Вопрос:
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The greatest epidemic
The greatest epidemic was the infection which broke out __9__ 1665. It was a sad time for London. The streets were empty, shops were close and there were few boats on the Thames. Every house in which there were sick people was shut up, no one __10__ to go in or out, and the door of the house was marked with a red cross.
The following year the Great Fire took place. It __11__ out late on Saturday night in a street not far from London Bridge. The summer __12__ dry, a hot east wind __13__ and the fire spread quickly. This is what we read in the diary of John Evelyn who saw the terrible fire with __14__ own eyes. “The Thames was covered with boats full of people. On the other side one __15__ see carts carrying the saved goods out into the fields and people putting up tents. At night the fire could be seen ten miles away”.
__16__ fire burned for five days and destroyed the greater part of the ill city. But it did the city good, as it cleared away the old wooden house and the dirty, narrow streets.
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