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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．Over 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 into 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 the 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.
63．It seems that the writer of the text was most sorry for the fact that.
A．many famous buildings were destroyed.
B．the King’s bakery was burned down.
C．some people lost their lives. D．the birds in the sky were killed by the fire.
64．Why did the writer cite(引用)Samuel Pepys?
A．Because Pepys also wrote about the fire.
B．Because Pepys was among those putting out the fire.
C．To give the reader a clearer picture of the fire.
D．To show that poor people suffered most.
65．How was the fire put out according to the text?
A．The King and his soldiers came to help.
B．Houses standing in the direction of the fire were pulled down
C．All the wooden houses in the city were destroyed.
D．People managed to get enough water from the river.
66．Which of the following were reasons for the rapid spread of the big 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.
A．(a) and (b) B．(a), (b), (c), (d) and (e)C．(a), (b), (c) and (d)D.(a), (b) and (c)
D
I went to the Chinatown market in London last Sunday. The first thing I did was to go to one of the Chinese green grocers’ shops(蔬菜水果店). As soon as I entered the shop, I smelt mixtures of Chinese spices and saw the new season’s fruits. My son wanted a bag of sweets, so we popped into the shop next door which sells many kinds of candy.
There is a lot of noise in the Chinatown market and you will see many tourists too. There are a lot of cars and trucks that never stop beeping(按喇叭). While people are loading and unloading their goods, most of them have their cars and trucks parked in the middle of the road. This causes great trouble for other drivers. Can you imagine that?
After we had done all our shopping, my son and I went to a restaurant for lunch. We enjoyed our meal very much. But the shopping made us both very tired in the end. We headed down the road to catch our bus home. My son and I enjoyed riding in the bus. We also enjoyed looking at different buildings and people walking by dressed in
fancy outfits（服装）. Although Chinatown can be a busy place to shop in, I do enjoy going there now and then. I can buy some of my necessities, and I can also look and browse（浏览） around the other shops and department stores where I can indulge (使沉迷) myself with some nice things. Chinatown is located in the heart of central London, where you can find tons of shops and other places to amuse you. And for me, I certainly don’t mind going back there again soon.
67. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Rich people won’t go to Chinatown for shopping.
B. The traffic conditions in Chinatown are not very good.
C. The food that the author ate in Chinatown didn’t taste good.
D. Chinatown has changed a lot since the author’s last visit.
68. From the passage, we can infer（推测） that the author most probably went to Chinatown by _________________.
A. bike B. car C. bus D. motorbike
69. The underlined words “popped into” most probably means “____________”.
A. broke into B. rushed into C. pushed into D. walked into
70. What does the last sentence of the passage imply（暗示）?
A. The writer will come to Chinatown again before long.
B. The writer won’t go to Chinatown for a long time.
C. The writer likes Chinatown because it’s near.
D. The writer doesn’t have a good impression on Chinatown.
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