4．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 made of wood 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 （面包師） 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 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 （建筑師），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 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．
33．It seems that the writer of the text was most sorry for the fact thatC
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
34．Why did the writer cite （引用） Samuel Pepys？A
A．To give th e reader a clearer picture of the fire．
B．Because Pepys also wrote about the fire．
C．To show that poor people suffered most．
D．Because Pepys was among those putting out the fire．
35．How was the fire put out according to the text？D
A．The King and his soldiers came to help．
B．All the houses made of wood in the city were destroyed．
C．People managed to get enough water from the river．
D．Houses standing in the direction of the fire were pulled down．
分析 這篇短文中作者主要介紹了1666年發生在英國倫敦的大火，火災的嚴重性在歷史上是極其罕見的，給人的啟迪是深刻的．
解答 33．C 細節理解題．根據短文第三段The fire destroyed many well-known buildings，old St Paul"s and the Guildhall among them．可知，本句暗示著倫敦的許多著名建筑在大火中都被燒毀了；故選C．
34．A 推理判斷題．根據短文第四段內容可知，作者引用Samuel Pepys的描述是為了向讀者描繪一個清晰、形象的大火場景；故選A．
35．D 細節理解題．根據短文第五段The fire stopped only when the King finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path of the fire．可知，在大火沿途的建筑被推倒而且沒有可燒的東西后大火才最終得以平息；故選D．
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