B

　　Today there are policemen everywhere, but in 1700, London had no policemen at all. A few old men used to protect the city streets at night and they were not paid.

　　About 300 years ago, London was starting to get bigger and more and more people began to live there. The city was very dirty and many people were poor. There were so many thieves who stole money in the streets that people stayed in their homes as much as possible.

　　In 1750,Henry Fielding started to pay a group of people to stop thieves. They were like policemen and were called “Bow Street Runners” because they worked near Bow Street.

　　Fifty years later, there were 120 “Bow Street Runners”, but London had become very big and needed more policemen. So in 1829， the first Metropolitan(or London)Police Force was started with 3,000 officers. Most of the men worked on foot, but a few rode horses. Until 1920 all the police in London were men.

　　Today, London police are quite well paid and for the few police officers who still ride horses, the pay is even better than for the others.

　　31. In 1700, the men who protected the streets were paid_____.

　　A. a few B. nothing

　　C. a little D. a lot

　　32. About 300 years ago, many people______.

　　A. wanted to leave London B. had big houses in London

　　C. became policemen D. came to live in London

　　33. People didn’t leave their houses because______.

　　A. they had no money B. they were afraid of losing money

　　C. the city was not clean D. they liked homes

　　34. The “Bow Street Runners”______.

　　A. stopped people stealing B. stole money

　　C. paid people to steal D. stopped people riding horses

　　35. Today, police officers who ride horses are paid______.

　　A. the same as their workmates B. more than their workmates

　　C. half as much as their workmates D. less than their workmates

　　C

　　Ma Lili’s parents are going to give a birthday party for her. She’s going to be fourteen years old. Ma Lili has a lot of friends. They are going to come to the party. They are girls from Ma Lili’s school. There are twenty?five of them.

　　Ma Lili’s mother is making birthday cakes for the party. They are very nice cakes. Ma Lili says to her mother:“Mum, you’re very nice. Thank you for your nice cakes.” Her father is going shopping. He buys a lot of apples, bananas, oranges and pears.

　　It’s four o’clock in the afternoon. Now everything is ready. The party begins in thirty minutes.

　　36. Who is going to give Ma Lili a birthday party?（ ）

　　 A. Ma Lili. B. Her friends.

　　C. Her teacher. D. Her parents.

　　37. How many people are coming to Ma Lili’s party?（ ）

　　A. Two. B. Twenty. C. Twenty?one. D. Twenty?five.

　　38. Her mother______for her party.

　　A. is making cakes B. is shopping

　　C. is buying apples D. makes a cake

　39. How old is Ma Lili going to be?（ ）

　　A. 12. B. 13. C. 14. D. 20.

　　40. What time does the party begin?（ ）

　　A. At four. B. At half past four.

　　C. After five o’clock. D. At about six o'clock.

　　D

　　Korean culture (韓國(guó)文化) is really exciting right now. The Korean Wave is sweeping Asian countries including China. Young people are going crazy (瘋狂的) about Korean TV plays, Korean pop songs, taekwondo and the Korean language.

　　The Korean Wave started a few years ago with the TV series Winter Sonata. This love story is still popular. People, especially girls, like the beautiful story and good-looking actors (演員) like Bae Yong Jun.

　　In the music world Korean girls are making themselves heard in China. You can often find big Korean names like Baby Vox, S.E.S and Finkle at the top of the Chinese music charts (排行榜).
The Korean Wave has also make young people want to try the clothes and hairstyles of pop stars, too. Not only that. Now some girls in China are having plastic surgery (整容) to change the way they look. People say some beautiful Korean stars have had plastic surgery. These stars don’t make plastic surgery look shameful (丟面子的).

　　Are all the faces of beautiful Korean girls not real? Find out for yourself when you next visit South Korea.

　　41. The Korean Wave refers to (指)______.

　　A. Korean TV plays B. Korean culture

　　C. Korean language D. Korean pop songs

　　42._______is the start of the Korean Wave.

　　A. Taekwondo B. Korean music

　　C. The TV series Winter Sonata D. Korean clothes

　　43. From the third paragraph we know______.

　　A. many Korean girls often come to China and sing pop songs

　　B. Korean pop songs are liked by many Chinese people, especially the young

　　C. girls like gook?looking Bae Young Jun more than Baby Vox, S.E.S and Finkle

　　D. many Chinese people enjoy the songs sung by Baby Vox, S.E.S and Finkle

　　44. The underlined sentence in the fourth paragraph means_______.

　　A. people can’t tell which beautiful face is a real one

　　B. plastic surgery really makes the stars look more beautiful

　　C. the Korean stars don’t think plastic surgery is a shameful thing

　　D. people don’t think plastic surgery is a shameful thing any longer

　　45. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?（ ）

　　A. Bae Yong Jun is the most popular Korean actor in China.

　　B. Young people like most pop stars?clothes and hairstyles.

　　C. Now the Korean TV series Winter Sonata is still loved by people.

　　D. Some Chinese girls are trying to change their faces by having plastic surgery.