7．We spent a day in the country，picking wild flowers．With the car full of flowers we were going home．On our way back my wife noticed a cupboard （柜廚） outside a furniture shop．It was tall and narrow．"Buy it，"my wife said at once．"We'll carry it home on the roof rack．I've always wanted one like that．"
What could I do？Ten minutes later I was￡20poorer； and the cupboard was tied on the roof rack．It was six feet long and eighteen inches square，quite heavy too．
In the gathering darkness I drove slowly．Other drivers seemed unusually polite 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，I wonder？"In fact a police car did overtake．The two officers inside looked at us seriously as they passed．But then，with great kindness，they led us through the rush-hour traffic．The police car stopped at our village church．One of the officers came to me．
"Right，sir，"he said．"Do you need any more help？"
I was a bit puzzled．"Thanks，officer，"I said．"You have been very kind．I live just down the road．"
He was staring at our car，first at the flowers，then at the cupboard．"Well，well，"he said，laughing．"It's a cupboard you've got there!We thought it was something else．"
My wife began to laugh．The truth hit me like a stone between the eyes．I smiled at the officer．"Yes，it's a cupboard，but thanks again．"I drove home as fast as I could．
1．In fact the husbandD the cupboard．
A．would like very much to buy
B．badly wanted
C．was glad to have bought
D．would rather not buy
2．Other drivers thought they wereD．
A．carrying a cupboard to the church
B．sending flowers to the church
C．carrying nothing but a piece of furniture
D．going to attend a funeral（葬禮） at the church
3．The police will be more polite to those who areB．
A．driving in gathering darkness
B．in great sorrow
C．driving with wild flowers in the car
D．carrying furniture
4．What did the husband think of this matter？B
A．It was very strange．
B．He felt ashamed of it．
C．He took great pride in it．
D．He was puzzled at it．
分析 作者和家人在郊游歸來的路上，買了一個櫥柜．夜幕下用鮮花裝扮的櫥柜在路人的眼里看成了一口棺材，甚至連警察也替他們開路，并且一路護送他們到教堂．對這種情況作者開始還很得意，不知道拉著家具竟然有這樣的好處，然而當知道真正的原因后卻尷尬萬分．
解答 1．D 推理判斷題．根據(jù)文中It was tall and narrow．"Buy it，"my wife said at once．"We'll carry it home on the roof rack．I've always wanted one like that．"…What could I do？可知作者買櫥柜的時候不情愿的，而妻子偏要購買．所以D選項正確．
2．D 推理判斷題．根據(jù)文中對櫥柜尺寸的描述以及Other drivers seemed unusually polite that evening．和最后警察給他們引路到教堂可以推斷出在夜幕下人們把用鮮花裝飾的櫥柜誤認為是棺材，所以D選項正確．
3．B 推理判斷題．從作者的敘述中可知警察誤以為他們車上拉的是棺材，要去教堂，并且給他們引路，由此可以推斷警察對悲痛的人們是禮貌和善的．文中with great kindness，they led us through the rush-hour traffic．就是很好的提示，故B選項正確．
4．B 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章最后The truth hit me like a stone between the eyes．和I drove home as fast as I could．可知作者感到非常尷尬，難堪，所以B為正確選項．
點評 本文是一個人物故事類閱讀，題目涉及多道細節(jié)理解題，做題時結合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關語句進行仔細分析，結合選項選出正確答案．推理判斷題也是要在抓住關鍵句子的基礎上合理的分析才能得出正確答案，切忌胡亂猜測，一定要做到有理有據(jù)．
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