Pepys went to the window to watch it. It seemed fairly far away, so after a time he went back to bed. When he got up in the morning, it looked as though the fire was dying down, though he could still see some flames. So he set to work to tidy (整理) his room and put his things back where he wanted them after the servants had cleaned everything. While he was doing this, Jane came in to say that she had heard that the fire was a bad one: three hundred houses had been burned down in the night and the fire was still burning. Pepys went out to see for himself. He went to the Tower of London and climbed up on a high part of the building so that he could see what was happening. From there, Pepys could see that it was, indeed, a bad fire and that even the houses on London Bridge were burning. Someone told him that the fire had started in a baker’s house in Pudding Lane, and then the flames had quickly spread to the other houses in the narrow lane. So began the Great Fire of London, a fire that lasted nearly five days, destroyed most of the old city and ended, so it is said, at Pie Corner. 1.
The servants were up very late because __________. A. they were chatting
B. they were having a party
C. they were preparing for a dinner D. they were watching a fire
Pepys went back to bed because __________. A. he was not interested in chatting about a fire B. he did not think the fire was anything special C. the fire was far away D. the fire had died down
When Pepys was tidying his room and things, Jane came in and told him that __________. A. the fire was dying down B. the fire had been put out C. the fire was a bad one D. no flame could be seen
The fire started ____________. A. on London Bridge B. in a baker's house
C. because the lane was too narrow to allow people to come to help
D. because people could not get enough water to put it out
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Pie Corner was ______________. A. the site of the Tower of London B. the site of the Great Fire of London C. the place where the fire ended D. the place where Pepys lived
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the same passage or dialog. In the United States 84 colleges now accept just women. Most of them were established in the 19th century; they were designed to offer women the education they could not receive anywhere else. At that time major universities and colleges accepted only men. In the past 20 years many young women have chosen to study at colleges that accept both men and women. As a result some
women's colleges decided to accept men students too. Others, however, refused to change. Now these schools are popular again. The president of Trinity College in Washington, D.C. said that by the end of the 1980s women began to recognize that studying at the same school with men did not mean women were having an equal chance to learn. The president of Smith College in
Massachusetts says a women's college permits women to choose classes and activities freely. For example, she says that in a women's college a higher percentage of students studies mathematics than in a college with both men and women.
Educational experts say men students in the United States usually speak in class more than women students do. In a women's
college, women feel freer to say what they think. Women's schools also bring out leadership capabilities in many women. Women are represented everywhere. For example, at a women's college every governing office is held by a woman. Recent studies reportedly show that this leadership continues after college. The studies show American women who went to women's colleges are more likely to hold successful jobs later in life. 6.
Women's college were established to ________________. A. give women the same right of education that men enjoy B. make changes to traditional educational system C. defy men s privilege in the society D. train women in particular fields
Studying at the same school with men does not mean ______________.
A. women can do the same thing as men
B. that women are given the same chance as men
C. women are allowed more latitudes to develop themselves D. the present educational system does not allow other choices
According to the passage, in women's schools _______________.
A. women are much freer than if they study at the same school with men
B. women could do anything they want C. they teach things peculiar to women D. men are hated widely
Which one of the following statements is not true about women's college?
A. Women feel freer to say what they think.
B. More women can participate in the management of the college.
C. Women who attend a women's college are more likely to be successful in their later careers.
D. A very high percentage of women will become leaders later.
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10. The title of this passage is most likely to be
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A. Women Education in the United States B. Women's Schools in the United States
C. Women Should be Given the Same Education as Men
D. Education in America