Question

When Dave was eighteen, he bought a secondhand 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(合理的),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 he had an enquiry(詢問).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 a quarter to ten, Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door, _16_ to wait there for the people who had_17_ his advertisement. Even Dave had to _18_that the car really looked like a wreck(殘骸).Then, soon after he had got the car as clean_19_ 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. 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

1---20     DACAC   BBCBA   DBBCD   BCDAC  

解析:

1. easily表達更容易，他買車的主要目的是為了上下班方便。答案為D。?

2. so much…that…，如此多……以致于……，這是一個固定結構。too much不能和hat連用，我們經常使用too…to。答案為A。

3.根據上文修理花費太多，所以就決定賣掉，而且下文也就是圍繞賣車而展開的。答案為C。

4. be anxious to do sth急著干……，Dave想了解是否有人急著買車，因為他想賣掉自己的車。答案為A。?

5前面已經提到“it was falling to pieces”車很快要成碎片，所以沒有人愿意買。neither主要用于兩個人中沒有一個，所以在這不合適。答案為C。?

6. upset表示“傷心的，難過的”。因為沒人愿意買車，所以他很傷心。答案為B。

7. “what's up”表示“怎么回事，發生了什么”。答案為B。

8. “get”表示“得到”，在這兒是表示“你將得到的要比廣告花費的多”。答案為C。?

9. advice表示“建議”，因為前面有一句“what about advertising it in the newspaper?”這本就是一種建議“在報紙上登廣告怎么樣?”答案為B。?

10. uses表示“使用”，在這里表示車很省油。B. loses表示“丟失”；B. has表示“有”；spends表示“花費時間、金錢、精力”。答案為A。

11. no answer表示“回應”，表示廣告登出去以后無人問津。A. doubt表示“懷疑”；B. help表示“幫助”；C. trouble表示“麻煩”，均不合題意。答案為D。?

12.這里表示來看車。答案為B。?

13.suitable表示“合適的”，在這里是問第二天早上十點鐘是否合適。答案為B。

14. bring my wife表示把妻子帶來。A. recognize表示“認出”；B. gain表示“獲得，得到”C. admire表示“羨慕”，均不合題意。答案為C。?

15. “test”表示“測試”，買車的人將和妻子一道來測試一下車子。答案為D。

16. “mean to”表示“打算做……”在這兒是打算等買車的人。答案為B。

17. “answer”在這里表示“回應”，就是指那個看了廣告以后準備來看車的人。答案為C。

18“admit”表示“承認”在這里表示他自己也不得不承認自己的車看起來太舊了答案為D。

19.這里是一個固定結構“as…as”。答案為A。?

20.“accident”表示“事故”。答案為C。?