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 (递送) 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.”
【小题1】 This is a(n) _______ from London.

A.posterB.reviewC.advertisementD.news report
【小题2】 Leech was awarded the prize for his _______.
A.hard workB.brave behaviour
C.inventionD.patriotic behaviour
【小题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
【小题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
【小题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.

阅读理解。
                                                       The Artist and the Beggar (1) 
    An artist was coming home by train one day. He hadn't much money but was very kind. He gave his last
few coins(2) to a beggar, but he saw another one, and forgot that he didn't have any money in his pockets.
He asked the man if he liked to have lunch with him, and the beggar, of course, agreed. So they went into a
small restaurant and had a good meal.
    In the end, the artist could not pay the bill (3), and the beggar had to do so. The artist felt very sorry for it,
so he said to the beggar, "Come home with me in a taxi, my friend. And I'll give you the money for our lunch."
"Oh, no!" the beggar answered quickly. "I had to pay for your lunch, but I'm not going to pay for your taxi
home!"
Notes: (1)beggar n. 乞丐 (2)coin n. 硬币 (3)bill n. 帐单
1. What kind of man was the artist?   
                                                                                                                                  
2. What did he do to the first beggar?   
                                                                                                                                  
3. What did the artist forget when he invited another beggar to have lunch with him?   
                                                                                                                                  
4. Who paid for the meal?   
                                                                                                                                  
5. What did the artist want to do at last?  
                                                                                                                                
6. Why didn't the beggar go home with the artist?
                                                                                                                                  

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