We spent a day in the country ana 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(車頂架). I've al-ways 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 along line of cars behind. Why don't they over take(超車)?\"

Just at that time a police car did overtake. The two officers(警官)inside looked at usseriously when they went past. But then， with a kind smile they asked us to follow them car through the busy traffic. The police car stopped at our village church(教堂). One of the offic- ers 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. To a bookshelf you' ve got there! We thought it was--something else.

My wife began to laugh. Suddenly I under-stood 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 book-shelf at all

C.the writer was always glad to buy some-thing 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 andtime.

3.Why were the police and other driv-ers 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 onit.

C. Because they thought somebody in the writer's family had died and he needed help.

D. Because they thought it was dan-gerous to carry a bookshelf on a car.

4. Why did the writer' s wife begin to laugh?

A. Because now she knew what mis-take the police had made.

B.Because at last her husband under-stood 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 (意識(shí)到) they had made a mistake?

A. Before they arrived at the church.

B. Before they overtook (overtake的過去式) 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.

Key: 1、D 2、B 3、C 4、A 5、C