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.C. Rembruant was a great painter. D. Hitler did not like Jews.BA lot of crime is against bicycles. About 150,000 bicycles are stolen every year and most are never found. You can prevent this happening by following a few careful steps.Basic SecurityDo not leave you bicycle in outoftheway places. Always lock your bicycle when you leave. Secure(栓牢) it to lampposts(燈柱)or trees. Take off smaller parts and take them with you, such as lights and saddles(車座).LocksGet a good lock. There are many different types in the shops. Buy one that has been tested against attack. Ask for a remendation from a bike stop.MarkingSecurity marking your bike can act as a deterrent to a thief. It can also help the police find your bicycle. It should be clearly written and include you postcode and your house or flat number. This will provide a simple way to identify your bicycle.RegistrationThere are a number of panies who will security mark your bicycle for you. They will then put your registration number and personal details on their puter database. Then if your bicycle is found it will be easy to contact you. Finally keep a record of the bicycle yourself: its make, model and registration number. You can even take a photograph of it. This will prove the bicycle belongs to you. part gives you information on how to lock up your bicycle when you leave it? ______. A. Locks. B. Marking. C. Registration. D. Basic Security.61. The underlined phrase “act as a deterrent to a thief” means _______.A. help you recognize your bike B. help the police find you bicycleC. stop someone stealing your bicycle D. stop you worrying about your like62. The article advises you to keep a record of your bicycle _________. A. in the bike shop and your puter B. in a police station and a security pany C. in a security pany and your university D. by yourself and in a security panyCThe Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of 2 September 1666.In four days it destroyed more than threequarters 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 King’s baker(面包師)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 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 wellknown 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(建筑師), 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. some people lost their lives B. the birds in the sky were killed by the fire C. many famous buildings were destroyedD. the King’s bakery was burned down64. 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.65. How was the fire put out according to the text? A. The King and his soldiers came to help. B. All the houses made of wood 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.66. Which of the following were reasons for the rapid spread of the big fire? a. There was a strong wind. b. The streets were not wide enough. c. Many houses were made of wood. d. There was not enough water in the city. e. People did not discover the fire earlier. A. a and b B. a, b and c C. a, b, c and d D. a, b, c, d and eDThe World Health Organization raised the pandemic(流行病) flu alert(警戒) to six, the highest level, which means that the H1N1 swine flu is spreading worldwide.The WHO will ask all countries, including the countries that haven’t yet reported any cases, to make plans to control this disease. “It was reported that about 35,000 people infected with the H1N1 virus in 74 counties,” Margaret Chan, an officer of the WHO, said on Thursday. “Further spread of the disease is possible,” Ms Chan said. So far, WHO doesn’t expect a sudden jump in the number of serious or dead cases reported. In Australia, the number of people who go