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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"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 people in need",
"he developed useful inventions with his team"
],
"question": "Ashok Gadgil was given the honor because _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He used his knowledge to help people in need."
},
"options": [
"He helped about 125,000 people in India.",
"He spent lots of money on his inventions.",
"He used his knowledge to help people in need.",
"One of his inventions could cure Bengal cholera."
],
"question": "Which of the following statements about Gadgil is TRUE?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "They can cook their food easily."
},
"options": [
"They can sell stoves to make a living.",
"They can save both time and money.",
"They can be protected from diseases.",
"They can cook their food easily."
],
"question": "What do people benefit from the Berkeley-Darfur Stove?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
}
] | 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 thirty years helping people in need. His inventions have helped more than 100 million people around the world. "I chose to focus on problems where my knowledge of science could help," Gadgil said.
In the 1990s, Gadgil designed his first life-saving invention after more than 10,000 people died from Bengal cholera because of the clean water crisis in India. His invention uses ultraviolet light to kill deadly disease-carrying germs from drinking water. It costs just one cent to clean five liters of water (about 21 cups). So far, the invention has provided safe drinking water for more than five million people in India and other developing countries.
Gadgil's another important invention is the Berkeley-Darfur Stove . The long and violent war in Darfur, Sudan, has caused many people to move to foreign countries and live in refugee camps . They are given food aid. But people still have to travel a long distance five times a week to gather firewood to cook meals. This can be dangerous because of street violence in the area. To avoid danger, some spend much of their money used to feed their families buying firewood.
The stove Gadgil created cuts fuel usage by 55%. That means people wouldn't have to leave the camps to find firewood as often. The invention also helps to save homes more than $300 a year. About 125,000 people and their families have been helped.
As a professor, Gadgil encourages his students, "Be optimistic when you try a hard problem," he says. "It's when you solve a large problem that you can have a big influence on the world." | middle3094.txt |
[
{
"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"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "She is going to read English every morning."
},
"options": [
"She is going to read English every morning.",
"She is going to go to the school library quite often.",
"She is going to study medicine at a university.",
"She is going to study English really hard."
],
"question": "How is Jenny going to improve her English?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "A doctor."
},
"options": [
"A university student.",
"A doctor.",
"An English teacher.",
"A volleyball player."
],
"question": "What job may Jenny choose in the future?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Jenny is going to study medicine at a university in the new term."
},
"options": [
"Jenny isn't going to eat some junk food in the new term.",
"Jenny thinks reading books is good for her.",
"Jenny is going to study medicine at a university in the new term.",
"Jenny thinks looking after kids will be good."
],
"question": "Which of the following is NOT right according to the article?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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 English. She is going to read English every morning. The third, she is going to read more books because she thinks she can learn a lot from books. So she's going to go to the school library quite often. When she grows up, she is going to be a doctor for children. She wants to help sick children. She's going to study medicine at a university when she finishes high school. She is going to work hard. She loves children and she thinks looking after children will be wonderful. | middle4923.txt |
[
{
"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_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "on the radio"
},
"options": [
"in class",
"on the radio",
"on TV",
"by watching TV"
],
"question": "Children can't see anything _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "eyes and minds"
},
"options": [
"eyes and minds",
"minds",
"body",
"eyes"
],
"question": "TV helps to open children's _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "they can hear and watch at the same time"
},
"options": [
"they like to watch TV",
"they can hear at the same time",
"they can watch at the same time",
"they can hear and watch at the same time"
],
"question": "Children can study better and easily on TV because _ .]",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | 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 see anything over the radio. TV helps to open children's eyes. It helps to open their minds , too. They learn newer and better ways of doing things.
Many children watch TV only on Saturday or Sunday evening. They are always busy with their classes. But a few children watch TV every night. They go to bed very late. They can't have a good rest. How about you, my young friends? | middle2361.txt |
[
{
"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"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "doing some reading"
},
"options": [
"talking",
"playing cards",
"singing and dancing",
"doing some reading"
],
"question": "According to the passage, the British usually spend their time _ on the train.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Differences in British and American culture"
},
"options": [
"Hiding the feeling",
"Simon's funny story",
"Information abroad.",
"Differences in British and American culture"
],
"question": "What's the best title for the passage?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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 building the ground floor. The floor above the ground floor is the first floor, while Americans would call it the second floor.
The story shows that there are a few culture differences between Britain and America, though the British and Americans both speak English.
The British usually hide their feelings. They seldom start a conversation with strangers. For example, on the train the British often spend their time reading newspapers or books. But Americans are quite different. They're more active and easier to talk with.
The British and Americans may use different _ for many things. The British usually use "football", "eraser" and "mail" while Americans prefer to use "soccer", "rubber" and "post". | middle4710.txt |
[
{
"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 _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "It's not easy to drive from Manhattan to Queens District."
},
"options": [
"The writer likes watching TV more than others.",
"There are different kinds of programs on TV in China and Russia.",
"There are many kinds of entertainment programs on TV.",
"It's not easy to drive from Manhattan to Queens District."
],
"question": "Which of the following is TRUE according to( )the text?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "We can learn something useful."
},
"options": [
"We can learn something useful.",
"Watching TV is a good rest.",
"We can see whatever we like.",
"We can enjoy ourselves."
],
"question": "According to the writer what is the most important reason for watching TV?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "tell her ideas about TV"
},
"options": [
"persuade us to buy a TV",
"tell her ideas about TV",
"introduce some TV programs",
"tell us how to learn from TV"
],
"question": "The writer writes the text to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | 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 kinds of entertainment, such as sports activities, singing and dancing, plays and films all over the world at every time. It's not possible for us to go to every place to enjoy all the activities within a short time. We need at least over ten hours to fly from New York to Paris, a week by train from Beijing to Moscow and an hour to drive from Queens District to Manhattan District.)But within just one second, TV can bring us from an NBA game in New York to a fashion show in Paris by changing the channels .
Most importantly, watching TV is educational. Our children can learn every kind of subjects through the educational programs and the special reports on TV, and it's easy for them to learn Chinese from a Chinese teacher in Beijing and to learn Russian lessons from a Russian teacher in Moscow. At the same time, a teacher can teach quite a lot of students without a large classroom. | middle7219.txt |
[
{
"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",
"his friend was waiting for him outside the hotel"
],
"question": "One evening James came in in a great hurry because _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "remembered the letter from the company"
},
"options": [
"wondered where Harry had gone",
"was eager to know the time",
"knew he could never be at the office in time",
"remembered the letter from the company"
],
"question": "As soon as he woke up,James _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | 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 for him,too,which he opened at once.It was from the secretary of a company,offering him a post in their office. He Was told to be there at 10 a.m.the next morning,as there were others who wanted the job.
James got back from the play at midnight.He was sleepy."That letter can be opened in the morning,"he thought.The next morning when he woke up,he at once jumped out of bed,tore it open- _ .It was a similar letter to the one Harry had received the night before. But James' chance was gone .It was five to ten, and he could never be at the office in time. | middle1668.txt |
[
{
"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 was put in prison",
"For nothing"
],
"question": "The farmer was put in prison _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "their farm"
},
"options": [
"her husband",
"their farm",
"planting potatoes",
"herself"
],
"question": "The farmer's wife was much worried about _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "not to dig the fields"
},
"options": [
"not to dig the fields",
"to dig the fields",
"to ask the prison guards for help",
"to find the gold in the fields"
],
"question": "The farmer told his wife _ first.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "They wanted to find out the gold"
},
"options": [
"They wanted to help the farmer",
"Their leader ordered them to do so",
"The farmer asked them to do so",
"They wanted to find out the gold"
],
"question": "Why did the prison guards dig the farmer's fields? _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "their fields had been dug"
},
"options": [
"their fields had been dug",
"the gold was found out",
"the prison guards asked him to do so",
"the prison guards were digging the fields"
],
"question": "Why did the farmer ask his wife to plant potatoes at once? Because _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | 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 potatoes until I come home."
A few days later, the farmer got another letter from his wife. It said, "Two days ago, about ten prison guards came to our fields. It looked as if they were looking for something. They have dug our field."
The farmer wrote to his wife at once. "Now you can plant our potatoes," he wrote. | middle4076.txt |
[
{
"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_text": "Art"
},
"options": [
"English",
"Art",
"Maths",
"French"
],
"question": "_ is Jack's favorite subject at school.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Three."
},
"options": [
"Two.",
"Three.",
"Four.",
"Five."
],
"question": "How many children are there in Jack's family?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "An e-friend."
},
"options": [
"To go shopping.",
"A pen friend.",
"To play football.",
"An e-friend."
],
"question": "What does Jack want?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "funny"
},
"options": [
"difficult.",
"funny",
"easy",
"hard"
],
"question": "He thinks art is _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | 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 with my friends and doing exercises. My favorite subject is Art. It's funny. But I don't like Maths. It's too difficult. | middle3719.txt |
[
{
"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 _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "nervous"
},
"options": [
"tired",
"happy",
"satisfied",
"nervous"
],
"question": "When the writer went out with his father for a walk on weekends she felt _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Friendly and interesting."
},
"options": [
"Strict and hard-working.",
"More critical.",
"Friendly and interesting.",
"More successful."
],
"question": "What does the writer think of her father after visiting him in Arizona?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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 a child I loved him;as a school girl and young adult I was afraid of him.He seemed unhappy with me unless I got _ in my study and unhappy with my boyfriends if their fathers were not as"successful"as he was.Whenever I went out with him on week ends,I used to try hard to think up things to say to protect myself.
On the first day of my visit,we went out with one of my father's friends for lunch.We walked along that afternoon,did some shopping,ate on the street table,and laughed over my son's funny talks.My father's critical air and strict rules were gone.He seemed so friendly and interesting to be with us.
The next day my dad pulled out his childhood pictures and told me many stories about his own childhood.Although our times together became easier over the years,I never felt closer to him at that moment.After so many years,I'm at last seeing another side of my father.And in so doing,I'm happy with _ .My dad,in this new home in Arizona,is back to me from where he was. | middle5368.txt |
[
{
"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 desk"
},
"options": [
"the bed",
"the desk",
"the chair",
"the bookcase"
],
"question": "\"it\" \" _ \".",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "an English dictionary"
},
"options": [
"a Chinese dictionary",
"an English book",
"an English dictionary",
"a Chinese book"
],
"question": "On the bookcase is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "in his desk"
},
"options": [
"on his bed",
"on his desk",
"under his bed",
"in his desk"
],
"question": "Jack's pencil box is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Jack has a photo of Emma's room."
},
"options": [
"Sam is Jack's brother.",
"An eraser is in the pencil box.",
"Jack has a photo of Emma's room.",
"Jack's brother doesn't have a baseball."
],
"question": "?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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 pencil box? It is in the desk. My two pens and three rulers are in the pencil box. My school bag is on the chair. My brother's white baseball is under my bed. And you can see a dog in the photo. Its name is Sam.
My room is tidy, isn't?
Yours,
Jack
. | middle2413.txt |
[
{
"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_text": "aunt"
},
"options": [
"mother",
"sister",
"teacher",
"aunt"
],
"question": "Jane is Paul's _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Paul knows his sister's name."
},
"options": [
"The girl's name is Michael.",
"Paul knows his sister's name.",
"Michael can't speak.",
"Paul loves his sister very much."
],
"question": "Which one is NOT right?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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 shows his sister to Jane."Look at my sister," says Paul. "She's nice."
"You're right, Paul," Jane says. "But what's her name?"
"I don't know. She can't speak." | middle6675.txt |
[
{
"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"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because the dolls made Joyce think of the never-received gift given by her parents."
},
"options": [
"Because Amy liked dolls.",
"Because Amy's mother Joyce liked dolls.",
"Because the dolls made Joyce think of the never-received gift given by her parents.",
"Because Joyce's parents liked dolls."
],
"question": "Why did Joyce often buy a doll for her as a birthday present every year?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Joyce seemed to realize the dream in her childhood----receiving her parents' gift."
},
"options": [
"Amy's doll gift made Joyce feel so happy that she smiled like a child",
"Though Joyce was old, she still wished to have a doll that is often liked by a child",
"Joyce seemed to realize the dream in her childhood----receiving her parents' gift.",
"Joyce thought the doll was only suitable for children."
],
"question": "How do you understand the last sentence \"The doll, given by 'Angel of Joy'\", made her the happiest \"child\" in the world?",
"question_type": "factiod_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 first doll from Joyce for her birthday. Then the second, the third...A doll a year from Joyce never arrived late. "Why always a doll?" This question had been in Amy's mind until one day her father gave the answer, Little Joyce dreamed to have a doll. Her parents promised one for her fifth birthday. Sadly, they both died in a traffic accident before it arrived. The never-received gift was the most _ in her eyes. Her mother's story being recalled , Amy got an idea.
It was Joyce's 60th birthday. A package was delivered to her, with a card that read:
Dear Joyce,
I forget to send you the package that you should have received on May 20, 1956, your fifth birthday. The gift inside has aged, but I felt that you might still wish to have it.
Angel of Joy
Joyce opened the package and saw a lovely grandma doll. She held the doll that she had waited for so many years, with tears running down her face. The doll, given by "Angel of Joy", made her the happiest "child" in the world. | middle6113.txt |
[
{
"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."
],
"question": "How does people's memory change when they get older?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "A boring talk."
},
"options": [
"A strange insect.",
"A colourful letter.",
"A dramatic event.",
"A boring talk."
],
"question": "According to the passage, which of the following CANNOT be remembered better in a short time?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "use the link method"
},
"options": [
"use the link method",
"connect it with feelings",
"have a good rest",
"take some notes"
],
"question": "When people try to remember the word 'smiles', an easy way to do this is to imagine there is a 'mile' between the first letter and the last letter. This is because they _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Keep other ideas out of their mind when focusing attention."
},
"options": [
"Always do the same things and never change their daily habits.",
"Memorize something while listening to music or watching TV.",
"Keep other ideas out of their mind when focusing attention.",
"Sleep at most 6 hours a day and drink a lot of coffee or tea."
],
"question": "What SHOULD people do when they try to make their memory more efficient?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "How to Improve Our Memory"
},
"options": [
"How to Use Memory Tools",
"How to Keep Long-term Memory",
"How to Improve Our Memory",
"How to Stay Healthy"
],
"question": "What's the best title of this passage?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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 special care of our health.
It is important that we regularly stimulate our brain to make our memory more efficient . For example, we can do activities that we do not usually do and change our daily habits. Learning a new skill helps our brain develop.
When trying to memorize something, we should focus our attention on the most important things about it. Do not allow other thoughts to enter our mind because this will lower our chances of remembering things correctly.
One basic way of improving our memory is to use the link method. If we want to memorize something, we should make a picture in our mind. If the picture is silly, strange and colourful, we will remember it better.
Taking notes, being organized and keeping a diary will also be useful tools.
Sometimes, memory is connected with our feelings. When something dramatic happens, we usually remember it well, and we also remember where we were and what we were doing.
Healthy food and plenty of vitamins are important to our memory. Drinking a lot of water also helps maintain our memory.
When we are asleep, our brain stores memory. Not enough sleep can, therefore, cause problems with storing information. In addition, being tired will stop us from being able to remember well. As a result, keeping fit and having regular health checks are both important as well. | middle7225.txt |
[
{
"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": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "uncomfortable"
},
"options": [
"sad",
"comfortable",
"happy",
"uncomfortable"
],
"question": "Astronauts feel _ if tears are always in their eyes.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Tears will float around if they are big enough in space."
},
"options": [
"In space our eyes are very wet.",
"Tears will float around if they are big enough in space.",
"People know everything about living in zero gravity.",
"Gravity makes people's tears move upwards in space."
],
"question": "What can we learn from the passage?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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 things every time astronauts take to the skies (and beyond). As The Atlantic reported in January, crying is not all that simple in space. This is because when a person normally cries, gravity makes their tears move downwards. But in a spacecraft, this is not the case. Here, there is no gravity, which is why we so often see pictures of astronauts floating around. This means that, strangely, when you cry your tears have nowhere to go. As a result, they just stick to your eyes.
In May 2011, astronaut Andrew Feustel experienced this. "Tears," as he said, "don't fall off your eye... they just kind of stay there. " This can be quite painful. In space, your eyes get very dry, and the added moisture is irritating . Sometimes, things get even weirder . The astronaut Ron Parise told The Atlantic that when tears get big enough, they "break free of the eye and float around".
No one can be quite sure why we cry. Why should water in our eyes have anything to do with feeling sad? If you stop to think about it, crying is a very strange thing indeed. And now, thanks to the wonders of space, it just got even stranger. | middle1654.txt |
[
{
"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": 1,
"answer_text": "5678-9230"
},
"options": [
"8230-7861",
"5678-9230",
"5817-6291",
"7187-9867"
],
"question": "What number should you call if you want to go to Zhangjiajie?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "A woman who is 40 years old."
},
"options": [
"A man who is good at cooking.",
"A man who loves kids.",
"A woman who has two kids.",
"A woman who is 40 years old."
],
"question": "Who can get the job as a babysitter?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Send her an e-mail."
},
"options": [
"Call her.",
"Go to visit her",
"Send her an e-mail.",
"Write to her."
],
"question": "How do you contact Lisa for more information?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "In a newspaper."
},
"options": [
"In a newspaper.",
"In a story-book.",
"In the library rules.",
"In a history book."
],
"question": "Where can we find these ads?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
}
] | 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 4:00 pm
A woman who is less than 45 years old
Be good with kids.
Call Mr Johnson at 5817-6291
Room for Rent
One of two bedrooms
Share kitchen and bathroom with a quiet and clean girl
E-mail Lisa at ryhou@hotmail.com | 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 there is a fire.",
"To tell people you are clever"
],
"question": "Why do you shout \"Fire! Everyone out!\"?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "use the window if possible"
},
"options": [
"open it slowly, then crawl out of the building.",
"use the window if possible",
"open it and walk out of the building",
"wait it cool then open it"
],
"question": "If the door is hot, _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "plan two ways out"
},
"options": [
"plan two ways out",
"look for valuables first",
"hide under beds",
"escape from a room"
],
"question": "From the passage, we know we should _ if there is a fire.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "stop, drop and roll"
},
"options": [
"run quickly",
"stop, drop and roll",
"jump downstairs",
"running fast"
],
"question": "If your hair or clothes are on fire, _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Fire safety rules"
},
"options": [
"Stop, drop and roll",
"The traffic rule",
"Fire is dangerous",
"Fire safety rules"
],
"question": "The title of the passage is : _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | 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 there is a fire outside.
*If the door is cool, open it slowly, then crawl out of the building.
*If heat and smoke come in when you open the door, close it tightly, and find another way out.
4. Don't hide! Go outside! Never hide under beds when there is a fire.
5. Stay low and crawl below the smoke to safety. Smoke goes up with the warm air and the air below is fresher.
6. Don't stop to put on your clothes or look for valuables .
7. Don't go back into a burning house for any reason.
8.Wait for your family at a meeting place outside, such as a big tree or the entrance( ) of the housing estate , to know everyone is safe.
9. If you can't escape from a room because of a fire outside, put wet clothing, towels, or blankets at the bottom of the door to keep the smoke out.
10.Open your window and ask for help if you can't escape through the door.
11. Stop, Drop and Roll if your hair or clothes are on fire. Shout for help, but don't run. Running makes fire burn faster. Stop where you are. Drop to the ground while covering your face with your hands to protect it. Roll over and over until the fire is out.
,A, B, C, D ,. (5,2,10) | middle3043.txt |
[
{
"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
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Cool things."
},
"options": [
"Popular music.",
"Cool things.",
"Classical music.",
"Pop singers."
],
"question": "What does Ann's friends like?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Ann's like is different from her friends'."
},
"options": [
"Ann's like is different from her friends'.",
"Ann talks with her father about her friends.",
"Ann knows why her friend looks at her surprisingly.",
"Ann's friend thinks classical music is for young people."
],
"question": "What can we know from the passage?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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 stand it. We like cool things."
Ann doesn't know why her friend says that. When she goes home, she talks to her father.
"Dad, am I strange?"
"I don't think so. Why do you ask that?"
"Because my friends can't stand classical music, but I like it."
"Never mind , Ann. You don't need to do what other people do. Everyone has different _ . Some of them are popular, but others are not." | middle5354.txt |
[
{
"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": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Because he is not sure about his future."
},
"options": [
"Because he is lazy and silent.",
"Because he is not sure about his future.",
"Because he is too young to realize his dream.",
"Because he thinks the life in the university is not so meaningful."
],
"question": "Why is the writer puzzled?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The writer became a volunteer before he entered the university."
},
"options": [
"The writer never listens to parents and friends.",
"The writer became a volunteer before he entered the university.",
"The writer thinks there is no happiness in making his dream come true.",
"The writer wants to go to the west because the world there is better."
],
"question": "What can we infer from the passage?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Never give up your dreams."
},
"options": [
"Never give up your dreams.",
"Never listen to others' advice.",
"To work harder when needed.",
"To be confident when facing difficulties."
],
"question": "What does this passage mainly tell us?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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 half of it has passed already. This year, many people, such as my parents and my friends, asked me what I wanted to do and they all told me to make a plan for my life with their thought. I don't want to take their advice. I want my own style. So I think carefully.
I have been a young volunteer for five years. It has been a happy time and it is a big thing for me. Then I have a dream to join the University Student Volunteer Go West Program. I think I can be a teacher in the west. I would like to devote my life to helping the children there. I want to make the world a better place for them. To make it come true, I will work harder in the next two years. There is an old saying "Where there is a will, there is a way". I think my dream will come true in the near future.
At last, I want to say to everybody, "Try your best to realize your dreams, no matter how big or small they are. The path to dream may not be smooth and wide. Even there are some difficulties you will face. But hold on to the end, you can find there is no greater happiness than making our dream come true." | middle6885.txt |
[
{
"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, age and weight"
],
"question": "The scientists in some American universities found that people's voices _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "deeper"
},
"options": [
"deeper",
"louder",
"lower",
"higher"
],
"question": "According to the study, taller people usually have a _ voice.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Listeners' ability to identify taller speaker is much higher than a lucky guess."
},
"options": [
"Our voice is made up of the subglottal resonance.",
"The people tested in the experiments were of different-sex pairs.",
"A person's voice is greatly different even when reading the same sentence.",
"Listeners' ability to identify taller speaker is much higher than a lucky guess."
],
"question": "Which of the following is TRUE?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Our Voice Tells Our Height"
},
"options": [
"How to Be Taller",
"Our Voice Tells Our Height",
"An Experience about Voice",
"Something about Subglottal Resonance"
],
"question": "The best title of the passage might be _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | 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 voices. And the key to this mystery is a sound known as the subglottal resonance . It _ with height and helps us build a mental picture of a person.
"The best way to think about subglottal resonances is to imagine blowing into a glass bottle with water. The less water in the bottle, the lower sound," said John Morton, a scientist at Washington University. And it's the same for humans. The frequency of the subglottal resonance depends on the height. The taller we are, the deeper the resonance frequency is.
In order to find out whether people could identify the resonance, scientists did experiments. A number of same-sex pairs of different heights were told to read the same sentence aloud. It was played back to listeners who had to choose which one of the pairs was taller. Then, other listeners had to rank the speakers from the shortest to the tallest. The listeners were able to identify the tall people 62.17% of time, much higher than a lucky guess.
Why not try the experiment yourself? Find out if your tall friends have deeper voices. | middle7543.txt |
[
{
"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."
],
"question": "What does the writer think of the use of \"WC\"?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "thinks Chinese people are sometimes using incorrect English"
},
"options": [
"is a Chinese living in America",
"thinks Chinese people are sometimes using incorrect English",
"likes to hear or see Chinglish",
"sometimes uses Chinglish"
],
"question": "Charlie Shifflet _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | 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 all the bad English on signs and restaurant menus. Many other places in China are following our steps.
"WC, or water closet, is old-fashioned English. It sounds dirty to me," says Charlie Shifflet, a young man from the US. The old sign will become "Gents/Men" and "Ladies/Women".
"I see lots of poor English in everyday life, and not only on signs," he says. "I know what they mean. But they are Chinglish , not real English. For example, when someone says to me 'My hometown is Henan Province', I know he should say: 'My hometown is in Henan Province'. 'Hometown' is a smaller place in a province." The common mistakes he picked up include "Not Entry", which should be "No Entry", "Direction of Airport" should be changed to "To the Airport". And it is "room rate", not "room price". And remember to "Keep off the grass", rather than "Care of the green". | middle6649.txt |
[
{
"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_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "can call Sue for her bag"
},
"options": [
"lost her mom's bag",
"can call Sue for her bag",
"buys a bag for her mom",
"found a bag in the library"
],
"question": "From the passage,we can learn Lucy _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "120"
},
"options": [
"60",
"80",
"100",
"120"
],
"question": "If Joan wants to have six violin lessons in the music club,she needs _ yuan.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Mark"
},
"options": [
"Mr.Brown",
"Mr.Han",
"Mark",
"Susan"
],
"question": "The library can call _ for some books.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "If Mr. Brown wants to work at Nick's school,he can write an e-mail to Nick."
},
"options": [
"Lucy's phone number is 679-8840.",
"Joan can play the violin very well.",
"You can learn how to play the drums in the music club.",
"If Mr. Brown wants to work at Nick's school,he can write an e-mail to Nick."
],
"question": "Which of the following is TRUE?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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. Can you help me?My phone number is 235-7765.(Joan)
Do you like reading?I have many old books and the books are free .Call me at 658-0034.(Mark)
Here is some information on today's newspaper.
FOUND
A blue bag. I found it in the library. My name is Sue. Please call me at 889-0764.
JOB
Are you good at math?Are you good with kids?We need a math teacher at our middle school. My name is Nick. My e-mail is nick@gmail.com.
MUSIC CLUB
Do you want to be a musician?Do you want to learn how to play the piano and the violin well?Come to our club. Only 20 yuan for one lesson. Call Susan at 776-9898.
BOOKS NEEDED
We want to build a library for the kids in a small village. We need many books. Please call Mr. Han at 458-2217. | middle6891.txt |
[
{
"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 with.",
"Because there are other children in the family."
],
"question": "According to the passage, why is a single child likely to be lonely?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "food"
},
"options": [
"time",
"energy",
"money",
"food"
],
"question": "What do people not think about when they choose to have a second child?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "It is not easy to make a decision to have a second child."
},
"options": [
"It is not easy to make a decision to have a second child.",
"Many couples in Japan love to have large families.",
"All parents feel confident about having a second child.",
"Less than 14% of women in the UK plan to have just one child."
],
"question": "Which of the following is true according to the passage?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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 making the decisions to have only one child.
But the number of parents choosing to have only one child is increasing in many parts of the world. In the US, for example, more than14 percent of women between 18 and 34 plan to have just one child. The same can be seen in the UK. In Japan, the average number of children born per family had gone down to 1.42 by 1996.
For some single-child parents, especially who are busy working every day, time and energy seem to be _ . They don't have enough time and energy to share with more children. For other people, money is their first consideration. Many couples in Japan choose not to have large families as the cost of supporting a child up to the
age of 18 reaches around US$160,000. | middle7557.txt |
[
{
"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 back."
],
"question": "What happened to the lady?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He asked her to help people in need."
},
"options": [
"He said she could pay him back next time.",
"He didn't ask her to do anything.",
"He asked her to help people in need.",
"He asked her to help his wife."
],
"question": "How did the man ask the lady to thank him?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "She left the kind waitress a good tip."
},
"options": [
"She told her story to the pregnant waitress.",
"She helped the pregnant waitress lay the table.",
"She taught the pregnant waitress how to help others.",
"She left the kind waitress a good tip."
],
"question": "What did the lady do in the cafe?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "The best way to pay back kindness is to pass it on."
},
"options": [
"The best way to pay back kindness is to pass it on.",
"The best way to make friends is to help him or her.",
"Everybody should be ready to give a helping hand.",
"Everybody should know how to help others in the right way."
],
"question": "What does the writer want to tell us with this story?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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 needed help, she could give that person the help he or she needed.
A few miles down the road the lady went into a small cafe. The waitress came over. The lady noticed the waitress was nearly eight months pregnant , but she never let it change her attitude when she served her.
The lady finished her meal and paid with a $100 bill. The waitress went to get the change. When she came back, she found the lady had gone and left a note on a piece of paper: "You don't owe me anything. Somebody once helped me the way I'm helping you. If you really want to pay me back, here is what you do: Do not let the love end with you."
Under the paper were four more $100 bills.
The waitress was moved. She really needed the money, as the baby would soon arrive. Then she called her husband: "Everything will be all right. I love you, Bryan Anderson." | middle3731.txt |
[
{
"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
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Dreamers"
},
"options": [
"Dreamers",
"Partners",
"Thinkers",
"Artists"
],
"question": "According to the passage,when you need help, _ may give you a hand.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a police officer"
},
"options": [
"a player",
"an actor",
"a police officer",
"a scientist"
],
"question": "You may choose a job as _ ,if you are careful and serious.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Bill Gates"
},
"options": [
"Gandhi",
"Mother Teresa",
"Bill Gates",
"Madonna"
],
"question": "If you are active and like to win,maybe you are similar to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Personality Types"
},
"options": [
"Famous People",
"Personality Types",
"Perfect World",
"Job Choices"
],
"question": "Which could be the best title for the passage?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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 lead others.Famous Dreamers:Mohandas Gandhi,Angelina Jolie.
A Partner wants to be in a group.For this person,rules are important.They consider tradition to be of great value.Partners are often serious,careful people.Many do well as teachers,managers and police officers.Famous Partners:Queen Elizabeth II,Mother Teresa.
For Thinkers,understanding things is very important.They like to deal with problems and make new things.Thinkers can also be active.They like to win.They have very strong opinions.Many Thinkers work as scientists,inventors and engineers.Famous Thinkers:Bill Gates,Stephen Hawking.
Artists want to be free.They don't want to follow the rules all the time.They also like trying new things.Like Thinkers,many Artists have strong opinions.They are creative and do well as musicians and actors.Famous Artists:Cristiano Ronaldo,Madonna. | 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"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Four."
},
"options": [
"One.",
"Two.",
"Three.",
"Four."
],
"question": "How many people went there with the writer?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "China"
},
"options": [
"Japan",
"China",
"Oakland",
"Malaysia"
],
"question": "We can learn from the passage that the food tofu may come from _ .",
"question_type": "summarization_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Douhua is one kind of firm tofu."
},
"options": [
"People began to make tofu 2,000 years ago.",
"Some people use tofu as a kind of meat.",
"Douhua is one kind of firm tofu.",
"Many people eat tofu as a snack."
],
"question": "Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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 learnt.
Tofu has a history of 2,000 years. Although the word "tofu" is from Japanese, the food maybe comes from China. There are two main kinds of tofu: soft tofu and firm tofu . In some parts of Asia, people use tofu as a kind of meat.
Douhua is one kind of soft tofu. It is a popular breakfast food in China. Because it is very soft, people can't eat it with _ , but with a spoon . People often eat it as a snack and often add spring onions and gravy to it. In Malaysia, people usually eat douhua with white or dark sugar water.
,. | middle2349.txt |
[
{
"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."
],
"question": "What is the passage mainly about?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "show the problems of speaking only one language"
},
"options": [
"discuss the need for teaching a new language",
"introduce the passage's main characters to the readers",
"describe the advantages of moving to another country",
"show the problems of speaking only one language"
],
"question": "The passage begins with the experience of the Vieira family in order to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "communicate more independently"
},
"options": [
"find a better job",
"make more friends",
"better understand history",
"communicate more independently"
],
"question": "According to the passage, if you can speak more than one language, you can _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | 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 friends. But they cannot communicate with them. Unfortunately this is common. When people move to new countries, they often leave their own customs and mother language behind. This is a mistake because there are many benefits to knowing more than one language.
One advantage of speaking more than one language is that you can communicate directly with more people around the world. You do not have to depend on others to talk for you, so you're more independent. People who know only one language must use others to help them communicate
Furthermore, speaking a second language also allows people to experience other cultures and customs more effectively. Local expressions, vocabulary, and even jokes can have a powerful effect on a person's understanding of another culture. So, knowing more than one language increases your knowledge of other cultures.
Finally, having more _ improves relationships between countries. If people from different countries can communicate well, the world can become closer. Countries will then have more respect for each other and better understand each other's problems.
The benefits of knowing more than one language are clear. In fact, there are no disadvantages. It is very sad that many people don't try to learn another language. It is even worse when people let themselves forget their mother language and become silent. | middle3057.txt |
[
{
"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,
"answer_text": "A Fantastic Trip"
},
"options": [
"A Balloon Tour",
"An Aboriginal Letter",
"A Fantastic Trip",
"A Summer Evening"
],
"question": "What is the best title of this passage?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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 rock are fantastic, and at different times of the day, they change from purple to red. The Aborigines are the first people of Australia, and the ancient aboriginal stories describe the spirits that created the world. Uluru is a center of Aboriginal culture.
The Australians have many British relatives. That's why they're like us in many ways. Their family life is similar to ours, and they enjoy the same food and hobbies. The food and drink that most Australians like are grapes, lamb, ham and especially wine that they make in the south of the country. They love all sports, but football is the most popular. Most Australians live near the coast, so they also love going to the beach, swimming and surfing.
Although it's December, it's summer over here. The sunshine is very bright, and near the coast the countryside is very green. There are lots of sheep in the fields and on the hills, but the outback is more like a desert, full of rocks and sand.
The next day after we arrived at Uluru, we went on a camel ride. The camel that I rode had a bad _ . When I sat on its back, it became very angry and refused me. So everyone else thought it was very funny that my camel kept lying down...
Finally, later this evening, we're taking the plane back to Sydney and coming home, it's been a fantastic trip!
Tony | middle7231.txt |
[
{
"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 attacked by sharks?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "By biting."
},
"options": [
"By biting.",
"By smelling.",
"By touching.",
"By killing."
],
"question": "How do sharks find out about an unusual object according to the passage?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Sharks might mistake humans for seals."
},
"options": [
"Sharks pull meat off bones when they eat.",
"Sharks might mistake humans for seals.",
"Sharks like to attack surfers because of their thick fat.",
"One bite from a shark is nothing serious."
],
"question": "Which sentence about sharks is true?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "To let us know the reasons for shark attacks on people."
},
"options": [
"To tell surfers to stay away from sharks.",
"To ask people to stop killing sharks.",
"To let us know the reasons for shark attacks on people.",
"To show that humans are much stronger than sharks."
],
"question": "What would the author write the passage mainly for?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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 attack people. One opinion is that sharks are just curious . We know that sharks are the strongest animals in their environment, so they are not afraid of anything. Naturally, that means they are curious when they meet something unusual. Because they don't have hands or feet., the only way they can find out an object is to bite it! It is thought that sharks sometimes bite humans for this reason, and then swim away.
Scientists also say that sharks would not waste energy trying to eat a human, as we have a lot of bones . It is hard for a shark to eat us because sharks don't have hands, and they can't pull the meat off our bones. Maybe that's why they only bite us once. Unluckily, one bite from a large shark is serious enough to hurt people greatly!
Another opinion is that sharks attack humans by mistake. Some sharks may sometimes mistake humans for a seal. An example of this is when a shark attacks a surfer. A surfer lying on a surfboard looks like a seal when seen from below. Sharks like seals because they have thick fat.
Whatever the reason for shark attacks on humans, sharks should be afraid of us. Sadly, we kill almost 40 million of them each year. | 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"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Tom"
},
"options": [
"The man of the hotel",
"Tom",
"David",
"John"
],
"question": "_ said he knew how to make it easier for them to walk up to their room.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "they didn't have the key to the room with them"
},
"options": [
"they were tired",
"they lost their key in the cinema",
"the man didn't make beds for them",
"they didn't have the key to the room with them"
],
"question": "They felt very sad at last because _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "A sad story"
},
"options": [
"A sad story",
"A long journey",
"A large hotel",
"A bad lift"
],
"question": "The best title for this passage is \" _ \".",
"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't want to walk up to your room, I'll make beds for you in the hall . "
"No, thanks," said Tom, "we don't want to sleep in the hall. We will walk up to the 45thfloor. But I know how to make it easier. On the way to our room, I'll tell you some jokes. Then you, David, will sing us some songs. Then you, John, will tell us some stories, all right?"
So they began to walk upstairs. Tom told them many jokes. David sang them some songs. At last they came to the 34thfloor. They were tired and had a rest.
"Well," said Tom. "Now it's your turn, John. After all these jokes and songs, tell us a long and interesting story with a sad ending. "
"OK, I'll tell a sad story," said John, "It's not long but very sad. I forgot to bring the key to our room with me. It's still in the hall. " | middle1640.txt |
[
{
"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 should _ after you come out of the airport.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "an empty taxi"
},
"options": [
"a taxi with a passenger",
"an empty taxi",
"a car with the \"taxi\" sign",
"a taxi with a green light on"
],
"question": "If you see _ , you can wave your hand and call it.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "wait until the back door opens"
},
"options": [
"open the front door",
"open the back door",
"wait until the back door opens",
"wait until the front door opens"
],
"question": "Before you get in the taxi, you should _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "tell the driver where you want to go"
},
"options": [
"tell the driver where you want to go",
"tell the driver your family address",
"tell the driver what you are",
"tell the driver your name"
],
"question": "After you get in the taxi, _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | 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 call it.
*The back door opens automatically , so stand back and wait until the door opens.
*Get in the taxi and tell the driver where you want to go.
*Before you get out of the taxi, pay it.
*Wait until the door opens and get out of the taxi. | middle7966.txt |
[
{
"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"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "they are too busy to want to spend time preparing or waiting"
},
"options": [
"they can easily find fast food restaurant",
"they like to eat hamburger and French fries",
"they are too busy to want to spend time preparing or waiting",
"they are so rich that they don't want to do cooking themselves"
],
"question": "Americans like to fast food restaurant because _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Most"
},
"options": [
"All",
"Most",
"Few",
"None"
],
"question": "_ of fast food restaurant sell hamburger, French fries.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "usually"
},
"options": [
"always",
"usually",
"seldom",
"never"
],
"question": "The food in fast food restaurant is _ ready before the customers order it.",
"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 homes. At some fast food restaurant, people can order their food, pay for it and pick it up without leaving their cars. There are many kinds of fast food restaurant in the United States. The greatest in number sell hamburger, French fries and so on. They are popular among Americans. Besides, fast food restaurant that serve Chinese food, Mexican food, Italian food, chicken, seafood and ice-cream are very many. The idea of a fast food restaurant is so popular that nearly every kind of food can be found in one.
Fast food restaurant are popular because they reflect American life style. Customer can wear any type of dress when they go to a fast food place. Second, they are fast. People who are busy do not want to spend time preparing their own food or waiting while someone prepares it. In fast food restaurant, food is not expensive. Therefore, people often buy and eat at a fast restaurant, while they may not be able to go to a more expensive restaurant very often. | middle883.txt |
[
{
"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_index": 3,
"answer_text": "one of the possible ways of escaping a fire"
},
"options": [
"of no use when a fire breaks out",
"useful in putting out a fire",
"the only way of escaping a fire",
"one of the possible ways of escaping a fire"
],
"question": "According to the passage, windows are _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "breathing in smoke might be bad"
},
"options": [
"to keep your head high will help you to escape a fire",
"it is necessary to keep the door open",
"fresh air can't reach the second floor window",
"breathing in smoke might be bad"
],
"question": "The writer thinks that _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | 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 possible. Learn the best way of leaving by a window with the least chance of serious injury.
The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground. An average person, hanging from the window by the fingertips will have a drop of about six feet to the ground--about the height of an average man. Of course, _
Windows are also useful while you are waiting for help. Be sure to keep the door closed, before opening the window. Otherwise, smoke and fire may be drawn into the room. Keep your head low next to the window to be sure you get fresh air.
On the second or third floor, the best windows to escape from are those which open onto a roof . From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely. | 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,
"answer_text": "they get a lot of money"
},
"options": [
"they get a lot of money",
"they get little food",
"they want to leave the farm",
"they have enough food to eat"
],
"question": "Mr. and Mrs. Read are tired but _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "his mother was very busy"
},
"options": [
"his mother was very busy",
"his mother was too tired to work",
"his mother was ill",
"his mother was hungry"
],
"question": "John found _ so he was ready to help her.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "see if some of the pigs were missing"
},
"options": [
"do some house",
"look after the pigs",
"give some food to the pigs",
"see if some of the pigs were missing"
],
"question": "Mrs. Read told her son to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "all the pigs were there"
},
"options": [
"John couldn't count the pigs at all",
"John was too young to catch the pig",
"John wouldn't count the pigs",
"all the pigs were there"
],
"question": "In fact , _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | 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 let the baby pigs come out of the pigsty and look for some food themselves. Her seven-year-old son John came back from school. He was ready to help his mother. The woman was happy and told him to count them and see if they were all there. The boy threw his schoolbag on the table and ran out. About half an hour later the supper was ready, but the boy didn't come back. The woman had to go to see what was wrong with her son. and she saw her son running after a baby pig. "What are you running after it for?" she asked. "Are they all right?" "I counted nineteen, mummy, " said the boy. "But only the fellow is running about so fast that I can't count it all ! " | 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_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Space walking is difficult"
},
"options": [
"Space walking is very comfortable",
"Space walking is difficult",
"Astronauts needn't wear spacesuits when walking in space.",
"Space walking is very safe"
],
"question": "Which of following is TRUE according to the passage?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Flying rubbish in space goes very slowly"
},
"options": [
"Spacesuits can keep astronauts warm",
"Spacesuits can keep astronauts safe",
"Flying rubbish in space goes very slowly",
"Outside the station ,it can be too cold or hot for people."
],
"question": "Which of following is not TRUE according to the passage?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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 ,astronauts are comfortable. The temperature there is about 21degC.But outside the station , it can be too hot or cold for people. In the sunlight, it's about 120degC. In the shadow of the station, it's about -85degC . So when astronauts walk in space , they have to wear heavy clothes---- _ s.
Spacesuits also keep astronauts safe from flying rubbish in space.Each time people go into space , they leave rubbish there. So astronauts should be careful because there's a lot of rubbish, some rubbish goes many times as fast as a plane !
Space walking is not easy , and it can be dangerous. So getting ready for it takes a lot of time to learn. Astronauts will need to do 160 space walks to finish their work in the ISS. That will take about 1,900man-hour of work. | middle7972.txt |
[
{
"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.",
"Because the people don't believe doctors.",
"Because hundreds of restaurants are closed."
],
"question": "Why did most of Chinese people believe to eat eggplant and gram to be healthy?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "eat a balanced diet"
},
"options": [
"believe Zhang Wuben's words",
"eat a balanced diet",
"eat more eggplant and gram",
"eat in Chinese restaurants"
],
"question": "If you want to keep healthy, you should _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "A cook."
},
"options": [
"A doctor.",
"A waiter.",
"A nutritionist.",
"A cook."
],
"question": "What does the writer's father do?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "It is a trashy book."
},
"options": [
"It is a book about health. Now it is the most popular science writing.",
"It can keep a balance of yin and yang.",
"It is a trashy book.",
"It's a book on medicine."
],
"question": "What do you think of Zhang Wuben's book?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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 past three years, I never stopped learning cooking. When I saw a book called The disease eating out can be gone back again by eating (<<>> ), I began studying the book. .The writer of the book is Zhang Wuben. He said he was a famous nutritionist and well-known traditional Chinese doctor. He asked the people to eat eggplant and gram . In China, Zhang Wuben's book has been popular in the past few years.
My father was invited to talk about the book in May, 2010. A large number of Chinese people believe they should eat eggplant and gram to be healthy. I have visited a lot of Chinese restaurants in Beijing and studied hundreds of restaurant menus. I talked to lots of doctors about eating and nutrition . They thought that Zhang Wuben's words _ the science. He told a lie. The fact is that it's important for us to eat a balanced diet and not just to eat eggplant and gram. | 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": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "There are over 40 levels in the game."
},
"options": [
"You can play the full game for free.",
"You can play the full game easily.",
"There are only 2 bins in each level.",
"There are over 40 levels in the game."
],
"question": "Which of the following can we infer from the passage?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "A mobile game."
},
"options": [
"A mobile game.",
"Rubbish sorting.",
"Apple's app store.",
"A recycling center."
],
"question": "What's the best title of the passage?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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 meanings.
The rule of the game is quite simple. Two bins are placed on either side of the screen. Each of the bins has a label next to it and the label explains what it is for. When an object, such as a car or an apple, appears on the screen, you need to decide which bin it should be sorted into and then send it there by moving your finger.
The game seems easy enough at first. But as you move on to more levels, it gets harder. The number of bins increases to three or four and the time given gets shorter. You need to think and move faster. That can be really difficult.
There are 400 0bjects in total and more than 100 bins in the game. The more objects you correctly sort, the more game coins you can get It's a bit like working in a rubbish recycling center, but it has no bad smell.
You can download the free game from Apple's app store , but it only lets you play the first few levels. If you want to open the next 40 levels, you need to pay 6 yuan for the full game. | 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 woodcutter find the box of gold? _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "In the forest."
},
"options": [
"In the street.",
"In the forest.",
"In the river.",
"In the sea."
],
"question": "Where do you usually see hares? _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "she could not stop herself from talking about anything"
},
"options": [
"she was very surprised.",
"she wondered why the hares were in the river and fish was in the tree",
"she could not stop herself from talking about anything",
"she was very happy"
],
"question": "Why did his wife tell her friends what happened? Because _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | 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 forest", he told his wife, "come with me and I'll show you.".His wife followed him into the forest and soon they came to a tree." Look at that!" the woodcutter said to his wife, and pointed to the tree. "There's a fish growing on that branch!" His wife was surprised ,especially when he climbed up the tree and brought down the fish for her to see.They walked on and soon came to the river. "I'll just pull in my net and see what I've caught", the woodcutter said.
He pulled in his net and inside there were several hares . "How interesting!" he said "there are now hares in the river." After that, they came to where the woodcutter had found the box of gold. "Look, wife", he said "this is what I have found. A box of gold coins."
The next day, his wife could not stop herself from telling her friends about all the wonderful things she had seen.Of course, nobody believe her! | 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": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Seventeen or eighteen years old."
},
"options": [
"Five years old",
"Seven or eight years old.",
"Seventeen or eighteen years old.",
"Twenty years old."
],
"question": "How old are the students when they graduate from high school?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Four or five."
},
"options": [
"Three or four.",
"Five or six.",
"Six or seven.",
"Four or five."
],
"question": "How many subjects do the high school students have each term?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Many of them go to work to get money for their studies."
},
"options": [
"Many of them read books after class.",
"Many of them go to work to get money for their studies.",
"Many of them go to parties.",
"Many of them go out with their friends."
],
"question": "What do many college students do after class in America?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
}
] | 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 eighteen years old when they finish high school.
High school students take only four or five subjects each term. They usually go to the same classes every day, and they have homework for every class. After class they do many interesting things.
After high school, many students go to college . They can go to a small one or a large one. They usually have to give a lot of money. So many college students work after class to get the money for their studies. | 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_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Put a message outside the room."
},
"options": [
"Put a message outside the room.",
"Phone the service desk.",
"Go to the hotel shop to buy some food.",
"Go to the hotel dining room."
],
"question": "If you want to have a meal in your room, what will you do?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "12:00"
},
"options": [
"10:00",
"11:30",
"12:00",
"13:00"
],
"question": "If you want to have a two-hour business talk in the coffee house, what time may you go there?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
}
] | 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 your room at any time after 7:00. If you need, please fill in a card and hang it outside your room before 6:00. Lunch is from 12:00 to 14:00. Dinner is from 18:30 to 20:30.
*Telephone: There is a telephone in your room. Dial "0" before you make a call. We will tell you to wait a moment if the lines are busy.
*Shop: The hotel shop is open from 9:00 to 17:30.
*Coffee House: You can drink coffee here at the following times: 12:00 to 14:00, 20:00 to 23:30.
*Other services: There is a cinema in the hotel. A film begins at 19:00 on Sundays and Wednesdays. Hot water is offered 24 hours. | 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 _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "play a joke on"
},
"options": [
"help",
"sell",
"save",
"play a joke on"
],
"question": "The man wanted to _ the student .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "ten"
},
"options": [
"two",
"ten",
"five",
"seven"
],
"question": "The man was surprised to find the student ate _ steamed bread .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the student fooled the man."
},
"options": [
"the man wanted to sell some steamed bread to the student.",
"The student didn't really like steamed bread.",
"the student fooled the man.",
"the man fooled the student."
],
"question": "In fact, _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "wanted some tea."
},
"options": [
"wanted some tea.",
"didn't like tea.",
"didn't want any tea.",
"didn't like to drink tea in cups."
],
"question": "The student _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | 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. Whenever Isee them , I feel ill and can't eat ."
The man then wanted to play a joke on the student. He put ten steamed bread in a room and then put the student in it. After a short time, the man opened the door of the room. H e was surprised to find that the student ate all the steamed bread. The student explained, "For some strange reason, I suddenly find that I like steamed bread."
The man was angry that the student had fooled ( ) him. He asked what other things he did not like to eat. "Oh, I like everything," answered the student. "But at the moment I don't like to drink two cups of good strong tea!" | middle115.txt |
[
{
"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 phenomena"
],
"question": "The passage is written to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "make the world colorful"
},
"options": [
"make the world colorful",
"make communication difficult",
"only exist in food and clothing",
"will never fade away"
],
"question": "The author thinks that cultural differences _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "mentioning certain cultural phenomena"
},
"options": [
"mentioning certain cultural phenomena",
"mentioning his view at the very beginning",
"mentioning the opposite view at the very beginning",
"giving examples of cultural differences"
],
"question": "The author starts the argument by _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "architecture"
},
"options": [
"food",
"clothing",
"language",
"architecture"
],
"question": "The author talks of all the following cultural phenomena except _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | 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 speak the same language, dress in the same style, eat the same food and play the same games. If the world was like this, you won't feel strange in any corner of world. But just imagine living in such a strange world. How dull and colorless it would be!
Different kinds of food that people can taste, the colorful and fashionable clothes that we dress in and different languages we speak are all part of the different cultures that our ancestors left us. These differences represent their creativity and talent. And we all enjoy different cultures in our daily lives. When you travel to other places, you want to see different things. When you talk to foreigners you expect to listen to interesting stories. These differences in culture are what make life colorful.
But the whole world is _ into a small village as globalization takes effect and many different cultures are disappearing. In most big cities around the world people wear the same clothes. Fast food stores are everywhere. Hollywood movies are kicking traditional performing arts out of our lives. The colors of our life are disappearing.
There is joke that even the panda and zebra want to live a colorful life. So let's take action to protect our colorful culture before it becomes as simple as black and white.
It's not difficult. Learning some folk songs, trying on a traditional clothing and even eating local food instead of going to KFC can help. And we're sure you will enjoy it. | 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"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "to feed plants"
},
"options": [
"to feed animals",
"to feed plants",
"to build a house",
"to make machines"
],
"question": "According to the passage, the food parts of rubbish can be used again _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "By reusing and recycling it."
},
"options": [
"By burning it off.",
"By putting it in water.",
"By throwing it away.",
"By reusing and recycling it."
],
"question": "How should we take care of a used metal box according to the passage?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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 placed where the ground is low or there is a big hole. The kitchen rubbish is broken into small pieces and sent into the sewage system. The _ system takes away the used water from toilets, bathtubs and other places.
To keep mice and flies away, some earth is used to cover the newly dumped rubbish. Later, grass may be planted on the rubbish-filled land. Finally, a house or a school may be built there, and then you'd never know that this had once been an old rubbish dump.
In other cities the rubbish is burnt in special places. The fire burns everything but the metal. Sometimes the metal can be used again in factories where things are made of metal. The food parts of rubbish are put in special piles where they slowly change into something called humus , which looks like black earth. It is rich with kinds of things that feed plants and help make them grow. | 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": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Two."
},
"options": [
"One.",
"Two.",
"Three.",
"Four."
],
"question": "How many teachers are there in the story?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Jane."
},
"options": [
"Mrs John and the guests.",
"The woman's son.",
"Jane.",
"The rich woman."
],
"question": "Who do you think is clever in the story?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "will make her mother happy at the party"
},
"options": [
"only goes to her grandpa's school",
"doesn't want to go to school",
"will make her mother happy at the party",
"1ikes birds very much"
],
"question": "From the story we know that Jane _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Jane laughs at her son."
},
"options": [
"Jane laughs at her son.",
"Jane is a gir1.",
"Her son can't answer the questions.",
"Jane answers all the questions."
],
"question": "Why is the rich woman angry with Jane?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
}
] | 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 rich woman is angry. She te11s her friend--a teacher to ask Jane some questions, but the little girl answers all. Then she asks, ''There are three birds in a tree. How many will be left if I kill one?"
"One" answers Jane. "You're wrong!" calls out the rich woman. "All of them will fly away","Do you think a dead bird can fly?"asks the little girl.
The guests begin to 1augh and the woman's face turns red. | middle6488.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "brothers"
},
"options": [
"brother and sister",
"brothers",
"sisters",
"friends"
],
"question": "Cara and Ben are _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "two chairs and one desk"
},
"options": [
"two chairs and one desk",
"two desks and chair",
"two chairs and two desks",
"one desk and one chair"
],
"question": "Cara and Ben have _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "bed; bed"
},
"options": [
"chair; bed",
"sweater; sweater",
"bed; bed",
"bed; chair"
],
"question": "Cara's _ is yellow and Ben's _ is green.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "on his bed"
},
"options": [
"on his bed",
"on Ben's bed",
"on the chair",
"on the desk"
],
"question": "Cara's sweater is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "They live in the same room"
},
"options": [
"Their class is very nice.",
"Their two beds look the same.",
"Their schoolbags are under the chairs.",
"They live in the same room"
],
"question": "Which is right ?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
}
] | 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 clock, books and pencil-boxes are on the desk. Their schoolbags are behind the chairs. | middle7796.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "newspaper"
},
"options": [
"ad",
"newspaper",
"textbook",
"story"
],
"question": "Maybe the passage is from a/an _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Three"
},
"options": [
"Three",
"Four",
"Five",
"Two"
],
"question": "_ cities in Anhui are mentioned in the passage.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Hubei Province"
},
"options": [
"Zhejiang Province",
"Jiangxi Province",
"Shanxi Province",
"Hubei Province"
],
"question": "According to the passage, no city in _ is chosen as the top 20 happiest cities in China.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | 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, China Post Group Corporation and National School of Development at Peking University, is China's largest national media and public survey. More than 100,000 families across 300 counties and 104 cities took part in this nationwide questionnaire . The survey focused on the income, expenditure, social security, and life quality.
Here are the top 20 happiest cities in China.
Haikou, Hainan Province, Changsha, Hunan Province ,Taiyuan, Shanxi Province ,Nanjing, Jiangsu Province ,Tianjin, Hefei, Anhui Province, Chongqing ,Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, Xining, Qinghai Province, Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region,Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province,Yongzhou, Hunan Province, Yichun, Heilongjiang Province ,Huangshan, Anhui Province ,Huzhou, Zhejiang Province,Chuzhou, Anhui Province,Mianyang, Sichuan Province ,Shangrao, Jiangxi Province,Bozhou, Anhui Province. | middle2836.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "writer"
},
"options": [
"doctor",
"teacher",
"actor",
"writer"
],
"question": "Roald Dahl was famous as a (an) _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "wrote a story about his pilot experience"
},
"options": [
"lost his parents in a plane accident",
"wrote a story about his pilot experience",
"got married with an English film star",
"won a big prize for his book Matilda"
],
"question": "After Roald went to America, he _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | 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 died when Roald was very young. Roald and his mother lived a hard life. He had to leave school and went to Africa where he worked for an oil company.
In 1939 Roald became a pilot, but he had a bad accident. It made him limp for the rest of his life. After this, Roald went to America where he wrote a story about his experience as a pilot. It was so good that it was put in a magazine.
Roald married an American film star. They bought a house in England and had five children. From 1960 to 1965, _ : Theo, one of his children, was hit by a taxi and was seriously hurt. Olivia, one of Roald's daughters, died of a strange illness. Soon after this, his wife also had a serious illness. It took her years to get completely better.
Gradually Roald became more and more successful. He always did his writing in an old shed at the back of his house. He always sat in the same old armchair with a wooden board on his lap.
_
In 1983 Roald won a big prize for his book The BFG. During his life, Roald wrote many famous books, such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, Fantastic Mr. Fox.
After he died in 1990, Roald left money to help people with serious illnesses and those with problems with reading and writing. | middle5181.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "low and high"
},
"options": [
"high and salty",
"low and high",
"low and salty",
"salty and flat"
],
"question": "People live on _ lands.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "islands"
},
"options": [
"hills",
"mountains",
"flats",
"islands"
],
"question": "Some lands with water around them are called _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The water in oceans and some lakes is salty."
},
"options": [
"The water in rivers and lakes is salty.",
"The water in oceans and all lakes is salty.",
"The water in oceans and some lakes is salty.",
"The water in oceans and of lakes is salty."
],
"question": "According To the passage, which sentence is TRUE?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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 around them. But hills are lower than mountains. Did you ever try to ride your bicycle up a hill? Some parts of Earth touch oceans. These parts are called _ . Some lands have water all around them. These lands are called islands.
Earth has many different bodies of water, too. You know about the oceans. There are very large bodies of water. The water in the oceans is salty. There are also smaller bodies of water called lakes. Lakes have land all around them. Rivers carry water from the land. They are long bodies of running water. The water in rivers is not salty. Most lakes do not have salty water, either. | middle2605.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"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"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Some people won't leave an impression on other travelers."
},
"options": [
"Nothing will happen to some people on the train.",
"Some people on the train won't offer a helping hand.",
"Some people shouldn't get on or get off the train so quickly",
"Some people won't leave an impression on other travelers."
],
"question": "What does the writer mean by saying \"They will hardly leave a sign\"?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Parents are the people who will be with us for the whole journey."
},
"options": [
"Some people will just go on their journey happily all the way.",
"Parents are the people who will be with us for the whole journey.",
"Some surprises will become great moments of happiness in life.",
"Anyone that we love is very important to us on the journey of life."
],
"question": "Which of the following is NOT true?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Life is like a train ride"
},
"options": [
"Memories of a train ride",
"A pleasant train tour",
"Life is like a train ride",
"Life is full of hope"
],
"question": "What's the best title for this passage?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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 people who we think will be with us for the whole journey. Those people are our parents. Sadly, this is far from the truth. Our parents are with us when we completely need them. They, too, have journeys they must complete. We live on with the memories of their love, support and so on.
There are others who get on the train and who finally become very important to us. These people are our brothers, sisters and friends, whom we will learn to love and take care of.
Some people regard their journey as a pleasant tour. They will just go happily along. Others will _ many upsets, tears and losses on their journey. Some others will stay on to offer a helping hand to anyone in need.
Some people on the train will leave a deep impression when they get off. Some will get on and get off the train so quickly that they will hardly leave a sign.
We will sometimes be upset that some passengers, whom we love, will choose to sit in another compartment and leave us to travel on our own. Then again, there's nothing that says we can't look for them anyway. But when we find them, we may not even be able to sit next to them because that seat will already be taken.
That's okay... everyone's journey will be filled with hopes, dreams, challenges, difficulties and goodbyes. | middle4274.txt |
[
{
"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 their eyesight.",
"draw people's special attention to eye hygiene ."
],
"question": "The purpose of this passage is to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "55 percent"
},
"options": [
"45 percent",
"less than half",
"55 percent",
"two thirds"
],
"question": "Only _ of the children in Shenzhen City have good eyesight.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "poorer"
},
"options": [
"poorer",
"better",
"brighter",
"good"
],
"question": "Generally speaking, high school students have _ eyesight than primary school students.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "couldn't choose to study what they liked best"
},
"options": [
"weren't allowed to enter college",
"couldn't graduate from high school",
"couldn't choose to study what they liked best",
"lost their limited time"
],
"question": "Because of being shortsighted many school graduates _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "make their eyes too tired"
},
"options": [
"read books",
"watch TV",
"make their eyes too tired",
"see things far away"
],
"question": "In order to take care of eyes, children shouldn't _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | 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 |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"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 main idea of the passage?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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 combination for their password. The most used passwords are 123456, abcdef and abc123. In fact, if your passwords are in lower-case ,it will be easily hacked by a hacker. According to a study, it only takes a hacker ten minutes to hack a six-letter password which is in lower-case, but if you make the letter in upper-case, it can take up to ten hours. So if you want to make your account much safer, you should make your password upper-case. Of course, you can also add numbers or _ to your password. Most of the time a hacker's computer has to work for 18 days to break a password, but if you choose a nine-letter password that includes numbers and symbols, it can take a hacher's computer 44,530 years to break it. | middle698.txt |
[
{
"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,
"answer_text": "Teddy bears."
},
"options": [
"A football.",
"A football shirt.",
"Typical English foods.",
"Teddy bears."
],
"question": "What present(s) does David buy for Chris's sisters?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
}
] | 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 I am on a shopping trip with my mum.
I know what I want for Chris.I am buying him a football shirt.He is a big Chelsea fan .It's expensive but it's the perfect present.Mum has good ideas about what to buy for Chris's parents.She suggests some typical English foods like tea and marmalade .We find a great shop.It has just what we want.Mum also buys them a photo of London.
That just leaves Chris's sisters.We go to a toy shop and I see some beautiful teddy bears.They are all in different colours and say "Greetings from London." They are perfect.Now I'm ready for my holiday. | middle6463.txt |
[
{
"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 the zoo.",
"Because the writer wants to show us that animals can do everything."
],
"question": "Why does the writer introduce so many animals from different places to us?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Y=3."
},
"options": [
"Y=3.",
"Y=4.",
"Y=5 .",
"Y=6 ."
],
"question": "How much does Mr. Smith have to pay if he visits the zoo with his son of three?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "3:00 p.m. Sunday"
},
"options": [
"8:30 a.m. Wednesday",
"9:30 a.m. Friday",
"3:00 p.m. Sunday",
"5:00 p.m. Tuesday"
],
"question": "We can visit the zoo at _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "We should keep the zoo clean."
},
"options": [
"We can spit everywhere.",
"We can throw things everywhere.",
"We should keep the zoo clean.",
"We can play with the animals."
],
"question": "Which of the following statements is TRUE?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "tall"
},
"options": [
"fat",
"short",
"Strong",
"tall"
],
"question": "From the passage we can infer a giraffe must be a very _ animal.",
"question_type": "summarization_questions"
}
] | 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. The giraffes from Africa are waiting to look down on you.
Tickets Opening time
Grown-ups: Y=3 9:00a.m.--4:00p.m.
Children: Over 1.4m: Y=2 except Friday
Under 1.4m: Free 10:00a.m.--3:00p.m.
Keep the zoo clean!
Do not touch, give food or go near to the animals. | middle6305.txt |
[
{
"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,
"answer_text": "We can get everything on QQ."
},
"options": [
"We can get lots of information on QQ.",
"We can make friends on QQ",
"We can get everything on QQ.",
"We can play games with friends on QQ."
],
"question": "Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "problems"
},
"options": [
"problems",
"benefits",
"interests",
"fun"
],
"question": "Sometimes QQ may bring us some _ if we don't use it well.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "we get some useful information we need."
},
"options": [
"we spend too much time chatting online.",
"we get some useful information we need.",
"we tell some strangers about our real telephone number.",
"we tell some strangers about our real address and ID number"
],
"question": "QQ will be good for us if _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "join a QQ group with many English lovers in it."
},
"options": [
"do shopping on QQ.",
"always chat in Chinese on QQ.",
"play games with our friends on QQ.",
"join a QQ group with many English lovers in it."
],
"question": "If we want to learn English well, we can _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | 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 a QQ group to find the information we need. For example, if we want to learn English well, we can choose a group with many English lovers in it. Third, we can also play games with our friends on QQ and always have fun.
QQ brings us a lot of benefits , but it can also cause some problems. It's dangerous to tell strangers on QQ our real personal information like telephone number, address and ID number. If we spend too much time chatting online, it won't be good for our study and health. | middle4512.txt |
[
{
"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": "Why couldn't the writer see things clearly through the window?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "one should judge himself before he judges others."
},
"options": [
"one shouldn't criticize others very often.",
"one should look at others through his dirty windows.",
"one should often keep his windows clean.",
"one should judge himself before he judges others."
],
"question": "What can we learn from the passage?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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 window. I would say to myself, "What a lazy woman! I wonder why she doesn't wash her window. It really looks terrible."
One bright morning, I decided to clean my flat, including the windows. When I finally finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window for a rest. What a surprise! Everything in the woman's flat could be seen clearly. Her window was clean!
I began to understand. I watched the woman's window from my own dirty window. That's the problem! That is quite an important lesson for me. How often do I look at and criticize others through the dirty window of my heart?
From then on, whenever I want to _ someone, I ask myself first, "Am I looking at him through my dirty window?" Then I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see others' world more clearly. | middle4506.txt |
[
{
"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_index": 2,
"answer_text": "by bus."
},
"options": [
"by train.",
"on foot .",
"by bus.",
"by car."
],
"question": "When the writer knew Guy was ill, he decided to go to party",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The cat walked over his shirt."
},
"options": [
"He had a bad cold.",
"The cat was ill.",
"The cat walked over his shirt.",
"Guy came to his house."
],
"question": "What happened when the writer was talking on the phone?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Because he fell asleep one the train."
},
"options": [
"Because he was talking on the phone.",
"Because he fell asleep one the train.",
"Because he wanted to walk to Bert's house.",
"Because he was lost."
],
"question": "Why did the writer miss his station?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "When the party nearly finished."
},
"options": [
"Ten minutes later.",
"Half an hour later.",
"When the party just began.",
"When the party nearly finished."
],
"question": "When did the writer arrive at Bert's house?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
}
] | 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 spent a few minutes finding another one and I was late for leaving.
As I was walking to the station, it started snowing and I got very cold. I just missed a train and I had to wait for another one. Half an hour later, the train arrived. I was so cold and tired that I fell asleep on the train and missed my station.
Well, I got off at the next station, and decided to walk to Bert's house. I walked for 10 minutes but I got lost. Then I took a taxi. When I arrived at Bert's house, the party nearly finished and people were leaving. What a terrible day! | 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_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Tommy"
},
"options": [
"Tommy",
"Rachel",
"Morgan",
"Dustin"
],
"question": "According to the writer , _ needs to fight his/her fear.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Regarding fears as challenges."
},
"options": [
"Talking with others .",
"Taking a deep breath .",
"Thinking about happy times .",
"Regarding fears as challenges."
],
"question": "Which piece of advice is not mentioned about fighting fears ?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
}
] | 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 . When the fear comes ,it means we may meet something dangerous.
For the fear of dark , a kid could have much imagination .What's under my bed ? Is there someone breaking into my house ? With the help of a parent , kids can get more comfortable in the dark. Using a night light to see that there's nothing there can also help fight that fear.
For other fears ,we needn't fight . If you're afraid to ride your bike on a busy street ,you're right ! You should be afraid because it's dangerous. There's no need to fight a fear like that . Find a better place to ride.
It's also ok for Rachel to be afraid of the big jellyfish because it's really dangerous . But it lives only in some waters. So when she's not swimming in one of them ,there should be no worries about the big jellyfish.
Here is some advice about fighting fears from kids.
Monique,10, says when you are scared, just think about happy times . Eight-year-old Jessica finds that taking a deep breath helps when you're scared. Amanda ,10, thinks kids should talk with a parent . Dustin ,11, likes to talk with a group of friends. | 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": "4"
},
"options": [
"1",
"4",
"3",
"2"
],
"question": "Two bottles of milk is just _ yuan.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "12"
},
"options": [
"2",
"12",
"20",
"24"
],
"question": "A kilo of chicken is _ yuan.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "9"
},
"options": [
"9",
"18",
"36",
"8"
],
"question": "Beef is _ yuan half a kilo.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "16"
},
"options": [
"8",
"4",
"16",
"20"
],
"question": "I need two kilos of fish. It's _ yuan.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | 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 yuan a kilo. Fish is for eight yuan a kilo. Come with your family and friends!
,. | 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"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "cards, flowers, candy and so on"
},
"options": [
"mothers and fathers",
"cards, flowers, candy and so on",
"teachers and students",
"uncles and aunts"
],
"question": "We can know from the passage that Valentines refer to",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "so many students love their teachers"
},
"options": [
"they send the most",
"students have too much money",
"so many students love their teachers",
"the valentines are only for them"
],
"question": "Teachers get the most valentines because _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Adults send fewer cards than children do."
},
"options": [
"Flowers are the best present for Valentine's Day.",
"All valentines are red and white.",
"Adults never get cards on Valentine's Day.",
"Adults send fewer cards than children do."
],
"question": "Which of the following is TRUE?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "valentines and their receivers"
},
"options": [
"candy and flowers",
"parents and children",
"valentines and their receivers",
"the teachers in the USA"
],
"question": "This passage is mainly about _ .",
"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. Valentine cards with words are often used by many people.
Can you guess who gets the greatest number of Valentine cards in the USA each year? Is It mother or father, sister or brother? Is it uncle or aunt? Is it the special friend? No, it isn't!
Mothers get a lot of cards, but school teachers get the most each year. Do you know who sends the most? Children do. Children send five times as many on February 14 th as adults do. | 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"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "All of the above."
},
"options": [
"We should take some medicine.",
"We should have a good rest.",
"We should stay at home and drink a lot of water.",
"All of the above."
],
"question": "What should we do when we catch a cold?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "The juice of lemons."
},
"options": [
"Some plants.",
"The juice of lemons.",
"Aspirin.",
"Fruit."
],
"question": "What can make a sore throat better?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Some parts of plants may make people feel better."
},
"options": [
"Taking aspirin can get rid of the cold.",
"All the plants can be made into medicine.",
"Scientists have found a cure for cold.",
"Some parts of plants may make people feel better."
],
"question": "Which of the following sentences is TRUE?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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 lot of water, too. A doctor once told me, "With the right medicine, the cold will last for seven days. With no medicine, it will go on for a week!"
Where does our medicine come from? A long time ago, people knew that some plants made them feel better. For example, the juice of lemons makes a sore throat better. Now, scientists find some parts of plants can make some medicine. Because of these medicines, people now live longer than their grandparents. | 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"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "it wants to eat"
},
"options": [
"it wants to eat",
"the boy asks it to do so",
"the boy is the dog's owner",
"the boy is friendly to it"
],
"question": "Why does the dog go to the boy? Because _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "give him a good lesson"
},
"options": [
"give him a shilling",
"give him a good lesson",
"give him some more bread",
"help the boy"
],
"question": "Mr. White tells the boy to come up to him, because he wants to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "sympathetic"
},
"options": [
"cruel",
"sympathetic",
"friendly",
"Polite"
],
"question": "What kind of man do you think Mr. White is? He is a _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_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 the dog. It runs away, and the boy laughs.
Then Mr. White comes out of his house and says to the boy. "I'll give you a shilling ."The boy is happy and says "Yes.""Come here," Mr. White says. The boy goes to him, but Mr. White does not give him a shilling. He hits him with a stick .The boy cries and says, "Why do you hit me? I do not ask you for any money." "No," Mr. White says, "and the dog does not ask you for any bread, but you kick it." | 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,
"answer_text": "people could drink sea water and not die"
},
"options": [
"sea water was dangerous",
"sailors often died",
"people could drink sea water and not die",
"fish were good for people"
],
"question": "He wanted to show that _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "a large ocean"
},
"options": [
"a large ocean",
"a town",
"a boat",
"a ship"
],
"question": "He went across _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "sea water, fish and small plants"
},
"options": [
"sea water",
"food that he cooked",
"only fish",
"sea water, fish and small plants"
],
"question": "Dr. Bombard lived on _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "drinking sea water"
},
"options": [
"drinking sea water",
"a dying sailor",
"a kind doctor",
"eating good food"
],
"question": "The story is about _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | 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, we shall be very ill because of all the salt in the water. A doctor called Alain Bombard did not believe this. He thought that people could stay alive by drinking sea water and eating small fish, animals and plants from the sea. On 19 October 1953, he set out in a small boat to cross the Atlantic Ocean . He did not take any food or water with him.
Every day Dr. Bombard drank just a little sea water. He also caught fish and they had water in them. He drank this water. He could not cook the fish, so he ate them as they were. He took small plants from the sea, which gave him more food.
Dr. Bombard became hot, tired and quite ill, but after 65days at sea he was still alive. He traveled 2,750 miles from one side of the Atlantic Ocean to the other, and on 24th,December 1953, he reached Barbados.
He lost 20 kilos, but he showed that people could live on sea water, the animals and plants in the sea. | 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": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "To keep healthy."
},
"options": [
"To keep healthy.",
"To make more friends.",
"To make our studies better.",
"To know about the world."
],
"question": "Why do we need to do sports in our free time?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Sleeping all day."
},
"options": [
"Going for a picnic.",
"Sleeping all day.",
"Playing chess.",
"Keeping a pet."
],
"question": "Which is NOT a good way to spend our free time according to the writer?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Hobbies."
},
"options": [
"Money.",
"Friends.",
"Hobbies.",
"Trees."
],
"question": "What is (are) important to you to spend your free time according to the writer?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "How to spend your free time."
},
"options": [
"What to do when you stay at home.",
"How to develop your hobby.",
"How to spend your free time.",
"How to keep healthy."
],
"question": "What's the main idea of the passage?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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 go for a picnic or play some sports. In this way, you can take some fresh air and keep healthy. If you like to stay at home, you may enjoy some light music or read a few novels. You can play some indoor games such as chess, cards, and table tennis. You can also plant some trees and flowers in your garden to make your home beautiful. It is also a good way to keep a pet and talk with it. Just develop some hobbies and you will feel much happier after a long holiday. | 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 _ .",
"question_type": "summarization_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "green"
},
"options": [
"red",
"blue",
"green",
"black"
],
"question": "I was really _ when I saw his nice new car.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Fast."
},
"options": [
"Fast.",
"Sad.",
"Slow.",
"Soulful."
],
"question": "Which word describes the red hot music?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "a black sheep"
},
"options": [
"a black horse",
"a black cat",
"a black dog",
"a black sheep"
],
"question": "My brother is _ of our family, everyone hates him.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Not all the \"black\" expressions have bad meanings."
},
"options": [
"A company surely likes to be \"in the red \".",
"All the colour expressions in the passage come from Britain English.",
"Not all the \"black\" expressions have bad meanings.",
"Dollars are called \"greenback\" because it has trees on the back side."
],
"question": "Which of the following is TRUE?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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 unnatural colour for humans. When someone doesn't feel well, for example, we say he looks green. When someone is angry because he doesn't have what someone else has, we say he is "green with envy".
Some people are "green with envy" because someone else has more dollars, or "greenbacks". Dollars are called "greenback" because that's the colour of the backside of the money.
Blue is a cool colour. The traditional blue music of American blacks is the opposite of red hot music. It is slow, sad and soulful . To be blue, of course, is to be sad.
The colour black is often used in expressions. People describe a day in which everything goes wrong as a "black day". A "black sheep" is the member of a family or group who always seems to be in trouble. If someone meets a "black cat", something unlucky might happen to him. Not all the "black" expressions have bad meanings. A company "in the red" is losing money. If someone tells you to put someone "in black and white", they want you to write it down. | middle7741.txt |
[
{
"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": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Hong Kong Racing Museum"
},
"options": [
"Ocean Park",
"Hong Kong Racing Museum",
"Hong Kong Cultural Centre",
"Ladies' Street"
],
"question": "In _ we can know something about horse racing.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "the concert"
},
"options": [
"Ladies' Street",
"the concert",
"the Italian film festival",
"the Peak Galleria"
],
"question": "Last night Haohao went to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "ride bicycles"
},
"options": [
"ride bicycles",
"kiss people",
"do math",
"dance"
],
"question": "Dolphins can't _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Dongdong has seen an Italian film before."
},
"options": [
"Haohao has planned to stay in Hong Kong for two weeks.",
"This morning Haohao went to watch the dolphins perform.",
"Haohao likes Chinese traditional music very much.",
"Dongdong has seen an Italian film before."
],
"question": "Which of the following is NOT TRUE?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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 about horse racing. I've also visited Ladies' Street. In the street I bought some beautiful clothes for my mother. Last night I went to a concert. Chinese traditional music has always been my favourite. This morning I went to Ocean Park and watched the dolphins perform. Dolphins are so clever. They can jump from the water to touch a ball, sway their bodies to music, kiss people and even do math. Mr Host is going to take me to an Italian film festival in Hong Kong Cultural Centre tomorrow. I'm so excited because I have never seen an Italian film before. But some people say they're boring.
That's all. Best wishes! | 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": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "people can use time better by making a daily schedule"
},
"options": [
"nobody has enough time to do everything he should do",
"people can use time better by making a daily schedule",
"it's good to have dinner before homework",
"students should finish all of their homework at one time"
],
"question": "The writer thinks that _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "adjust your other activities"
},
"options": [
"not mind it",
"work according to your schedule",
"adjust your other activities",
"forget about your schedule"
],
"question": "In the writer's opinion, if something unexpected takes place, you should _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "make a daily schedule"
},
"options": [
"make a daily schedule",
"get good study habits",
"make a form",
"live happily"
],
"question": "The passage is mainly about how to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | 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 ruler. Draw a form of your waking hours, using one square for each half an hour. If you're awake for 16 hours each day, you will need 32 squares: 8 across, 4 down.2. Sit down and examine your day. Make a list of all the things you need to do. Think about when you should do them. 3. Fill out your schedule. 4. Remember to give yourself breaks. If doing all of your homework at one time is too much, schedule a little bit of free time in the middle of it. 5. If you have an important thing to do but it's not on your schedule, _ other activities around it. 6. Think about using different colored pens for your different activities. In this way, you'll clearly know how your day is planned out. | 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"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "It took Smit a moment to understand what he had seen about the fish."
},
"options": [
"Nobody has heard of the rumors about the tigerfish before.",
"It took Smit a moment to understand what he had seen about the fish.",
"The interesting findings happened in a lake in the afternoon.",
"The birds were caught by the tigerfish because they were out too early for food."
],
"question": "Which of the following is true according to the passage?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "In a newspaper."
},
"options": [
"In a poster.",
"In a tour guide.",
"In a newspaper.",
"In a story book."
],
"question": "Where is the passage likely to be read?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "The early fish gets the bird."
},
"options": [
"The early fish gets the bird.",
"Nico Smit and an African tigerfish.",
"Nico Smit and his research team.",
"The Mapungubwe National Park"
],
"question": "Which is the best title for the passage?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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 been rumors this kind of fish preys on birds since the 1940s, but no one was able to catch _ .
"The whole action of jumping and catching happens so quickly that after we saw it, it took all of us a moment to really understand what we had just seen," said Nico Smit from Environmental Sciences and Management at North-West University.
Smit and his research team saw it at a lake in the Mapungubwe National Park in South Africa during summer. They found about 20 fish feeding on birds in the morning. Those birds may be out early to look for food, but we will never know for sure! | 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 mother to live with them because _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "she could do the housework for them"
},
"options": [
"she was rich",
"she could watched their door",
"she could do the housework for them",
"she was friendly to them all"
],
"question": "The family liked Mrs Black because _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "she couldn't buy a house and none takes care of her[:##Z#X#X#K]"
},
"options": [
"she had no house to live in",
"she couldn't look after herself",
"Sandra couldn't go to see her any more",
"she couldn't buy a house and none takes care of her[:##Z#X#X#K]"
],
"question": "Mrs Black was afraid _ ,so she couldn't leave her daughter's house.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "her mother could broke another plate"
},
"options": [
"her mother could broke another plate",
"her mother didn't want to live",
"her husband could be tired of her mother",
"her mother couldn't do anything at home"
],
"question": "Sandra was afraid _ ,so she told her son to buy a wooden plate for her.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "she knows she did wrong"
},
"options": [
"she knows she did wrong",
"she was afraid of her son",
"the old is poor",
"it's her duty"
],
"question": "Sandra is friendly to her mother again because _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | 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 woman had to sell her house and moved there. She was strong and could do all the housework. And the family liked her.
Last autumn Mrs Black went to do some shopping. A car hit her and her leg was hurt. She had to be in hospital for three months. She couldn't do anything after she came back. At first her daughter was kind to her, but soon she began to tired of her. The old woman wanted to leave, but she had no money to buy a house and nobody could take care of her. She didn't know what to do.
One morning Mrs Black broke a plate. It made her daughter angry. She told James to buy a wooden for her grandma. That afternoon James came back with two wooden plates. She was surprised and asked "Why did you buy two plates, son"
"One is for my grandma," answered the boy. "The other is for you." She cried for long. She's kind to her mother as she did before. | 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": "England"
},
"options": [
"China",
"The USA",
"England",
"Canada"
],
"question": "Where is Sally's dad from?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Green"
},
"options": [
"Red",
"Green",
"Blue",
"Blond"
],
"question": "What is Sally's favorite color?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Sally and I are in the same class."
},
"options": [
"Sally's mouth is small.",
"Sally is an English girl.",
"Sally and I are in the same class.",
"Sally's hair is blond."
],
"question": "Which is WRONG ?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
}
] | 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 and I are good friends. Well, green is Sally's favorite color, and she is in green. We are in the same school, but we are in different classes.
,. | 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"
],
"question": "Capuchin monkeys are people's great helpers because _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "How capuchin monkeys can help people do things."
},
"options": [
"How capuchin monkeys can help people do things.",
"Why capuchin monkeys' hands are like people's hands.",
"Where scientists train capuchin monkeys to help people.",
"When people found capuchin monkeys were helpful."
],
"question": "What is the passage mainly about?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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 think about how they could help people who cannot do everyday things for themselves.
In 1979 Dr. M. J. Willard and Judi Zazula began looking at some small, friendly monkeys called capuchin monkeys. These monkeys have hands like people's hands, and they like to be around people. Could the monkeys be trained to do things that people could not do for themselves? The women wanted to find out if their idea would work. So they spent a long time training some capuchin monkeys, and they found that these animals made great helpers.
Today the first step in training a young capuchin monkey is to have it stay home with people and watch how they live. The monkeys learn how to _ around people. Then the monkeys go to a special school in Boston. There they learn how to do many easy chores. They are taught how to carry food and pick up dropped objects. They learn how to open doors and turn light switches on and off. They even learn how to use CD players and VCRs.
After a monkey finishes its training, it goes to live with a person who needs help. If the person wants a light turned on, the monkey does it. If the person needs a glass of water, the monkey brings it. If the person wants to watch TV, the monkey turns it on. The monkey becomes a very important part of that person's life. In fact, the monkey often becomes the person's good friend. | middle3241.txt |
[
{
"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.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "All the dentist's work"
},
"options": [
"The first day'work of the dentist",
"The last day's work of the dentist",
"Half the dentist's work",
"All the dentist's work"
],
"question": "_ cost twenty-five dollars.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "About thirty days later."
},
"options": [
"After he paid him.",
"About thirty days later.",
"After two months.",
"About twenty days later."
],
"question": "When did Mr. Robinson phone the dentist?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "gentlemen for money"
},
"options": [
"a woman for money",
"the poor for money",
"gentlemen for money",
"people for much money"
],
"question": "The dentist said that he never asked _ first.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "because he was afraid"
},
"options": [
"because he was afraid",
"because he had no money",
"because he wasn't a gentleman",
"because he didn't want to much money"
],
"question": "Mr. Robinson never went to see a dentist _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | 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 dentist. But he didn't ask him for the money. After a month Mr. Robinson phoned the dentist and said, "You haven't asked me for any money for your work." "Oh," the dentist answered, "I never ask a gentleman for money." "Then how do you live?" Mr. Robinson asked. "Most gentlemen pay me quickly, the dentist said, "but some don't. I wait for my money for two months, and then I say, 'That man is not a gentleman,' and then I ask him for my money. | 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 _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "he became impatient and a bit worried"
},
"options": [
"he became impatient and a bit worried",
"a taxi ride would be more comfortable",
"he knew the driver would never return",
"the bus driver had given him wrong information"
],
"question": "The writer changed his mind after waiting 30 minutes because _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "she wanted to do something good for others"
},
"options": [
"her brother had told her to do so",
"she wanted to earn more money",
"she happened to go in the same direction",
"she wanted to do something good for others"
],
"question": "The bus driver drove the writer home later because _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "would help someone in need"
},
"options": [
"would drive someone home",
"would help someone in need",
"would keep her in memory",
"would give the money to others"
],
"question": "The bus driver hoped that the writer _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | 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 more miles," she said. There was another bus I could take from there. This clearly was going to be a long night.
I got off at the end of the route and she told me which bus to look for. After waiting 30 minutes, I began to think about a very expensive taxi ride home. Then a bus came up. There was no lighted number above its windshield. It was out of service, but the door opened. It was the same driver.
"I just can't leave you here," she said. "This isn't the nicest place. I will give you a ride home."
"You will drive me home on the bus?" I asked, _ .
"No, I will take you in my car," she said.
"It's a long way," I insisted.
"Come on, " she said. "I have nothing else to do."
As we drove from the station in the car, she began telling me a story, A few days earlier, her brother had run out of gas. A good man picked him up, took him to a service station and then back to his car. "I'm just passing the favor along," she said.
When I offered her money as a thank-you, she wouldn't accept. "Just do something nice for somebody. Pass it along," she said. | middle1456.txt |
[
{
"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_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "A Chinese."
},
"options": [
"An American.",
"A Chinese.",
"An Australian.",
"An Englishman."
],
"question": "What is a \"banana person\" like outside?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Because they were born in America and live there for a long time."
},
"options": [
"Because they have white skins.",
"Because they have American blood.",
"Because they were born in America and live there for a long time.",
"Because their parents are Americans."
],
"question": "Why do \"banana persons\" do things like Americans?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "They think like Americans."
},
"options": [
"They live in China.",
"They were born in China.",
"They grew up in China.",
"They think like Americans."
],
"question": "Which of the following is TRUE about \"banana persons\"?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "What Is a \"Banana Person\""
},
"options": [
"What Is a \"Banana Person\"",
"A Great Person's Name Is ABC",
"Great \"Banana Persons\"",
"Great Chinese People in America"
],
"question": "The best title for the passage is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | 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 like that?
If we call somebody an ABC person, we mean he or she is a Chinese but was born in America. Sometimes, people also call them "banana persons". A banana is yellow outside and white inside. So if somebody is a "banana person", he or she is "white" inside and "yellow" outside. By saying that, we mean he or she has yellow skin but does things in an American way. "Banana persons" were born in America and they live in America for a long time, so they think like Americans and do things like Americans. However, these people still have Chinese blood . Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents are from China. They all have black eyes and black hair, so they look like us, Chinese people.
There are many famous "banana persons" in America. They do very well in America and they are really great in their own fields. | middle7027.txt |
[
{
"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 in winter"
],
"question": "The writer tries to _ in this passage.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "drivers should think more about problems in winter driving"
},
"options": [
"people should not drive in the snow",
"drivers should think more about problems in winter driving",
"people drive too fast in winter",
"winter drivers should stop their cars less"
],
"question": "According to the passage, the writer thinks that _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "to show how important smooth movements are"
},
"options": [
"to show how important smooth movements are",
"to ask the drivers to bring some soft drinks with them",
"to tell the drivers to be more relaxed",
"to show how it can be spilled"
],
"question": "In the passage the writer talks about a cup of coffee _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The stopping distance on ice is as long as the usual one."
},
"options": [
"Traffic accidents take place easily in winter.",
"Fog and melting snow often cause car accidents.",
"The stopping distance on ice is as long as the usual one.",
"In winter you should drive your car with great care."
],
"question": "Which of the following is NOT TRUE? _",
"question_type": "summarization_questions"
}
] | 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 Number One for driving on icy roads is to drive smoothly . Sudden movements can make a car very difficult to control. So every time you either start or stop your car, increase or reduce your speed, you must be as gentle and slow as possible. Suppose you are driving with a full cup of hot coffee on the seat next to you. Drive so that you wouldn't spill it.
Rule Number Two is to pay attention to what might happen. The more ice there is, the further down the road you have to look. Test how long it takes to gently stop your car. Remember that you may be driving more quickly than you think. Generally, allow twice of your usual stopping distance when the road is wet, three times this distance on snow, and even more on ice. Try to stay in control of your car at all times and you will not get into trouble. | 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 _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He asked the child's mother for help."
},
"options": [
"He set up a charity group .",
"He offered much money to the child",
"He asked the child's mother for help.",
"He worked with a charity organization.\""
],
"question": "What did John Mulcahy do in order to improve communication with a disabled child in his class?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "join healthy kids' clubs"
},
"options": [
"help parents in trouble",
"join healthy kids' clubs",
"work with their parents",
"get on well with others"
],
"question": "According to the passage, it may be difficult for disabled kids to _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "KIDS is now the largest charity group in the UK helping disabled kids."
},
"options": [
"John was a teacher who taught disabled kids.",
"Many students in John's classes were disabled.",
"KIDS also teaches disabled kids how to do sports.",
"KIDS is now the largest charity group in the UK helping disabled kids."
],
"question": "Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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:working together with parents to help disabled kids to develop their skills and to achieve their hopes and dreams.
KIDS works to find out disabled children's interests and what they are really good at,and then helps them to live as _ people and make their dreams come true . Over the past 42 years , KIDS has helped many children. Now it is the UK's largest charity group that helps disabled children.
Today KTDS has more experts to provide services for over 6,000 disabled children and their families through its projects .
Education for under -fives
KTDS has many teaching materials , and helps parents to be the most important teachers of their children.
Play Disabled children may find it is difficult to join healthy kids clubs' clubs. KIDS provides different kinds of play and sports activities for disabled children from 5 to 19 years old.
Information KIDS gives parents of disabled kids advice and information, helping them to get on well with their children. | 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 mother to live with them because _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "she could do all the housework for them"
},
"options": [
"she was very rich",
"she could watch their door",
"she could do all the housework for them",
"she was friendly to them all"
],
"question": "The family liked Mrs. Black at first because _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "she had no house to live in"
},
"options": [
"she had no house to live in",
"Her daughter's family didn't like her any longer",
"Sandra couldn't go to see her any more",
"She could help her daughter do all the housework"
],
"question": "Mrs. Black couldn't leave her daughter's house because she _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "he hoped she would be kind to his grandma"
},
"options": [
"he didn't love her",
"he liked it",
"he hoped she would be kind to his grandma",
"she often broke the plates at home"
],
"question": "James bought a wooden plate for his mother because _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "she knows she did wrong"
},
"options": [
"she knows she did wrong",
"she was afraid of her son",
"the old woman is poor",
"it's her duty"
],
"question": "Sandra is friendly to her mother again because _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | 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 them.
The old woman had to sell her house and moved there. She was strong and could do all the housework. And the family liked her.
Last autumn Mrs. Black went to do some shopping. A car hit her and her leg was hurt. She had to be in hospital for three months. She couldn't do anything after she came back. At first her daughter was kind to her, but soon she began to be tired of her. The old woman wanted to leave, but she had no money to buy a house and nobody could take care of her. She didn't know what to do.
One morning Mrs. Black broke a plate. It made her daughter angry. She told James to buy a wooden plate for his grandma. That afternoon James came back with two wooden plates. She was surprised and asked, "Why did you buy two plates, son?"
"One is for grandma," answered the boy, "the other is for you! You will also have to use a wooden plate when you're old, I think."
The woman heard this and was sad. She cried for long. Now she is kind to her mother as she was before. | 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": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Watching TV."
},
"options": [
"Watching TV.",
"Having dinner.",
"Reading books.",
"Singing songs."
],
"question": "What does Xiao Guang like doing after training?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Because his son loves playing it."
},
"options": [
"Because the father loves it.",
"Because his son loves playing it.",
"Because his wife loves it.",
"Because he is a PE teacher."
],
"question": "Why does the father play table tennis?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "At weekends."
},
"options": [
"Every day after school.",
"On Monday afternoon.",
"On Tuesday morning.",
"At weekends."
],
"question": "When do Xiao Guang and his father go to a table tennis club?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
}
] | 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 tennis. I play it because my son enjoys playing it and I want to be his partner .
At weekends, I go to a table tennis club with my son. There are many players there. They are friendly. Sometimes, we play table tennis with other players.
I think it is a good sport. It helps me feel good. In my eyes, my son plays better than me. But in his eyes, I am a better player. I hope my son will play in the national team in the future. | 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_index": 3,
"answer_text": "A New Series about Future."
},
"options": [
"Aliens on Other Planets.",
"The Idea of Human Life.",
"A Science Fiction.",
"A New Series about Future."
],
"question": "Which would be the best title for the passage?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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 about these predictions. If we find life forms on other planets, will they be intelligent? I hope so. But we human beings might not be friendly - I don't think we'll believe in the idea of peace one hundred years from now. But this is science fiction, so we can be _ ! And Star Trek's idea of life in the future is 'communicators'. And we will be ablt to have conversatins with people who are on because you'll have an electronic notebook. And if you get ill, the doctor won't have to examine you - a machine will 'read' your body. The strangest manchine includes a 'teleport' which will take people to a different placein a second!
The ideas are interesting, and in my opinion there's only one problem with star trek: the acting. The TV company will have to get better actors. If they do that, the show might be a success. If the acting doesn't improve, Star Trek won't last for more than one series. Of course, my prediction may be wrong. I can't see into the future! | 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 to show beautiful spots.",
"New hotels and restaurants have been built."
],
"question": "What makes travel more attractive than before?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "people now have spare money for travel"
},
"options": [
"travelling today is easier than in the past",
"people now have spare money for travel",
"great changes have taken place in the world",
"people have become more interested in travelling"
],
"question": "Many more people travel today than in the past because _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "they want to meet different people and have new food"
},
"options": [
"they want to make a study of geography",
"they want to spend money.",
"they want to meet different people and have new food",
"they don't want to do anything else except that they visit friends"
],
"question": "People make journeys to many parts of the world. This is because _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "With the development of tourism, great changes will take place in many parts of the world."
},
"options": [
"People have some trouble in making journeys.",
"With the development of tourism, great changes will take place in many parts of the world.",
"Tourism won't bring any changes in people's minds.[:Z&xx&k.Com]",
"Tourism causes only some changes in clothing."
],
"question": "Which of the following is TRUE according to the article?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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 airplane fares for tourists make travel less expensive and more attractive than ever before.
Different people have different reasons for travelling. But most people enjoy seeing countries that are different from their own. They also like to meet new people and enjoy new food.
Tourism has many changes in a country and in people's lives. People build new hotels and restaurants and train local men and women as guides to show visitors interesting places. | 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": "When a baby is born, _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "an old idea"
},
"options": [
"only for music",
"an old idea",
"very new",
"a good way to talk with others"
],
"question": "Reading people's character from their ears is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "he may get angry easily"
},
"options": [
"he is a kind man",
"he is very happy",
"he may get angry easily",
"he drinks too much"
],
"question": "When one's ears are red, it means _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "to look at the size, color and shape"
},
"options": [
"to look at his face, ears and nose",
"to look at the size, color and shape",
"to look at his mouth, eyes and nose",
"to look at the hair, eyes and color"
],
"question": "If you look at someone's ears, the right way is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Ears and characters"
},
"options": [
"Looking at a person in the right way",
"Ears and colors",
"The change of ears",
"Ears and characters"
],
"question": "Which may be the best title of the article?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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 ears with color was dangerous. They also thought that the shape of the ears showed if a person was musical or not. Today,too many people believe that the size and shape of the ears help you know if a person is musical.
Ears are all different,and each different thing has a meaning. Next time you look at a person,see if his or her ears are large,medium-size,or small. Look at the lobes .Do they stick to the face? Ears that are always red mean that a person may get angry easily. Ears that are always cold and nearly white color mean that a person has a nervous character. | middle868.txt |
[
{
"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_text": "an important lesson"
},
"options": [
"some bread",
"a nice gift",
"much money",
"an important lesson"
],
"question": "Tom gets _ from his father.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "He grows wheat hard on the farm"
},
"options": [
"He doesn't study hard at school.",
"He learns a lot from other farmers.",
"He grows wheat hard on the farm",
"He is not a good boy."
],
"question": "What do you think of Tom?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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 up early and works hard on the farm in his free time this year, just like other farmers. His wheat grows very well.
Time flies. Today is the last day of the year, December 31st. The father is talking with his son.
"I'm happy to see you work hard on the farm. Tom, now tell me what you want as the gift ."
Tom shows his father a big piece of bread. He makes it with the wheat on his farm. "I have already gotten your gift, Dad. You're trying to give me a lesson--- no pain, no gain.
Right?" | 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": 1,
"answer_text": "very big"
},
"options": [
"near our town",
"very big",
"very small",
"next to the city"
],
"question": "The zoo is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "the monkeys"
},
"options": [
"the monkeys",
"the tigers",
"the bears",
"lions"
],
"question": "Which animal plays like small children ?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "three"
},
"options": [
"one",
"two",
"three",
"five"
],
"question": "How many kinds of bears are there in the zoo ?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
}
] | 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. Elephants like bananas best.
In our zoo there are also brown bears, black bears and white bears. They stand on their hind legs, hold up their four legs and ask for food. They like cakes very much.
There's also a children's corner in our zoo. Children ride horses and donkeys and watch the monkeys there. The monkeys are very funny. They climb up ropes and jump down again and play with each other like small children. | 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,
"answer_text": "The waiter took a menu to James when he saw him."
},
"options": [
"The waiter knew James.",
"The restaurant was near James' home.",
"James went to the restaurant alone.",
"The waiter took a menu to James when he saw him."
],
"question": "Which of the following is NOT right?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Hamburgers and pizzas"
},
"options": [
"Sandwiches",
"Hamburgers",
"Pizzas",
"Hamburgers and pizzas"
],
"question": "_ are the most expensive in the menu?",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "5.00"
},
"options": [
"5.00",
"1.50",
"6.50",
"3.50"
],
"question": "James hoped to pay _ dollars for his breakfast.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "two eggs, a hamburger, a piece of bread and a glass of coffee"
},
"options": [
"two eggs, a hamburger, a piece of bread and a glass of coffee",
"two eggs, two pizzas, a piece of bread and a glass of coffee",
"two eggs, two hamburgers, a piece of bread and a glass of coke",
"one egg, a pizza, two sandwiches and a glass of coffee"
],
"question": "At last James had _ for his breakfast.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | 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 and said, "Can I take your order , James?"
"But you don't show your menu to me, Mr. Hunt," said the boy.
"Oh, sorry! I forget it. Here it is."
James looked at the menu carefully. It was:
Bread $1.30 Sandwich $1.80 Hamburger $2.40
Pizza $2.40Egg $0.30 Milk $0.50
Coffee $0.70 Coke $0.30
James brought out his wallet and found there was only 6.50 dollars in it.
"Well," said Mr. Hunt. "What about a hamburger, a pizza, two eggs and a glass of coke?"
"Oh, no," said the boy. "I'll buy a picture-book this afternoon. It's 1.50 dollars."
"I see," said the waiter. And then he brought the boy a nice breakfast. | 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"
},
"options": [
"A show",
"A joke",
"An ad",
"A report"
],
"question": "What did Dave put in the newspaper?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Eight"
},
"options": [
"Five",
"Six",
"Seven",
"Eight"
],
"question": "How many songs could the bird sing?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "$8000"
},
"options": [
"$8",
"$80",
"$800",
"$8000"
],
"question": "How much did the bird cost Dave?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "She ate it."
},
"options": [
"She sold i.t.",
"She played with it.",
"She ate it.",
"She gave it to others."
],
"question": "How did the mother deal with the bird?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
}
] | 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."
About a week before his mother's birthday, a man came to his office. He brought a big bird. This bird can speak six languages and sing eight songs," the man said."
".Really? I'd like to listen to it, " Dave said.
The man made the bird talk in French and tell a joke in Japanese. Then the bird sang a beautiful song. Dave was very happy and paid eight thousands dollars for the bird. The next day Dave sent the bird his mother with a birthday card.
The day after his mother's birthday he called his mother, " Well, mother," he asked, " What do you think of the bird?"
" Oh, it's very delicious, dear," said his mother. | 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?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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 tongue can be used for seeing. The brain, as we know, is a complex organ . Even when part of it is hurt, it will try to carry out the same function by sending the function to another area of the brain.
A college student was asked to take part in an experiment. In the experiment, his eyes were covered with a small video camera. The camera was connected to a long plastic line which went into his mouth. A computer would change the video's picture. The picture would travel through the plastic line as an electric current , reaching the electrodes inside the student's mouth. The scientist would roll a ball towards his right side, left side, or centre, and the student would have to catch it. When the scientist rolled the ball, pain passed over the student's tongue. For the position of the pain on the tongue, the student reached out his hand and caught the ball.
If the brain can see a ball through a camera and a wet tongue, blindness and deafness can be overcame. | 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,
"answer_text": "Miss Smith"
},
"options": [
"Mr Smith",
"Miss Linda",
"Miss Smith",
"Mrs Brown"
],
"question": "Who's Lucy's favorite teacher?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "small"
},
"options": [
"small",
"big",
"round",
"red"
],
"question": "Linda has two big eyes and a _ mouth.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | 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 likes wearing a white dress. She looks like an angel. Linda works very hard every day. And she is strict with us, but she is kind. Her class is very interesting. In class, she is our teacher. After class, she is our friend. Ms Smith is good at ping-pong and singing. We all like her. | 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"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "They ate some Chinese fried noodles."
},
"options": [
"They bought some hand-made earrings .",
"They ate some Chinese fried noodles.",
"They used chopsticks instead of a fork.",
"They found some crazy signs about T-shirts"
],
"question": "What did Sam and the writer do at the big market?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Tom wears broken clothes with metal buttons."
},
"options": [
"Tom wears broken clothes with metal buttons.",
"Jim has short black hair and wears a blue suit.",
"Light music is played loudly in punk music shop",
"Mary has a big sweater and paints her face white."
],
"question": "Which of the following is the punk style?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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-made river that goes through London.
We went into a big market and saw crazy signs, fun T-shirts, and things like hand-made earrings for sale. We bought Chinese fried noodles. It tasted very different from the noodles we make at home, and we ate it with a fork instead of chopsticks!
Camden is famous for the punk style that started in the 1970s. Punks walked around with bright pink and green hair, broken clothes with safety pins, metal buttons and pierced ears and lips. Punk music shops played loud, heavy rock music.
But there were also groups of hippies with big sweaters. They sat in cafes drinking soymilk, with black clothes, black lipstick and painted white faces.
Besides all these "normal" people, a lot of famous people come to Camden. Actor Orlando Bloom from Pirates of the Caribbean lives there.
Camden is especially known as a home to famous musicians. Lots of top bands played here, including Coldplay, Oasis---and Sam's favourite band, The Vaccines. I had never heard of them before---But luckily they were playing that night in Camden. | 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 _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "had exams"
},
"options": [
"studied very hard",
"had exams",
"talked with her parents",
"went to see the doctor"
],
"question": "The schoolgirl's problem happened whenever she _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "they don't want to tell their secrets to others"
},
"options": [
"they don't want to tell their secrets to others",
"their parents are too busy to look after them",
"doctors can't help them with the problems",
"they can do with the problems themselves"
],
"question": "Some of those with mental problems won't ask for help because _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "It's necessary for young people to have group activities."
},
"options": [
"It's important for children to live with their parents.",
"It's helpful for people to see doctors every day.",
"It's useful for students to keep quiet in class.",
"It's necessary for young people to have group activities."
],
"question": "According to the last part, which of the followings is a good idea?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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 teachers should care more about this problem."
Then Mr. Ma gave some examples. One patient, a middle school students from Xi'an was doing badly in his lessons. He thought his teachers and friends often laughed at him, and he became so nervous and worried that one night he left his home without telling parents. Another student, a 14-year-old schoolgirl from Shanghai, was very afraid of exams. While she was reading the exam paper, she couldn't think of anything to write.
A recent report fromJiefang Dailysays about 18% of the young students in Shanghai have mental problems. They often felt worried and very unhappy. Unluckily many of them won't go and ask for help. Some think they will look _ if they go to see a doctor. Others won't talk about their secrets.
At the end of the meeting, Mr. Ma offered some good ideas to young people:
u Talk to your parents or teacher often.
u Take part in group activities.
u Try to get on well with the people around you.
u Go to see a doctor if you often feel unhappy. | 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?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "By describing it as a dirty snowball."
},
"options": [
"By telling about a famous one.",
"By explaining how far away it is.",
"By describing how fast it moves.",
"By describing it as a dirty snowball."
],
"question": "How does the writer help the reader understand what a comet looks like?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "To give information about comets."
},
"options": [
"To give information about comets.",
"To tell readers about famous comets.",
"To explain the importance of comets.",
"To encourage readers to look for comets."
],
"question": "What is the most likely reason the writer wrote this passage?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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 changed to gases. The gases spread out and form the comet's head, which may be thousands of miles across.
A comet moves fast in its trip around the sun. But when we see it, the comet does not seem to move. That's because it is so far away. The moon moves fast, but when you look at it, you can't see any motion . That's because the moon is far away.
Each year astronomers discover new comets. Some of them are seen only once. They make one trip around the sun and then go away out into space. The sun's gravity cannot hold them.
Other comets, like Halley, keep returning. They have been captured by the sun. Halley's earliest visit was probably 3,000 years ago. It may keep returning for another 3,000 years.
But every time a comet goes around the sun, the comet loses part of itself. Gases and dust are pulled out of the comet. That's why Halley is now dimmer than it used to be. Next time it visits us, in 2062, it may be even dimmer. Each visit it may get dimmer and dimmer, until it finally disappears. | 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 the window; near the bed; on the desk"
],
"question": "The desk is _ , the cakes are _ , and the balls are _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "green; yellow"
},
"options": [
"yellow; green",
"green; green",
"green; yellow",
"yellow; yellow"
],
"question": "The trousers are _ and the coat is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The trousers and the coat"
},
"options": [
"The desk and the trousers",
"The trousers and the shoes",
"The trousers and the coat",
"The room and the bed"
],
"question": "_ are new.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "a girl"
},
"options": [
"a teacher",
"a man",
"a boy",
"a girl"
],
"question": "Susan is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "big"
},
"options": [
"nice",
"big",
"small",
"big and nice"
],
"question": "This room is not _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | 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, there are some shoes and two balls. This is Susan's room. She's a good student. | 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 great Olympic athlete, coach and teacher.",
"Wilma Rudolph overcame many difficulties to become a great athlete."
],
"question": "What's the main idea of the passage?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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 just one gold. She won three. At the time, people called her "the fastest woman in the world."
As a young child, Wilma could not take part in sports. She had a series of serious illnesses, and then, at the age of 4, she got _ . She lost the use of her left leg, and the doctor said she would never walk again.
The people in Wilma's family did everything they could to help her walk again. Wilma and her mother often traveled 100 miles to get treatments for her leg. Her brothers and sisters took turns giving her leg a daily massage. Four times a day, they helped her do special exercises for her leg. Amazingly, by the time Wilma was 9 years old, she was able to walk again. Before long, she started playing basketball and running. In high school, she was a track star and then she went to the Olympics.
Wilma stopped being a runner when she was 22 years old. She then became a teacher and track coach. Her story encouraged many people to work hard and to overcome difficulties. | 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,
"answer_text": "on May 17 ,1991"
},
"options": [
"on May 17 , 1990",
"on May 17 ,1991",
"in May 17, 1991",
"in May 17, 1990"
],
"question": "Ann was born _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Chinese"
},
"options": [
"English",
"Chinese",
"math",
"music"
],
"question": "Zhang Ying is Lucy's _ teacher.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "China"
},
"options": [
"England",
"China",
"America",
"Japan"
],
"question": "Lucy's parents are in _ . They teach English.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "five"
},
"options": [
"twelve",
"three",
"five",
"I don't know"
],
"question": "How old is Lily? She is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | 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 name is Zhang Ying. We all like her. Lucy's parents are both English teachers in China. And she has a sister. Her name is Lily. She is only five years old. | 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_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Because they offer goods from the hometown of the people."
},
"options": [
"Because people can buy some discounted goods there.",
"Because people can feel less homesick there.",
"Because it's an old Christmas tradition.",
"Because they offer goods from the hometown of the people."
],
"question": "Why does the author advise people to hunt in some special stores?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "It's great for children to have some unique traditions."
},
"options": [
"It's great for children to have some unique traditions.",
"People should join in all kinds of clubs to celebrate Christmas.",
"People should give up traditions which are stupid in other people's eyes.",
"It is popular to celebrate Christmas on the 24th around the world."
],
"question": "Which of the following statements does the author agree with?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "ask for some ornaments"
},
"options": [
"express love to them",
"follow the tradition",
"ask for some ornaments",
"set an example for children"
],
"question": "The writer suggests giving a call to parents on Christmas mainly to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | 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 area for stores that carry items from your home country or town. Buy food, candles and some other things that mean something to you.
Hold on to the traditions from your home that you think are important even if other people think they are stupid. But keep in mind to be open for new traditions from wherever you might be, because those traditions are as important to those people around you as yours are to you. For me that includes celebrating Christmas on the 24th.
Call, write Christmas cards, buy gifts and mail them to loved ones, just as if you were there. If you try to pretend as if the holiday doesn't exist, you are just going to make it worse.
Introduce your traditions to your loved ones, especially your kids. It will only enrich their celebration of the holiday to have some unique traditions in their home. Little by little it will become their tradition and it's fun for them to try something new.
Find clubs, churches or organizations that are from your home country. Chances are that they will have some celebration with some of your traditions which you can join in.
Food is one of the most important factors in any kind of tradition. Find the recipe of that cake your grandmother used and make it your tradition to bake that particular cake.
Call up your parents and get them to send you some of your favorite childhood ornaments for your tree.
Pay attention to new traditions, talk to your family about which ones you want to make your own and stick with them.
If you are far away from home, Christmas can never be the same as you experienced it before, but it is important to remember these traditions while appreciating the new ones. Keep an open mind and find a compromise between old and new traditions. | 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 colour car made in China?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "the high income family"
},
"options": [
"the high income family",
"the general income family",
"people like traveling",
"people like sports"
],
"question": "To the writer, the famous foreign car is suit for _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "fast and exciting"
},
"options": [
"cheap and nice",
"comfortable and save oil",
"good but too expensive",
"fast and exciting"
],
"question": "Some people like sports cars because they're _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Sports cars are also cheap."
},
"options": [
"Cars made in China are cheap.",
"famous foreign cars are too expensive.",
"Sports cars are also cheap.",
"Travel cars are comfortable."
],
"question": "Which is NOT true about cars?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "different cars"
},
"options": [
"some expensive cars",
"famous foreign cars",
"some cars made in China",
"different cars"
],
"question": "The passage tells us _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | 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.
Some people love famous foreign cars like Japanese cars, American cars and German cars. They're good but too expensive. But most people think famous foreign cars of better quality are better in safety. These are suit for the high income family or for business.
Some people like sports cars, because they're fast and exciting. Some sports cars are very nice but very expensive. Only rich people can afford them.
Some people like travelling, so they need a travel car. Travel cars are comfortable. But they use much oil .
What's the best car for us? Maybe it's a new and popular topic in life. | 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 children can join in this English course."
],
"question": "According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?",
"question_type": null
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "a course for English beginners"
},
"options": [
"some ways to learn English well",
"a course for English beginners",
"the reasons for learning English",
"some advice from an English teacher"
],
"question": "The information of the passage is about _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "communicate with others in short conversations"
},
"options": [
"know much about English countries",
"understand long and difficult English texts",
"talk about everything with foreigners freely",
"communicate with others in short conversations"
],
"question": "After finishing this course, you can _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "website"
},
"options": [
"novel",
"report",
"website",
"story"
],
"question": "The passage is mostly likely to be found from a _",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | 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 ourselves to friends and family, discussing everyday activities, food, restaurants, shopping and places.
This course is for People who have learned very little English in the past.
Duration
Class meets once a week over an 8-month period.
Moreover, students can take advantage of our extra lessons, for an additional hour per week.
At the end of the course the student will
* Understand sentences and phrases dealing with topics such as: personal and family information, shopping, geography, etc.
* Read short and simple sentences, find information in everyday texts, such as: advertising, menus, etc.
* Have short conversations.
* Communicate through simple everyday tasks.
* Describe their personal background, living conditions and other information about their surroundings.
* Write short and simple notes, messages and personal letters. | 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,
"answer_text": "works in a Car Factory"
},
"options": [
"teaches Chinese in a school",
"works in a Car Factory",
"learns Chinese every day",
"helps me with my Chinese every day"
],
"question": "He _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "by bus"
},
"options": [
"by bus",
"on foot",
"by taxi",
"by bike"
],
"question": "He goes to work _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "eats lunch"
},
"options": [
"has dinner",
"plays basketball",
"sleeps",
"eats lunch"
],
"question": "He _ in the factory.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "My uncle is very lazy in the factory"
},
"options": [
"Everyone likes my uncle",
"My uncle works very hard in the factory",
"My uncle is very lazy in the factory",
"My uncle can speak Chinese"
],
"question": "Which is not right?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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 many every day. He works very hard. Everyone likes him and says he is a good worker. He has his lunch in the factory. He often plays basketball after work. In the evening, he learns Chinese at home. His Chinese is good, too. Sometimes he helps me with my Chinese. I like my uncle very much. | 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 _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "aren't with them"
},
"options": [
"must be with them",
"have to look after them nearby",
"must stay at home",
"aren't with them"
],
"question": "When students in Hong Kong are in the holiday camps, their parents _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "to learn to look after themselves"
},
"options": [
"to make their bodies strong",
"to learn much knowledge about many things",
"to learn to look after themselves",
"to have a further study about many subjects"
],
"question": "The most important thing for the students to take part in the holiday camps in Hong Kong is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "low"
},
"options": [
"very expensive",
"not cheap",
"very high",
"low"
],
"question": "The cost to take part in a holiday camp is _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "must have much knowledge about many things"
},
"options": [
"must have much knowledge about many things",
"must he very thin",
"must he very tall",
"must be very beautiful"
],
"question": "The students who often take part in the holiday camps _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | 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 their children take part in some kinds of holiday camps in order to learn some practical knowledge in their life. And also learn some knowledge about living skills, science, reading and writing... The most important for the children is to learn to look after themselves.
Holiday camps in Hong Kong are not so expensive. Most of the families can afford to send their children there for further study, for making their bodies strong...
It is said that students in Hong Kong have much knowledge about many things. Perhaps it has to do with the kinds of holiday camps. | 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",
"they are using too much English",
"the country forgets to stress the importance of the Chinese writing"
],
"question": "People often make a lot of mistakes in writing Chinese characters because _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "they don't know how to make up words or sentences in Chinese characters correctly"
},
"options": [
"they don't know how to write a Chinese character in the right way",
"they only know how to type out the character on a computer",
"they can write correctly with the help of information technology",
"they don't know how to make up words or sentences in Chinese characters correctly"
],
"question": "The problem of college students' handwriting is that _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "By using information technology."
},
"options": [
"By punishing people who can't write correctly.",
"By controlling people's use of computers.",
"By using information technology.",
"By asking them to write everything with hands."
],
"question": "How is China trying to help students and teachers to improve their writing?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "Chinese people should not forget the skill of writing with hands."
},
"options": [
"Computers are harmful(......) to our handwriting.",
"How we can write good Chinese characters.",
"Chinese people should not forget the skill of writing with hands.",
"Don't forget our mother language."
],
"question": "What's the main idea of this passage?",
"question_type": null
}
] | 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 than before, many people have forgotten how to write Chinese characters . People often make a lot of mistakes in writing.
At present, China is trying to help pupils and teachers to improve their writing with the help of information technology. With the technology, it is hoped that teachers can write their teaching contents on the blackboard and students can _ by writing, too.
The Chinese character test shows that nowadays, many college students' handwriting has become worse. Many college students do not know how to compose words or sentences in Chinese character in the right way. Not only kids, many adults also have met the same problem. They might be able to tell the general form of a certain character. However, if you ask them to spell out the character in detail , they can't. On the other hand, they can easily type out the character on a computer.
In the national language teaching course, we can solve this problem with the use of certain technologies. Actually, apart from technology, there is a lot that we can do. For example, we may ask students to finish their homework by writing with hands instead of typing. | 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 didn't help Jack because _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "some mushrooms"
},
"options": [
"a pencil",
"a picture",
"an umbrella",
"some mushrooms"
],
"question": "Jack asked the waiter for _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "he thought he understood Jack"
},
"options": [
"the picture was beautiful",
"he was very happy",
"Jack gave a gift to him",
"he thought he understood Jack"
],
"question": "The waiter smiled because _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "the mushroom Jack drew looked like an umbrella"
},
"options": [
"it is raining outside",
"it is going to rain",
"the mushroom Jack drew looked like an umbrella",
"Jack was good at drawing"
],
"question": "At last the waiter came back with an umbrella, because _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | 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 knew the Chinese word 'rice', so he ordered some rice. The village was famous for its mushrooms, and Jack thought they must be very fresh and delicious. He asked the waiter in English. However, the waiter couldn't understand at all, so he could do nothing for Jack. Jack thought hard. When he saw a piece of paper on the table, he had a good idea. He took out a pencil and drew a picture of a mushroom carefully. The waiter looked at the picture for a long time, then he smiled and left. A few minutes later, he came back with a black umbrella in his hand. | 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 expensive because _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "people pulled the strings on its legs"
},
"options": [
"people came into the pet store",
"it was the pet store owner",
"people said it was beautiful",
"people pulled the strings on its legs"
],
"question": "The parrot would talk when _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Good morning."
},
"options": [
"Good morning.",
"How are you?",
"That's wasn't interesting.",
"I'll fall off my perch, you fool."
],
"question": "Which is the first sentences that the parrot said to the man?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "clever"
},
"options": [
"kind",
"silly",
"clever",
"crazy"
],
"question": "From the story we know the parrot was _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Parrot Talk"
},
"options": [
"Unusual Parrot",
"Parrot Talk",
"Silly man",
"Clever Owner"
],
"question": "The best title for the passage should be \" _ \".",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | 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 pet store owner, "But why is it so expensive? Is it unusual bird?"
"No, it's not very unusual. It's expensive because it can talk," the pet store owner said.
"I see. How can I make it talk?" the man asked.
The pet store owner asked him, "Do you see those string tied to each of the bird's legs?"
"Yes," the man answered.
"Well, you pull those strings," the pet store owner told him. "That will make the parrot talk."
The man asked, "Do you mind if I try?"
"Not at all," the pet store owner said.
The man walked up to the parrot and pulled the string on its left leg. The parrot said, "Good morning."
The man pulled the string on the parrot's right leg. This time the parrot said, "How are you today?"
"That's not very interesting," said the man. "Any parrot could do that." Then he laughed, "But what would happen if I pulled both strings at the same time?"
"I'll fall off my perch, you fool!" the parrot said. | 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": 2,
"answer_text": "at five past eight"
},
"options": [
"at five to eight",
"at half past eight",
"at five past eight",
"at a quarter to nine"
],
"question": "The first person knocked at the window of the car _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Because he didn't want anybody to trouble him."
},
"options": [
"Because he didn't want anybody to trouble him.",
"Because he didn't know the time.",
"Because he needed somebody to wake him up.",
"Because he wanted somebody to tell him the time."
],
"question": "Why did the driver write a note and stick it on the window?",
"question_type": "factiod_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "tell him what time it was"
},
"options": [
"tell him what time it was",
"ask him not to sleep",
"see if the driver was sleeping",
"ask him the time"
],
"question": "The third person knocked at the window to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "didn't have a good rest"
},
"options": [
"had a good sleep",
"had no seat",
"didn't have a good rest",
"always closed his eyes"
],
"question": "The driver _ in his car.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
}
] | 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 person was knocking at the window. "Sir, do you know the time?" he asked. The driver looked at his watch again, and told him it was half past eight. In this way, the driver thought he could not have a good rest, so he wrote a short note and stuck it on the window for all to see. It said, "I don't know the time." Again, he lay down in the seat for his sleep. A few minutes later, a third person came and began to knock at the window, "Hey, sir," he said. "It's a quarter to nine."
,. | middle934.txt |