1The 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 those houses were built out of wood and close together. One hundred thousand people became homeless, but only few lost their lives. The fire started on Sunday morning. 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 well–known buildings.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.Questions: 1. To stop the fire, what did the king finally order people to do? The king ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path of the fire.2. Do you want to live in a house made of wood? Why?2Emma and Mary are 13-year-old school girls. They are good at making new things and both of them are also good at sales. They are selling charms(小装饰物) made out of bottle caps.The girls came up with the idea last summer when they found charms were popular with kids. They talked with their parents about the idea. Since then, they have sold enough charms to buy a bike for Mary.The girls collect bottle caps and then clean them. They find some interesting pictures on the Internet or on paper, and then put them onto the inside of the caps. Now, charms can be found everywhere at their school. Students put charms on backpacks and their lunchboxes. Emma and Mary also have a shop on the Internet. They hope they can sell their charms to more kids. Their busines...
