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 so 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 none 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 up, 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, uses 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. 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 as 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. hopefullyB. safelyC. easilyD. properly

2.A. keepB. sellC. repairD. throw

3.A. ashamedB. luckyC. anxiousD. happy

4.A. upsetB. delightedC. calmD. astonished

5.A. learnB. missC. findD. get

6.A. adviceB. messageC. requestD. description

7.A. doubtB. helpC. replyD. trouble

8.A. tellB. agreeC. seeD. call

9.A. exactB. lateC. earlyD. suitable

10.A. followB. bringC. meetD. introduce

11.A. recognizeB. testC. admireD. gain

12.A. happeningB. turningC. meaningD. failing

13.A. answeredB. insertedC. caredD. placed

14.A. admitB. showC. disagreeD. forget

15.A. bargainB. saleC. resultD. accident

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.D

6.A

7.C

8.C

9.D

10.B

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.A

15.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲的是主人公Dave买了一辆二手车，在用了较长一段时间后车子已经老化了，可是他想把他低价卖出去。于是朋友Sam给他出主意在报纸上登广告。Dave照做了并且二天后收到了咨询，他开心的跟买家约好时间并把车清理好等待买家前来，可是因为他的车实在旧的像一具残骸，而等来警察以为这是一辆事故车。

1.】C 考查副词辨析。A有希望地；B安全地；C简单地；D恰当地。…he could travel to and from work more ____ than by bus.他能够上下班比坐公车简单方便得多。故选C。

2.】B 考查动词辨析。A保持；B卖，销售；C修理；D扔掉。从后文“none of them had any desire to buy it”没有人有欲望想要买那辆车，可知这里应该是David想卖掉那辆车，故选B。

3.】C 考查形容词辨析。A尴尬的；B幸运的；C焦虑的，焦急的；D开心的。He asked among his friends to see if anyone was particularly ____ to buy a cheap car他问他的朋友是否有人急需买一辆便宜的车，故选C。

4.】A 考查形容词辨析。A沮丧的；B高兴的；C冷静的；D惊奇的。Sam saw that he was ____ when they met one evening,因为没有人要买他的车，所以Sam在他们相遇的一个晚上看到Dave很沮丧，故选A。

5.】D 考查动词辨析。A学习，了解到；B错过，思念；C找到；D得到。What about advertising it in the paper? You may ____ more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement! 这里Sam告诉他，为什么不在报纸上登广告呢，那样的话你得到的远比你花在报纸上登广告的费用多。故选D。

6.】A 考查名词辨析。A建议；B信息；C请求；D描述。Thinking that Sam's ____ was sensible(合理的), he put an advertisement in an evening paper，考虑到Sam的建议是合理的，Dave在一家晚报上登了广告，故选A。

7.】C 考查名词辨析。A疑惑，怀疑；B帮助；C回复；D问题。For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no ____，在广告登出的前二天没有任何疑惑，there is no doubt固定句式。故选C。

8.】C 考查动词辨析。A告诉，告知；B同意；C看见；D给…打电话。A man rang up and said he would like to ____ him about the car.一个男子给他打电话说他想要来看一看他要卖得车，故选C。

9.】D 考查形容词辨析。A确定的；B晚到的；C早到的；D合适的。He asked the man whether ten o'clock the next morning would be ____ or not.他问那个男子第二天早上十点是否合适来看车，故选D。

10.】B 考查动词辨析。A跟随；B带来；C遇见；D介绍。I'll ____ my wife. We intend to go for a ride in it to ____ it.男子说，我讲带我的妻子一起来，我们打算出去开一会当做检测，故选B。

11.】B 考查动词辨析。A认识；B测试，检测；C敬仰；D收获。We intend to go for a ride in it to ____ it.男子说，我讲带我的妻子一起来，我们打算出去开一会儿当做检测，故选B。

12.】C 考查动词辨析。A发生；B转变；C意味，打算；D失败。Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door, ____ to wait there for the people who had ____ his advertisement. Dave把车停在他门口的场地上，打算在那等那个回复他广告的人，故选C。

13.】A 考查动词辨析。A回答，回复；B插入；C在意，关心；D放置。…wait there for the people who had ____ his advertisement.在那等那个回复他广告的人，故选A。

14.】A 考查动词辨析。A承认；B展示；C不同意；D忘记。Dave had to ____ that the car really looked like a wreck(残骸).Dave自己也不得不承认车确实看起来像一具残骸，故选A。

15.】D 考查名词辨析。A讨价还价；B销售；C结果；D事故，车祸。Have you reported this ____ to us yet, sir? 警察过来问Dave，先生您之前向我们报案这起事故了吗？故选D。

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