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Anyone who has lost a wallet knows how frustrating it can be. But one man saw the funny side after discovering that the people who found the wallet he dropped in 2003 have been holding a drinking challenge in his honour for the past 14 years.

Tim Burrows lost his wallet at Reading festival in 2003 and this week received a message from the man who found it. The man said he and his friends had found the wallet and handed it into lost property, but they took £10 from it to buy as much White Lightening cider(苹果酒) as possible.

From that day on, the group of friends established an annual cider drinking competition, which they called The Timothy Borrows Challenge. The man messaged Tim, “Did you lose your wallet at Reading once?” Tim replied, “I did use to go to Reading. Did you find my wallet?”

After successfully getting a reply, the man wrote to Tim, “I think my friends found it near orange and yellow camp in 2003 if indeed it was yours. It was handed into the lost and found, but not before one of them 'borrowed' £10 out of it. Of course it remained there ever since then. That was very childish but I always thought it would be nice to reach out and let you know that it went down as an annual tradition of cider drinking competitions named The Timothy Borrows Challenge. ”

Tim wanted to know more about the rules of the drinking challenge, so he asked the man, who explained, “Three teams of 5 had 4 litres of cider between them. The winning team on this new year's edition of the game managed to win under 5 minutes one team failed to finish.”

1.What did people do with Tim’s wallet before handing it into lost property?

A They drank much White Lightening cider.

B They sent messages to Tim to let him know.

C They held a drinking game.

D They took some money from the wallet.

解析：选D。D 细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句的but they took £10 from it to buy as much White Lightening cider as possible可以得知，在他们把钱包交到失物招领处之前，他们从钱包里拿了些钱，故选D。

2.Why was the competition called The Timothy Borrows Challenge?

A They wanted to go to Reading.

B They showed the honor to Tim.

C They planned to win the game.

D They denied they found a wallet.

解析：选B。推理判断题。根据文章第一段第二句的have been holding a drinking challenge in his honour for the past 14 years可以得知他们给这个比赛取了这样一个名字就是为了纪念钱包的主人，故选B。

3.Where has Tim’s wallet stayed for the past 14 years?

A In the Reading.

B In the lost property.

C In the yellow camp.

D In the bank.

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据文章第四段的It was handed into the lost and found...it remained there ever since then.可以得知他们捡到该钱包就后，交到了失物招领处，从那之后这个钱包就一直在那里，故选B。

4.What did Tim think of the result his lost wallet brought?

A Frustrating.

B Interesting.

C Moving.

D Frightening.

解析：选B。B 推理判断题。从文章最后一段第一句的Tim wanted to know more about the rules of the drinking challenge...可以得知Tim对他们从自己钱包取出了钱，然后举行了比赛的事情好奇，因此可以推知他认为这个事情也有趣。结合文章第一段第二句中的But one man saw the funny side after discovering that...也可以推测出答案。故选B。