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【题目】When Dave was 18, he bought an secondhand car for＄200 so that he could travel to work more____ than by bus. It worked quite well for years, but then it got so old, and it cost him____much in repairs that he decided that he had better _____it.

He asked all his friends to see if anyone wanted to buy a cheap car, but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, so_______ of them wanted to buy it. Dave's friend Sam saw that he was worried 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 right, he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read “For sale: small car, _____ very little oil, only two owners. Bargain (成交) at＄50.”

For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no _____.But then on Saturday evening a man rang up and said he would like to see the car. Dave felt very 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 want 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, waiting there for the people who had answered his advertisement. Even Dave had to admit(承认) that the car really ___ 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. easily B. safely C. properly D. directly

【2】A. so B. such C. very D. too

【3】A. keep B. repair C. sell D. throw

【4】A. some B. neither C. none D. most

【5】A. on B. up C. it D. that

【6】A. get B. miss C. learn D. find

【7】A. message B. advice C. request（要求） D. description

【8】A. uses B. loses C. has D. spends

【9】A. doubt B. help C. trouble D. answer

【10】A. exact B. suitable C. early D. late

【11】A. follow B. meet C. bring D. introduce

【12】 A. praise B. get C. admire D. test

【13】A. looked B. smelled C. tasted D. sounded

【14】A. as B. that C. so D. such

【15】A. bargain B. sale C. accident D. result

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】A

【3】C

【4】C

【5】B

【6】A

【7】B

【8】A

【9】D

【10】B

【11】C

【12】D

【13】A

【14】A

【15】C

【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，可是因为他的车实在旧的像一具残骸，警察却以为他是刚刚发生了车祸。

【1】A考查副词及语境理解。句意：以便上班比做公交车更方便。A. easily 容易地；B. safely安全地；C. properly 正确地；D. directly直接地。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A。

【2】A考查副词及语境理解。句意：他花了这么多钱修理，所以他决定最好卖掉它。A. so 如此；B. such这样，如此；C. very 非常；D. too太，很。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，答案为A。

【3】C考查副词及语境理解。句意：他花了这么多钱修理，所以他决定最好卖掉它。A. keep保持；B. repair修理；C. sell卖；D. throw投掷。根据下文可知大卫打算卖车，答案选C。

【4】C考查代词及语境理解。句意：因此，没有一个人想买它。A. some一些；B. neither两者都不；C. none都不；D. most C. 最多。结合前句话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C。

【5】B考查副词及语境理解。句意：怎么了，大卫？A. on在上；B. up向上；C. it它；D. that那。固定句型：what is up“怎么了？”what’s 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，故答案为B。

【6】A考查动词辨析及语境理解。句意：那样的话你得到的远比你花在报纸上登广告的费用多。A. get得到；B. miss想念；C. learn学习；D. find 找到。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A。

【7】B考查名词及语境理解。句意：考虑到Sam的建议是合理的。A. message信息；B. advice建议；C. request要求；D. description 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。

【8】A考查动词及语境理解。句意：出售：小汽车，耗油很少。A. uses使用；B. loses失去；C. has有；D. spends花费。根据常识可知卖车要强调耗油少，所以填A。

【9】D考查名词及语境理解。句意：广告登出了两天，但是没有任何回应。A. doubt怀疑；B. help帮助；C. trouble 麻烦；D. answer答案，答复，回应。根据词语搭配可知，对敲门、电话、广告的回应要用answer，答案选D。

【10】B考查形容词辨析及语境理解。句意：.他问那个男子第二天早上十点是否合适来看车。A. exact精确的；B. suitable合适的；C. early早的；D. late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B。

【11】C考查动词及语境理解。句意：我将带我的妻子一起来。A. follow跟随；B. meet会见；C. bring带来；D. introduce介绍。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C。

【12】D考查动词及语境理解。句意：我们打算出去开一会检测车的性能怎样。A. praise赞扬；B. get得到；C. admire羡慕；D. test 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。

【13】A考查动词及语境理解。句意：即使Dave自己也不得不承认车确实看起来像一具残骸。A. looked 看起来；B. smelled闻起来；C. tasted尝起来； D. sounded听起来。look like看起来像。结合句意可知，答案为A。

【14】A考查连词辨析及语境理解。句意：句意：不久他就把车擦的尽可能地干净。A. as和…一样；B. that那；C. so如此；D. such 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A。

【15】C考查副词及语境理解。句意：先生，是你把这起事故报告给我们的吗？A. bargain便宜货；B. sale销售；C. accident事故；D. result 结果。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C。