Question

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 a 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

Answer 1

1.D　Dave 买了车，所以上班更加方便。

2.A　这里使用了so…that 句型。

3.C　修车太花钱，所以他想卖车。

4.A　be anxious to do表示“急切要做……”。

5.C　因为朋友知道车子太破，所以没人要买。

6.B　upset 表示“不安”。

7.B　What's up? 表示“怎么了？什么事？”。

8.C　朋友出主意，要他做广告，至少可以赚到超出广告开支的钱。

9.B　他认为朋友的意见有道理。

10.A　他打出广告，大吹车子节油。

11.D　头两天没有反应。

12.B　终于星期六晚上有人打来电话要与他见面。

13.B　问他10点钟是否合适。

14.C　买者还要带上妻子兜风。

15.A　并检测车况。

16.B　meaning to…这里表示“打算做……” 分词短语表示伴随状语。

17.C

18.D　就连他自己都觉得车子太破。

19.A　他只好尽力擦洗干净。

20.C　但车子实在太破，连警察都以为是他出了车祸没有报告。