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.
小题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．all the cars followed the couple’s小题2:The police will be more polite to those who are______.
A．in great sorrow
B．driving in the gathering darkness
C．driving with wild flowers in the car
D．carrying furniture小题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.小题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 it
D．He felt embarrassed.
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:D
题目分析：文章介绍作者和丈夫买了花和一个橱柜，但路上收到人们甚至警察的善意的对待，原来警察把橱柜当成装死人的棺材了。
小题1:细节题：从第二段的句子：What could I do? Ten minutes later I was 20 pounds poorer,可知丈夫不愿意买橱柜。选C
小题2:推理题：从倒数第二段的句子：“It’s a cupboard you’ve got there! We thought it was, something else.”
可知警察误把橱柜当成棺材了，所以说警察对悲伤的人很礼貌。选A
小题3:推理题：从最后两段的句子：可知警察把橱柜当成装死人的棺材了。选B
小题4:推理题：从最后一段的句子：Then the truth hit me like a stone between the eyes.可知作者的丈夫感到难为情。选D
点评：本文考查细节题为主，细节题可以在文章中直接找到与答案有关的信息或是其变体。搜查信息在阅读中非常重要它包括理解作者在叙述某事时使用的具体事实、数据、图表等细节信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都属于这类围绕主体展开的细节。做这类题一般采用寻读法即先读题，然后带着问题快速阅读短文，找出与问题有关的词语或句子，再对相关部分进行分析对比，找出答案。