Question

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

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.C

6.B

7.B

8.C

9.B

10.A

11.D

12.B

13.B

14.C

15.D

16.B

17.C

18.D

19.A

20.C

【解析】

1.1】答案 D [easily表达更容易，他买车的主要目的是为了上下班方便。]

2.2】答案 A [so much...that...，如此多……以致于……，这是一个固定结构。too much不能和that连用，我们经常使用too...to。]

3.3】答案 C [根据上文修理花费太多，所以就决定卖掉，而且下文也就是围绕卖车而展开的。]

4.4】答案 A [be anxious to do sth急着干……，Dave想了解是否有人急着买车，他想卖掉车。]

5.5】答案 C [前面已经提到“it was falling to pieces”车很快要成碎片，所以没有人愿意买。neither主要于两个人中没有一个，所以在这不合适。]

6.6】答案 B [upset表示“伤心的，难过的”。因为没人愿意买车，所以他很伤心。]

7.7】答案 B [“what's up”表示“怎么回事，发生了什么”。]

8.8】答案 C [“get”表示“得到”，在这儿是表示“你将得到的要比广告花费的多”。]

9.9】答案 B [advice表示“建议”，因为前面有一句“what about advertising it in the newspaper？”这本就是一种建议“在报纸上登广告怎么样？”]

10.10】答案 A [uses表示“使用”，在这里表示车很省油。loses表示“丢失”；has表示“有”；spends表示“花费时间、金钱、精力”。]

11.11】答案 D [no answer表示“回应”，表示广告登出去以后无人问津。doubt表示“怀疑”；help表示“帮助”；trouble表示“麻烦”。]

12.12】答案 B [这里表示来看车。]

13.13】答案 B [suitable表示“合适的”，在这里是问第二天早上十点钟是否合适。]

14.14】答案 C [bring my wife表示把妻子带来。recognize表示“认出”；gain表示“获得，得到”；admire表示“羡慕”。]

15.15】答案 D [“test”表示“测试”，买车的人将和妻子一道来测试一下车子。]

16.16】答案 B [“mean to”表示“打算做……”在这儿是打算等买车的人。]

17.17】答案 C [“answer”在这里表示“回应”，就是指那个看了广告以后准备来看车的人。]

18.18】答案 D [“admit”表示“承认”在这里表示他自己也不得不承认自己的车看起来太旧了。]

19.19】答案 A [这里是一个固定结构“as...as”。]

20.20】答案 C [“accident”表示“事故”。]