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 The great avenues are quiet, and the shops are closed. There’s the smell of fresh bread from a bakery somewhere. It would be hard to say which time of the day in Paris I prefer but this is probably it. Soon the streets will be full of people and traffic. As with most other cities, you see the real Paris when the city wakes up.

There is, however, another part of Paris which is silent and free from people 24 hours a day. Under the city are hundreds of kilometres of abandoned tunnels. During the 19th century, Paris needed more stones for buildings above the ground, so people dug tunnels beneath the city. After that, many farmers grew mushrooms in them. During World War II, the French soldiers also used them. Since the 1970s, many young people have started spending days and nights below the city in these tunnels. It’s now a place for parties, theatre performances, art galleries – anything goes!A “normal” tourist can visit some parts of Paris’s tunnel system, such as the underground cemetery, where you can see the bones of about six million Parisians. The bodies came from cemeteries above the ground two centuries ago when the city needed more space.

    However, people are not allowed to enter other parts of the tunnel system. It’s very dangerous because some tunnels might collapse and people will be trapped below. Nevertheless, there are people who will take you to visit them. I have found two “unofficial” tour guides who take me through many tunnels. After a couple of hours we arrive at a room which isn’t on any map. The room is comfortable and clean with a table and chairs and a bed. The guide tells me there are many other places like this. “Many people come down here to party, some people to paint… We do what we want here.”

1. What is the writer’s favourite time of the day in Paris?

   A. Early morning.               B. Midday.

   C. Early evening.                D. Late night.

2. Why did French people first start digging tunnels?

   A. For many housing.                       B. For building stones.

   C. For entertainment.                           D. For growing mushrooms.

3. The underlined word “collapse” in the last paragraph in closest in meaning to     . A. disappear            B. close            C. fall down       D. blow up

4. Which of the following is the most suitable title for this passage?

   A. Tunnels under Paris                B. Travel around Paris

   C. The history of Paris                D. The best-known tourist attraction in Paris

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