My dad was a fisherman. He worked hard and stayed out until he caught enough fish to feed the family nearly every day.

   When the weather was bad he would drive me to school. He had this old truck that he used in his fishing business. That truck was older than he was. When he got to the school, he would give me a big kiss on the face and tell me to be a good boy. It was so embarrassing(令人难堪的) for me. I was 12 years old, and my dad would kiss me goodbye!

I remember the day I decided I was too old for a goodbye kiss. When we got to the school and came to a stop, he had his a usual big smile. He started to lean toward me, but I put my hand up and said, “No, Dad.” It was the first time I had ever refused him and he had this surprised look on his face for a long time, and his eyes started to be wet, he turned and looked out the windshield(挡风玻璃). “You’re right,” he said, “You are a big boy… a man. I won’t kiss you anymore.”

 It wasn’t long after that when my dad went to sea and never came back. It was a day when most of the fishermen stayed at home, but not dad. He had a big family to feed…

How I wish I had been a man the. If I had been a man, I would never have told my dad I was too old for a goodbye kiss.

1 What does the underlined word “feed” mean?

     A. 收留   B. 教育  C. 养活   D. 捐助新课 标 第 一网

2 When the weather was bad, the writer went to school________.

A.     in his father’s boat  B. in his father’s truck

      C. by bike            D. on foot

3 He felt so embarrassed because________.

      A. his father kissed him goodbye   B. his father drove him to school

      C. his father’s trunk was too old   D. his father said he was a good boy

4 His father died ________.

A.     after he refused his father’s goodbye kiss

B.     when he was born

C.     before he was 12 years old

D.     after he said goodbye to his family

5 The purpose of this passage is to tell us________.

A.     what a big man the writer’s father was

B.     how the writer’s father caught fish

C.     the writer took pride in his father

D.     the writer felt sorry for his father and himself

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.
Of course, he delivered (分发) more than milk. There was cheese, eggs and so on. If we needed to change our order, my mother would write a note — “Please add a bottle of buttermilk next delivery”. Then she put the note and the empty bottles into the milk box. The next day, the buttermilk would magically appear.
There was also 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 in the house, 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.
I am sad that there is no home milk delivery today. Big companies produce cheaper milk, and milk is for sale everywhere. People may not need the milkman anymore.
Recently, I saw an old milk box in the countryside and it brought back my childhood memories. I took it home and put it outside the door. My son’s friends always ask what it is. So I start telling stories of my boyhood, and of the milkman who brought us friendship with his milk.
【小题1】The milkman delivered milk to family _____ in the old days.

根据句子意思用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。

1.Dad, Mum asked you and ________ (I) to do the cleaning at home today.

2.To our surprise, an excellent student ______(murder) by his roommate in a university.

3.Don't drink the ____________(pollute) water. It will make you ill.

4.I can’t stop ______(take) photos at this tourist attraction. I have no enough time.

5.The terrible traffic accident happened because the truck driver was so _______ (care) that he didn’t notice the sign of speed.