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____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(询问)．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____ 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？”
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小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:C
小题6:B
小题7:B
小题8:C
小题9:B
小题10:A
小题11:D
小题12:B
小题13:B
小题14:C
小题15:D
小题16:B
小题17:C
小题18:D
小题19:A
小题20:C
小题1:答案 D [easily表达更容易，他买车的主要目的是为了上下班方便。]
小题2:答案 A [so much...that...，如此多……以致于……，这是一个固定结构。too much不能和that连用，我们经常使用too...to。]
小题3:答案 C [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。]
小题4:答案 A [be anxious to do sth急着干……，Dave想了解是否有人急着买车，他想卖掉车。]
小题5:答案 C [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主要于两个人中没有一个，所以在这不合适。]
小题6:答案 B [upset表示“伤心的，难过的”。因为没人愿意买车，所以他很伤心。]
小题7:答案 B [“what's up”表示“怎么回事，发生了什么”。]
小题8:答案 C [“get”表示“得到”，在这儿是表示“你将得到的要比广告花费的多”。]
小题9:答案 B [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？”]
小题10:答案 A [uses表示“使用”，在这里表示车很省油。loses表示“丢失”；has表示“有”；spends表示“花费时间、金钱、精力”。]
小题11:答案 D [no answer表示“回应”，表示广告登出去以后无人问津。doubt表示“怀疑”；help表示“帮助”；trouble表示“麻烦”。]
小题12:答案 B [这里表示来看车。]
小题13:答案 B [suitable表示“合适的”，在这里是问第二天早上十点钟是否合适。]
小题14:答案 C [bring my wife表示把妻子带来。recognize表示“认出”；gain表示“获得，得到”；admire表示“羡慕”。]
小题15:答案 D [“test”表示“测试”，买车的人将和妻子一道来测试一下车子。]
小题16:答案 B [“mean to”表示“打算做……”在这儿是打算等买车的人。]
小题17:答案 C [“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。]
小题18:答案 D [“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。]
小题19:答案 A [这里是一个固定结构“as...as”。]
小题20:答案 C [“accident”表示“事故”。]