Question

When I was a boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1960s, we had a milkman delivering(遞送) 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 (自動換幣器) fixed to his belt. He noticed this one day during a delivery and gave me a coin out of his changer.

Of course, he delivered more than milk. There was cheese and other milk products. If we needed to change our order, my mother would write on 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(方便). There was 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, as a result, 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 time my son’s friends ask what it is, 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 coin out of his changer?

A. To show his magical power.

B. To satisfy the boy’s curiosity（好奇心）

C. To pay for the milk.

D. To win the family’s trust (信任).

2.What can be inferred (推斷) 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 powerful person.

C. He was treated as a family member.

D. He was fully trusted by the family.

3.Why is there no home milk delivery today?

A. Nobody wants to be a milkman now.

B. The government has stopped it by law.

C. It has been driven out of the market.

D. Its service is becoming worse and worse.

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 used it to beautify the back porch.

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文中作者主要回憶了一位送奶工和他們一家人的故事。并且講述了現在送奶工這項工作消失的原因。

1.1】細節理解題。根據短文信息As a 5-year-old boy, I couldn’t take my eyes off the coin changer (自動換幣器) fixed to his belt.可知當時五歲的作者對送奶工的自動換幣器非常好奇，所以送奶工給了他一個硬幣滿足小孩子的好奇心。故答案選B。

2.2】推理判斷題。根據短文信息There was a close relationship between families and their milkmen.以及下文中的事實可知，我們一家對送奶工非常信任。故答案選D。

3.3】細節理解題。根據短文信息There is sadly no home milk delivery today. Big companies allowed the production of cheaper milk, as a result, 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.可知現在工廠大批量的生產牛奶，隨處都可以買到牛奶，致使送奶工失業。故答案選C。

4.4】細節理解題。根據短文信息an old milk box in the countryside I saw brought back my childhood memories.可知舊牛奶箱讓作者想起了過去那些美好的回憶。故答案選A。

考點：故事類短文閱讀。