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2016大庆市二轮高考英语：新闻类阅读理解选练（3）及答案 黑龙江省大庆市喇中2016高考英语阅读练习——新闻报道类 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 Kings baker (面包师) 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 oclock 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 Pauls 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 the new St Pauls.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.【小题1】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 Kings bakery was burned down 【小题2】Why did the writer cite (引用) Samuel Pepys? A．To give the reader a clearer picture