When milk arrived on the doorstep

When I was a boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1960s, we had a milkman delivering milk to our doorstep. His name was Mr. Basille. He wore a white cap and drove a white truck. As a 5-year-old boy, I couldn’t take my eyes off the coin changer fixed to his belt. He noticed this one day during a delivery and gave me a quarter out of his coin changer.

Of course, he delivered more than milk. There was cheese, eggs and so on. If we needed to change our order, my mother would pen a note-“Please add a bottle of buttermilk next delivery”-and place it in the box along with the empty bottles. And then, the buttermilk would magically appear.

All of this was about more than convenience. There existed a close relationship between families and their milkmen. Mr. Basille even had a key to out house, for those times when it was so cold outside that we put the box indoors, so that the milk wouldn’t freeze. And I remember Mr. Basille from time to time taking a break at our kitchen table, having a cup of tea and telling stories about his delivery.

There is sadly no home milk delivery today. Big companies allowed the production of cheaper milk, thus making it difficult for milkmen to compete. Besides, milk is for sale everywhere, and it may just not have been practical to have a delivery service.

Recently, an old milk box in the countryside I saw brought back my childhood memories. I took it home and planted it on the back porch （門廊）. Every so often my son’s friends will ask what it is. So I start telling stories of my boyhood, and of the milkman who brought us friendship along with his milk.

1.Mr. Basille gave the boy a quarter out of his coin changer ________.

A. to show his magical power                                          B. to pay for the delivery

C. to satisfy his curiosity                                                   D. to please his mother

2.What can be inferred from the fact that the milkman had the key to the boy’s house?

A. He wanted to have tea there.          

B. He was a respectable person.

C. He was treated as a family member.     

D. He was fully trusted by the family.

3.Why does home milk delivery no longer exist?

A. Nobody wants to be a milkman now.

B. It has been driven out of the market.

C. Its service is getting poor.             

D. It is forbidden by law.

4.Why did the author bring back home an old milk box?

A. He missed the good old days.        

B. He wanted to tell interesting stories.

C. He missed it for his milk bottles.     

D. He planted flowers in it.

 

【答案】

 

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：文章大意：本文是一篇人物故事。作者介紹自己對于兒時(shí)送奶工的美好回憶。

1.C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。A項(xiàng)表示“為了展示自己的魔力”， D項(xiàng)表示“為了取悅于小孩的母親”，原文中皆沒有提及與這兩項(xiàng)相關(guān)的信息，可排除；B項(xiàng)表示“為了付送奶的錢”，與原文意思相悖，故排除。依據(jù)第一自然段最后兩句As a 5-year-old boy, I couldn’t take my eyes off the coin changer fixed to his belt. He noticed this one day during a delivery and gave me a quarter out of his coin changer可知：對于一個(gè)五歲的孩子來說，眼睛老是看著系在送奶工腰帶上的自動(dòng)換幣器，那一定是好奇了。所以當(dāng)送奶工在一天送奶時(shí)無意中看到這一情景時(shí)，為了滿足小孩的好奇心就從里邊取出一枚二十五分的硬幣給了他。故C正確。

2.D推理判斷題。依據(jù)第三自然段末句意思可知“喝茶”送奶工有時(shí)進(jìn)屋后的一個(gè)細(xì)節(jié)，而不是他擁有鑰匙的理由，故排除A項(xiàng)；文中并未提及與respectable“可敬的；高尚的；體面的”相關(guān)意義的內(nèi)容，所以排除B項(xiàng)；第三段第三句提到送奶工有外屋的鑰匙是因?yàn)橛袝r(shí)候天氣很冷，為了不使奶凍了，“我們”就把放奶的箱子擱在屋內(nèi)，據(jù)此可以排除C項(xiàng)。而該段第二句說家家戶戶和他們的送奶工都有親密的關(guān)系，且末段末句定語從句提到送奶工在送奶的同時(shí)也帶來了友誼，由此可以推斷，作者一家是因?yàn)榉浅Ｐ湃嗡湍坦げ沤o他鑰匙的。故D正確。

3.B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。依據(jù)第四段內(nèi)容可知，后來形勢發(fā)生了變化，牛奶的價(jià)格便宜了，銷售更普及了，送奶的工作就變得不實(shí)際了，因此這一行被市場淘汰了。選擇B項(xiàng)。其余A、C、D三項(xiàng)所涉內(nèi)容文中并未提及，故排除。故B正確。

4.A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。依據(jù)第四段首句內(nèi)容及末段內(nèi)容可知，作者對如今沒有了過去那種送奶到家的服務(wù)深感遺憾，后來在鄉(xiāng)下發(fā)現(xiàn)一個(gè)送牛奶的箱子，就把它帶回了家，并放在了后門的門廊里，這引起了孩子們的好奇，于是他就經(jīng)常給孩子們講述過去的故事和美好記憶，借此而懷念過去。故選A項(xiàng)“他想念過去的美好歲月”。其余三項(xiàng)在文中找不到任何依據(jù)，皆排除。故A正確。

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