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　　London in the seventeenth century was one of the most beautiful cities in Europe of the time. There 1 many important buildings and one or two famous theatres (剧院). There was also one large bridge 2 the river Thames. 3 , most of Londoners lived in 4 wood houses in the streets. There were 5 drains (下水道), so people 6 their dirty water and rubbish into the streets. It was 7 8 September 2nd 1666, at about three o'clock in the morning, a 9 suddenly started in a shop. There was a strong 10 and the fire went 11 from one street to 12 . The fire lasted for three 13 and destroyed 13,200 homes and many other important 14 . This was the 15 of the old city of London.

(1) A．are

B．have

C．were

D．had

(2) A．through

B．in

C．on

D．across

(3) A．Because

B．However

C．Everywhere

D．Across

(4) A．strong

B．huge

C．small

D．modern

(5) A．no

B．many

C．several

D．all kinds of

(6) A．threw

B．put

C．carried

D．used

(7) A．instructive

B．interesting

C．difficult

D．dangerous

(8) A．During

B．On

C．In

D．About

(9) A．fire

B．shout

C．play

D．program

(10) A．rain

B．snow

C．wind

D．force

(11) A．hurriedly

B．quickly

C．suddenly

D．slowly

(12) A．other

B．another

C．next

D．one

(13) A．days

B．years

C．minutes

D．hours

(14) A．bridges

B．theatres

C．buildings

D．cities

(15) A．beginning

B．middle

C．whole

D．end

Answer 1

答案：C;D;B;C;A;A;D;B;A;C;B;B;A;C;D
解析：

(1) 这里叙述的是过去的事情。 (2) 在河上。 (3) 表示转折意义。 (4) 这里叙述的伦敦过去和现在有巨大差距的房子，故用small。 (5) 从下文知，他们把脏水倒入河里，故推知没有下水道。 (6) 宾语是dirty water。 (7) 综合上面所叙述的情况和四个选项，选本项最合理。 (8) 后面接的是日期。 (9) 后文所叙述的是火灾。 (10) 用strong修饰，故选wind。 (11) 因有风，故用quickly。 (12) 指街道的另一边。 (13) 因烧毁的房子是13 200间，据此推出三天最合理。 (14) 和homes相对，故选building。 (15) 古伦敦已经被烧毁了。