Question

When Dave was eighteen, he bought a second-hand 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 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 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 , 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, 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(詢問).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(殘骸).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. 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. most

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

7.A. on 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. recognize B. gain C. admire D. test

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

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

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

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

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

Answer 1

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.C

6.B

7.B

8.C

9.B

10.A

11.D

12.B

13.B

14.C

15.D

16.B

17.C

18.D

19.A

20.C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇小短文講述了主人公在18歲是買了一輛二手車，用了幾年之后車子變得越來越破舊，于是主人公想把車子賣掉，可是身邊的朋友沒有一個人愿意買他的車。后來他聽從朋友的建議在報紙上刊登了廣告，終于有人愿意買他的車，正當他準備和別人交易時，來了位警察問他是否像警察局匯報過這起交通事故。（因為他的車太破爛，所以以為他是出車禍了）

1. ；B，安全地 C，合適地；D，容易地。根據空格所在句子意思可知應該是“買了車之后上下班都比坐公交要‘容易’”，故應選D。

2. 故選A。

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7. up? 以為“怎么了？”故選B。

8.

9.

10. car uses petrol故選A。

11. is no answer沒有回音。故選D。

12. sb about sth 為了某事而見某人 因為空格的主語是買家，所以不能是“tell him about the car”，而此時兩人正在打電話，所以也不能是“call him……”C應該是agree with sb,也不對。 故選B。

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17. his advertisement意為看了他的廣告并且做出了回復。故選C。

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20.

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