Question

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?”?

1.                A．directly         B．safely          C．easily    D．properly

 

2.                A．such           B．so             C．very D．too

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

7.                A．on            B．for            C．in   D．up

 

8.                A．get            B．miss            C．learn     D．find

 

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

 

10.               A．spends         B．loses           C．has   D．uses

 

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

 

12.               A．car            B．advertisement   C．agreement     D．call

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

16.               A．made          B．repaired        C．parked    D．put

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.B

3.B

4.D

5.B

6.B

7.D

8.A

9.A

10.D

11.C

12.A

13.C

14.C

15.A

16.C

17.B

18.D

19.A

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了Dave要把自己使用了多年的旧车卖掉的故事。

1.easily表达更容易，他买车的主要目的是为了上下班方便。

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。

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。

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。

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。

6.upset表示“伤心的，难过的”。因为没人愿意买车，所以他很伤心。

7.“what's up”表示“怎么回事，发生了什么”。

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”。

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?”

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”。

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。

12.这里表示来看车。

13.suitable表示“合适的”，在这里是问第二天早上十点钟是否合适。

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。

15.“test”表示“测试”，买车的人将和妻子一道来测试一下车子。

16.“mean to”表示“打算做……”在这儿是打算等买车的人。

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。

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

19.这里是一个固定结构“as…as”。

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”。

考点：考查故事类短文

点评：本文属于叙事类短文，答题前一定要读懂全文，弄清文章要表达的思想，注意前后段落之间的关系。答题中，一定要认真分析，注意选项与上下文的关系，与前后单词的关系。对于一时没有太大的把握的题可以放到最后再来完成，因为有时答案可以从下文内容体现出来。答完后再通读一篇文章，看看所选选项能不能是语句通顺，语意连贯。