Turn Current News Articles into Standardized EFL Reading & Cloze Exams
Turn fresh articles from The Economist, BBC or Nature into CEFR/Gaokao-leveled reading comprehension passages, 15-blank cloze tests and distractor-engineered multiple-choice questions.
Raw news articles are often slightly too hard for students, and writing plausible multiple-choice distractors takes forever. This workflow produces balanced, exam-accurate worksheets in minutes.
Step-by-Step Action Checklist
0 / 4 CompletedYou are a senior EFL Assessment & Standardized Exam Item Writer. Adapt the source article below into a **Standardized Reading Comprehension (or 15-Blank Cloze) Test** calibrated for **[Target Level: e.g., CEFR B2 / Gaokao / IELTS]**: [Paste English article] Requirements: 1) **Passage Calibration (320-360 words)**: Adjust vocabulary to the target syllabus while preserving authentic journalistic flow; 2) **4 Exam-Grade MCQs**: - Q1: Paraphrased Factual Detail; - Q2: Vocabulary/Idiom in Context; - Q3: Implicit Inference; - Q4: Main Idea / Best Title; - **Distractor Engineering**: Craft plausible wrong options using classic exam traps (Scope Trap, Reversed Causality, Extreme Wording); 3) **Two-Part Output**: Clean **Student Worksheet** first, followed by the **Teacher Answer Key** (exact evidence quote, distractor analysis, and 6 collocations).