初中英语阅读理解含答案.docx

初中英语阅读理解含答案 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.