39.A. warning              B. giving            C. turning away        D. listening to
40.A. ready                B. possible                  C. correct            D. difficult
41.A. learned               B. prepared           C. taught                   D. taken
42.A. lose                  B. trust                     C. sharpen           D. show
43.A. 1ecturer               B. scientist            C. speaker           D. woman
44.A. described              B. respected          C. saw               D. served
45.A. voyage               B. movement         C. change                   D. rush
46. A. professor                     B. eye                  C. knowledge          D. light
47. A. model                B. senses                C. spirit             D. methods
48. A. hear                         B. make                C. present             D. refuse
49. A. suggesting                    B. beginning            C. pretending          D. waiting
50. A. believed               B. doubted              C. proved             D. explained  
51. A. growth                B. strength              C. faith               D. truth
52. A. firm                         B. interesting            C. wrong              D. acceptable
53. A. task                  B. tool                C. success             D. connection
54. A. cruel                 B. proud               C. frightened           D. brave
55. A. dropped                      B. started              C. passed              D. missed
第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分,满分40分）
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中,选出最佳答案,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
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 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(硬币) changer fixed to his belt. He noticed this one day during a delivery（送货） 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（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   
B. to pay for the delivery
C. to satisfy his curiosity(好奇心)    
D. to please his mother
57. What can be inferred 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 respectable person.  
C. He was treated as a family member.
D. He was fully trusted by the family.
58. Why does home milk delivery no longer exist?
A. Nobody wants to be a milkman now.  

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