Question

   The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of September 2, 1666. In four days it destroyed (毀壞) more than three quarters of the old city, where most of those houses were built out of wood and close together. One hundred thousand people became homeless but only few lost their lives. The first started on Sunday morning. 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.

  The fire stopped only when the king finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path (路線) of the fire. With nothing left to burn, the fire became weak and finally died out.

(   ) 1. September 2, 1666 was _________.

A. Sunday   B. Monday   C. Tuesday   D. Wednesday

(   ) 2. The Great Fire of London destroyed more than ___________ of the old city.

A. 25 percent  B. 30 percent  C. half   D. 75 percent

(   ) 3. It was easy for the houses to catch fire because most of them were made of ________ and they ________ near each other.

A. wooden, are    B. wood, stood         C. stones, were    D. bricks, lay

(   ) 4. The fire finally was out because there wasn’t ______ left to burn in ______.

A. nothing, the fire          B. anything, the city

C. anything, the path of the fire     D. something, the streets

(   ) 5. The fire lasted _________.

A. two days  B. more than four days     C. three days D. half a month

Answer 1

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