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(询问).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(残骸).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?”
【小题1】A．directly B．safely C．easily D．properly【小题2】A．suchB．soC．very D．too【小题3】A．keep B．sell C．repair D．throw【小题4】A．generous B．lucky C．ashamedD．anxious【小题5】A．some B．none C．neitherD．most【小题6】A．delighted B．upset C．calm D．astonished【小题7】A．onB．forC．in D．up【小题8】A．get B．miss C．learn D．find【小题9】A．adviceB．messageC．requestD．description【小题10】A．spends B．loses C．hasD．uses【小题11】A．doubtB．help C．answerD．trouble【小题12】A．car B．advertisement C．agreement D．call【小题13】A．exactB．early C．suitable D．late【小题14】A．follow B．meet C．bring D．introduce【小题15】A．test B．gain C．admire D．recognize【小题16】A．madeB．repairedC．parkedD．put【小题17】A．happening B．meaningC．turningD．failing【小题18】A．forget B．show C．disagree D．admit【小题19】A．as B．that C．like D．such【小题20】A．bargain B．sale C．accident D．resultC
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(答案→)C
解析：本文讲述了Dave要把自己使用了多年的旧车卖掉的故事。
【小题1】easily表达更容易，他买车的主要目的是为了上下班方便。
【小题2】so much…that…，如此多……以致于……，这是一个固定结构。too much不能和hat连用，我们经常使用too…to。
【小题3】根据上文修理花费太多，所以就决定卖掉，而且下文也就是围绕卖车而展开的。
【小题4】 be anxious to do sth急着干……，Dave想了解是否有人急着买车，因为他想卖掉自己的车。
【小题5】前面已经提到“it was falling to pieces”车很快要成碎片，所以没有人愿意买。neither主要用于两个人中没有一个，所以在这不合适。
【小题6】upset表示“伤心的，难过的”。因为没人愿意买车，所以他很伤心。
【小题7】“what's up”表示“怎么回事，发生了什么”。
【小题8】“get”表示“得到”，在这儿是表示“你将得到的要比广告花费的多”。
【小题9】advice表示“建议”，因为前面有一句“what about advertising it in the newspaper?”这本就是一种建议“在报纸上登广告怎么样?”
【小题10】uses表示“使用”，在这里表示车很省油。B. loses表示“丢失”；B. has表示“有”；spends表示“花费时间、金钱、精力”。
【小题11】no answer表示“回应”，表示广告登出去以后无人问津。A. doubt表示“怀疑”；B. help表示“帮助”；C. trouble表示“麻烦”，均不合题意。
【小题12】这里表示来看车。
【小题13】suitable表示“合适的”，在这里是问第二天早上十点钟是否合适。
【小题14】bring my wife表示把妻子带来。A. recognize表示“认出”；B. gain表示“获得，得到”C. admire表示“羡慕”，均不合题意。
【小题15】“test”表示“测试”，买车的人将和妻子一道来测试一下车子。
【小题16】“mean to”表示“打算做……”在这儿是打算等买车的人。
【小题17】“answer”在这里表示“回应”，就是指那个看了广告以后准备来看车的人。
【小题18】“admit”表示“承认”在这里表示他自己也不得不承认自己的车看起来太旧了
【小题19】这里是一个固定结构“as…as”。
【小题20】名词辨析。A便宜货B出售C事故D 结果；表示报告这起“事故”。