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 five-year-old boy, I couldn’t take my eyes off the coin changer(硬幣兌換器) 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 and 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 put 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 was a close relationship between families and their milkmen. Mr Basille even had a key to my house, for those times when it was so cold outside that we could 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 allow the production of cheaper milk, so 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 fixed 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 milk man who brought us friendship along with his milk.
【小題1】Mr. Basille gave the boy a quarter out of his coin changer______.
| A．to please his mother |
| B．to pay for the delivery |
| C．to show his magical power |
| D．to satisfy the boy’s curiosity(好奇心) |
| A．call the milkman |
| B．wait for the milk |
| C．leave a note in the box |
| D．leave a note on the door |
| A．It is not allowed by the law. |
| B．Its service is getting poor. |
| C．It has been driven out of the market. |
| D．Nobody wants to be a milkman now. |
| A．He planted flowers in it. |
| B．He missed the good old days. |
| C．He needed it for his milk bottles. |
| D．He wanted to tell interesting stories. |
| A．He was a funny person. |
| B．He wanted to have tea there. |
| C．He was fully trusted by the family. |
| D．He was treated as a family member. |
【小題1】D
【小題2】C
【小題3】C
【小題4】B
【小題5】C
解析試題分析：本文中給我們講述了我們和送奶工的故事。送奶工和每個家庭建立了互相信任的親密關(guān)系，甚至送奶工有我家的鑰匙�，F(xiàn)在沒有送奶工了，我很懷念那樣的時光。
【小題1】推理判斷題。Basille先生從他的換零機中拿給了男孩15美分以滿足孩子的好奇心。根據(jù)本文中As a five-year-old boy, I couldn’t take my eyes off the coin changer, fixed to his belt.可知我的眼睛離不開那個換零機，可知我對它非常好奇。故選D。
【小題2】細節(jié)理解題。如果需要改變他們的訂單，他們應(yīng)該在盒子里留一張紙條。根據(jù)本文中If we needed to change our order, my mother would pen a note, “Please add a bottle of buttermilk next delivery,” and put it in the box along with the empty bottles可知答案，故選C。
【小題3】推理判斷題。為什么今天不再有牛奶派送？根據(jù)第四段可知大公司允許生產(chǎn)更廉價牛奶，這樣對于送奶工競爭來說就困難了。而且牛奶到處都在出售，進行過的投寄業(yè)務(wù)也沒有實際意義�？芍Ｄ膛伤鸵呀�(jīng)被逐出市場。故選C。
【小題4】細節(jié)理解題。為什么作者把一個舊牛奶盒帶回家？根據(jù)本文中的Recently, an old milk box in the countryside I saw brought back my childhood memories.I took it home可知舊牛奶盒帶回了我童年的回憶，所以把它帶回了家。故選B。
【小題5】細節(jié)理解題。從這個送奶工有這個男孩家的鑰匙可以推斷出什么？根據(jù)There was a close relationship between families and their milkmen. Mr Basille even had a key to my house可知在家庭與送奶工之間有非常親密的關(guān)系可知，他被這個家庭完全信任。故選C。
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| C．very long | D．quite far |
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| A．He was happy to be with his parents. |
| B．He enjoyed reading good books there. |
| C．He was pleased with the woods. |
| D．He felt very lonely. |
| A．too bad for him to eat | B．nice to look at |
| C．not enough to eat | D．a(chǎn)s delicious as usual |
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| C．in the garden behind | D．a(chǎn)mong the bushes before |
| A．He was poor and hungry. |
| B．He helped to repair the old house. |
| C．He liked to play hide-and-seek with the writer. |
| D．He raised many animals. |
| A．it’s nice to raise wild animals |
| B．it’s valuable to help others |
| C．it’s good to live in the forest |
| D．it’s comfortable to live in the old house |
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| To study 【小題7】 | * It’s important to have real experience with 【小題8】 languages, cultures and societies. *To gain 【小題9】 international relations. *To work together to deal with problems 【小題10】 climate change. |
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根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容判斷句子正誤，正確的寫T，錯誤的寫F。
【小題1】Only human beings use body language.
【小題2】A happy dog will look straight at you.
【小題3】Elephants use their trunks to touch each other to show their friendship.
【小題4】When a dolphin is angry, it often makes small jumps into the air.
【小題5】The passage is about body language.
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