The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of September 2, 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 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, writer 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（路径） 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 which was 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】The underlined word‘family’in the second paragraph probably means .A．houseB．childrenC．wife and husbandD．wife and children【小题2】It seems that the writer of the text was most sorry for the fact that .A．many people lost their livesB．the birds in the sky were killed by the fireC．many famous buildings were destroyedD．the King’s bakery was burned down【小题3】Why did the 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.【小题4】How was the fire put out according to the text?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 path of the fire were destroyed.B
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(答案→)B
解析：文章向读者详细描述了伦敦火灾的情况。
【小题1】B 猜测词义题。大火发生的时候面包师自然是应该带着自己的老婆孩子一起逃走，The baker, with his wife and family,原句已经有了wife故这里的family指他的孩子，故B正确。
【小题2】C 推理题。文章总提及没有很多人在火灾中死亡，故A错误。Birds fell out of the air because of the heat .”说明这些小鸟是被热量熏死了的，而不是被烧死的。B错误。在第二段第一行中也没有说作者为the King’s bakery的被烧掉而遗憾，根据文章第三段最后一句. The fire destroyed many well-known buildings, old St Paul’s and the Guildhall among them .说明很多著名的建筑物被烧掉了，作者为此感到遗憾，故C正确。
【小题3】D 推理题。根据文章第四段“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 .”是向读者描述了火灾发生的情景。故D正确。
【小题4】D 细节题。根据文章第五段1,2行 The fire stopped only when the King finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path（路径） of the fire.说明D正确。