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  L'HAY-LES-ROSES, France:Three teenage girls admitted starting a fire in a suburban Paris housing project over the weekend that killed 17 people, including three children, police said yesterday.A fourth girl was held yesterday morning.

  The fire in a 19-storey building south of Paris was the third fatal blaze in the Paris area in nine days.The death toll rose to 16 after a man died late Sunday in a hospital, where seven others were being treated for serious injuries, police said.

  Three teenagers taken in for questioning on Sunday admitted having started the fire for fun, police said.Two of the suspects were 18-year-old, the other was 16, police said.Further details were not available.

  Witnesses claimed to have seen a group of youths who lived in the building start the fire, said Patrick Seve, mayor of the town of L'HAY-LES-ROSES, near Orly airport, where the building was located.

  The fire is believed to have broken out in the lobby(门厅)of the building before raging up a stairwell at least three floors.Some residents jumped from windows as the fire spread through the building's entrance.

  Authorities were investigating possible criminals in an August 26 fire that killed 14 African children and three adults in a Paris apartment building.Three days later, another fire killed seven in a building.

  Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy suggested on French television on Sunday night that copycats(盲目模仿者)were at work.“Each time there is a new story, sometimes that gives ideas to people who then turn into criminals,”Sarkozy said, promising severe punishment for anyone found guilty of arson(纵火).

(1)

What can we learn from the first two paragraphs?

[  ]

A.

Three girls were caught setting fire to a building.

B.

The fourth girl wasn't present when the fire broke out.

C.

All the people lost their lives before police came.

D.

Paris was troubled by fire during that period.

(2)

Why did the teenagers start the fire?

[  ]

A.

They were interested in playing with fire.

B.

They wanted to make fun of their parents.

C.

They were not satisfied with the surroundings.

D.

They wanted to warm themselves.

(3)

From the fourth and fifth paragraphs we know that ________.

[  ]

A.

the witnesses must have put out the fire

B.

the lobby of the building was covered with wood.

C.

the witnesses were familiar with the teenagers

D.

the residents shouldn't have jumped from windows

(4)

What the Minister said in the last paragraph means that ________.

[  ]

A.

he doesn't like to listen to new stories

B.

he has no time to write new stories

C.

teenagers often have ideas to turn into criminals

D.

teenagers may do the same as others have done

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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 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 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.The fire began in_________ .

A. a hotel    B. the palace   C. Pudding Lane    D. Thames Street

2.The underlined word “family” in the second paragraph means_________ .

A. home       B. children     C. wife and husband    D. wife and children

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.

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

A. The 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 according to the King’s order.

 

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  Can you imagine what life would be like if there were not  1 ?You could not call  2  your friends on the phone and talk to them.If fire  3  out in your house you could not  4  the fire department.If somebody were  5 ,you could not call a  6 

  In our daily life we need to communicate with  7 .We do this  8  by speaking to other people and listening to  9  they have to say to us,and when we are  10  to them we can do this very  11 .However,our  12  will not travel very far even when we  13 ,and it is thanks to the  14  of the telephone that we are  15  able to communicate with each other Cleary  16  we were in the  17  boat.

  The man who  18  this possible was Alexander Graham.a Scotsman.born in Edin-burgh in 1847. Bell,a teacher of visible speech who later moved to Canada. 19  all his spare time experimenting.  20  enthusiastic(热情的)was he in his research for a means for sending speech by electricity that he left little time for his day-to-day work and at one time was almost penniless.

1.

[  ]

A.electricity
B.telephone
C.television
D.telescope

2.

[  ]

A.on
B.for
C.in
D.up

3.

[  ]

A.broke
B.took
C.looked
D.put

4.

[  ]

A.cry
B.shout
C.call
D.talk

5.

[  ]

A.excited
B.tired
C.sick
D.sad

6.

[  ]

A.teacher
B.assistant
C.professor
D.doctor

7.

[  ]

A.you
B.other
C.them
D.one another

8.

[  ]

A.mostly
B.quickly
C.suddenly
D.early

9.

[  ]

A.that
B.this
C.what
D.which

10.

[  ]

A.friendly
B.close
C.nice
D.cruel

11.

[  ]

A.showly
B.easily
C.certainly
D.beautifully

12.

[  ]

A.noises
B.lectures
C.feelings
D.voices

13.

[  ]

A.speak
B.smile
C.breathe
D.shout

14.

[  ]

A.invention
B.discovery
C.experiment
D.improvement

15.

[  ]

A.already
B.yet
C.still
D.never

16.

[  ]

A.as if
B.even if
C.only if
D.if only

17.

[  ]

A.other
B.opposite
C.same
D.did

18.

[  ]

A.had
B.did
C.made
D.brought

19.

[  ]

A.took
B.wasted
C.cost
D.spent

20.

[  ]

A.So
B.Very
C.Too
D.Such

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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 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
【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.

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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.

1.The underlined word‘family’in the second paragraph probably means____.

A.house

B.children

C.wife and husband

D.wife and children

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

A.many 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?

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?

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.

 

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