When I was a boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1960s, we had a milkman delivering(递送) 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 (自动换币器) 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 (门廊). 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.
小题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). |
小题2:What can be inferred (推断) 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. |
小题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. |
小题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. |
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小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:A |
试题分析：这篇短文中作者主要回忆了一位送奶工和他们一家人的故事。并且讲述了现在送奶工这项工作消失的原因。
小题1:细节理解题。根据短文信息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.可知当时五岁的作者对送奶工的自动换币器非常好奇，所以送奶工给了他一个硬币满足小孩子的好奇心。故答案选B。
小题2:推理判断题。根据短文信息There was a close relationship between families and their milkmen.以及下文中的事实可知，我们一家对送奶工非常信任。故答案选D。
小题3:细节理解题。根据短文信息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.可知现在工厂大批量的生产牛奶，随处都可以买到牛奶，致使送奶工失业。故答案选C。
小题4:细节理解题。根据短文信息an old milk box in the countryside I saw brought back my childhood memories.可知旧牛奶箱让作者想起了过去那些美好的回忆。故答案选A。 |
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I shook hands with my father in the truck, and for a long time he looked straight ahead and didn’t say a word. But I knew he was going to say a little to me. “I can’t tell ,” he finally said. “I never went to college, andnone of your went to college. I can’t say don’t do this and do that, everything is different. And I don’t know is going to come up. I can’t help much with money, , but I think things will work out. ”
He gave me a new check-book(支票簿). “If you are short of money, a small check. But when you write one, send me a letter and let me how much. There are some things we can always sell.” In four years all the checks I wrote were less than a thousand dollars. My part-time jobs such as to the blind student and sitting with the teachers’ kids filled in the financial gaps.
“You know what you want to be, and they’ll tell you what to take,” my father went on. “When you get a job, be sure it’s honest, and work hard.”
Then my dad reached down beside his seat and brought the old, Bible that he had read so often. He didn’t say read this every morning. He just said, “This can help you if you will let it.”
Did it help? I got through college being a burden on the family. I have been able to make money since.
| 小题1: | | A．everything | B．anything | C．nothing | D．something |
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| 小题2: | | A．sister | B．mother | C．brothers | D．father |
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| 小题4: | | A．that | B．what | C．which | D．whom |
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| 小题5: | | A．too | B．also | C．either | D．as well |
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| 小题6: | | A．write | B．borrow | C．buy | D．sell |
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| 小题7: | | A．to know | B．knew | C．knowing | D．know |
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| 小题8: | | A．read | B．reading | C．to read | D．writing |
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| 小题9: | | A．beautiful | B．fine | C．broken | D．complete |
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| 小题10: | | A．without | B．by | C．during | D．with |
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Once, there was a beautiful girl who didn’t like herself, because she was blind, she couldn’t see anything.
In fact, the girl loved nobody except her boyfriend, for he was always ready to help her. She used to tell her boyfriend, “If I could see the world, I would marry you.”
One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to the girl. When the bandages came off，she was able to see everything, including her boyfriend for the first time. He asked her, “Now that you can see the world, will you marry me?” The girl looked at her boyfriend and was greatly surprised to see that he was blind, too. She had never expected that, and she would not like to be with a blind husband for the rest of her life, so she refused to marry him.
Her boyfriend left in tears and a few days later wrote a note to her, saying, “My dear, take good care of your eyes. Before they are yours, they were mine.”
So, this is how the human brain often works when our situation changes. Only a very few remember what life was like before. And we often ask for more than we need. Life is a gift. Today, before you complain about the taste of your food，think of those who have nothing to eat. Before you complain about life，think of some ones who went to heaven too early. Before you complain about your old house, think of the people who are living in the streets. And when you are tired and complain about your job, think of those who have no jobs.
In a word, enjoy the things you have and don’t forget your past.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
小题1: The girl liked ________ before she was able to see.| A．herself | B．nobody | | C．her boyfriend | D．everybody |
小题2: The underlined word “bandage” mean _________.小题3:What did her boyfriend do when the girl refused to marry him?| A．He felt hopeless and killed himself. | | B．He left in tears and wrote a note telling the girl to take care of the eyes. | | C．He called the police. | | D．He asked for more than he needed. |
小题4: ______ donated a pair of eyes to the girl.| A．An known person | B．Her father | | C．Her boyfriend | D．Her mother |
小题5:What can we learn by reading the fifth paragraph?| A．Enjoy the things you have and don’t forget your past. | | B．The girl should marry her boyfriend. | | C．Before you complain about the taste of your food, think of those who have nothing to eat. | | D．When you are tired and complain about your job, think of those who have no jobs. |
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Our school has a big library . It has many on different subjects. Students can read books and newspapers in the room.. They can also borrow books from the library . But they must them on time . If they books, they must pay for them . Miss Yang works in the library .She is very helpful and to the students .
One morning she was at the desk when Han Meimei hurried in . She told Miss Yang that she couldn’t find the library book Red Star Over China . At that moment Lucy came into the library with Meimei’s library book .
She it in the classroom . Meimei was very .She thanked Lucy and said that she would be more from then on .
| 小题1: | | A．students | B．teachers | C．books | D．pictures |
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| 小题2: | | A．sitting | B．reading | C．meeting | D．waiting |
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| 小题3: | | A．borrow | B．lend | C．give | D．return |
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| 小题4: | | A．lose | B．forget | C．leave | D．miss |
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| 小题5: | | A．strict | B．kind | C．ready | D．free |
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| 小题6: | | A．working | B．playing | C．sleeping | D．studying |
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| 小题7: | | A．somewhere | B．anywhere | C．nowhere | D．everywhere |
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| 小题8: | | A．found | B．bought | C．looked for | D．left |
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| 小题9: | | A．angry | B．happy | C．sorry | D．sad |
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| 小题10: | | A．careful | B．helpful | C．thankful | D．beautiful |
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A young man was in love with a beautiful girl .One day the girl said to him ,“It is my birthday tomorrow ”. “Oh ”，said the young man ,“I’ll send you roses, and one rose for each year of your life.”
The same evening he went to the flower shop . As he knew the girl was twenty－two years old, he paid for twenty－two roses and asked the shop assistant to send them to the girl the next day .
The assistant of the flower shop knew the young man very well as he often bought flowers in his shop before . When the young man left the shop , the assistant thought ,“The young man is very kind to me .He often comes to buy my flowers . In return I’ll send ten more roses.”
He did so . The next morning thirty－two roses were sent to the girl . When the young man came to see her , she didn’t want to speak to him . And he never knew why she was so angry with him .
小题1:The young man wanted to send his girl friend_____roses for her birthday.小题2:________sent the roses to the girl .| A．The young man | B．The assistant | | C．Another young man | D．We don’t know who |
小题3:The young girl received the roses________| A．the same evening | B．a day before her birthday | | C．a week later | D．on her birthday |
小题4:The assistant wanted to _______.| A．make the girl angry | B．sell more roses | | C．make the young man glad | D．get more money |
小题5:From this story we know that__________| A．roses should be sent for one’s birthday | | B．one may do something wrong even out of kindness | | C． some girls don’t like roses | | D． young people often buy roses |
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Joe wanted a computer. He asked his ______ for the money and they said he must get it himself. But how did he get it? He ________ about this when he walked home. Not many people wanted to ask children to work for them. Maybe he could take away snow for the neighbors. But this was not _______ . He had to wait a long time for that. He couldn’t cut grass for their gardens _____ he had no tools to do the work with.
Then he saw one of his classmates, Dick, delivering (送) _______ . I could do that, he thought. Maybe I could even get the computer ________ away. I could pay _______ it a little each week. He ran to _______ up with Dick. Joe asked him a lot of questions. He learned that it was _______ to get twenty-five dollars each week. He learned that the job took __________ three hours each night. Dick ______ him the phone number of the newspaper manager.
Joe almost flew home. After he had told his mother ________ he thought, she _____ .“I think it is a _______ idea,” she said, “I’ll call the newspaper….”
“Wait, Mum,” Joe said, “I’ll call. After that, I’m going to be a businessman now.”
Joe’s mother smiled __ .
| 小题1: | | A．teachers | B．parents | C．classmates | D．friends |
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| 小题2: | | A．said | B．told | C．thought | D．spoke |
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| 小题3: | | A．spring | B．summer | C．autumn | D．winter |
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| 小题4: | | A．because | B．when | C．while | D．after |
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| 小题5: | | A．newspaper | B．bikes | C．computers | D．tools |
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| 小题8: | | A．take | B．catch | C．carry | D．get |
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| 小题9: | | A．friendly | B．kind | C．possible | D．wrong |
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| 小题10: | | A．at | B．about | C．before | D．after |
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| 小题11: | | A．taught | B．gave | C．made | D．asked |
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| 小题12: | | A．that | B．when | C．what | D．where |
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| 小题13: | | A．smiled | B．shouted | C．cried | D．worried |
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| 小题15: | | A．sadly | B．happily | C．politely | D．angrily |
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