Reading comprehension(阅读理解)

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

　　The fire started on Sunday morning in the house of King's Baker in Pudding Lane. The baker, with his wife and family, was able to get out through a window in the roof. A strong wind flew the fire from the bakery(面包房) into a small hotel next door. Then it spread(展开) quickly into Thames Street. That was the beginning.

　　By eight o'clock 300 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 wellknown 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 paths(小路) 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 50 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.

Choose the best answer(根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案，用A、B、C或D表示)

1．The fire began in ________.

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2．It seems that the writer of the text was most sorry for the fact that ________.

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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

3．Why did the writer cite(引用) Samuel Pepys?

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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.

4．How was the fire put out according to the text?

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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.

5．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.

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6．The fire was not all bad, because ________.

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A．the fire caused great pain and loss

B．after the fire, London became a better city, a city of the future

C．after the fire, London became a city with wider streets

D．St Paul's became more famous since it was the only building that was not destroyed in the fire

Mr Smith had a week’s vacation, so he said,“I’m going to the seaside by train. ”He put on his best clothes, took a small bag, went to the railway station(车站)and got into the train. He wore a beautiful hat, and he often put his head out of the window during the trip and looked at the beautiful scenery. Suddenly, the wind pulled his hat off.

Mr Smith quickly threw(扔) his old bag out of the window, too. The other people in the train laughed,“Is your bag going to bring back your beautiful hat?” they asked.

“No,” Mr Smith answered.”But My name and address are on the bag. If someone finds both of them, he or she will send me the bag and the hat.”

1.Mr Smith went to take a vacation for   .

A．nine years         B．half a month       C．seven days        D．eight days

2.Mr Smith put his head our of the window to   .

A．see the beautiful scenery

B．say goodbye to his friends

C．throw his hat out of the widow

D．say hello to the people outside

3.Mr Smith is going to   .during his vacation.

A．visit his friends

B．see his parents

C．enjoy himself in the train

D．the seaside

4.why did Mr Smith throw his old bag out of the window?

Because   .

A．he hoped someone would find his bag

B．he hoped someone would back his bag and hat

C．he hoped his bag would bring back his hat

D．he hoped the people in the train would laugh

5.From the passage we can see that Mr Smith was a   .

A．clever man                            B．kind man

C．foolish man                            D．sick man

Wind is the great maker of waves. There are exceptions (例外), such as the tidal (潮汐的) waves sometimes caused by earthquakes under the sea. But the waves most of us know are caused by winds blowing over the sea .

Now let’s learn some physical (自然地理学的) things about it. A wave has height, from low point to high point . It has length (长度)--the distance from this high point to that of the following wave. The period of the wave means the time it takes for succeeding high points to pass a fixed point. None of these things stays the same--for all depend upon (依靠)the wind, upon the depth (深度) of the water and many other matters.

The water that makes up a wave does not advance with it across the sea. Each drop of water turns around in a little circle with the passing of the wave, but returns very nearly to its original position (原先的位置). And it is lucky that this is so. For if the huge groups of water that make up a wave really moved across the sea, sailing would be impossible. If we want to find the speed of a wave, we may use the following way : Speed =" wavelength" × frequency (频率).

Here, wavelength is the distance between two high points , frequency means the number of cycles per second

1.What causes waves?

2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

3.The speed of Wave 1 is 100 cm/s, frequency 10. The frequency of Wave 2 is 300, while its speed is twice that of Wave 1. Which of the following is right?

4.Where can we find this passage?

将下列打乱的句子重新排序，使其意思连贯完整。

Balzac was a great French writer.

A．Balzac went to bed early but he couldn't sleep. He didn't have anything for supper.

B．He lived in a dirty, wet room and was often worried about food.

C．Balzac got up quietly, lit a lamp(点上灯) and said, "Don't waste time, my friend! I couldn't find any money in the daytime . How can you find some in the dark?"

D．The man began to steal (偷) something on his bookshelf.

E. But he was very poor before he became famous.

F. All his friends were as poor as he was and they could not help him.

G. One night it was very cold. The wind blew and it was snowing heavily.

H. And he didn't know where he could get some food for the next breakfast.

I. At midnight he saw a man crawl (爬)in through the broken window.

J. He thought and thought, but he couldn't have a good idea.