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____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(詢問)．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(殘骸)．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

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】

1.1】答案　D　[easily表達更容易，他買車的主要目的是為了上下班方便。]

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

3.3】答案　C　[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。]

4.4】答案　A　[be anxious to do sth急著干……，Dave想了解是否有人急著買車，他想賣掉車。]

5.5】答案　C　[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主要于兩個人中沒有一個，所以在這不合適。]

6.6】答案　B　[upset表示“傷心的，難過的”。因為沒人愿意買車，所以他很傷心。]

7.7】答案　B　[“what's up”表示“怎么回事，發生了什么”。]

8.8】答案　C　[“get”表示“得到”，在這兒是表示“你將得到的要比廣告花費的多”。]

9.9】答案　B　[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？”]

10.10】答案　A　[uses表示“使用”，在這里表示車很省油。loses表示“丟失”；has表示“有”；spends表示“花費時間、金錢、精力”。]

11.11】答案　D　[no answer表示“回應”，表示廣告登出去以后無人問津。doubt表示“懷疑”；help表示“幫助”；trouble表示“麻煩”。]

12.12】答案　B　[這里表示來看車。]

13.13】答案　B　[suitable表示“合適的”，在這里是問第二天早上十點鐘是否合適。]

14.14】答案　C　[bring my wife表示把妻子帶來。recognize表示“認出”；gain表示“獲得，得到”；admire表示“羨慕”。]

15.15】答案　D　[“test”表示“測試”，買車的人將和妻子一道來測試一下車子。]

16.16】答案　B　[“mean to”表示“打算做……”在這兒是打算等買車的人。]

17.17】答案　C　[“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。]

18.18】答案　D　[“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。]

19.19】答案　A　[這里是一個固定結構“as...as”。]

20.20】答案　C　[“accident”表示“事故”。]