Ответьте Across the Curriculum 4 № 1 ГДЗ Spotlight Английский 11 класс Афанасьева О.В.

a) Look at the picture and listen to the
rhyme. What do they tell us about the
Great Fire of London?
b) How do you think the fire started and why did it spread so quickly? Read the first paragraph of the text to find out

In 1666, London was a city just waiting to burn. Narrow streets were overcrowded with buildings. Open fires and candles burned inside homes and businesses. A long, hot
summer had just 1).............. to an end, and the wood-built city
was bone dry. On the evening of Saturday, 1 st September, Thomas Farynor, baker to King Charles II, went to bed without properly putting out the fire in one of his ovens. Sometime after 1:00 am on Sunday morning, a spark from the fire's embers ignited some straw on the bakery floor. Flames quickly engulfed the house in Pudding Lane. Neighbours attempted to put out the fire, but the flames were 2)                                      fierce. The fire began to spread.
At 4:00 am London's mayor, Sir Thomas Bloodworth, was woken up. He was advised to have all the neighbouring houses demolished, as this would stop the fire spreading,
but the Mayor refused to give the order. He paid 3).................. for
this decision. By early morning, three hundred houses were on fire and winds from the east were causing the fire to spread with frightening speed.