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When Dave was eighteen, he bought a second-hand 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：文章主要讲述的是Dave卖他的车的故事。

1.D 考查副词。easily表达更容易，他买车的主要目的是为了上下班方便。故选D。

2.A 考查固定用法。so...that...，如此……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。故选A。

3.C 考查动词。根据上文修理花费太多，所以就决定卖掉，而且下文也都是围绕卖车而展开的。故选C。

4.A 考查形容词。be anxious to do sth急着干……，Dave想了解是否有人急着买一辆便宜的车，他想卖掉车。故选A。

5.C 考查单词辨析。根据前文it was falling to pieces（车很快要成碎片），所以没有人愿意买。neither主要指两个人中没有一个，所以在这不合适。故选C。

6.B 考查形容词。upset表示“伤心的，难过的”。因为没人愿意买车，所以他很伤心。故选B。

7.B 考查介词。“what’s up”表示“怎么回事，发生了什么”。故选B。

8.C 考查动词。“get”表示“得到”，句意：你将得到的要比广告花费的多。故选C。

9.B 考查名词。advice表示“建议”，“在报纸上登广告怎么样？”本就是一种建议。故选B。

10.A 考查动词。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”。故选A。

11.D 考查动词。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”。故选D。

12.B 考查动词。这里表示来看车。故选B。

13.B 考查形容词。suitable表示“合适的”，在这里是问第二天早上十点钟是否合适。故选B。

14.C 考查动词。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”。故选C。

15.D 考查动词。“test”表示“测试”，买车的人将和妻子一道来测试一下车子。故选D。

16.B 考查动词。“mean to”表示“打算做……”，在这儿是打算等买车的人。故选B。

17.C 考查动词。“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。故选C。

18.D 考查动词。“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。故选D。

19.A 考查连词。这里是一个固定结构“as...as”，as clean as it could be尽可能的干净。故选A。

20.C 考查名词。“accident”表示“事故”，应该他的车太破旧了，警察以为这车出过事故，问Dave有没有向他们报告。故选C。

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