四、阅读理解  阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容选择最佳答案。（共26分）

A

Butterfly Exhibition

Date: 1st__ 31st May 

Place: Sunny Town Museum

Show: All kinds of butterflies from different parts of the world.

Time: Mon.—— Fri.  10:00 a.m.—— 4:00 p.m.

     Sat.—— Sun.   9:00 a.m. —— 5:00p.m.

Tickets: Adults: ￥20   Students: ￥15   Free for children under 12

Group Booking: Can be made through the group line 010—7456 8279

             Adult groups of 10 or more: ￥15 each

             Student groups of 10 or more: ￥10 each

Special gift!

Come to the butterfly exhibition on 1st May and receive a free picture of butterfly.

(    ) 45. If Mr. and Mrs. Smith want to see the butterfly exhibition with their 10-year-old daughter. How much will they pay for the tickets?

        A. ￥15      B. ￥35      C. ￥40     D. ￥45

(    ) 46. How can we book group tickets?

        A. By sending an e-mail.           B. By writing a letter

C. By filling in an application form   D. By making a phone call

B

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（柜厨）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. I’ve always wanted one like that.”

What could I do? Ten minutes later I was ￡20 poorer; and the cupboard was tied on the roof rack. It was six feet 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, 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. 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.

(    ) 47. From the story we know that______________.

A. the writer was poor and didn’t buy the cupboard for his wife

B. the writer’s wife didn’t like the cupboard at all

C. the writer was not very glad to buy something for his wife

D. the writer was not very glad to buy the cupboard for his wife

(    ) 48. 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 cupboard.

D. He could save a lot of money and time.

(    ) 49. Why would the police and other drivers so kind to the writer?

A. Because they thought the writer liked studying and needed a cupboard.

B. Because they didn’t think it was polite to overtake a car with a cupboard on it.

C. Because they thought somebody in the writer’s family had died.

D. Because they thought it was dangerous to carry a cupboard on a car.