday party. Another friend Guy could take me to the party by car.
Well,I was getting dressed when Guy rang and said he was ill. So I decided to go by train. Unluckily, when I was talking on the phone, the cat walked over my shirt. Then I sp... | middle3269.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The bing jellyfish."
},
"options": [
"The dark .",
"Talking with others.",
"The bing jellyfish.",
"Riding a bike on busy streets."
],
"question": "What is Rachel afraid of ?",
"question_type": "factiod_quest... | Everyone is afraid of something.
Tommy, 11, is afraid of the dark. Rachel ,11, is most afraid of the big jellyfish in Australia. Morgan, 9 ,wishes she would stop being afraid to ride a bike on busy streets.
What's fear ? Fear is a feeling that everyone has, and that's a good thing because fear is there to protect us .... | middle5618.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "milk"
},
"options": [
"bike",
"book",
"shoes",
"milk"
],
"question": "We can buy _ in the shop.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text":... | Welcome to our food shop. All kinds of food are on sale! Do you need vegetables? We have many kinds of vegetables. They are not dear. Do you like milk? We have good milk, like Guangming, Mengniu and Yili, for just two yuan a bottle. Do you like chicken? Chicken is for just twelve yuan a kilo. Beef is for just eighteen... | middle6311.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "comes once a year"
},
"options": [
"comes once a year",
"is on February 4th",
"comes twice a year",
"is on the first day of spring"
],
"question": "Valentine's Day _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
... | Valentine's Day is on February 14th every year. On this day, people send valentines to their loved ones. Valentine's Day is a special time to tell how much you care about a person.
Many people send candy in hearted shaped boxes to people they love. Flowers are also presents that people send on Valentine's Day. Valenti... | middle7769.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "a sore throat"
},
"options": [
"a sore throat",
"a headache",
"a cough",
"a stomachache"
],
"question": "If you catch a cold, you may have _ at first.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"a... | You may get a cold sometimes. It often starts with a sore throat. You sneeze and your nose runs. You usually have a headache, too. Often you have a cough later. It's not a serious illness, but you may feel quite bad.
_ For example, you can take aspirin to get rid of your headache. It is good to rest and drink a ... | middle854.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "In the room."
},
"options": [
"In the room.",
"In the street.",
"In front of the house.",
"Close to the boy."
],
"question": "Where is Mr. White at first?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
... | Mr. White looks out of his window. There is a boy at the other side of the street. The boy takes some bread out of a bag and begins eating it.There is a very thin dog in the street, too. The boy says to it, "I'll give you some bread."
The dog is hungry and goes to the boy, but he does not give it any bread. He kicks t... | middle1318.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "a doctor"
},
"options": [
"an old sailor",
"a fisherman",
"a cook",
"a doctor"
],
"question": "Alain Bombard was _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | It can be dangerous to travel by sea. Ships sometimes sink far away from land. When this happens, the sailors have to get into small boats. If another ship does not come and help them and they do not have enough food or water, they will die.
Most people believe we must not drink sea water. They believe that if we do,... | middle14.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Five."
},
"options": [
"Six.",
"Five.",
"Eight.",
"Nine."
],
"question": "How many suggestions does the writer give if you want to stay at home?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": ... | Many middle school students don't know how to spend their free time. When they have holidays, they always have nothing to do and feel bored. Some may play computer games all day long and some may stay in bed and sleep all day. It's not a good way. Here are some suggestions .
If you don't like to stay at home, you can g... | middle4260.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "may need a doctor"
},
"options": [
"looks well",
"may need a doctor",
"is healthy",
"is \"in the pink\""
],
"question": "After reading the passage, we can infer if someone \"looks gray\", he _ .",
"quest... | Americans have used colours to create many expressions they use every day.
We say we're "in the pink" when we are in good health. It is easy to understand how this expression was born. When my face has a nice fresh, pink colour, it is a sign which shows my health is good.
The colour green is natural for trees, it is an... | middle7741.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the Italian film festival"
},
"options": [
"the Peak Galleria",
"Hong Kong Racing Museum",
"the Italian film festival",
"the concert"
],
"question": "Haohao hasn't been to _ yet.",
"question_type": "cloz... | Dear Dongdong
I have been in Hong Kong for a whole week. I will stay here for another week.
Hong Kong is really a great place to visit. There's so much to see and do here. And I've done so many wonderful things.
I've taken the cable car to the Peak Galleria . I've been to Hong Kong Racing Museum. I've known a lot abo... | middle1330.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "28"
},
"options": [
"14",
"28",
"32",
"36"
],
"question": "If the writer is awake for 14 hours each day, he will need _ squares in his schedule.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer"... | Do you feel you have enough time to do all the things you have to do or want to do? How do you think you could plan your day better? A daily schedule will help you plan every part of it. If you learn to manage your time, you will probably feel less worried. Here is how to do it. 1. Take out a piece of paper and a r... | middle5156.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "has very sharp teeth"
},
"options": [
"is from the USA",
"has bright black fins",
"has very sharp teeth",
"was seen in a forest"
],
"question": "The tigherfish _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}... | January 16, 2014 - We know the saying "The early bird gets the worm", but today you're going to learn about the interesting saying "The early fish gets the bird."
An African tigerfish was seen jumping out of the air and catching a flying bird. The African tigerfish has bright red fins and very sharp teeth. There have... | middle2639.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "she needed her help"
},
"options": [
"the old woman lived alone",
"she needed her help",
"the old woman couldn't look after herself",
"the old woman could give her much money."
],
"question": "Sandra asked her m... | Mrs Black is sixty-nine years old. She has only a daughter named Sandra. Mr Black died twelve years ago. She was very sad and lived in her house alone. Two years later her daughter had a baby. The woman was busy all the time and no time to look after her son James. She asked her mother to live with with them.
The old w... | middle3527.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Blue"
},
"options": [
"Red",
"Yellow",
"Blond",
"Blue"
],
"question": "What color are her eyes?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "... | Look! The girl looks _ a Barbie doll . She has long blond hair. Her blue eyes are big, but her mouth and nose are small. She is a nice girl. Who is she?
Oh, she is Sally. She is from England. She is thirteen years old. Her mom and dad are English. Both of them are in Beijing now. Her mom is my English teacher. She ... | middle4248.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "they have hands like people's hands"
},
"options": [
"they learn more quickly than other monkeys",
"they have hands like people's hands",
"they like to watch how people live",
"they are small, cute and naughty"
],
... | Monkeys That Lend a Hand
Have you ever dropped something while both your hands were full and wished you had another hand to pick it up? Some people cannot use their arms or hands to do simple jobs because they have been hurt or are sick. Usually they depend on other people to help them. This problem made two women thin... | middle3241.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "didn't see a dentist"
},
"options": [
"wasn't afraid",
"didn't see a dentist",
"wanted to see a dentist",
"went to see a dentist"
],
"question": "Mr. Robinson _ until his teeth began aching a lot.",
"que... | Mr. Robinson never went to see a dentist, because he was afraid , but then his teeth began aching a lot, and he had to see a dentist. The dentist did a lot of work in his mouth for a long time. On the last day Mr. Robinson asked the dentist, "How much is all the work going to cost ?" "Twenty-five dollars," said the den... | middle5630.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "an hour before sunset"
},
"options": [
"late at night",
"early in the morning",
"an hour before sunset",
"thirty minutes after sunset"
],
"question": "There was something wrong with the writer's car _ .",
... | Last July, my 12-year-old car died on California's Santa Freeway. It was an hour before sunset, and I was 25 miles from home. I couldn't reach anyone to pick me up, so I decided to take a bus. Not knowing the routes, I thought I'd just go east.
A bus stopped. I got on and asked the driver how far she was going, "Ten mo... | middle1456.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "\"banana persons\""
},
"options": [
"English letters",
"People's names",
"\"banana persons\"",
"American bananas"
],
"question": "From the passage, we can learn \"ABC\" means _ .",
"question_type": "cloze... | You may know the English letters A, B and C, but do you know there are people called "ABC"? You may like eating bananas, but do you know there are people called "banana persons"? If you don't know, I will tell you about it. They are some Chinese people like you and me, but they aren't in China. Why do people call them ... | middle7027.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "advise people about safe driving in winter"
},
"options": [
"show his dislikes about bad winter weather",
"give information about winter weather",
"ask people not to drive in winter",
"advise people about safe driving i... | Winter is dangerous because it's so difficult to know what is going to happen and accidents take place so easily. Fog can be waiting to meet you over the top of a hill. Ice might be hiding under the melting snow, waiting ahead to send you off the road. The car coming to you may suddenly slip across the road.
Rule Numbe... | middle1442.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "improve their lives"
},
"options": [
"get better grades",
"improve their lives",
"learn more things",
"get along well with others"
],
"question": "KIDS is a charity group that helps disabled children to _ .",... | KIDS is a charity group.It is to help disabled children to live a better life . Is was set up in 1970 by John Mulcahy , a teacher who cared for a disabled child in one of his classes.John wanted to improve communication with this child and asked for help from the child's mother. This, in turn,set up the KIDS idea:worki... | middle7033.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "she needed her help"
},
"options": [
"the old woman lived alone",
"she needed her help",
"the old woman couldn't look after herself",
"the old woman could give her much money"
],
"question": "Sandra asked her mo... | Mrs. Black is sixty-nine years old. She only has a daughter named Sandra. Mr. Black died twelve years ago. Mrs. Black was very sad and lived in her house alone. Two years ago her daughter had a baby. The young woman was busy all the time and had no time to look after her son James. She asked her mother to live with the... | middle3255.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "He is tall."
},
"options": [
"He is short.",
"He is tall.",
"He is fat.",
"He has short hair."
],
"question": "What does Xiao Guang look?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
... | My son Xiao Guang is 11 years old. He is a tall boy. He is a student at Yucai Primary School.
He loves table tennis and he is good at it. He often plays table tennis with his classmates. The training makes him strong. After training, he enjoys watching table tennis games on TV.
I am a worker and I also play table tenn... | middle5624.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "A TV play."
},
"options": [
"A TV play.",
"A popular song.",
"A spacecraft.",
"An alien."
],
"question": "What is Star Trek?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_inde... | The first part of a new science-fiction series was shown on NBC last night. Star Trek is about a spacecraft which travels faster than the speed of light. The show is developed from three ideas about the 22ndcentury. First, we'll find other life forms great tools which will make amazing things possible.
Let's think abo... | middle5142.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Travelling by air to other countries is much cheaper today."
},
"options": [
"Modern telegraph lines make travel less expensive.",
"Travelling by air to other countries is much cheaper today.",
"More guides are being trained... | Tourism wasn't as important as it is today. In the past, only people with a good deal of money could travel on holidays to other countries. More people travel today than in the past because there is a growing middle class in many parts of the world. That is to say, people now have more money for travelling. Special air... | middle3533.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "his/ her ears will not change in shape"
},
"options": [
"his/ her ears are red",
"his/ her ears will not change all the life",
"his/ her ears will not change in shape",
"he/ she will get large ears"
],
"question... | The size and shape of your ears show your character more than any other part of the face. Other parts of the face change shapes as we get older, but ears do not change their shapes. They only change in size.
Reading people's character from their ears is a very old science. In the past people thought that a person's ear... | middle868.txt |
[
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "student"
},
"options": [
"student",
"farmer",
"manager",
"engineer"
],
"question": "Tom is a (n) _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_te... | Tom's father has a big farm. On New Year's Day, his father asked him, "Could you work on the farm when you're free this year, Tom?"
"Farming is not my work, Dad. I have much school work to do," Tom wasn't glad at _ .
"If you help me work on the farm, I will give you anything you want."
"OK," Tom _ happily.
So Tom gets ... | middle7755.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "elephants"
},
"options": [
"monkeys",
"tigers",
"elephants",
"donkeys"
],
"question": "Which animal likes bananas best ?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": ... | In our town, there is a big zoo with a lot of animals in it. There are so beautiful tigers and two old lions. They eat a lot of meat every day.
There are also two big elephants and one baby elephant. The elephants are kind animals. They eat a lot every day. They like children. Children often give them bread and bananas... | middle28.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "five"
},
"options": [
"three",
"four",
"five",
"six"
],
"question": "There were _ people in James' family.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"an... | James got up at five to seven. His parents and his little twin sisters went traveling in France and he had to look after himself at home. He opened the fridge, but he found only two hamburgers in it. He decided to have breakfast in the restaurant at the other side of the street. He sat at a table and the waiter came up... | middle7812.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Dave"
},
"options": [
"Bob",
"Bill",
"Dave",
"Amy"
],
"question": "_ was the eldest son.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "An ad"
... | Amy had three sons, Dave, Bill and Bob. Every year her sons sent her expensive gifts on her birthday.
The eldest son Dave had a lot of money and he wanted his mother to have the most expensive gifts, but he didn't know what to buy. So he put an ad in the newspaper. " Wanted ---- the greatest gift for my mother."
Abou... | middle5963.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Senses Are Changeable"
},
"options": [
"Senses Are Important",
"An Interesting Experiment",
"A Famous Scientist",
"Senses Are Changeable"
],
"question": "What could be the best title for the passage?",
"ques... | We see with our eyes and taste with our tongues. Ears are for hearing, skin is for feeling and noses are for smelling. Would anyone say that ears can smell, or that tongues can see? Actually, yes. Paul Bach-y-Rita, a scientist at the University of Wisconsin, believes that the senses can changeable. For example, a tongu... | middle5977.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Three"
},
"options": [
"One",
"Two",
"Three",
"Four"
],
"question": "How many new teachers does Lucy have this term?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
... | Hello!I'm Lucy. We have three new teachers this term. But I like the English teacher best. Who is she? She is Linda Smith. Do you want to know her?
Linda is very beautiful. Look! She has a round face, two big blue eyes, a straight nose and a small mouth. Her hair is very long. And she is not tall and not short. She lik... | middle7806.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the fashion trends"
},
"options": [
"the punks",
"the fashion trends",
"the hippies",
"the famous musicians"
],
"question": "The passage is mainly about _ in Camden.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
... | Sports, school are tiring. But there is a great way to _ after all of those activities. Go to north London, to the coolest part of the city---Camden. There you can find fashion trends (,) and famous people.
Sam and I walked down Camden High Street and made our way to a bridge over Regent's Canal. It is a 9-mile man-mad... | middle2956.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "mental problems"
},
"options": [
"no parents",
"no secrets",
"poor memories",
"mental problems"
],
"question": "The students who often become worried or have trouble getting on with others may have _ .",
... | Mr. Ma, a famous mental doctor from Beijing once said at an important meeting, "Now many young students can have problems with their minds. Some students become worried because they have to study very hard. Others have trouble getting on well with people around them like their parents and classmates. Parents and teache... | middle1287.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Facts about comets."
},
"options": [
"Comets and the sun.",
"Why comets are like snowballs.",
"Who discovered the first comet.",
"Facts about comets."
],
"question": "What is this passage mostly about?",
"qu... | Comets are parts of our solar system. Like the planets, they go around the sun.
But comets are not made of solid rocks like planets. A comet is a ball of dust, stones, and ice. Many people call comets dirty snowballs.
The "snowball" may be only a few miles across. But when the sun heats the "snowball," much of it is c... | middle713.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "next to the window; on the desk; under the bed"
},
"options": [
"next to the window; on the bed; on the desk",
"next to the window; on the desk; under the bed",
"next to the desk; on the bed; under the bed",
"next to th... | This room is not big but nice. There's a bed, a desk and some chairs in it. The desk is next to the window. On the desk, there is a book, a glass and some cakes. The bed is next to the desk. There are trousers and a coat on the bed. The trousers are green. They are new. The coat is yellow. It's new, too. Under the bed... | middle4499.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Wilma Rudolph overcame many difficulties to become a great athlete."
},
"options": [
"Wilma Rudolph's family helped her overcome polio.",
"Wilma Rudolph was seriously sick when she was a young girl.",
"Wilma Rudolph was a gre... | You might think that Olympic athletes are the healthiest people in the world. It's true that many are. However, it's also true that many Olympic athletes had to overcome illnesses early in their lives.
One excellent example is Wilma Rudolph. She competed in track-and-field events in the 1960 Olympics. She didn't win j... | middle5787.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "friends"
},
"options": [
"classmates",
"sisters",
"brothers",
"friends"
],
"question": "Ann and Lucy are _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"a... | I'm Ann. I'm English. I'm twelve. I was born on May 17 , 1991. I learn Chinese at Beijing No.3 Middle School. I have a good friend. Her name is Lucy. She is twelve, too. We are in the same grade. But we are not in the same class. I'm in Class Two, and she is in Class Three. We have the same Chinese teacher . Her nam... | middle5793.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "unpleasantly in Europe"
},
"options": [
"unpleasantly in the US",
"joyfully in the US",
"unpleasantly in Europe",
"joyfully in Europe"
],
"question": "The author spent his 14th Christmas _ .",
"question_t... | When I spent Christmas away from home in Europe for the first time, I was only 14 and it was absolutely terrible. I am now married and live in the US. So there is little possibility for me to go home for Christmas. Now I am able to get through Christmas with some moments of joy:
First, you are advised to search your ar... | middle7184.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "It's cheap, nice and safe."
},
"options": [
"It's nice but expensive.",
"It's good but too expensive.",
"It's cheap, nice and safe.",
"It's comfortable."
],
"question": "What does the writer think of the bright ... | Today more and more cars go into families. Which car is the best for people? Different people have different ideas.
Some people like the bright colour car made in China. It's really a good choice . The bright colour car made in China is cheap, nice and safe. This kind of cars is suit for the general income family.
S... | middle1293.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The course includes different English skills."
},
"options": [
"You have to finish all the courses online.",
"You can get extra lessons for an hour a day.",
"The course includes different English skills.",
"Only childre... | English A
Because it's never too late to start learning English Course structure and goals
A basic course that improves different English skills. Lessons focus on pronunciation of words and sounds, listening, practicing casual English, reading and combining all of these skills together.
We learn through introducing our... | middle2942.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a worker"
},
"options": [
"a teacher",
"a bus driver",
"a worker",
"a player"
],
"question": "That man is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"... | Do you know that man? He is my uncle. His name is David Smith. He is forty-eight this year. He is a worker. He works in a Car Factory. His factory is not near his home. So he gets up early in the morning and takes a bus to work.
At about seven thirty, he gets to his factory. He makes the parts of the car. He makes ... | middle3484.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "English holiday camps"
},
"options": [
"holiday camps",
"English holiday camps",
"science holiday camps",
"Chinese holiday camps"
],
"question": "Students in Hong Kong like to take part in the _ .",
"ques... | Do you know something about the holiday camps in Hong Kong? The students in Hong Kong used to take part in an English holiday camp in their holidays. And their parents weren't with them, though they were very young.
Now they still enjoy taking part in many kinds of holiday camps without their parents. Many parents let ... | middle4300.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "they use computers too often and many people have forgotten how to write them"
},
"options": [
"they use computers too often and many people have forgotten how to write them",
"Chinese characters are too difficult to write",
... | China is a nation with a rich culture in handwriting. "Even though the computer is widely used today, Chinese people should not forget the skill of writing with hands," said a Chinese government official .
Nowadays, the computer has become a very useful tool to help people to write. As people use computers more often t... | middle2771.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "he didn't know English well"
},
"options": [
"he had no mushrooms in the kitchen",
"he disliked the mushrooms",
"he didn't know English well",
"he thought the mushrooms were poisonous"
],
"question": "The waiter... | A young man called Jack has visited many countries. He knows few foreign languages, but he can always find someone who knows enough English to understand what he says. Last summer he went to China. He enjoyed himself in China and liked Chinese food very much.
One day he went into a restaurant in a small village. He kne... | middle1278.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "it could talk with the people"
},
"options": [
"it was pretty beautiful",
"it could talk with the people",
"it was a very unusual bird",
"it was in the middle of the store"
],
"question": "The parrot was expensi... | Once there was a parrot on sale in a pet store. It was a beautiful red and blue bird. It sat on a perch in the middle of the store, so that everyone could see it when they came in. The owner was very proud of it and asked a high price for it.
One day a man went into the store. "That's a beautiful bird," he said to the ... | middle7609.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Two."
},
"options": [
"One.",
"Two.",
"Three.",
"Four."
],
"question": "How many persons asked the driver about the time?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index":... | A driver stopped his car on a street side to have a rest. As he lay down in the seat and closed his eyes, a person came up and knocked at the window to ask the time. The driver opened his eyes and looked at his watch: "It's 8:05," he said. Then he went to sleep again. But soon he was waken up again because a second p... | middle934.txt |
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