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 violentlyD．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

解析試題分析：
【小題1】推理題：從文章第二段的句子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 .可知大火正在蔓延。選C
【小題2】寫作意圖題：從全文和最后一句話：It is said that the fire has brought the greater danger to the country since the Second World War .說明作者寫文章是告訴人們大火很危險(xiǎn)。選A。
【小題3】推理題：從第四段的句子：But it is not easy to get there .說明大火很難撲滅。選B
【小題4】猜詞題：從第二句話But reports suggest that it is more than one hundred .說明是很難準(zhǔn)確的估計(jì)損失。選D
考點(diǎn); 考查新聞報(bào)道類短文
點(diǎn)評：這是一篇新聞報(bào)道的短文，講述的澳大利亞發(fā)生的一場大火和它的危害，其中有很多描寫的細(xì)節(jié)，考試應(yīng)該從中去揣摩作者的寫作意圖。

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