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（魔術般）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.
There is sadly no home milk delivery today. Big companies allowed the production of cheaper milk thus making it difficult for milkmen to compete (競爭). Besides, milk is for sale everywhere, and it may just not have been practiced 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. 1.

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

    1. A.
      to show his magical power
    2. B.
      to pay for the delivery
    3. C.
      to satisfy his curiosity
    4. D.
      to please his mother
  2. 2.

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

    1. A.
      He wanted to have tea there
    2. B.
      He was a respectable person
    3. C.
      He was treated as a family member
    4. D.
      He was fully trusted by the family
  3. 3.

    Why does home milk delivery no longer exist?

    1. A.
      Nobody wants to be a milkman now
    2. B.
      It has been driven out of the market
    3. C.
      Its service is getting poor
    4. D.
      It is forbidden by law
  4. 4.

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

    1. A.
      He missed the good old days
    2. B.
      He wanted to tell interesting stories
    3. C.
      He needed it for his milk bottles
    4. D.
      He planted flowers in it
CDBA
試題分析：作者回憶了小時候的送牛奶的人，以及送奶的人和父母親的良好關系。而現(xiàn)在送牛奶以及退出了市場，作者告訴了我們具體原因。文章反應了作者的對童年的回憶的思念。
1.C 推理題。根據(jù)文章第一段后3行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.可知他注意到我的眼睛一直注視著，所以他這樣做的目的就是為了滿足我的好奇心。故C正確。
2.D 推理題。根據(jù)文章第三段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.可知他和我們家的關系非常好，也得到了我們的信任，所以才會有我們家的鑰匙。故D正確。
3.B 推理題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段Big companies allowed the production of cheaper milk thus making it difficult for milkmen to compete (競爭). Besides, milk is for sale everywhere, and it may just not have been practiced to have a delivery service.可知現(xiàn)在大公司的存在讓牛奶變得更便宜。而且到處都由牛奶出售，這就讓原來的送牛奶的人被驅(qū)逐出市場，失去了競爭力。故B正確。
4.A 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一段第一句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).可知他這樣做我為了童年的回憶。故A正確。
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