LONDON (Reuters) — British milkman Steve Leech, who saved several shops and flats by putting out a fire with 320 pints of milk, was celebrating Thursday after winning a national bravery award.
Leech, 35, named “Hero Milkman” by the National Dairymen’s Association, said that he had noticed smoke coming out of a shop in Cornwall, southern England, while delivering (遞送) milk as usual a year ago.
“I saw the flats up above and thought I’d better do something. So I kicked the door in and started pouring milk everywhere,” Lee told Reuters Thursday.
“When firemen arrived, the fire was almost out,” he said. Firemen said he had helped save the lives of eight people living in the flats above the shops.
“It was hard work opening all those bottles, especially since they have tamper-proof lids. But it was even harder trying to explain to my boss where all the milk had gone.”
小題1: This is a(n) _______ from London.
A．posterB．reviewC．a(chǎn)dvertisementD．news report
小題2: Leech was awarded the prize for his _______.
A．hard workB．brave behaviour
C．inventionD．patriotic behaviour
小題3: Which is the correct order of what Leech did about a year ago?
①The fire was almost put out.              ②He kicked the door in.
③He noticed smoke coming out of a shop. ④He delivered mile as usual.
⑤He poured milk everywhere.
A．①②③④⑤B．④②③⑤①C．③④①②⑤D．④③②⑤①
小題4:The underlined sentence in the last paragraph suggests (暗示) that tamper-proof lids add to the difficulty of _______ those bottles.
A．stealingB．breakingC．openingD．wasting
小題5: Which is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A．Leech put out a fire with milk at the age of 34.
B．Cornwall is in the north of England.
C．Leech saved eight people in the shops.
D．The fire was already out before firemen arrived.

小題1:D
小題1:B
小題1:D
小題1:C
小題1:B

【主旨大意】本文介紹英國送奶工Leech,用牛奶撲火救人并被授予Hero Milkman的新聞報(bào)道。
小題1:推斷理解題. 從全文可以推斷出此文是一篇新聞報(bào)道。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題. 從第一段after winning a national bravery award.第二段Hero Milkman可以得出答案。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題. 從文章第二、三。四段可以得出D是正確答案。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題. 從最后一段直接可知。
小題1: 細(xì)節(jié)理解題. 從Cornwall, southern England,可知B是錯(cuò)誤答案。
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