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(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. easily? D. properly　

2.A. such B. so C. very D. too?　　

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

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

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

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

7.A. on B. it C. that? D. up　　

8.A. learn B. miss C. find D. get　　

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

10.A.loses B. uses C. has D. spends　

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

12.A. see B. tell C. agree D. call

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

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

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

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

17.A. read B. inserted C. answered D. placed　　

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

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

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

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.B

5.D

6.B

7.D

8.D

9.B

10.B

11.C

12.A

13.C

14.D

15.D

16.C

17.C

18.B

19.B

20.D

【解析】

试题分析: 大卫在十八岁的时候买了一辆二手车，几年后，车子太破了于是他决定卖掉它。因为知道他的汽车的状况，所以周围的朋友没人愿意买。于是在朋友的建议下他在报纸上发布了售车信息，几天后当他把车擦干净在等顾客试车时，警察却以为他是刚刚发生了车祸。

1.副词辨析。 A. 直接地；B. 安全地；C. 容易地；D.合适地。根据情理可知自己开车上班要比坐公共汽车方便，快捷，所以选C。

2.副词辨析。 A. 这样；B. 如此；C. 很；D. 太。根据后面结构可知此处是so……that句型，表示结果，其他不构成搭配，选B。

3.动词辨析。 A.保持；B. 修理；C.卖； D.投。根据下文可知大卫打算卖车，答案选C。

4.形容词辨析。A. 幸运的；B. 焦急的；C. 害羞的； D. 慷慨的　。从上下文语境可以判断大卫问朋友的目的是想知道有没有人着急买车，答案选B，其他不符合语境。

5.代词辨析。A. 一些；B. 两者都不；C. 最多；D. 都不。从前句话they all knew that it was falling to pieces表示的原因可知他们中没有人想买他的破车，根据all判断应该用表示“三者都不”的none，选D。

6.形容词辨析。A. 高兴的；B. 沮丧的；C. 平静的；D. 震惊的。从情理可以推测着急卖车而没人买，大卫心里肯定烦恼，选B。

7.固定结构辨析。A. 在上；B.它；C. 那；D. 向上　。固定句型：what is up“怎么了？”what’on?“上演什么”？what is it ？“那是什么”；根据上下文可知朋友看到大卫心烦意乱，问他原因，选D。

8.动词辨析。 A.学习；B. 想念；C. 找到；D. 得到。朋友建议大卫登广告卖车，认为这样卖的价格会高，大卫得到的钱也会多，所以选D。

9.名词辨析。 A. 信息；B. 建议；C. 要求；D. 描述　。根据上文内容可知这是朋友给大卫出的主意，是建议他这样去做，故答案选B。

10.动词辨析。 A.失去；B. 使用；C. 有；D. 花费。根据常识可知卖车要强调耗油少，所以填B。

11.名词辨析。A. 怀疑；B. 帮助；C. 答案，答复，回应；D.麻烦。根据词语搭配可知，对敲门、电话、广告的回应要用answer，答案选C。

12.动词辨析。 A. 看见；B. 告诉；C. 同意；D. 叫喊。由语境可知买车的人要见见大卫和他的车，答案选A。

13.形容词辨析。A. 精确的；B.早的；C. 合适的；D. 晚的。根据空前的内容可知大卫是询问时间安排是否合适，所以选C。

14.动词辨析。 A. 跟随；B. 会见；C. 介绍；D. 带来。根据下句内容We intend to go for a ride in it可知想买车的人要和他妻子一起来，以便试试车的性能，所以选D。

15.动词辨析。 A. 承认；B.得到；C. 羡慕；D. 测验，测试。从情理可知买车前试驾是为看看车的性能等情况，故答案选D。

16.动词辨析。 A. 发生；B. 转弯；C. 意思是，打算；D. 失败。根据上下文内容可以判断大卫把车停到广场上是打算等前来看车的人，mean to do “打算做某事”，选C。

17.动词辨析。 A. 读；B.插入；C. 回答，回应；D.放置。根据上文内容可知大卫是在等回应广告的买车人，故答案选C。

18.动词辨析。 A. 忘记；B. 承认 ； C. 不同意；D. 展示。看着汽车破烂的样子，大卫不得不承认这部车的确看起来非常不堪，其他选项不合语境，选B。

19.连词辨析。 A.那；B. 和。。。一样；C.如此；D. 这样。从结构可知此处是“as +形容词+as it can be”句型，表示“尽可能得”，答案选B。句意：不久他就把车擦的能有多干净就多干净。

20.名词辨析。A.便宜货； B. 销售；C. 结果；D. 事故。从上文内容可知大卫的车非常破旧，所以此时警察看到后会误认为他刚刚发生了车祸意外，故答案选D。

考点：考查故事类短文阅读。