1 . The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of 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. One hundred thousand 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 in 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, 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 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 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 means       .

A．home	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．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?

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. 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.

A．a and b	B．a, b and c
C．a, b, c and d	D．a, b, c, d and e

2 . What does the woman want to know more about?

A．A bird.

B．A ship.

C．An accident.

3 . Why was the man late?

A．He missed the bus.

B．A bus ran into his car.

C．His bus had an accident.

4 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
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。

One day when I was on my way to home from school, I found a building on fire. Immediately I called the firefighters.

Several minutes lately, the firefighters arrived and tried their best control the fire. With the help of the firefighters, a lot of peoples left the building safely. Sudden a foreign woman came in a hurry to tell the firefighters everything. But they couldn’t understand what she says. I went to the woman and asked her that was happening. She told me that his daughter was still in the building. I told the firefighters about it at once. They immediately ran into the building and rescued a little girl.

5 . A plane was flying somewhere to cut an abandoned oil pipeline. The pilot Downs ________ eight employees of the oil company and a man named Eliot on board.

Halfway, the plane was ________ by a sandstorm. It was ________ to successfully land. While the ten men were ________ for the survival, they found themselves in the depth of the desert. The plane was badly damaged and all the communication equipment didn’t ________. There were quarrels among the eight ________ for different escape plans. Soon, they ________ to fight against each other. Natural disasters had not killed them yet, but ________ disasters were about to destroy them ________.

At the moment, Eliot ________ shouted, “I’m an airplane designer. The main parts of the plane are not ________. As long as everyone works together, we can mend the plane.” People immediately stopped fighting and were ________ in their hearts. Under Eliot’s command, they began to be ________. Food and ________ could only last for ten days so they only ate two meals a day and ________ drinking water as planned. The repair work_________ in an orderly manner. Eight days later, the plane had not been ________ yet, but a camel team of businessmen passed by and ________ them.

Later, Downs knew that Eliot wasn’t an airplane designer at all and asked Eliot why he cheated them. Eliot said calmly, “If I hadn’t ________ then, could everyone live to this day?” Downs suddenly realized: being trapped in the ________ is terrible, but what is more terrible is that there is no hope for survival!

1.

A．hired

B．carried

C．visited

D．telephoned

2.

A．hit

B．assisted

C．banned

D．followed

3.

A．dangerous

B．appropriate

C．fortunate

D．necessary

4.

A．praying

B．cheering

C．reflecting

D．suffering

5.

A．work

B．appear

C．change

D．improve

6.

A．pilots

B．businessmen

C．employees

D．designers

7.

A．determined

B．hesitated

C．agreed

D．started

8.

A．bitter

B．human

C．casual

D．general

9.

A．in advance

B．on schedule

C．at bottom

D．for ages

10.

A．remarkably

B．completely

C．constantly

D．suddenly

11.

A．adjusted

B．examined

C．destroyed

D．found

12.

A．regretful

B．merciful

C．doubtful

D．hopeful

13.

A．busy

B．angry

C．mature

D．social

14.

A．wine

B．water

C．fruit

D．vegetables

15.

A．purified

B．sought

C．wasted

D．distributed

16.

A．went on

B．set out

C．broke down

D．took off

17.

A．landed

B．decorated

C．repaired

D．moved

18.

A．abandoned

B．rescued

C．condemned

D．informed

19.

A．withdrawn

B．sworn

C．participated

D．lied

20.

A．plane

B．traffic

C．desert

D．snow

6 . What are the speakers talking about?

A．A piece of news.

B．Some soldiers.

C．The natural environment.

7 . How many people died in the crash?

A．None.

B．Two.

C．Four.

8 . 阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。

The Lomax family needed a dog. Though their house was already full with seven people, they knew a dog would truly make the house a home. So they settled on a dog whom they named Jack. It turned out to be the best decision they ever made.

It was Jack’s protective instinct(本能) that would save the lives of the Lomax family. If it wasn’t for him, the family may never have survived the terrible accident that would eventually befall one cold January day in 2020.

It was a night like many others. Autumn, the family’s youngest child and her mother Ashley had settled into bed in one of the bedrooms on the second floor. Jack, who rarely left Autumn’s side, had settled in there as well. Little did they know that something terrible was about to happen that night. While the family was fast asleep, a fire had started in one of the other second floor bedrooms. Jack had picked up a whiff (些微的气味) of smoke in the next room. In an instant, the brave dog jumped into action.

The four-legged family member knew something was wrong but had no way of telling his owners. He jumped up Ashley’s bed and began touching her face. She pushed him off her bed and tried to roll over but he began again, until she was up.

As soon as she could, Ashley took hold of Autumn and began to move away from the door. She screamed at the top of her lungs as she ran from the room, alerting the rest of the family to the disaster that was taking place. Jack did his part again too, barking loudly. Ashley’s screams woke the four other adults and two more children. All of them headed out into the cold January night. In no time, the fire had engulfed (吞没) nearly the entire home, but luckily, all of them had made it out alive, with Jack leading the way.

1. Why did the Lomax family raise a dog? (No more than 15 words)
2. What does the underlined word mean in the 2nd paragraph? (No more than 3 words)
3. Which floor did Jack sleep? (No more than 5 words)
4. What did Jack do when he sensed something wrong? (No more than 10 words)
5. What do you think of Jack? Please explain? (No more than 20 words)

9 . On the way home from his job at a cake shop on one August evening, Craig Schum stopped his car at the East Hampton Airport for a break. He got out of the car and kicked off his shoes to relax.

Within seconds, though, Schum saw something shocking: A small plane dived and crashed into the woods at about 100 yards from the run-way. “I don’t remember making the decision that I should go help out,” he says. “I just started running.” Schum rushed across the street barefoot before taking off his apron (围裙). Then he climbed over a six-foot-high fence and ran toward the woods.

When he got there, he discovered the pilot, Stephen Bochter－his head was covered in blood－beside the burning plane. Brochter’s only passenger, his wife, Kim Brillo, was on the ground, unable to move. “She had blood all over her,” says Schum. “I thought she was dead.”

Without a second thought, Schum struggled to lift the fence and brought Brochter and Brillo out from under it. There was only one thought in Schum’s mind that he must bring the couple to safety as quickly as possible. Moments later, the entire plane exploded (爆炸). After the ambulance arrived, Bochter and Brillo were taken to a nearby hospital and treated for injuries.

Brochter, an experienced pilot, later said that the plane’s electrical system had failed shortly after take-off. He had been trying to land at the East Hampton Airport when the plane began to fall. He managed to level the wings before crashing into the woods. “Everything was on fire, and Schum came out of nowhere to save us,” says Bochter. “We are extremely lucky to have lived through it because of him.”

1. What did Schum do upon seeing the plane crash?

A．He called the police at once.	B．He decided to pull over.
C．He rushed to rescue without thinking.	D．He got back to put on his shoes.

2. What’s the main idea of Paragraph 3?

A．How Schum got to the crash site.	B．How terrible the crash was.
C．How Schum helped with the crash.	D．How the injured were treated.

3. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A．The crash of the plane was no surprise.

B．Schum came to help at Brochter’s request.

C．The plane broke down near its destination.

D．Brochter appreciated Schum’s timely help.

4. What’s the best title of the text?

A．An Angel in an Apron	B．An Experienced Pilot
C．A Terrible Plane Crash	D．A Couple in Love