II. 完形填空（共20小题，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
When Dave was eighteen, he bought a second-hand car for ￡200 so that he could travel to and from work more  26  than by bus. It worked quite well for a few years, but it got so old, and it was costing him  27  much in repairs, that he decided that he had better 28  it.
He asked among his friends to see if anyone was 29  to buy a cheap car, but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, so  30  of them had any desire to buy it.
Dave’s friend Sam saw that he was  31  when they met one evening, and said, “What’s  32  , Dave?” Dave told him and Sam answered, “Well, what about advertising it in the paper? You may  33_ more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement!” Thinking that Sam’s  34  was reasonable, he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read: “For sale: small car,  35  very little gas, only two owners. Bargain at ￡50.”
For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no  36_. but then on the Saturday evening he had an enquiry (咨询). A man rang up and said he would like to  37  him about the car. “All right.” Dave said, feeling happy. He asked the man whether ten o’clock the next morning would be  38_  or not. “Fine,” the man said, “and I’ll  39  my wife. We want to go for a ride in it to  40  it.”
The next morning, at a quarter to ten, Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door,  41  to wait there for the people who had  42  his advertisement. Even Dave had to  43  that the car really looked like a wreck (残破的车). Then, soon after he had got the car as  44  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  45  to us yet, sir?”
26. A. directly         B. safely        C. properly     D. easily
27. A. so             B. such         C. very                     D. too
28. A. keep              B. repair       C. sell               D. throw
29. A. willing         B. lucky         C. ashamed        D. generous
30. A. some        B. neither          C. none                 D. most
31. A. delighted      B. sad                C. calm               D. astonished
32. A. on                B. up                C. it                    D. that
33. A. learn          B.miss           C. get                  D. find
34. A. message          B.advice        C. request           D. words
35. A. uses               B. loses         C. has                     D. spends
36. A. doubt           B. help           C. trouble           D. answer
37. A. tell                 B.see              C. agree              D. call
38. A. exact          B.suitable        C. early               D. late
39. A. follow          B. meet         C. bring              D. introduce
40. A. recognize    B. get           C. admire              D. test
41. A. happening    B. meaning        C. turning              D. failing
42. A. read             B. seen            C. answered             D. placed
43. A. forget         B.show           C. disagree                D. admit
44. A. clean         B. alike          C. fast               D. light
45. A. bargain       B. sale             C. accident            D. result