五、Cloze
test(完形填空)20分
When Dave was eighteen,he bought a
second-hand car for £200 so that he could travel to and from work more 1 than by bus.It worked
quite well for a few years,but then it got so old,and it was costing him 2 much in repairs that he
decided that he had better 3 it.
He asked among his friends to see if anyone
was particularly 4 to buy a cheap car,but they
all knew that it was falling to pieces,so 5 of them had
any desire to buy it.
Dave's friend Sam saw that he was
6 when they met one evening,and said,“What's 7 ,Dave?”
Dave told him and Sam answered,“Well,what about advertising it in the paper?
You may 8 more for it that way than the cost of
the advertisement!” Thinking that Sam's 9 was
sensible,he put an advertisement in an evening paper,which read:“For sale:small
car, 10 very little petrol,only two owners.Bargain at £50.”
For two days after the advertisement first
appeared,there was no 11 .But then on Saturday evening
a man rang up and said he would like to 12 him about
the car.“All right,” Dave said,feeling happy.He asked the man whether ten
o'clock the next morning would be 13 or
not.“Fine,” the man said.“And I'll 14 my wife.We intend
to go for a ride in it to 15 it.”
The next morning,at ten quarter,Dave parked
the car in the square outside his front door, 16 to
wait there for the person who had 17 his
advertisement.Even Dave had to 18 that the car
really looked like a wreck.Then soon after he had got the car as 19 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 20 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.no one
6.A.calm
B.upset
C.delighted
D.astonished
7.A.no
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.test
B.obtain
C.admire
D.recognize
16.A.failing
B.meaning
C.turning
D.happening
17.A.read
B.placed
C.answered
D.understood
18.A.forget
B.show
C.disagree
D.admit
19.A.clean
B.crowded
C.fast
D.light
20.A.bargain
B.sale
C.accident
D.result