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】

试题分析：戴夫十八岁时买了一辆二手车，从那以后戴夫都是开车上下班，这比乘公交方便了许多。后来，那辆车老化得严重，戴夫需要经常花钱来修理它。于是，戴夫决定把它卖掉。但是，身边的人都知道他的车太旧了，因此没有人愿意买下那辆车。

1.he bought a secondhand car for 200 so that he could travel to and from work more than by bus戴夫买二手车是为了上下班更方便一些，故选D。

2.but then it got so old”可知，二手车太旧了，以至于花费了戴夫太多的修理费，so...that...如此......以至于......，so后加形容词、副词、much或many等，such后加名词，故选A。

3.to buy a cheap car”可知，戴夫打算卖掉他的旧车，故选C。

4.to see if anyone was particularly to buy a cheap car戴夫想知道有没有人急于购买一辆便宜的汽车，因为他想快点把车处理掉，be anxious to do sth渴望/急切想要做某事，故选A。

5.but they all knew that it was falling to pieces”可知，大家都知道他的车快要成为一堆废铁了，所以没有人愿意买，none指三者以上的人或物中没有一个，故选C。

6.

7.What's , Dave?戴夫的朋友萨姆问他出了什么事，What’s up?发生了什么事？怎么了？故选B。

8.than the cost of the advertisement”可知，萨姆认为通过登广告把车卖掉的话，得到的钱要比广告费用多的多，故选C。

9.Thinking that Sam's was sensible戴夫觉得萨姆的建议是合理的，故选B。

10.small car, very little petrol, only two owners小车、耗油少、经手的次数少，这是戴夫登的广告语，故选A。

11.there was no .广告登出两天没有人联系戴夫，这里指没有回应，故选D。

12.he would like to him about the car那个男子说他要来找戴夫看一下车，故选B。

13.whether ten o'clock the next morning would be or not戴夫问男子第二天上午十点见面是否方便，故选B。

14.I'll my wife男子说他会把他的妻子也带过来，故选C。

15. 考查动词辨析。A认出；B获得；C钦佩，赞赏；D测试。We intend to go for a ride in it to it.男子和他妻子想测试一下车，故选D。

16. to wait there for the people戴夫把车停在门前的广场上，打算等打来电话的那个男子，mean to do sth打算做某事，故选B。

17.there was no .”可知，这里指回应戴夫的广告的那个男子，故选C。

18.Even Dave had to that the car really looked like a wreck(残骸).即使是戴夫他本人，也得承认这辆车已经旧得不行了，故选D。

19.got the car as clean it could be戴夫把车清洗得尽可能干净一点，as...as sb/sth can尽可能......，故选A。

20.a police car stopped just behind him”可知，戴夫的旧车招来了警察，警察以为是戴夫报警说发生了事故，故选C。

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