这是一篇记叙文。文章讲了作者用自己全部的钱买了一棵圣诞树，满心欢喜的回家，但是却引来母亲一顿责骂。

【4题详解】

细节理解题。答案定位在第一段and even if we could------it was stupid to mess up your house with a dead tree.可知作者的母亲认为即使我们有钱买圣诞树，用一棵死树把你的房子搞乱，也是很愚蠢的，所以作者的母亲拒绝一棵树是因为她认为拥有一棵树非常的不理智，故选B。

【5题详解】

推理判断题。答案定位在倒数第二段My heart was bursting as I announced that I had a surprise.（当我宣布我有一个惊喜时，我的心剧烈的跳动）由此推断出当作者到家时，感觉骄傲又兴奋，故选C。

【6题详解】

细节理解题。答案定位在第三段It had been a very expensive tree and no one had bought it; now it was so close to Christmas that the man was afraid no one would.可知店主以低价卖了这棵树是因为他担心这棵树卖不出去，故选C。

【7题详解】

推理判断题。答案定位在最后一段After she knew the truth, she said that I was going to end up in the poorhouse because I believe in stupid things like Christmas trees. My mother had never talked to me like that before and I couldn't believe what I was hearing.可知作者的母亲得知真相后，说："既然你相信愚蠢的圣诞树，那你就去救济院过吧。"由此推断出作者的母亲生气了，故选B。

　　In every British town, large and small, you will find shops that sell second-hand goods. Sometimes such shops deal mostly in furniture, sometimes in books, sometimes in ornaments（装饰） and household goods, sometimes even in clothes.

The furniture may often be "antique", and it may well have changed hands many times. It may also be very valuable, although the most valuable piece will usually go to the London salerooms, where one piece might well be sold for hundreds of thousands of pounds. As you look around these shops and see the polished wood of chests and tables, you cannot help thinking of those long-dead hands which polished that wood, of those now-closed eyes which once looked at these pieces with love.