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(自动换币器) 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(门廊). 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】

试题分析：在我儿时，送奶工给我带来的友谊和美好往事。

1.细节信息题。根据文章第一段最后一句话“He noticed this one day during a delivery and gave me a quarter out of his coin changer.”可知，他注意到我对他的the coin changer很感兴趣，所以从他的硬币找零机里给我了二十五美分。

2.细节信息题。通过文章第二段中“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. ”可知我母亲改变订单的方法是：写个字条，把字条连同空的牛奶瓶子一块儿放到收奶箱里。

3.细节信息题。根据文章第三段“for those times when it was so cold outside that we put the box indoors, so that the milk wouldn’t freeze. ”，我们把收奶箱放到屋里，是怕牛奶冻住了。

4.细节信息题。根据文章第四段“Big companies allowed the production of cheaper milk, thus making it difficult for milkmen to compete. ”可知，送奶工很难和大公司抗衡是因为：大公司可以生产出根据便宜的牛奶。

5.细节信息题。根据第三段最后一句话“Mr Basille always said, “delivering milk is hard if you want to do it well but I love my job.””可知Mr Basille认为送牛奶这份工作虽然不容易但他喜欢。

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