When Dave was eighteen, he bought a secondhand car for 200 so that he could travel to and from work more 21 than by bus.It worked quite well for a few years, but then it got so old, and it was costing him 22 much in repairs that he decided that he had better 23 it.
He asked among his friends to see if anyone was particularly 24 to buy a cheap car, but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, so 25 of them had any desire to buy it.Dave's friend Sam saw that he was 26 when they met one evening, and said, “What's 27 , Dave?”
Dave told him, and Sam answered, “Well, what about advertising it in the paper? You may 28 more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement!” Thinking that Sam's___29___was sensible(合理的),he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read “For sale: small car, 30 very little petrol, only two owners.Bargain(要价)at 50.”For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no ___31___.But then on Saturday evening he had an enquiry(询问).A man rang up and said he would like to___32___ him about the car.“All right,” Dave said, feeling happy.He asked the man whether ten o'clock the next morning would be___33___or not.“Fine,” the man said, “and I'll ___34____my wife.We intend to go for a ride in it to 35 it.”
The next morning, at a quarter to ten, Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door, ____36___ to wait there for the people who had____37____ his advertisement.Even Dave had to ___38___that the car really looked like a wreck(残骸).Then, soon after he had got the car as clean___39___ 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 ____40___ to us yet, sir?”
21.A.directly B.safely C.properly D.easily
22.A.so B.such C.very D.too
23.A.keep B.repair C.sell D.throw
24.A.anxious B.lucky C.ashamed D.generous
25.A.some B.neither C.none D.most
26.A.delighted B.upset C.calm D.astonished
27.A.on B.up C.it D.that
28.A.learn B.miss C.get D.find
29.A.message B.advice C.request D.description
30.A.uses B.loses C.has D.spends
31.A.doubt B.help C.trouble D.answer
32.A.tell B.see C.agree D.call
33.A.exact B.suitable C.early D.late
34.A.follow B.meet C.bring D.introduce
35.A.recognize B.gain C.admire D.test
36.A.happening B.meaning C.turning D.failing
37.A.read B.inserted C.answered D.placed
38.A.forget B.show C.disagree D.admit
39.A.as B.that C.so D.such
40.A.bargain B.sale C.accident D.result
20.Your story is perfect; I’ve never heard______before.
A.the better one B.the best one
C.a better one D.a good one
19.The old man didn’t feel ______though he stayed on the hill_______.
A.alone; lonely B.alone; alone
C.lonely; alone D.lonely; lonely
18.It was the second time that I ______ the film.
A.saw B.have seen C.see D.had seen
17.---Must I go with you?
---No, you ______.
A.mustn’t B.needn’t C.don’t have D.don’t need
16.Something is wrong with my watch.I’ll have it _______this afternoon.
A.repair B.to be repaired C.being repaired D.repaired
15.It was ______ that we all went out for a walk.
A.so beautiful day B.such beautiful a day
C.such a beautiful weather D.so beautiful a night
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