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more than three-quarters of the old city, where most of the houses were wooden and close together. One
hundred thousand people became homeless, but only a few lost their lives.
The fire started on Sunday morning in the house of the King"s baker (面包师) in Pudding Lane. The baker,
with his wife and family, was able to get out through a window in the roof. A strong wind blew the fire from
the bakery (面包房) into a small hotel next door. Then it spread quickly into Thames Street. That was the
beginning.
By eight o"clock three hundred houses were on fire. On Monday nearly a kilometer of the city was burning
along the River Thames. Tuesday was the worst day. The fire destroyed many well-known buildings, old
St Paul"s and the Guildhall among them.
Samuel Pepys, the famous writer, wrote about the fire. People threw their things into the river. Many poor
people stayed in their houses until the last moment. Birds fell out of the air because of the heat.
The fire stopped only when the King finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path of the
fire. With nothing left to burn, the fire became weak and finally died out.
After the fire, Christopher Wren, the architect (建筑师), wanted a city with wider streets and fine new
houses of stone. In fact, the streets are still narrow; but he did build more than fifty churches, among them new
St Paul"s.
The fire caused great pain and loss, but after it London was a better place: a city for the future and not just of
the past.
B. children
C. wife and husband
D. wife and children
B. All the wooden houses in the city were destroyed.
C. People managed to get enough water from the river.
D. Houses standing in the direction of the fire were pulled down.
B. the birds in the sky were killed by the fire
C. many famous buildings were destroyed
D. the King"s bakery was burned down
B. Because Pepys also wrote about the fire.
C. To show that poor people suffered most.
D. To give the reader a clearer picture of the fire.
(a) There was a strong wind.
(b) The streets were very narrow.
(c) Many houses were made of wood.
(d) There was not enough water in the city.
(e) People did not discover the fire earlier.
B. (a), (b) and (c)
C. (a), (b), (c) and (d)
D. (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e)
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试题【阅读短文，选择正确答案。 The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of 2 Se】；主要考察你对人物故事类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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As is probably true with many people, I got quite a lot of homework and often thought about going home.
Although the 1 time for many students is getting letters from home, my mailbox was frequently 2 . One
day when I went to the mailbox, there was a postcard staring out at me. I sat down to read it, 3 a note from
someone back home. 4 I became increasingly puzzled as no postcards were like this: It was a full news report
about a woman named Mabel and her newborn baby. I took the card back to my room and forgot about it.
Several days later I 5 another postcard, this one delivering news about Maybelline, Mabel"s cousin. Soon
after, another card arrived and then another, 6 full of news of different people. I began to really look forward
to the next one, interested to see what this author would come up with 7 . I was never disappointed.
Finally, the card 8 coming, right about the time I had begun to feel 9 about college life. They had been
such a happy distraction (调剂) that I have 10 all the postcards and still bring them out to read whenever I
need a lift.
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| On May 27, 1995, our life was suddenly changed. It happened a few minutes past three, 1 my husband, Chris, fell from his horse as it jumped over a fence. Chris was paralyzed (瘫痪) from the chest down, unable to breathe normally. As he was thrown from his horse, we entered into a life of 2 with lots of unexpected challenges. We went from the "haves" to the "have-nots". Or so we thought. 3 what we discovered later were all the gifts that came out of sharing difficulties. We came to learn that something wonderful could happen in a disaster (灾难). All over the world people 4 Chris so much that letters and postcards poured in every day. By the end of the third week in a medical center in Virginia, about 35,000 pieces of 5 had been received and sorted. As 6 , we opened letter after letter. They gave us comfort and became a source of strength for us. We used them to 7 ourselves. I would go to the pile of letters marked with "Funny" if we needed a 8 , or to the "Disabled" box to find advice from people in wheelchairs or even in bed living happily and successfully. These letters, we realized, had to be shared. And so here we offer one of them to you. Dear Chris, My husband and I were so sorry to hear of your 9 accident last week. No doubt your family and your friends are giving you the strength to face this 10 challenge. People everywhere are also giving you best wishes every day and we are among those who are keeping you close. Yours Sincerely, Nancy Reagan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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