【正文】 60。B.problemC.topicD.dream（3）It can be inferred from the passage that Ghaffar ________. A.is successful in performing Beijing OperaB.has written some books about Beijing OperaC.got a prize for translating Journey to the WestD.doesn39。t need any more members in his team（4）The passage is most probably from the part of ________ in a newspaper. A.sportsB.businessC.cultureD.education11．閱讀理解 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 houses as much as possible. In 1749, Henry Fielding started to pay a group of people for stopping thieves. They were like policemen and were called Bow Street Runners because they worked near Bow Street. Fifty years later, there were about 120Bow Street Runners, but London had bee very big and needed more policemen. So in 1829, the first Metropolitan （or London） Police Service was started with about 3, 000 officers. Most of the men worked on foot, but a few rode horses.Today, London police are quite well—paid and for the few police officers who still ride horses, the pay is even higher than for the others.（1）In 1700, the men who protected the streets in London were paid _______. A.a fewB.nothingC.a littleD.a lot（2）About 300 years ago, many people _______. A.wanted to leave LondonB.had big houses in LondonC.became policemenD.came to live in London（3）People didn39。t leave their houses because _______. A.they had no moneyB.they were afraid of losing moneyC.the city was not cleanD.they liked homes（4）The Bow Street Runners _______. A.stopped people from stealingB.stole moneyC.paid people for stealingD.stopped people riding horses12．閱讀下列材料，從A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳答案。 Cinyee Chiu, an artist from Taiwan, is always happy to try something new. Her amazing works won lots of prizes. Among them, 24 Solar Terms（節(jié)氣） is the most popular. Ancient Chinese divided a year into 24 parts according to the changes of the weather. It39。s the 24 solar terms. But not everyone knows them well. Cinyee Chiu put the 24 solar terns in pictures to help people understand them better. Cinyee turned each solar term into an animal. But these animals are not just animals. You can also find seasonal fruits, vegetables or beautiful flowers on them. When spring es, water gets warm and fish start to swim around. So Cinyee chose fish as a symbol of Start of Spring. Also, she drew spring vegetables, Chinese chives on the back of the fish. White Dew falls on about Sept. 8. It shows the beginning of the cool autumn. There are colorful leaves and cooler nights at this time of year. As the temperature falls, white dew（露珠） is often seen on the grass and trees at night. For White Dew, Cinyee chose a raccoon—a small animal with thick hair. She drew white spots（小圓點(diǎn)） on the raccoon to show dew. And she used the dragon fruit to show the rich colors in autumn. The young artist really gave the ancient Chinese culture a new look.（1）The writer gave ____ examples to show Cinyee39。s 24 Solar Terms. A.twoB.threeC.fourD.five（2）From Paragraph 5, we know that ____. A.a raccoon likes fishB.Start of Spring falls on about Dec. 8C.White Dew shows the end of the autumnD.Cinyee used white spots to show dew（3）According to the passage, Picture ____ can39。t be from Cinyee39。s 24 Solar Terms. A.B.C.D.（4）The writer mainly wants to talk about ____. A.why Cinyee made herself knownB.who divided a year into 24 partsC.how Cinyee showed the 24 solar termsD.what Start of Spring and White Dew mean13．閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的幾個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 When he was nine years old, American boy Milo Cress had a question: How many plastic straws（吸管） do Americans use every day? He quickly learned there wasn39。t a simple answer. The boy tried to work it out himself. Through lots of research, Cress found out that Americans use about 500 million straws every day. In hopes of reducing plastic waste, he founded the Be Straw Free project in 2011. Cress started the project in his hometown – Burlington, Vermont. He asked a local restaurant to stop offering straws with every drink order. It was a simple change. However, it would save money. And by doing that, the restaurant would cut down on its straw use by 50 percent. For the years that followed, Cress tried to spread his project across the United States. More and more restaurants agreed to join. They stop providing the customer with a straw unless he or she asks for one. Last April, Seattle became the first American city to pletel