We experienced and unusual weekend last month!
Early in the morning, we went to the country and spent a whole day
wild flowers.
the car full of
we were going home. On our way back, my wife
a bookshelf outside a furniture shop. “Buy it,” my wife said at once. “We’ll
it home on the roof-rack（车顶架）. I’ve always wanted one like that.”
Ten minutes
, we were back with the bookshelf in the flowers on the roof.
In the gathering darkness I drove
. Other drivers seemed unusually
that evening. The
even stopped traffic to let us through. I had thought carrying furniture was a good idea.
After a time my wife said, “ There’s a long line of cars
. Why don’t they overtake（超车）, I wonder?” Just at that time a police car did
. The two officers inside looked at us seriously
they passed. But then, with a kind smile they asked us to
their car through the busy traffic. The police car stopped at our village church. One of the
came to me.
“Right, sir,” he said, “Do you need any more help?”
I was a bit
. “Thanks, officer,” I said. “You have been very kind.”
He was staring at our car, first at the flowers, then at the bookshelf. “Well, well,” he said,
. “It’s a bookshelf you’ve got there! We thought it was something else.”
My wife began to laugh. Suddenly I understood
the police drove here. The truth
me. I smiled at the officer, “Yes, it’s a bookshelf,
thanks again.” Then I
home as fast as I could.
| 小题1: | | A．growing | B．picking | C．buying | D．selling |
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| 小题3: | | A．books | B．flowers | C．fruits | D．vegetables |
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| 小题4: | | A．noticed | B．heard | C．watched | D．felt |
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| 小题5: | | A．post | B．carry | C．send | D．hold |
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| 小题6: | | A．before | B．after | C．later | D．ago |
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| 小题7: | | A．quickly | B．quietly | C．carelessly | D．slowly |
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| 小题8: | | A．polite | B．worried | C．rude | D．frightened |
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| 小题9: | | A．drivers | B．police | C．cleaners | D．villagers |
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| 小题10: | | A．behind | B．ahead | C．beside | D．along |
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| 小题11: | | A．go | B．stop | C．overtake | D．arrive |
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| 小题12: | | A．while | B．after | C．as | D．before |
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| 小题13: | | A．take | B．follow | C．move | D．push |
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| 小题14: | | A．officers | B．passers-by | C．drivers | D．ministers |
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| 小题15: | | A．puzzled | B．excited | C．depressed | D．delighted |
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| 小题16: | | A．coughing | B．laughing | C．crying | D．shouting |
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| 小题18: | | A．pleased | B．fooled | C．interested | D．hit |
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| 小题20: | | A．drove | B．walked | C．flew | D．left |
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