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<B>Directions</B><B>：</B><B><p></p></B></P>In this part there are 4 passages followed by questions or unfinished statements， each with four suggested answers. Choose the one you think is the best answer. Mark your choice on the Answer Sheet by drawing with a pencil a short bar across the corresponding letter in the brackets.<p></p></P>
Questions 11-15 are based on the following passage</B>：</B><p></p></B></P>
The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of 2 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 wellk-nown 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.
11.The fire began in .
A. a hotel B. the palace
C. Pudding Lane D. Thames Street
12.The underlined word "family" in the second paragraph means .
A. home B. children
C. wife and husband D. wife and children
13.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
14.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.
15.How was the fire put out according to the text?
A. The king and his soldiers came to help.
B. All the wooden houses 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.<p></p></P>
Questions 16-20 are based on the following passage</B>：</B><p></p></B></P>
Oxford and Cambridge differ from the rest of the universities in Great Britain in many important respects， but resemble each other quite closely.<p></p></P>
Oxford was founded in the 12th century. There are at present 35 colleges： three are for women only and the rest take both men and women. There are at present approximately 9，400 students in residence， of whom over a third are women. The city of Oxford is popular with tourists because of the University‘s many beautiful medieval buildings.<p></p></P>
Cambridge was founded in the 13th century. There are at present 28 colleges， of which only one is for men students only and two for women only. The remaining 25 take both men and women. There are at present over 9000 students in residence， of whom a third are women. Cambridge University has made the city of C
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