Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. I’m standing on a sidewalk in the early morning. The great avenues of Paris are silent, and the shops are closed. Suddenly, a couple appeared from a hole in the sidewalk. Mud covers their boots. They place the iron cover over the hole and run down the street, smiling. The couple had been exploring the tunnels beneath the city. When Romans occupied Paris, they cut down stone from deep within the earth to build their city. Later, the French used more stone to construct the Notre Dame Cathedral. This left huge underground tunnels upon which part of the city now. Once used for growing mushrooms and as a hiding place, today they are mostly forgotten, except by "cataphiles" - those who love to go down into the tunnels below Paris, even though it is actually not permitted. In the 70s and 80s, it is easier to enter the tunnels because there were many more open entrances through forgotten doorways and into catacombs - rooms filled with bones. The bones had been moved into the tunnels to solve the problem crowded cemeteries. By the end of the 1980s, most of the entrances were shut and police regularly walked the tunnels. However, there are still cataphiles, like the couple I saw that morning, and for those who dare, the underground is an exciting place to meet, party, perform for each other or create art. My own experience began beneath the old Paris opera house, where sewer workers showed me a 55-meter-long underground pond, a pond that actually had fish in it! Later, at France's national bank, officials guided me below to an amazing room filled with 2,600 tons of gold. As cataphiles are the best guides, I then asked one of the cataphiles to give me a tour. Descending into the underground through a secret entrance beneath a bridge, we walked for hours through catacombs, and galleries of huge, bright paintings. The cataphile told me "Many people come down here to party, some to paint. Some people to destroy or to create or to explore. We do what we want, We don't have rules..." Question 34: What is the reading mainly about? A. The tunnels under Paris and the people who explore them. B. How the recent discovery of Paris's tunnels is changing the city. C. Why tunnels will someday be Paris's newest tourist attraction. D. Why tourists know so little about Paris's tunnels. Question 35: The word "here" in paragraph 5 refers to ................... A. the tunnels B. the opera house C. the entrance D. the museum Question 36: Which statement would a cataphile probably agree with? A. Only cataphiles should be allowed to explore the tunnels. B. People should be able to do whatever they want in the tunnels. C. More police are needed to keep the tunnels safe. D. The bones should be removed from the tunnels. Question 37: Why was the couple that the writer met smiling as they ran down the street? A. They had explored a tunnel without getting caught. B. They had discovered a dangerous tunnel below. C. They felt dirty and wanted to run home and take a shower. D. They were able to replace the icon cover. Question 38: Why did it use to be easier to enter the tunnels? A. The tunnels were safer. B. There were fewer dangerous people living there. C. There was less water in the tunnels. D. There were more open entrance. Question 39: The word "descending" in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to ................. A. going up B. going down C. walking through D. coming across Question 40: Which statement is NOT true about the tunnels under Paris? A. Companies remove the stone to construct modern buildings. B. There were once used as a hiding place. C. People explore them even though it's not permitted. D. People grew mushrooms there.