The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of 2 September 1666. In four days it destroyed 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(面包師)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(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(建筑師), 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 fifiy 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.
小題1:The fire began in_______.
A．a hotel.B．the palace.C．Pudding Lane.D．Thames Street.
小題2:The underlined word "family" in the second paragraph means_______.
A．home.B．children.
C．wife and husband.D．wife and children.
小題3:It seems that the writer of the text was most sorry for the fact that ________.
A．some people lost their lives.
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.
小題4:Why did writer cite(引用)Samuel Pepys?
A．Because Pepys was among those putting out the fire.
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.
小題5:How was the fire put out according to the test?
A．The king and his soldiers came to help.
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.

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:D
小題5:D

試題分析：這篇短文中作者主要介紹了1666年發(fā)生在英國倫敦的大火，火災的嚴重性在歷史上是極其罕見的，給人的啟迪是深刻的。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段The fire started on Sunday morning in the house of the King's baker(面包師)in Pudding Lane, 可知大火發(fā)生在Pudding Lane，故選C。
小題2:詞義猜測題。根據(jù)短文第二段中的The baker, with his wife and family, was able to get out through a window in the roof. 可知其中的family應該指的是孩子，故選B。
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第三段The fire destroyed many well-known buildings, old St Paul's and the Guildhall among them.可知，本句暗示著倫敦的許多著名建筑在大火中都被燒毀了；故選C。
小題4:推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文第四段內容可知，作者引用Samuel Pepys的描述是為了向讀者描繪一個清晰、形象的大火場景；故選D。
小題5:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第五段The fire stopped only when the King finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path of the fire. 可知，在大火沿途的建筑被推倒而且沒有可燒的東西后大火才最終得以平息；故選D。
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