Question

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 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 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 Pauls and the Guildhall among them.
Samuel Pepys, the famous writer, write 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 fifty churches, among them the mew St Pauls.
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

1. 1.
   The fire began in_________
   1. A.
      a hotel
   2. B.
      the palace
   3. C.
      Pudding Lane
   4. D.
      Thames Street
2. 2.
   The underlined word “family” in the second paragraph means_________
   1. A.
      home　　
   2. B.
      children　　
   3. C.
      wife and husband　　
   4. D.
      wife and children
3. 3.
   Why did the writer cite(引用)Samuel Pepys?
   1. A.
      Because Pepys was among those putting out the fire
   2. B.
      Because Pepys also wrote about the fire
   3. C.
      To show that poor people suffered most
   4. D.
      To give the reader a clearer picture of the fire
4. 4.
   How was the fire put out according to the text?
   1. A.
      The soldiers came to help
   2. B.
      All the wooden houses in the city were destroyed
   3. C.
      People managed to get enough water from the river
   4. D.
      Houses standing in the path of the fire were destroyed according to the King’s order

Answer 1

CBDD
試題分析：文章介紹了發生在倫敦的一場大火，大火給當地帶來了巨大的損失和傷痛。自那之后，倫敦成了一個充滿新的希望的地方。
1.根據第二段第一句“The fire started on Sunday morning in the house of the King’s baker（面包師）in Pudding Lane.”可知，大火發生在Pudding Lane。故選C。
2.The baker, with his wife and family面包師和他的妻子孩子，family有家人的意思。故選B。
3.根據第四段“Samuel Pepys, the famous writer, write 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 .””可知，是對火災的詳細描述，可以使讀者更清晰地了解火災的情況。故選D。
4.根據第五段“The fire stopped only when the King finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path of the fire.”可知，大火必經之處的房子被破壞掉之后，火漸漸熄滅了。故選D。
考點：故事類短文閱讀