例：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 officers 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 live 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 smilcd 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 glad 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 flowcrs 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 (overtake的过去式) 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?
［答案］ 1?D 2?B 3?C 4?A 5?C
［析］ 这篇文章有英国幽默的味道。英国的幽默是十分特别的，它一般都是讲述一个故事，但当结尾时仅几句话则道出天机来。对于这样的文章要从头认真看到尾，不要在 考场中为了赶时间自认为是全懂了，其实则不然。造成不必要的丢分。从1题可以看出作者十分不情愿地为其妻子买了个书架呢。第二段则出现"Buy it?"这样的祈使句。初学者不易看出里面的原委。要知道祈使句在对话中常常带有命令，或不客气之意，所以从这里开始已看出作者的情绪了。其后的What can I do?又是一句抱怨的话，"我还能作什么吗?"其后又是一句风趣的抱怨：Ten minutes later I was twenty dollars poorer?即暗示十分不情愿地又花了20美元。所以其答案是D。其后2题则是推理题，从作者买了书架之后一连串的奇怪事情发生了。首先是其他的驾驶员 开车对他十分的礼貌，甚至警察阻挡其他车辆让他先行。所以其答案是B。第3题则一句道破天机。因为前两件事已使作者感到奇怪了。后来警察竟然亲自驾驶汽车 为他开道。而且警察并不知道他要去什么地方就把他带到教堂来了。这是因为英美人一生三件大事都要在教堂做：其一是出生时在教堂洗礼，其二是结婚，其三则是 死亡。所以警察不问其由而将他带到教堂是为了帮助他。所以答案是C。当警察讲到We thought it was …er something else?时，显然有个词是不好意思讲出口的，所以道出了文章的真实情况。这时不难对5题作出答复其答案是C。
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