When Dave was eighteen, he bought a secondhand car for 200 so that he could travel to and from work morethan by bus. It worked quite well for a few years, but then it got so old, and it was costing himmuch in repairs that he decided that he had betterit. He asked among his friends to see if anyone was particularlyto buy a cheap car, but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, soof them had any desire to buy it. Dave's friend Sam saw that he waswhen they met one evening, and said, “What's, Dave?” Dave told him, and Sam answered, “Well, what about advertising it in the paper? You maymore for it that way than the cost of the advertisement!” Thinking that Sam'swas sensible(合理的), he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read “For sale: small car,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(询问). A man rang up and said he would like tohim about the car. “All right,” Dave said, feeling happy. He asked the man whether ten o'clock the next morning would beor not. “Fine,” the man said, “and I'llmy wife. We intend to go for a ride in it toit.” 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 hadhis advertisement. Even Dave had tothat the car really looked like a wreck(残骸).Then, soon after he had got the car as cleanit 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 thisto us yet, sir?”
试题分析：戴夫十八岁时买了一辆二手车，从那以后戴夫都是开车上下班，这比乘公交方便了许多。后来，那辆车老化得严重，戴夫需要经常花钱来修理它。于是，戴夫决定把它卖掉。但是，身边的人都知道他的车太旧了，因此没有人愿意买下那辆车。 【小题1】考查副词辨析。A直接地；B安全地；C适当地；D容易地。he bought a secondhand car for 200 so that he could travel to and from work morethan by bus戴夫买二手车是为了上下班更方便一些，故选D。 【小题2】考查固定搭配。A如此；B如此，后跟名词；C很；D太，过于。根据“but then it got so old”可知，二手车太旧了，以至于花费了戴夫太多的修理费，so...that...如此......以至于......，so后加形容词、副词、much或many等，such后加名词，故选A。 【小题3】考查动词辨析。A保持，保存；B修理；C出售；D扔掉。根据第二段“to buy a cheap car”可知，戴夫打算卖掉他的旧车，故选C。 【小题4】考查形容词辨析。A焦急的，急切的；B幸运的；C羞耻的；D大方的。to see if anyone was particularlyto buy a cheap car戴夫想知道有没有人急于购买一辆便宜的汽车，因为他想快点把车处理掉，be anxious to do sth渴望/急切想要做某事，故选A。 【小题5】考查不定代词。A一些；B两者都不；C一个也没有；D大多数的。根据“but they all knew that it was falling to pieces”可知，大家都知道他的车快要成为一堆废铁了，所以没有人愿意买，none指三者以上的人或物中没有一个，故选C。 【小题6】考查形容词辨析。A高兴的；B难过的，失望的，不舒服的；C冷静的；D吃惊的。由于没有人愿意买戴夫的旧车，他的心情有点失落，故选B。 【小题7】考查介词和代词。A在.....上；B向上；C它；D那个。What's, Dave?戴夫的朋友萨姆问他出了什么事，What’s up?发生了什么事？怎么了？故选B。 【小题8】考查动词辨析。A学习；B错过；C得到；D找到。根据“than the cost of the advertisement”可知，萨姆认为通过登广告把车卖掉的话，得到的钱要比广告费用多的多，故选C。 【小题9】考查名词辨析。A信息；B建议；C要求；D描述。Thinking that Sam'swas sensible戴夫觉得萨姆的建议是合理的，故选B。 【小题10】考查动词辨析。A使用；B丢失；C有；D花费。small car,very little petrol, only two owners小车、耗油少、经手的次数少，这是戴夫登的广告语，故选A。 【小题11】考查名词辨析。A怀疑；B帮助；C麻烦；D回答，应答。there was no.广告登出两天没有人联系戴夫，这里指没有回应，故选D。 【小题12】考查动词辨析。A告诉；B看到；C同意；D打电话。he would like tohim about the car那个男子说他要来找戴夫看一下车，故选B。 【小题13】考查形容词辨析。A确切的，严谨的；B合适的；C早的；D晚的，最新的。whether ten o'clock the next morning would beor not戴夫问男子第二天上午十点见面是否方便，故选B。 【小题14】考查动词辨析。A跟随；B满足，碰到；C带来；D介绍。I'llmy wife男子说他会把他的妻子也带过来，故选C。 【小题15】 考查动词辨析。A认出；B获得；C钦佩，赞赏；D测试。We intend to go for a ride in it toit.男子和他妻子想测试一下车，故选D。 【小题16】考查动词辨析。A发生，碰巧；B打算；C转向，变得；D失败，未能。to wait there for the people戴夫把车停在门前的广场上，打算等打来电话的那个男子，mean to do sth打算做某事，故选B。 【小题17】考查动词辨析。A读，看；B感兴趣；C回答，应答；D放置。根据上一段“there was no.”可知，这里指回应戴夫的广告的那个男子，故选C。 【小题18】考查动词辨析。A忘记；B展示；C不同意；D承认。Even Dave had tothat the car really looked like a wreck(残骸).即使是戴夫他本人，也得承认这辆车已经旧得不行了，故选D。 【小题19】考查连词辨析。got the car as cleanit could be戴夫把车清洗得尽可能干净一点，as...as sb/sth can尽可能......，故选A。 【小题20】考查名词辨析。A协议，廉价货；B销售量；C事故；D结果。根据“a police car stopped just behind him”可知，戴夫的旧车招来了警察，警察以为是戴夫报警说发生了事故，故选C。 考点：故事类短文阅读