Question

When Dave was eighteen, he bought a secondhand car for ＄200 so that he could travel to and from work more__36__ than by bus. It worked quite well for a few years, but then it got so old, and it was costing him _37_much in repairs that he decided that he had better _38_it.

He asked among his friends to see if anyone was particularly_ 39_ to buy a cheap car, but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, so_40_ of them had any desire to buy it. Dave's friend Sam saw that he was _41_ when they met one evening, and said, “What's _42_, Dave?”

Dave told him, and Sam answered, “Well, what about advertising it in the paper? You may 43_more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement!” Thinking that Sam's 44_was sensible(合理的),he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read “For sale: small car, _45_ very little petrol, only two owners. Bargain at 50.”

For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no _46_.But then on Saturday evening he had an enquiry(詢問).A man rang up and said he would like to see him about the 47. “All right,” Dave said, feeling happy. He asked the man whether ten o'clock the next morning would be_48_or not. “Fine,” the man said, “and I'll _49_my wife. We intend to go for a ride in it to _50_ it.”

The next morning, at a quarter to ten, Dave 51 the car in the square outside his front door, _52_ to wait there for the people who had answered his advertisement. Even Dave had to _53_that the car really looked like a wreck(殘骸).Then, soon after he had got the car as clean_54_ 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 _55_ to us yet, sir?”?

1.                A．directly         B．safely          C．easily    D．properly

 

2.                A．such           B．so             C．very D．too

 

3.                A．keep           B．sell            C．repair    D．throw

 

4.                A．generous       B．lucky           C．ashamed  D．anxious

 

5.                A．some          B．none           C．neither   D．most

 

6.                A．delighted       B．upset           C．calm     D．astonished

 

7.                A．on            B．for            C．in   D．up

 

8.                A．get            B．miss            C．learn     D．find

 

9.                A．advice         B．message        C．request   D．description

 

10.               A．spends         B．loses           C．has   D．uses

 

11.               A．doubt          B．help           C．answer    D．trouble

 

12.               A．car            B．advertisement   C．agreement     D．call

 

13.               A．exact          B．early           C．suitable   D．late

 

14.               A．follow          B．meet           C．bring D．introduce

 

15.               A．test            B．gain           C．admire    D．recognize

 

16.               A．made          B．repaired        C．parked    D．put

 

17.               A．happening      B．meaning        C．turning    D．failing

 

18.               A．forget          B．show           C．disagree   D．admit

 

19.               A．as             B．that            C．like   D．such

 

20.               A．bargain         B．sale            C．accident   D．result

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.B

3.B

4.D

5.B

6.B

7.D

8.A

9.A

10.D

11.C

12.A

13.C

14.C

15.A

16.C

17.B

18.D

19.A

20.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了Dave要把自己使用了多年的舊車賣掉的故事。

1.easily表達更容易，他買車的主要目的是為了上下班方便。

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。

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。

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。

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。

6.upset表示“傷心的，難過的”。因為沒人愿意買車，所以他很傷心。

7.“what's up”表示“怎么回事，發生了什么”。

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”。

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?”

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”。

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。

12.這里表示來看車。

13.suitable表示“合適的”，在這里是問第二天早上十點鐘是否合適。

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。

15.“test”表示“測試”，買車的人將和妻子一道來測試一下車子。

16.“mean to”表示“打算做……”在這兒是打算等買車的人。

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。

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

19.這里是一個固定結構“as…as”。

20.名詞辨析。A便宜貨B出售C事故D 結果；表示報告這起“事故”。

考點：考查故事類短文

點評：本文屬于敘事類短文，答題前一定要讀懂全文，弄清文章要表達的思想，注意前后段落之間的關系。答題中，一定要認真分析，注意選項與上下文的關系，與前后單詞的關系。對于一時沒有太大的把握的題可以放到最后再來完成，因為有時答案可以從下文內容體現出來。答完后再通讀一篇文章，看看所選選項能不能是語句通順，語意連貫。