No one knows yet the accurate number of lives which have been lost in this terrible fire .But reports suggest that it is more than one hundred .
A wall of flames fifty feet high and at least one hundred and fifty miles wide is now racing towards the forests and rich farmlands of southern Victoria . Towns less than one hundred miles from Melbourne will be in danger unless the wind changes . People are rushing excitedly into the streets . The police have warned them not to see the fire but many people are doing so .
The cause of the fire is unknown . No rain has fallen in this part of Australia for three months , and the hot , north-west wind from the great central desert is blowing at more than thirty miles an hour .
The firefighters are travelling to the fire by road , rail and air . But it is not easy to get there . Flames and fallen trees have cut off or blocked roads and railway lines . The thick smoke often prevents them from finding the air strips (飛機(jī)跑道).
It is said that the fire has brought the greater danger to the country since the Second World War .
小題1:By the time the article was written , the fire        .
A．had just broken out B．had been put out
C．was spreading violently D．was coming to an end
小題2:The writer wrote this article mainly to tell people        .
A．the fire was terrible and dangerous
B．it was impossible to put out the fire
C．more than one hundred people died of the fire
D．to join in the fight against the fire
小題3:In the 4th paragraph , the writer suggested that        .
A．the fire would soon be controlled by the firefighters
B．it would be very difficult to put out the fire
C．the government was paying great attention to the fire
D．the fire had caused great losses and the airport was in ganger
小題4:The underlined word “ accurate” in the first sentence has the same meaning as        .
A．recent B．whole C．rough D．exact

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:D
 
小題1:C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。結(jié)合第二段A wall of flames fifty feet high and at least one hundred and fifty miles wide is now racing towards the forests可知答案。
小題2:A寫(xiě)作目的題。文章主要介紹了一場(chǎng)正在發(fā)生的巨大火災(zāi)。沒(méi)有提及BCD項(xiàng)的內(nèi)容。
小題3:B 推理判斷題。第四段敘述了撲滅火災(zāi)所面臨的困難。
小題4:D詞義理解題。結(jié)合下文的more than one hundred，可知沒(méi)有具體的傷亡數(shù)字，只是“粗略的”，故選D.
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