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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 along them.
Samuel Peyps, 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.
小题1: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 |
| 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. |
| 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. |
(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), (b) B. (a), (b), (C) C. (a), (b), (d) D. (b), (c) (e)
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试题【 The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of 2 September 1666. I】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Strange things happen to time when you travel. __11___the earth is divided into24 time zones, one hour apart, you can have days with __12___ or fewer than 24 hours, and weeks with more or fewer than seven days.
If you __13___ a five-day trip across the Atlantic Ocean, your __14___ enters a different time zone every __15___. As you enter each zone, the time __16___ one hour. Traveling west, you set your clock back; traveling east, you set it __17___. Each day of your trip has __18___ 25 or 23 hours.
If you travel by ship across the Pacific, you ___19___ the internationaldate line. By agreement, this is the point __20___ a new day begins. __21___ you cross the line, you change your __22___ one full day, backward __23____ forward. Traveling east, today __24___ yesterday; traveling west, __25___ is tomorrow!
小题1:
| A．Because | B．If | C．Although | D．When |
| A．much | B．more | C．many | D．less |
| A．do | B．make | C．go | D．travel |
| A．plane | B．train | C．car | D．ship |
| A．day | B．night | C．hour | D．time |
| A．goes | B．changes | C．shows | D．adds |
| A．ahead | B．upward | C．backward | D．fast |
| A．neither | B．either | C．both | D．nor |
| A．travel | B．trip | C．cover | D．cross |
| A．which | B．what | C．that | D．where |
| A．When | B．Where | C．While | D．Before |
| A．time | B．calendar | C．date | D．hour |
| A．and | B．or | C．but | D．still |
| A．changes | B．makes | C．becomes | D．goes |
| A．which | B．this | C．that | D．it |
Tobacco is the fourth most common risk factor for disease worldwide. The economic costs of tobacco use are equally devastating (破坏性的). In addition to the high public health costs of treating tobacco-caused diseases, tobacco kills people at the height of their productivity, depriving (剥夺) families of breadwinners(养家糊口的人) and nations of a healthy workforce. Tobacco users are also less productive while they are alive due to increased sickness. A 1994 report estimated that the use of tobacco resulted in an annual global net loss of 200 thousand million US dollars, a third of this loss being in developing countries.
Tobacco and poverty are closely linked. Many studies have shown that in the poorest households in some low-income countries as much as 10% of total household expenditure is on tobacco. This means that these families have less money to spend on basic items such as food, education and health care. It contributes to a higher illiteracy rate, since money that could have been used for education is spent on tobacco instead.
小题1:
Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the first paragraph?
| A．Smoking causes 10 percent of the deaths worldwide. |
| B．About 10 million people will die from smoking each year by 2020. |
| C．Half the people in the world will be killed by smoking. |
| D．Roughly there are 1,300 million smokers nowadays. |
According to the passage, tobacco affects a family in the following aspects EXCEPT _______.
| A．relationship | B．education |
| C．health | D．economy |
The text uses a lot of figures to _____.
| A．show we shouldn’t smoke too much |
| B．tell people exactly the number |
| C．warn people of the harm of smoking |
| D．indicate the writer had a careful investigation |
The underlined word “illiteracy” in the last paragraph means ____.
| A．great intelligence | B．good education |
| C．bad behaviors | D．inability to read or write |
What is the best title of the passage?
| A．Tobacco Should Be Banned. |
| B．Why Is Tobacco a Major Threat to Public Health. |
| C．Tobacco and Poverty Go Hand in Hand. |
| D．Tobacco May Cause Death. |
Fresco（壁画）, one of the greatest art forms, is done with watercolor, it is created by mixing paints
and water and applying these to wet plaster（灰泥）. Of the thousands of people who stand under Michelangelos’ works in the Sistine Chapel, very few know they are looking at perhaps the greatest watercolor painting in the world.The invention of oil painting by the Glemish masters in the fifteenth century made fresco painting go downhill, and for the next several centuries watercolor was used mainly for doing sketches（素描） or as tool for study. It was not until the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that English painters put back watercolor as a serious art form. The English have widely-known love for the outdoors and also for small, private pictures. The softness o
f watercolor had a strong attraction for them.The popularity of watercolor continued to grow until the twentieth century. The United States took the place of England and became the cen
ter of watercolor. It produced such well-known watercolor artists as Thomas Eakins and Andrew Wyeth.小题1: The first watercolor users were___________
| A．the early cave men |
| B．Italian fresco artists |
| C．Flemish masters |
| D．the English artists in the 18th century |
| A．watercolor was more costly, but better |
| B．oil painting lasted less long, but clearer and brighter |
| C．watercolor was not suitable for serious works |
D．oil painting was difficult to use |
| A．it was easy to use outdoors |
| B．it was a strong tool |
| C．it was extremely bright in color |
| D．it was well suited to popular tastes |
| A．the gradual weakness of fresco painting. |
| B．Oils having more power of influence over watercolor. |
| C．The rediscovery of watercolor in England. |
| D．The start and development of watercolor. |
The phrase “face the music” is known to every American, old and young. It is at least one hundred years old. Where did the expression come from?
The first explanation came from the American novelist James Fenimore Cooper. He said, in 1851, that expression was first used by actors while waiting in the wings (舞台的两侧) to go on stage. After they got their clue(暗示) to go on , they often said, “It’s time to go to face the music. ” And that is exactly what they did face the orchestra (乐队) which was just below the stage.
An actor might be frightened or nervous as he moved on to the stage in front of the audience(观众) that might be friendly, or perhaps unfriendly, especially if he forgot his lines. But he had to go out. If he did not, there would be no play. So “face the music” came to mean: having to go through something, no matter how unpleasant the experience might be, because you knew you had no choice.
小题1:The expression “face the music” means ______.
A． plan to go to a concert |
| B．get one’s clue to do something |
| C．have to go through something far less pleasant |
| D．disobey what one"s father says |
| A．children | B．novelists | C．actors | D．audience |
| A．老板 | B．同事 | C．角色 | D．台词 |
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从下列各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
“Where is the bus? Why is it always late?” I asked myself. I was going to be late ___36___ the manager wasn’t going to be pleased. “Thank God, here it is!” The bus came round the corner and I got on. Ten minutes later I was walking into the ___37___ where I work. “Twenty-five past nine. I ___38___ the manager doesn’t notice.” But I was not ___39___.
“Smith!” shouted the manager. “Late again. What’s your ___40___ this time?” “I am afraid the bus was late, Mr. Brown.” “___41___ up earlier tomorrow! Anyway, go to your place at the counter. We’ll be opening in a few minutes.”
My first customer was a pretty girl wearing a red dress. ___42___ her was a young man of about 25. He seemed very ___43___, and every few seconds he looked towards the main entrance. The girl drew some money and ___44___ about opening an account. I gave her necessary ___45___ and she went out. ___46___, I noticed a tall man by the door, carrying something ___47___ with brown paper. Turning to my next customer, I was frightened to see a gun sticking out of his coat. The next moment a loud noise ___48___ my ears. Everything went black. I was falling… It seemed to be a long time ___49___ I opened my eyes and I found myself in bed! ___50___ shaking from the memory of this terrible dream, I got dressed and ran out of the house. ___51___, the bus wasn’t on time, and I got to the bank at 9:25.
“Smith!” the manager cried out in a voice like thunder. “___52___ of your excuses! Start work at once!” To my ___53___, the first customer was a girl ___54___ a red dress and behind her stood a man carrying something wrapped in brown paper. The ___55___! Sometimes life is full of coincidences (巧合)!
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