When Dave was eighteen, he bought a secondhand car for 200 so that he could travel to and from work more ____ than by bus. It worked quite well for a few years, but then it got so old, and it was costing him so much in repairs that he decided that he had better ____ it. He asked among his friends to see if anyone was particularly ____ to buy a cheap car, but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, so none of them had any desire to buy it. Dave's friend Sam saw that he was ____ when they met one evening, and said, “What's up, 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 sensible(合理的), he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read “For sale: small car, uses very little petrol, only two owners. Bargain at 50.” For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no ____. But then on Saturday evening he had an enquiry. A man rang up and said he would like to ____ him about the car. “All right,” Dave said, feeling 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 intend 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, ____ to wait there for the people who had____ his advertisement. Even Dave had to ____ that the car really looked like a wreck(残骸). Then, soon after he had got the car as clean 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 ____ to us yet, sir?”
试题分析：本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲的是主人公Dave买了一辆二手车，在用了较长一段时间后车子已经老化了，可是他想把他低价卖出去。于是朋友Sam给他出主意在报纸上登广告。Dave照做了并且二天后收到了咨询，他开心的跟买家约好时间并把车清理好等待买家前来，可是因为他的车实在旧的像一具残骸，而等来警察以为这是一辆事故车。 【小题1】C 考查副词辨析。A有希望地；B安全地；C简单地；D恰当地。…he could travel to and from work more ____ than by bus.他能够上下班比坐公车简单方便得多。故选C。 【小题2】B 考查动词辨析。A保持；B卖，销售；C修理；D扔掉。从后文“none of them had any desire to buy it”没有人有欲望想要买那辆车，可知这里应该是David想卖掉那辆车，故选B。 【小题3】C 考查形容词辨析。A尴尬的；B幸运的；C焦虑的，焦急的；D开心的。He asked among his friends to see if anyone was particularly ____ to buy a cheap car他问他的朋友是否有人急需买一辆便宜的车，故选C。 【小题4】A 考查形容词辨析。A沮丧的；B高兴的；C冷静的；D惊奇的。Sam saw that he was ____ when they met one evening,因为没有人要买他的车，所以Sam在他们相遇的一个晚上看到Dave很沮丧，故选A。 【小题5】D 考查动词辨析。A学习，了解到；B错过，思念；C找到；D得到。What about advertising it in the paper? You may ____more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement! 这里Sam告诉他，为什么不在报纸上登广告呢，那样的话你得到的远比你花在报纸上登广告的费用多。故选D。 【小题6】A 考查名词辨析。A建议；B信息；C请求；D描述。Thinking that Sam's ____ was sensible(合理的), he put an advertisement in an evening paper，考虑到Sam的建议是合理的，Dave在一家晚报上登了广告，故选A。 【小题7】C 考查名词辨析。A疑惑，怀疑；B帮助；C回复；D问题。For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no ____，在广告登出的前二天没有任何疑惑，there is no doubt固定句式。故选C。 【小题8】C 考查动词辨析。A告诉，告知；B同意；C看见；D给…打电话。A man rang up and said he would like to ____ him about the car.一个男子给他打电话说他想要来看一看他要卖得车，故选C。 【小题9】D 考查形容词辨析。A确定的；B晚到的；C早到的；D合适的。He asked the man whether ten o'clock the next morning would be ____ or not.他问那个男子第二天早上十点是否合适来看车，故选D。 【小题10】B 考查动词辨析。A跟随；B带来；C遇见；D介绍。I'll ____ my wife. We intend to go for a ride in it to ____ it.男子说，我讲带我的妻子一起来，我们打算出去开一会当做检测，故选B。 【小题11】B 考查动词辨析。A认识；B测试，检测；C敬仰；D收获。We intend to go for a ride in it to ____ it.男子说，我讲带我的妻子一起来，我们打算出去开一会儿当做检测，故选B。 【小题12】C 考查动词辨析。A发生；B转变；C意味，打算；D失败。Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door, ____ to wait there for the people who had____ his advertisement. Dave把车停在他门口的场地上，打算在那等那个回复他广告的人，故选C。 【小题13】A 考查动词辨析。A回答，回复；B插入；C在意，关心；D放置。…wait there for the people who had____ his advertisement.在那等那个回复他广告的人，故选A。 【小题14】A 考查动词辨析。A承认；B展示；C不同意；D忘记。Dave had to ____ that the car really looked like a wreck(残骸).Dave自己也不得不承认车确实看起来像一具残骸，故选A。 【小题15】D 考查名词辨析。A讨价还价；B销售；C结果；D事故，车祸。Have you reported this ____ to us yet, sir? 警察过来问Dave，先生您之前向我们报案这起事故了吗？故选D。 考点：考查记叙文阅读