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（魔术般）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 (竞争). 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. 1 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.

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

　　.

　　A. to show his magical power

【五年高考（2011-2015）英语试题分项精解：专题20 阅读理解之故事类（原卷版）】相关文章：

★ 2014届高考英语一轮复习必修4参考答案（外研版）

★ 2017年高考英语二轮复习精品资料：专题14 阅读理解（押题专练）（原卷版）

★ 2017年高考英语二轮复习精品资料：专题16 书面表达（教学案）（教师版）

★ 2016年高考【英语】学科试题评析（四川卷）

★ 湖南省长沙县实验中学2016届高三英语二轮复习书面表达复习重点话题指导专题01 写作技巧（教师版）

★ 盘点2016年高考英语做好阅读理解的八种能力

★ 贵州省贵阳市2014高考英语（新人教版）一轮阅读训练（13）附答案

★ 2017届高考英语二轮复习大题冲关秘籍完形填空之记叙文：解题技巧（含解析）

★ 山东省济宁市2016年高考英语复习：条件状语从句（含解析）

★ 2017届高考英语二轮复习大题冲关秘籍阅读理解七选五：体验真题（含解析）