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 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(行李架), I’ve always wanted one like that.”
What could I do? Ten minutes later I was 20 pounds poorer, and the cupboard was tied onto the roof rack. It was six inches 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 on the road.”
He was staring at our car: first at the flowers, and 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. Then 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.
小題1:It can be inferred from the passage that______.
A.other drivers let the couple go first, because the husband did not drive fast
B.the cupboard cost less than 20 pounds
C.the husband, in fact, would rather not buy the cupboard
D.a(chǎn)ll the cars followed the couple’s
小題2:The police will be more polite to those who are______.
A.in great sorrowB.driving in the gathering darkness
C.driving with wild flowers in the carD.carrying furniture
小題3:What did the police officer think of the cupboard?
A.It was so expensive that it needed their help
B.It was a box for a dead person to be buried in.
C.There might be something stolen in it.
D.It was a big box with some bomb in it.
小題4:What did the husband think of the whole matter?
A.It was very strange.B.He took great pride in it.
C.He was puzzled at itD.He felt embarrassed.

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:D

試題分析:文章介紹作者和丈夫買了花和一個(gè)櫥柜,但路上收到人們甚至警察的善意的對(duì)待,原來(lái)警察把櫥柜當(dāng)成裝死人的棺材了。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題:從第二段的句子:What could I do? Ten minutes later I was 20 pounds poorer,可知丈夫不愿意買櫥柜。選C
小題2:推理題:從倒數(shù)第二段的句子:“It’s a cupboard you’ve got there! We thought it was, something else.”
可知警察誤把櫥柜當(dāng)成棺材了,所以說(shuō)警察對(duì)悲傷的人很禮貌。選A
小題3:推理題:從最后兩段的句子:可知警察把櫥柜當(dāng)成裝死人的棺材了。選B
小題4:推理題:從最后一段的句子:Then the truth hit me like a stone between the eyes.可知作者的丈夫感到難為情。選D
點(diǎn)評(píng):本文考查細(xì)節(jié)題為主,細(xì)節(jié)題可以在文章中直接找到與答案有關(guān)的信息?或是其變體。搜查信息在閱讀中非常重要它包括理解作者在敘述某事時(shí)使用的具體事實(shí)、數(shù)據(jù)、圖表等細(xì)節(jié)信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都屬于這類圍繞主體展開的細(xì)節(jié)。做這類題一般采用尋讀法?即先讀題,然后帶著問(wèn)題快速閱讀短文,找出與問(wèn)題有關(guān)的詞語(yǔ)或句子,再對(duì)相關(guān)部分進(jìn)行分析對(duì)比,找出答案。
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The second rich man ,seeing the  41  situation, stopped for a short time and gave  42  all his food and drink, since he  43   see that money would be of little  44   to them. He made sure that they each  45  their fair share and would have enough food to  46  for some time . Then, he left.
The third rich man, on seeing such poverty,  47  and went straight through the  48  without stopping. The two other rich men saw this from a distance and commented with each other  49  the third rich man lacked sympathy. It was  50  that they themselves had been there to offer help.
However, three days later, they  51  the  third rich man ,who was coming in the opposite direction . He was  52  travelling quickly, but his wagons,  53  the gold and valuables they had been  54  ,were now full of farming tools and bags of  55  .He was rushing back to help them out of poverty.
小題1:
A.loss B.expectationsC.successD.problems
小題2:
A.standingB.travellingC.gatheringD.running
小題3:
A.farawayB.poorC.differentD.a(chǎn)ncient
小題4:
A.unlessB.becauseC.soD.if
小題5:
A.them B.a(chǎn)nythingC.nothing D.those
小題6:
A.curiousB.worrying C.dangerous D.puzzling
小題7:
A.the villagersB.his servantsC.the others D.the rest
小題8:
A.could B.mightC.should D.must
小題9:
A.interestB.concern C.use D.a(chǎn)ttraction
小題10:
A.returned B.gained C.offeredD.received
小題11:
A.remainB.last C.supplyD.share
小題12:
A.turned backB.set out C.showed off D.speeded
小題13:
A.villageB.landC.fieldD.road
小題14:
A.whether B.howC.whereD.when
小題15:
A.goodB.certainC.trueD.strange
小題16:
A.welcomedB.met C.a(chǎn)ccepted D.persuaded
小題17:
A.stillB.a(chǎn)lreadyC.a(chǎn)lwaysD.indeed
小題18:
A.exceptB.instead ofC.a(chǎn)part fromD.a(chǎn)long with
小題19:
A.loading B.treasuringC.carrying D.earning
小題20:
A.foodB.jewels C.moneyD.seeds

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