A terrible fire began to burn at France’s world-famous Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral (巴黎圣母院)    1    the evening of April 15. Flames could be seen rising through the top of the monument.     2    (it) tall, narrow top later fell down. It took 15 hours for 400 French firefighters     3    (put) out the fire.     4    (fortunate), the main stone structure, including the two bell towers, has been saved, but there is little information on the condition of the cathedral’s glass windows and paintings.

Notre-Dame     5    (date) back to the 12th century. French writer Victor Hugo used it as the setting of his famous story, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame,    6    was first published in 1831. Sitting in the center of Paris, along the Seine River, Notre-Dame is one of the world’s most famous tourist     7    (site). About 12 million people visit it each year.

One man said, “Notre-Dame     8    (destroy) but the soul of France was not.” French President Emmanuel Macron promised that Notre-Dame would be rebuilt and asked for worldwide help repairing it. Many countries offered assistance, because Notre-Dame is part of the     9     (culture) heritage of mankind and     10    symbol for Europe.

2 . Living in Amsterdam in the Netherlands, Anne     1    (suffer) from World War II.    2    (she) family was Jewish so they had to hide or they would    3     (catch) by the German Nazi. During that time her only    4     (truly) friend was her diary. She said: “I don’t want to keep    5     series of facts in a diary as most people do, but I want this diary itself to be my friend, and I shall call my friend Kitty.” Anne’s sister, Margot found it was difficult    6     (settle) and calm down in the    7    (hide) place because she was concerned about whether they would be discovered. She knew she had to trust her     8     (parent) and that hiding was necessary. At first she thought she would go crazy,     9     later she realized that it was better to go    10     this together.