When Dave was eighteen, he bought a secondhand car for 200 so that he could travel to and from work more__ than by bus. It worked quite well for a few years, but then it got so old, and it was costing him____much in repairs that he decided that he had better ____it.

He asked among his friends to see if anyone was particularly____to buy a cheap car, but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, so___of them had any desire to buy it. Dave's friend Sam saw that he was ____ when they met one evening, and said, “What's____， Dave？”

Dave told him, and Sam answered, “Well, what about advertising it in the paper? You may ___more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement！” Thinking that Sam's____was sensible(合理的)，he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read “For sale: small car，____ very little petrol, only two owners. Bargain at 50.”

For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no ____.But then on Saturday evening he had an enquiry(询问)．A man rang up and said he would like to___ him about the car. “All right，” Dave said, feeling happy. He asked the man whether ten o'clock the next morning would be____or not. “Fine，” the man said, “and I'll____ my wife. We intend to go for a ride in it to ____ it.”

The next morning, at a quarter to ten, Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door, ____ to wait there for the people who had____ his advertisement. Even Dave had to ____that the car really looked like a wreck(残骸)．Then, soon after he had got the car as clean____ it could be, a police car stopped just behind him and a policeman got out. He looked at Dave's car and then said, “Have you reported this ____ to us yet, sir？”

1. A．directly  B．safely  C．properly  D．easily

2.A．so  B．such  C．very  D．too

3. A．keep  B．repair  C．sell  D．throw

4.A.anxious  B．lucky  C．ashamed  D．generous

5.A.some  B．neither  C．none  D．most

6.A.delighted  B．upset  C．calm  D．astonished

7.A.on  B．up  C．it  D．that

8.A.learn  B．miss  C．get  D．find

9.A.message  B．advice  C．request  D．description

10.A.uses  B．loses  C．has  D．spends

11.A.doubt  B．help  C．trouble  D．answer

12.A.tell  B．see  C．agree  D．call

13.A.exact  B．suitable  C．early  D．late

14.．A.follow  B．meet  C．bring  D．introduce

15.A.recognize  B．gain  C．admire  D．test

16.A.happening  B．meaning  C．turning  D．failing

17.A.read  B．inserted  C．answered  D．placed

18.A.forget  B．show  C．disagree  D．admit

19.A.as  B．that  C．so  D．such

20.A. bargain  B．sale  C．accident  D．result

In the dark forests ________，some large enough to hold several English towns.

A．stand many lakes  B．lie many lakes

C．many lakes lie  D．many lakes stand

That hall is________ this one. Let's go to ________ one.

A．three times the size of；a big

B．three times as big as；the bigger

C．three times bigger than；a big

D．three times as bigger as；the bigger

It may have been unusually cold recently but experts say it's ________ for this time of year.

A．normal  B．formal  C．ordinary  D．common

—How do you react ________your father's suggestion?

—I reacted strongly ________it.

A．on；to  B．on；with

C．against；with  D．to；against

Only when he reached the tea­house________it was the same place he'd been in last year.

A．he realized  B．he did realize

C．realized he  D．did he realize

The explorers were told to ________ themselves with everything they would need for the voyage.

A．feed  B．relate  C．equip  D．associate

—I want to know how you react ________ my lecture.

—On the whole, it's very excellent, but I react strongly

　________the thoughts on human nature.

A．to; with  B．to; against

C．with; against  D．against; with

After a long discussion about the advantages and disadvantages of the plan, they finally came to a(n) ________that it was practical.

A．decision  B．opinion  C．conclusion  D．impression

________to attract young readers, the book is full of interesting stories and features simple language.

A．Aiming  B．Aimed  C．Contributed  D．Contributing