Question

When Dave was eighteen, he bought a second-hand 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(询问).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(残骸).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】

试题分析：这篇小短文讲述了主人公在18岁是买了一辆二手车，用了几年之后车子变得越来越破旧，于是主人公想把车子卖掉，可是身边的朋友没有一个人愿意买他的车。后来他听从朋友的建议在报纸上刊登了广告，终于有人愿意买他的车，正当他准备和别人交易时，来了位警察问他是否像警察局汇报过这起交通事故。（因为他的车太破烂，所以以为他是出车祸了）

1. ；B，安全地 C，合适地；D，容易地。根据空格所在句子意思可知应该是“买了车之后上下班都比坐公交要‘容易’”，故应选D。

2. 故选A。

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7. up? 以为“怎么了？”故选B。

8.

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10. car uses petrol故选A。

11. is no answer没有回音。故选D。

12. sb about sth 为了某事而见某人 因为空格的主语是买家，所以不能是“tell him about the car”，而此时两人正在打电话，所以也不能是“call him……”C应该是agree with sb,也不对。 故选B。

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17. his advertisement意为看了他的广告并且做出了回复。故选C。

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20.

考点：考查记叙文阅读和逻辑推理