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British Milkman Steve Leech saved some shops and flats（公寓）with milk and won a National Bravery Award（勇敢奖）.

Leech， 35 years old， said that when he was sending out milk as u 1.  along Pine Street， he s 2. heard a loud， strange sound behind him and then he saw smoke coming out of a shop in Cornwall， southern England.  “That must be a fire，” I t 3. . “Then I quickly d 4.  to do something. So I p 5. the door open and then I s 6. for the people inside. Then I started pouring milk e 7. ， ” Leech said. He used 320 pints of milk to stop the fire. When firefighters r 8. the shop， the fire was under control（得到控制）.

Leech helped save the l 9.  of eight people in the flats above the shops.

“It was hard work o 10. all those bottles. But it was even harder trying to tell my boss where all the milk had gone，” Leech said jokingly.

Answer

1.usual

2.suddenly

3.thought

4.decided

5.pushed

6.shouted

7.everywhere

8.reached

9.lives

10.opening

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述的是英国送奶工Leech， 看到了在英格兰南部康沃尔郡的一家商店发生火灾时，采取果断措施，用牛奶扑火救人并被授予National Bravery Award的故事。

1.根据语境可知，这里指的是Leech像往常一样沿着松树街外送牛奶的时候。as usual：像往常一样。结合所给首字母提示可知应填：usual。

2.根据语境可知，这里指的是Leech突然听到背后有奇怪的声响。结合所给首字母提示可知应填：suddenly。

3.根据语境可知，这里指的是Leech当时想那一定是发生火灾了。结合所给首字母提示可知应填：thought。

4.根据语境可知，这里指的是Leech然后迅速决定要采取一些措施。结合所给首字母提示可知应填：decided。

5.根据语境可知，这里指的是Leech往里把门推开。结合所给首字母提示可知应填：pushed。

6.联系下文的描述可知，这里指的是Leech把门推开后搜寻里面的人。结合所给首字母提示可知应填：shouted。

7.根据语境可知，这里指的是Leech开始到处泼洒牛奶。结合所给首字母提示可知应填：everywhere。

8.根据语境可知，这里指的是当消防员赶到小店时，火灾已经得到了控制。结合所给首字母提示可知应填：reached。

9.根据语境可知，这里指的是Leech帮助挽救了住在商店上面公寓里8个人的性命。此处应用复数形式，结合所给首字母提示可知应填：lives。

10.打开那么多的瓶子非常困难。It’s hard work 后用动词-ing形式。结合所给首字母提示可知应填：opening。

考点：短文填空。