阅读下面短文,掌握其阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后根据短文内容和首字母提示,在短文空白处填入适当的单词,使短文内容通顺、合理.OnthenightofOctober8,1871,afirestartedinChicagoa

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阅读下面短文,掌握其

     阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后根据短文内容和首字母提示,在短文空白处填入适当的单词,
使短文内容通顺、合理.

     On the night of October 8,1871,a fire started in Chicago and burned for 27 hours.More than 17 000
(1)h______ were burned down.But it was (2)1______ that only a few people lost their lives.It is said that
the fire was started when Mrs.O'Leary's cow (3)k______ over a kerosene (煤油) lamp with (4)i______ head.
Although this story-still goes on today,what really caused the fire is not (5)k______ yet.Many poor people
stayed in their homes until the (6)1______ moment in order to save the little that they had in the world.
(7)H______,they were forced to leave when the fire reached their houses.(8)T______ of people were left
homeless,but Chicago was completely rebuilt in two years.Because of the fire and the need for safer buildings,
the high building (9)w______was built of steel and stone was developed (10)b______ the Chicago architect
(建筑师) Louis Sullivan.

Answer 1

1.houses   2.lucky   3.knocked   4.its   5.known
6.last  7.However  8.Thousands  9.which  10.by