．It was one in the morning      the fire broke out.

     A．that         B．how        C．which          D．when

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　　One of the most well－known fires in history was the Great Fire of London. This took place in 1666, and destroyed almost the entire city. The fire started in the house of the king's baker, John Farynor, at two o'clock on the morning of September 2nd. Farynor lived in a narrow, crowded street, where all the houses were made of wood, so the fire spread very quickly. The city was on fire for five days. By the time the fire was put out, 13200 houses, 88 churches, 4 bridges, 4 prisons and 400 streets had been destroyed. Amazingly, only six people lost their lives in the Great Fire of London.

　　Another well－known fire was the Chicago Fire of 1871. This started when a cow knocked over a burning lantern(lamp) in a busy street. It had not rained in Chicago for a long time, and strong winds soon blew the flames all around the city. About 18000 buildings were destroyed in this fire, while 250 people lost their lives, and 100000 people lost their homes.

　　When a huge earthquake hit San Francisco in 1906, a number of fires broke out. The fires burned for three days, but firefighters could not fight them because the earthquake had destroyed the city's water system. When the fires finally stopped burning, a huge part of the city had been destroyed. More than 700 lives and 25000 buildings were lost in the San Francisco fires.

1．From this passage we know the Great Fire of London ________.

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A．took place in 1971

B．did not destroy many houses

C．destroyed most of London

D．was started by the king

2．The great Fire of London started ________.

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A．in a narrow, crowded street

B．at two o'clock of a spring day

C．when a cow knocked over a burning lantern

D．on the morning of September 2nd after an earthquake

3．The Chicago Fire destroyed so many buildings because ________.

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A．it had rained for a long time

B．everything was dry at that time

C．the buildings were in a narrow, crowded street

D．no one fought the fire

4．In 1871 the Chicago Fire ________.

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A．started after a huge earthquake hit the city

B．killed 100 000 people

C．started during a rainstorm

D．killed 250 people

5．The fires in San Francisco ________.

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A．destroyed the city's water system

B．lasted for three days

C．did not destroy much of the city

D．caused a huge earthquake

Beldon and Canfield are two seashore towns, not far apart. Both towns have many hotels, and in summer the hotels are full of holiday-makers and other tourists.

Last August there was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel in Beldon. The next day, this news appeared on page two of the town’s newspaper. The Beldon Post:

Late last night firemen hurried to the Seabreeze Hotel and quickly put out a small fire in a bedroom. The hotel manager said that a cigarette started the fire. We say again to all our visitors: “Please don’t smoke cigarettes in bed.” This was Beldon’s first hotel fire for five years.

The Can field Times gave the news in these words on page one:

Last night Beldon firemen arrived just too late to save clothing, bedclothes and some furniture at the Seabreeze Hotel. An angry holiday-maker said, “An electric lamp probably started the fire. The bedroom lamps are very old at some of these hotels. When I put my bedside light on, I heard a funny noise from the lamp.” We are glad to tell our readers that this sort of adventure does not happen in Canfield.

What are the facts, then? It is never easy to find out the exact truth about an accident. There was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel last August: that is one fact. Do we know anything else? Yes, we know that firemen went to the hotel.

Now what do you think of the rest of the “news”?

69、Which of the following best gives the main idea of this text?

A．Beldon and Canfield are both good places for tourists in summer.

B．A fire broke out at night in Seabreeze Hotel last summer.

C．It was not easy to find out exact truth from newspapers.

D．Two newspapers gave reports on the same matter.

70、Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The fire broke out in a bedroom at the hotel.

B．An old lamp started the fire.

C．The fire broke out in the morning.

D．There has never been a fire in Canfield.

71、The Canfield Times used the headline like this in order to make its readers think   .

A．hotels in Beldon often catch fire

B．hotels in Beldon don’t often catch fire

C．this was the second fire at the Seabreeze Hotel

D．Beldon was a good place except that hotels there are not quite safe

72、The Canfield newspaper gave a report just the opposite to the Beldon Post by saying that     .

A．the bedroom lamps were very old at the Seabreeze Hotel

B．the bedroom lights made funny noise when the fire took place

C．the firemen failed to save clothing, bedclothes and other things

D．such accidents never happened in Canfield for the past 5 years

Wind , water, fire and ice-these powerful natural forces have shaped the land of America in the past. They are still changing it today.

The Colorado River slowly cut down through stone to make the Grand Canyon(大峡谷).

Long ago, ice sheets cut Yosemite Valley and the Great Lakes, and glaciers(冰川) are still on the move in Alaska.

Wind and rain storm hit the land from time to time. Fires sometimes burn down forests and destroy the homes of wild animals. This happened in Yellowstone Park in 1988.

Dead volcanic mountains such as Haleakala on Maui and Carter Lakein Oregon are beautiful to look at. But there are several active volcanoes in the US, especially along the Pacific Coast. There are also many earthquakes in this area. Scientists can do nothing to control earthquakes or volcanoes. This was shown clearly on May 18, 1980. At 8:32 that morning, Mount St Helens in Washington state broke out. The top of the mountain was blown off.

Over 60 people –campers, scientists, journalists, forest workers—were killed. Hundreds of square miles of forests were knocked down. In towns over 100 miles away, day suddenly became night. An ash cloud hid the sun for many hours. Towns and fields in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho were covered with dirty gray ash.

Scientists knew that Mt St Helens might erupt(爆发) soon. But no one could say when. And no one expected the terrible strength of the eruption. Many people were surprised and unready. Harry R. Truman, 84, owned a small hotel in Mt St Helens. Scientists had asked people to move away because the volcano was becoming dangerous.

But Harry Truman would not leave his home. Now it is covered with many feet of dirty ash. A small cross stands above the place where Harry probably died. Perhaps it is better that he did not see the destruction of Mt St Helens, the once beautiful lake, and the forests.

But slowly, life is returning to the dead area around the mountain. Grass and small plants are beginning to grow again. Deer and birds have been seen. The land will never be the same as it once was. Perhaps Mt St Helens will erupt again. But this is all part of nature’s pattern of change, and man has little power to control it.

1.Choose the best title for this passage.

2.After the eruption of volcano, what makes the sky turn dark?

3.The underlined word “it” means______.

4.We can infer from this article that ______.