摘要:Mausoleum 陵墓 公元前353年.爱琴海附近的一个古国Caria的国王Mausolus驾崩.王后Artemisia悲痛欲绝.将国王的骨灰用水搅拌.一饮而尽.为了让国王永远活在她心中.她在Halicarnassus城中兴建了一座宏伟壮观的陵墓.后来希腊人便用国王的名字称这座陵墓为mausoleion.罗马人借用了这个词.改写作mausoleum.英国人照搬了罗马人的写法.用来泛指宏伟庞大的陵墓. 现在这个词还可用来指“大而阴森的房屋 .

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  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.”

(1)

This is a(n)________ from London.

[  ]

A.

poster

B.

review

C.

advertisement

D.

news report

(2)

Leech was awarded the prize for his ________.

[  ]

A.

hard work

B.

brave behaviour

C.

invention

D.

patriotic behaviour

(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.

①②③④⑤

B.

④②③⑤①

C.

③④①②⑤

D.

④③②⑤①

(4)

The underlined sentence in the last paragraph suggests(暗示)that tamper-proof lids add to the difficulty of ________ those bottles.

[  ]

A.

stealing

B.

breaking

C.

opening

D.

wasting

(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.

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