结构推理 Directions: In this part there is a short passage with five questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words (not exceeding 10 words). One lunchtime, May Ward was going round the local supermarket in Paradise Road, Liverpool, doing her shopping, when she suddenly slipped and fell. She was badly shaken and bruised but fortunately nothing serious resulted. It turned out that she had slipped on some ice cream which had been spilt on the floor. Two weeks later she wrote to the firm to claim compensation (赔偿) to make up for the pain and inconvenience she had suffered. She asserted that they had been negligent and careless in not keeping the floor clean. The firm denied that they had been negligent and maintained that they had a proper system for keeping the floor clean. They had given instructions that when a member of staff found a spillage, he or she was to stand by it, and call someone else to clear up the mess. Since Mrs. Ward felt that she was entitled to compensation, she sued (起诉) the firm in the Law Courts. Here the firm claimed that it did not follow, just because someone had slipped on the floor that they must have been negligent carrying out their duties. They said that unless the customer could prove how the ice cream came to be on the floor, and how long it had been left there before the accident happened, she had not made out a proper case against them. But the judge took a different view. He said that, on the face of it, the accident would not have happened at all if the firm had taken reasonable care. It was something which in the ordinary course of events does not happen if floors are kept clean and spillage are dealt with as soon as they occur. It was up to the firm, he said, to provide evidence, if they could, that the accident did not arise from any negligence on their part. They would obviously be in a better position than the customer to establish how long the ice cream had been spilt and explain the circumstances to the Court. The final result was that Mrs. Ward won her case and received ￡137 and 10 pence as a payment for damages. 1.What did May Ward firmly believe? 2.Why didn't the firm think that May Ward was entitled to any compensation? 3.Mrs. Ward would not have taken her case to a Law Court if the firm 4.What did the firm argue in court? 5.What was the judge's view of the case?