河南省方城县第一高级中学2013-2014学年高一5月月考 英语试题
第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，40分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
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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 toour doorstep. His name was Mr. Basille. He wore a white cap and drove a white truck. As a 5-year-oldboy, 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 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 out 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. 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）. 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. Mr Basille gave the boy a quarter out of his coin changer_________.
A. to show his magical power. B. to pay for the delivery
C. to satisfy his curiosity. D. to please his mother.
