We spent a day in the country and picked a lot of flowers. Our car was full of flowers inside! On the way home we had to stop at traffic lights , and there my wife saw the bookshelf.

It stood outside a furniture (家具)shop. "Buy it," she said at once. "We’ll carry it home on the roof-rack (车顶架) . I’ve always wanted one like that . "

What could I do? Ten minutes later I was twenty dollars poorer, and the bookshelf was tied on to the roof-rack. It was tall and narrow, quite heavy too .

As it was getting darker, I drove slowly . Other drivers seemed more polite than usual that evening. The police even stopped traffic to let us through . Carrying furniture was a good idea.

After a time my wife said, "There’s a long line of cars behind . Why don’t they overtake (超车) ?"

Just at that time a police car did overtake. The two officers (警官)inside looked at us seriously when they went past . But then , with a kind smile they asked us to follow their car through the busy traffic. The police car stopped at our village church (教堂) . One of the offices came to me.

"Right, sir, " he said. "Do you need any more help now?"

I didn’t quite understand . "Thanks, officer, " I said . "You’ve been very kind. I lived just down the road. "

He was looking at our things: first at the flowers, then at the bookshelf. "Well, Well, " he said and laughed . "It’s a bookshelf you’ve got there ! We thought it was-er, something else . "

My wife began to laugh . Suddenly I understood why the police drove here .

I smiled at the officer. "Yes, it’s a bookshelf, but thanks again." I drove home as fast as I could .

1 . From the story we know that ___________.

A . the writer was poor and didn’t buy the bookshelf for his wife

B . the writer’s wife didn’t like the bookshelf at all

C . the writer was always glad to buy something for his wife

D . the writer was not very dad to buy the bookshelf for his wife

2 . What made the writer think that carrying furniture was "a good idea"?

A . He could drive slowly and it was safe.

B . Other drivers would let him go first .

C . His wife could use a new bookshelf.

D . He could save a lot of money and time.

3 . Why were the police and other drivers so kind to the writer?

A . Because they thought the writer liked studying very much and needed a bookshelf.

B . Because they didn’t think it was polite to overtake a car with a bookshelf on it .

C . Because they thought somebody in the writer’s family had died and he needed help .

D . Because they thought it was dangerous to carry a bookshelf on a car.

4 . Why did the writer’s wife begin to laugh?

A . Because now she knew what mistake the police had made.

B . Because at last her husband understood why the police had driven to the church .

C . Because the officer was always looking at the flowers and the bookshelf.

D . Because the police had helped them a lot .

5 . When did the officers begin to realize (意识到)they had made a mistake?

A . Before they arrived at the church.

B . Before they overtook the writer’s car

C . After one of them looked at the flowers and the bookshelf carefully at the church.

D . After the writer’s family left the church.

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答案：

1.D。文中有这样的句子：What could l do? Ten minutes later I was twenty dollars poorer…可以看出作者是出于无奈才买的书架

2.B。因为大家都为他们让路。

3.C。此题是推理题，因为书架再加上鲜花，看上去很像棺材，所以其他人对他们都很有礼貌，因为他们认为作者家有人去世了。

4.A。

5.C。本题是细节题，从文中可直接找到答案。

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