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¡¡¡¡In every little girl¬ðs toy box, there might be a Barbie Doll. Barbie is 50 years old this year. It was designed in 1959 by an American businesswoman named Ruth Handler. She and her husband Elliott started the toy company Mattel. She named the new doll after their daughter Barbara. The first Barbie Doll appeared at the toy fair(½»Ò×»á) in New York on March 9th, 1959. This date is used as Barbie¬ðs birthday.

¡¡¡¡Mattel sold three hundred thousand Barbie Dolls in the first year at a price of three dollars. Today, a fiftyª²yearª²old Barbie in good condition might cost more than twentyª²seven thousand dollars. Mattel says 90% of the girls in the United States aged from three to ten own at least one Barbie Doll. And girls aged three to six own an average(ƽ¾ù) of about twelve.

¡¡¡¡When Mattel created Barbie Dolls half a century ago, they never thought this doll would become a legend. Now Barbie Dolls are famous all over the world. They are sold in one hundred and fifty countries, and every second three Barbie Dolls are sold around the world.

¡¡¡¡31. Who designed the first Barbie Doll in 1959?

¡¡¡¡A. Mattel.B. Elliott.

¡¡¡¡C. Barbara.D. Ruth Handler.

¡¡¡¡32. A Barbie Doll cost dollars in the first year after it appeared.

¡¡¡¡A. 3B. 50

¡¡¡¡C. 90D. 27,000

¡¡¡¡33. What does the underlined word “legend” mean in the passage?

¡¡¡¡A. ´«²¥B. ´«Ææ

¡¡¡¡C. ´«³ÐD. ´«´ï

¡¡¡¡34. The writer doesn¬ðt tell us .

¡¡¡¡A. Barbie Dolls are very popular with girls

¡¡¡¡B. Barbie Dolls sell well around the world

¡¡¡¡C. what the first Barbie Doll was based on

¡¡¡¡D. the doll Barbie was named after Barbara

¡¡¡¡35. What¬ðs the best title of the passage?

¡¡¡¡A. Barbie¬ðs birthdayB. Barbie Dolls

¡¡¡¡C. A lovely girl named BarbieD. Why are Barbies popular

¡¡¡¡C

¡¡¡¡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.

¡¡¡¡36. In 1700, the men who protected the streets were paid.

¡¡¡¡A. a few B. nothing

¡¡¡¡C. a little D. a lot

¡¡¡¡37. 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

¡¡¡¡38. People didn¬ðt 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

¡¡¡¡39. The “Bow Street Runners”.

¡¡¡¡A. stopped people stealing B. stole money

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

¡¡¡¡40. 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

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