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 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.
63.It seems that the writer of the text was most sorry for the fact that.
A.many famous buildings were destroyed.B.the King’s bakery was burned down.
C.some people lost their lives. D.the birds in the sky were killed by the fire.
64.Why did the writer cite(引用)Samuel Pepys?
A.Because Pepys also wrote about the fire.
B.Because Pepys was among those putting out the fire.
C.To give the reader a clearer picture of the fire.
D.To show that poor people suffered most.
65.How was the fire put out according to the text?
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