When Dave was eighteen, he bought a second

题目内容：

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？”

小题1:

A．directly

B．safely

C．properly

D．easily小题2:

A．so

B．such

C．very

D．too小题3:

A．keep

B．repair

C．sell

D．throw小题4:

A．anxious

B．lucky

C．ashamed

D．generous小题5:

A．some

B．neither

C．none

D．most小题6:

A．delighted

B．upset

C．calm

D．astonished小题7:

A．on

B．up

C．it

D．that小题8:

A．learn

B．miss

C．get

D．find小题9:

A．message

B．advice

C．request

D．description小题10:

A．uses

B．loses

C．has

D．spends小题11:

A．doubt

B．help

C．trouble

D．answer小题12:

A．tell

B．see

C．agree

D．call小题13:

A．exact

B．suitable

C．early

D．late小题14:

A．follow

B．meet

C．bring

D．introduce小题15:

A．recognize

B．gain

C．admire

D．test小题16:

A．happening

B．meaning

C．turning

D．failing小题17:

A．read

B．inserted

C．answered

D．placed小题18:

A．forget

B．show

C．disagree

D．admit小题19:

A．as

B．that

C．so

D．such小题20:

A．bargain

B．sale

C．accident

D．result

最佳答案：

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

答案解析：

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”。]

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。