Question

When Dave was eighteen, he bought a second-hand car for ￡200 so that he could travel to and from work more 　1 than by bus. It worked quite well for a few years, but then it got so old, and it was costing him 　2 much in repairs that he decided that he had better 　3 it.

He asked among his friends to see if anyone was particularly 　4   to buy a cheap car, but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, so  5   of them had any desire to buy it.

Dave's friend Sam saw that he was 6   when they met one evening, and said, “What's   7   , Dave?” Dave told him and Sam answered, “Well, what about advertising it in the paper? You may   8   more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement!” Thinking that Sam's   9   was sensible, he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read: “For sale: small car,   10   very little petrol, only two owners. Bargain at ￡50.”

For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no   11  . But then on Saturday evening a man rang up and said he would like to   12   him about the car. “All right,” Dave said, feeling happy. He asked the man whether ten o'clock the next morning would be   13   or not. “Fine,” the man said. “And I'll   14   my wife. We intend to go for a ride in it to   15   it.”

The next morning, at ten a quarter, Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door,   16   to wait there for the person who had   17   his advertisement. Even Dave had to   18   that the car really looked like a wreck. Then soon after he had got the car as   19   as 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   20    to us yet, sir?”

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

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

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

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

5. A. some                    B. neither               C. none              D. no one

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

7. A. no                        B. up                   C. it                      D. that

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

19. A. clean                  B. crowded            C. fast                D. light

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

Answer 1

1.D　Dave 買了車，所以上班更加方便。

2.A　這里使用了so…that 句型。

3.C　修車太花錢，所以他想賣車。

4.A　be anxious to do表示“急切要做……”。

5.C　因為朋友知道車子太破，所以沒人要買。

6.B　upset 表示“不安”。

7.B　What's up? 表示“怎么了？什么事？”。

8.C　朋友出主意，要他做廣告，至少可以賺到超出廣告開支的錢。

9.B　他認為朋友的意見有道理。

10.A　他打出廣告，大吹車子節(jié)油。

11.D　頭兩天沒有反應。

12.B　終于星期六晚上有人打來電話要與他見面。

13.B　問他10點鐘是否合適。

14.C　買者還要帶上妻子兜風。

15.A　并檢測車況。

16.B　meaning to…這里表示“打算做……” 分詞短語表示伴隨狀語。

17.C

18.D　就連他自己都覺得車子太破。

19.A　他只好盡力擦洗干凈。

20.C　但車子實在太破，連警察都以為是他出了車禍沒有報告。