1 . A huge fire broke out on 2 September 1666 in London. The fire, known as the Great Fire of London, was the worst fire in the history of London. It burned down more than three quarters of the old city.
The fire started in the very early hours of Sunday morning in the house of the king’s baker. A strong wind blew the fire from the baker’s house into a small hotel next door. Then it spread quickly into Thames Street. That was the beginning.
At that time, most of the buildings in London were made of wood, so it was easy for the fire to spread quickly. By eight o’clock, three hundred houses were on fire. By Monday, nearly a kilometre of the city was burning along the Thames River. On Tuesday, which was considered the worst day, the fire destroyed many well-known buildings, including the old St Paul’s Cathedral.
The fire burned until finally hundreds of buildings in the path of the fire were destroyed to create a firebreak. The fire then died out eventually with nothing left to burn.
1. Why is the fire of 1666 called the Great Fire of London?| A．The fire broke out in the capital of England. |
| B．The fire was the worst fire in the history of London. |
| C．People in England will never forget the fire. |
| D．The fire spread fast into Thames Street. |
| A．In the house of the king’s baker. |
| B．In Thames Street. |
| C．In the house of the baker’s neighbour. |
| D．In St Paul’s Cathedral. |
| A．It started in a baker’s house. |
| B．It broke out on a Sunday morning. |
| C．A hotel was next to the baker’s house. |
| D．Most of the buildings in London were wooden. |
| A．The old St Paul’s Cathedral. |
| B．Hundreds of buildings in the path of the fire. |
| C．Hundreds of wooden houses. |
| D．All of the above. |
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Three friends and I was driving on a highway. While we were going at least 50 miles per hour, we passed over a car. It had broken down, stopped on the side of the road. My friend slows down, and pulled behind the other car. He got out of the car immediate and before I knew it he was helping the other person push the car down the road to a spot where wasn’t so close to the passing cars. From the way they were pushing the car, it looked as if my friend was pushing them all by himself. I thought my friend help a complete stranger like this was a great thing, but I won’t forget his good nature or character.
4 . After a long day at the office, Jane Hodgson was on her way home and looking forward to relaxing with a nice cup of tea. While driving, she noticed that there was a car pulled over at the side of the road and a crowd had started to gather around someone who was lying on the ground.
Jane, who had completed first aid at the work course with the British Red Cross, pulled over to see if she could do something and it turned out to be lucky for the victim.
Describing the scene she saw, Jane says, “A crowd of onlookers gathered at the scene. A couple of young men were cream-faced and looking lost. They were completely terrified. When I walked up, first-aid kit in hand, they said, ‘You’re a first aider — Oh thank goodness.’ They were so shocked that they hadn’t even thought to call an ambulance yet.”
A young girl called Jenny was lying there. It turned out that the teen had been hit by a car and gone over the handlebars of her bike, landing on her head and shoulder.
“I was worried because she had not been wearing a helmet when she got knocked down, and I thought that she should not be moved as I couldn’t be sure about a spinal (脊柱) injury, but after looking her over, in relief, I felt fairly confident that she had escaped relatively unharmed. Even so, as time passed and we continued to wait for an ambulance, the amount of pain the girl was in was increasing. To avoid the risk of her going into shock I kept her talking. We chatted about her boyfriend and anything I could think of to keep her mind off the pain. She squeezed (捏) my hand when the pain got too much and this helped,” describes Jane.
Thinking back, Jane says, “I never did find out what happened to the girl. Apart from the boyfriend I wasn’t thanked by anyone else, but that’s OK. For me, knowing that in a small way I helped that girl through what was a frightening experience is all the reward I need. It felt great to know I’d made a difference.”
1. What was Jane doing when she came across the accident?| A．Driving home. | B．Repairing her car. |
| C．Drinking some tea. | D．Going to the first aid course. |
| A．Her legs. | B．Her hands. |
| C．Her head. | D．Her stomach. |
| A．Calling an ambulance. | B．Offering some first aid. |
| C．Contacting the girl’s boyfriend. | D．Keeping the girl awake. |
| A．Not all kindness needs reward. | B．First aid can save lives. |
| C．A small act can make a difference. | D．It felt good to learn first aid skills. |
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修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：
1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Last night I was having a shower in the bathroom at about 10:30 while the silence was broken by some unusual noises in outside. I quickly got dressing and ran out of the bathroom, only find a big fire on the third floor of our flat building. Luckily, most of the people, including my family, have left the building by the time the firefighters arrived. But a baby along with his parents were still trapped in a flat on a fourth floor. The firemen were true great. Some put out the fire but the others managed to rescue the parents and their baby. We are really grateful to the brave firefighters who risked their own lives to save ourselves.
6 . The sound that woke Damian Languell at 8:15 in the morning was so loud that he assumed it came from inside his house. As he got up to
In an act that a police report described as showing "
Languell thinks about that day often. Displaying the sort of empathy（感同身受）that
| A．work | B．exercise | C．check | D．discover |
| A．downside | B．outside | C．inside | D．upside |
| A．people | B．fog | C．leaves | D．smoke |
| A．car | B．rope | C．bus | D．cloth |
| A．Constantly | B．Obviously | C．Hesitantly | D．Immediately |
| A．burned | B．split | C．pressed | D．stuck |
| A．survived | B．witnessed | C．suffered | D．reported |
| A．with | B．against | C．by | D．on |
| A．peace | B．silence | C．pain | D．excitement |
| A．covering | B．catching | C．pouring | D．stopping |
| A．success | B．harm | C．effort | D．luck |
| A．expected | B．realized | C．concluded | D．assumed |
| A．little | B．limited | C．complete | D．some |
| A．crawled | B．jumped | C．ran | D．stepped |
| A．long | B．cold | C．bad | D．ugly |
| A．tore open | B．gave up | C．put away | D．cut off |
| A．pulled | B．threw | C．held | D．hugged |
| A．house | B．ground | C．safety | D．distance |
| A．forced | B．drove | C．advised | D．shocked |
| A．feet | B．choice | C．hope | D．heart |
1. Who is the man?
| A．A repair man. | B．A doctor. | C．A neighbor. |
| A．Tomorrow afternoon. | B．Tomorrow morning. | C．In a little while. |
| A．Broke a small window. |
| B．Repaired a window for the woman. |
| C．Played ball with the woman’s children. |
| A．The children played ball in the house. |
| B．The window was of poor quality. |
| C．The woman broke it by accident. |
1. Where did the accident happen?
| A．Near a hospital. |
| B．Near the man’s company. |
| C．On the 4th Street. |
| A．The man drove too fast. |
| B．The man had drunk too much. |
| C．A pet knocked into the man’s car. |
9 . Typically, a person sitting in the driver's seat of a car opens the door with the hand closest to it. It makes sense since doors are designed to be opened that way. Pull the handle(把手) and immediately the door is open. But if you happen to do that at the wrong time, you may create an obstacle(阻碍) for a passing cyclist without knowing it. Then the cyclist will be sent falling off the bike, and the car door is likely to be damaged by the fast-moving bicycle.
The car door design and long-time habits have made the process instinctual but clearly the solution is for the person getting out of the vehicle to check for traffic. Luckily, there's a simple way to solve the problem: the Dutch reach. In other words, instead of using your left hand, reach for the door latch(门锁) with your right hand. This will force you to turn your body and look into your side view mirror to see whether any car or bike is coming.
''It's just what Dutch people do,'' said Fred Wegman, the former managing director of the National Institute for Road Safety Research in the Netherlands. ''All the Dutch are taught it. It's part of regular driver education.''
The technique dates back about 50 or 60 years, and it was very popular between the 1960s and the 1980s. But it didn't really become known as the Dutch reach until American physician named Michael Charney started the Dutch Reach Project in 2016 in an effort to popularize the practice in the United States. According to The Times, he was motivated by the death of a 27-year-old who rode into an open car door and died just five blocks from his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Charney's efforts may be paying off. Both Massachusetts and Illinois now include the Dutch reach in their drivers’ manuals(手册).
1. What is the first paragraph intended to show?| A．The poor design of the car door and handle. |
| B．A common conflict between cars and bicycles. |
| C．A main cause of traffic accidents related to cyclists. |
| D．Possible risks connected with opening the car door. |
| A．Difficult | B．Possible |
| C．Natural | D．Dangerous |
| A．By making the person open the car door more easily. |
| B．By forcing the person to check for approaching traffic. |
| C．By reminding the person of the traffic lights frequently. |
| D．By helping the person see the side view mirror more clearly. |
| A．Its popularity among Dutch people. |
| B．Its appearance in drivers’ manuals. |
| C．A project started in the year 2016. |
| D．The death caused by a traffic accident. |
