Question

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(自動(dòng)換幣器) 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, 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 our 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. Mr Basille always said, “delivering milk is hard if you want to do it well but I love my job.”

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(mén)廊). 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.Why did Mr Basille give the boy a quarter out of his coin changer? (within 9 words)

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2.How could the author’s mother change their order? (within 10 words)

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3.Why did the author’s family put the box indoors? (within 6 words)

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4.What made it difficult for milkmen to compete with big companies? (within 6 words)

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5.What did Mr Basille think of his job? (within 7 words)

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Answer 1

1.To satisfy the boy’s curiosity.

Because the boy was interested in the coin changer.

Because he noticed the boy’s eyes fixed on it.

Because the boy showed interest in the coin changer.

2.By placing a note in the box.

By penning a note and putting it in the box.

3.To prevent the milk from freezing.

Because the milk wouldn’t freeze indoors.

4.The production of cheaper milk.

Cheaper milk by big companies.

5.It was hard but he loved it.

Hard but enjoyable.

【解析】

試題分析：在我兒時(shí)，送奶工給我?guī)��?lái)的友誼和美好往事。

1.細(xì)節(jié)信息題。根據(jù)文章第一段最后一句話“He noticed this one day during a delivery and gave me a quarter out of his coin changer.”可知，他注意到我對(duì)他的the coin changer很感興趣，所以從他的硬幣找零機(jī)里給我了二十五美分。

2.細(xì)節(jié)信息題。通過(guò)文章第二段中“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. ”可知我母親改變訂單的方法是：寫(xiě)個(gè)字條，把字條連同空的牛奶瓶子一塊兒放到收奶箱里。

3.細(xì)節(jié)信息題。根據(jù)文章第三段“for those times when it was so cold outside that we put the box indoors, so that the milk wouldn’t freeze. ”，我們把收奶箱放到屋里，是怕牛奶凍住了。

4.細(xì)節(jié)信息題。根據(jù)文章第四段“Big companies allowed the production of cheaper milk, thus making it difficult for milkmen to compete. ”可知，送奶工很難和大公司抗衡是因?yàn)椋捍蠊�司可以生產(chǎn)出根據(jù)便宜的牛奶。

5.細(xì)節(jié)信息題。根據(jù)第三段最后一句話“Mr Basille always said, “delivering milk is hard if you want to do it well but I love my job.””可知Mr Basille認(rèn)為送牛奶這份工作雖然不容易但他喜歡。

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