高中英语真题：2015---2016学年第二学期期末考试

2015---2016学年第二学期期末考试
本试题分选择题和非选择题两部分。

满分150分，考试时间120分钟。

第一部分选择题（共45小题；每小题2分，满分90分）
第一节阅读理解（共20小题; 每小题2分，满分40分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出最佳选项。

将每小题的最佳选项对应涂在答题卡上。

A
Johnny Smith was a good math student at a high school. He l oved his computer. He came home early every day, then he w orked with it till midnight. But Johnny was not a good English student, not good at all. He got an F in his English class. One day after school Johnny joined his computer to the computer i n his high school office. The school office computer had the gr ades of all the students: the math grades, the science grades, the grades in arts and music, and the grades in English. He f ound his English grade. An F! Johnny changed his English gr ade from an F to A. Johnny' parents looked at his report card.
They were very happy.
"An A in English!" said Johnny's Dad. "You're a very clever bo y, Johnny."
Johnny is a hacker. Hackers know how to take information fro m other computers and put new information in. Using a mode m, they join their computers to other computers secretly. Scho ol headmasters and teachers are worried about hackers. So a re the police, for some people even take money from bank co mputer account and put it into their own ones. And they never have to leave home to do it! They are called hackers.
1. Johnny changed his English grade with the computer in ___ ____.
A. the classroom
B. the school office
C. a bank near his house
D. his own house
2. When Johnny's parents saw the report, they were happy be cause _______.
A. Johnny was good at math
B. Johnny loved computers
C. Johnny could join one computer to another
D. they thought Johnny was not poor in English any longer
3. What should the hackers know well, do you think, after you read this story?
A. Information.
B. Back computer accounts.
C. Computers.
D. Grades.
4. The last paragraph is about _______.
A. Johnny
B. computers
C. hackers
D. modern
B
An Englishman, a Frenchma
n and a Russian were discussing happiness. "Happiness," sai d the Englishman, "Happiness is when you return home tired after work, yet find your slippers(拖鞋) warming by the fire."
"You English have no romance," said the Frenchman. "Happi ness is when you go on a business trip, find a pretty girl who entertains you -then afterwards you part without regrets."
"You are both wrong," said the Russian. "True happiness is w hen you are at home in bed and at 4 a.m., you hear a hamme ring at the door and outside stand the secret police, who say t
o you, 'Ivan Ivanovitch, you are under arrest', and you say, 'S orry, Ivanovitch lives next door.'"
5. The Englishman's happiness suggests that _______.
A. he should have no time to warm his slippers
B. he enjoys the warmth of the family
C. he thinks it the most important to have slippers
D. he wants someone to warm his slippers
6. What the Frenchman said means that _______.
A. a man can be free to play with any pretty girl when poss ible
B. he wants to marry a girl he loves
C. he is interested in going on a business trip
D. the Englishman should have more romance
7. The Russian thought that ________.
A. both the Englishman and the Frenchman were not right
B. neither the Englishman nor the Frenchman were right
C. neither the Englishman nor Frenchman were wrong
D. either the Englishman or the Frenchman were wrong
8. The meaning of the Russian's words is that _______.
A. he would like to have a good sleep at night
B. he will feel happy if his neighbor is arrested
C. he thinks it happiness to feel safe
D. he will feel afraid if anyone knocks at his door at night C
Last year when Tom graduated from school, he came to Taib ei. He didn't like to work on his father's farm and hoped to find a job in a big city. He went from one company to another but no one wanted him. With little money left, he got to the station , sad and tired. All he wanted to do was go back to his small t own. It was very late at night and the station was full of people . They were waiting to buy tickets of the last train. He bought t he last ticket, and he was very happy.
At that time, a woman with a crying baby walked to him and a sked him to sell her the ticket. He gave her the ticket because he thought they needed it more than he did. After the train lef t, he sat on the bench and didn't know where to go. Suddenly, an old man came and said, "Young man, I have seen what yo u did to the woman. I am the owner of a big company. I need
a good young man like you. Would you like to work for me?"
9. Tom came to the station to _______.
A. find a job
B. take the train home
C. sell the ticket
D. take the train to Taibei
10. The woman walked to Tom because _______.
A. she was Tom's old friend
B. her child wanted to talk to Tom
C. she needed to take the train
D. she had no money to buy a ticket
11. Tom didn't take the train because _______.
A. he didn't take a train ticket
B. he missed the train
C. he wanted to talk to the old man
D. he gave his ticket to the woman
12. What can we learn from this story?
A. Many people find job in a train station.
B. Don't buy the last ticket of the train.
C. If we try our best to help others, others will help us.
D. We should not give our ticket to others in a train station. D
O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of shor t stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was b orn in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exci ting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he manage d to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he w as about 20 years old, O.Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank, when some money went missing from the ban k. O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, h e was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he lear ned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went t o New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about Ne w York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a su dden change at the end, to the read er’s surprise.
13. In which order did O. Henry do the following things?
a. Lived in New York.
b. Worked in a bank.
c. Travell ed to Texas.
d. Was put in prison.
e. Had a newspaper Job.
f. Learn ed to write stories.
A. e. c. f. b. d. a
B. c. e. b. d. f. a
C. e. b. d. c. a. f.
D.
c. b. e.
d. a f.
14. People enjoyed reading O. Henry’s stories because
A. they had surprise endings
B. they were easy to understand
C. they showed his love for the poor
D. they were about New York City
15. O. Henry went to prison because .
A. people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper
B. he broke the law by not using his own name
C. he wanted to write stories about prisoners
D. people thought he had taken money that was not his
16. What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing ?
A. He was well-educated.
B. He was not serious about his work.
C. He was devoted to the poor.
D. He was very good at learning.
E
Jack was so excited about getting a new backpack because h is old one had a broken zipper(拉链) and a hole in the bottom. Jack’s elder brother took him to buy a new backpack. There w ere so many cool ones. How would he ever decide? He saw b lue ones—
his favorite color. He saw ones with his favorite action hero on the front. And then Jack saw a backpack with a black square design. When he opened it, he saw it had a hidden, secret sm
all bag. He liked it, which made it different from others.“This is the one,” he said, then carried it to the check-
out counter.
That evening, Jack carefully filled his new backpack with his s chool things. He put his special pen in the secret small bag. T he next day in English class, Mr. Mack said, “Let’s write an es say about earthquakes!” Jack looked for his pen in his backpa ck, but he couldn’t found it! He rummaged through his desk a nd his pockets, but no pen.
Jack asked if anyone had seen his pen, but no one had. Mr. Mack lent him a pencil, but Jack was feeling anxious because he lost his pen. When he got home, Jack told his brother he c ouldn’t find his favorite pen. His brother said, “You must have put it in that secret small bag.”
Jack laughed and said, “That small bag was so secret that I fo rgot all about it.”
17.Which backpack did Jack buy?
A. A blue one.
B. A small one.
C. One with an action hero.
D. One with a blac k square design.
18.Jack decided to buy that backpack because __________.
A. it had his favorite color
B. the secret small bag made it special
C. he liked the black square design
D. his brother suggested he get that one
19.The underlined word “rummaged” in Paragraph 4 probably means “________”.
A. searched really well
B. forgot to
look at
C. turned sideways
D. threw away
20.This text mainly tells us ________.
A. that Jack was old enough to do shopping
B. a story of Jack’s old backpack
C. a story of Jack’s pen and new backpack
D. that Jack was studying earthquakes
第二节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分.）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，其中有两项为多余。

将每小题的最佳选项对应涂在答题卡上。

How to Make Friends
Friendship is a very important human relationship and ever yone needs good friends. Good friendship has many benefits.
It offers companionship, improves self-
worth and promotes good health. There are times in our lives such as when we have recently moved into a new town, or ch anged our jobs or schools. Such changes often leave us witho ut a friend. 21 . But for many of us the process is difficult an d requires courage. Below are some helpful suggestions on h ow to make and keep friends.
1. Associate with others.
The first step to making friends is associating with other pe ople. You can go to public places to meet new people. Beside s, you will need to make yourself known by becoming an activ
e member o
f such places.
2. Start a conversation.
Starting a conversation is the second most important step i n making new friends. 22 You can always start the conver sation. Being able to make small talk is a very useful skill in re lating with other people.
3. 23
Choosing friends with common interests is important in build ing friendship as these interests would always bring you and y our friend together, Hanging out will always be a pleasant exp erience.
4. Let it grow.
It is a good thing to stay in touch. However, try not to press your new friend with calls, messages or visits as this would lik ely wear him or her out and finally you may lose your friend.
24 . The best friendships are the ones that grow naturally.
5. Enjoy your friendship
The best way to enjoy your friendship is to allow your friend s to be themselves. 25 Try not to change them from who t hey are to what you want them to be. Become the kind of frien d you will want your friend to be to you.
A. Be cheerful.
B. Do things together.
C. Try not to find fault with your friends.
D. So you will need to give your friend time to react to you.
E. Do not wait to be spoken to.
F. For a friendship to develop you need to stay in touch.
G. Making new friends comes easy for some people.
第三节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

将每小题的最佳选项对应涂在答题卡上。

W
hen Dave was eighteen, he bought a secondhand 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 then it got so old, and it was costing him 27_much in repairs that he decided that he h ad better _28_it.
He asked among his friends to see if anyone was particularly _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 frien d Sam saw that he was _31_ when they met one evening, and said, “What's _32_, Dave?” Dave told him, and Sam answere d, “Well, what about advertising it in the paper? You may _33_ more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement!” Thinki ng that Sam's_34_was sensible ,he put an advertisement in a n evening paper, which read “For sale: small car, _35_ very litt le petrol, only two owners. Bargain at 50.” For two days after t he advertisement first appeared, there was no _36_.But then on Saturday evening he had an enquiry .A man rang up and s aid he would like to_37_ him about the car. “All right,” Dave sa id, feeling happy. He asked the man whether ten o'clock the n ext morning would be_38_or not. “Fine,” the man said, “an d I'll _39_my wife. We intend to go for a ride in it to _40_ it.”
The next morning, at a quarter to ten, Dave parked the car in t he square outside his front door, _41_ to wait there for the pe ople who had_42_ his advertisement. Even Dave had to _43_t hat the car really looked like a wreck .Then, soon after he had got the car as clean_44_ 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. anxious B. lucky C. ashamed D. generous
30. A. some B. neither C. none D. most
31. A. delighted B. upset 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. description
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. gain C. admire D. test
41. A. happening B. meaning C. turning D. failing
42. A. read B. inserted C. answered D. placed
43. A. forget B. show C. disagree D. admit
44. A. as B. that C. so D. such
45. A. bargain B. sale C. accident D. result
第二部分（非选择题）将每小题的答案写在对应的答题卡上第一节语法填空完成下列短文（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
In my opinion, we should try our best 46 (realize) our goal s even though 47 is little hope. The efforts seem to be the l ights in the darkness, leading the way to hope and success.
I used to be 48 shy girl in my primary school. I was wea k in English at that time, especially for 49 (speak) English. So I was afraid to answer the teacher’s questions during Engli sh classes. After I entered my dream middle school. Somethin g 50 (change). I started to read many 51 (interest) Engl ish stories and my English teacher was patient to help me a lo t. I studied hard in class and practiced by watching English fil ms and listening to English songs in my free time. Little 52 l ittle, I found 53___ more and more interesting to learn Engl ish. I could even talk with my classmates 54 (fluent) in En
glish and I was not shy any more. At last, I got high grades in En
glish and I had 55 ( confident) to do it better in the future.第二节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有三处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Chinese is one of the most ancient language in the worl d．It is also one of the official languages of United Nations．Now that China is becoming stronger, Chinese is playing a m uch important part in international communicat
ion．So if you can speak Chinese good, I am sure you will ma ke more friends．
Here are some suggestions．First, that is important to take a Chinese course, as you’ll able to learn from the teacher and p ractice with your fellow students．Then, it also helps to read b ooks, newspapers and magazines on Chinese whenever poss ible．Besides, you should take more Chinese friends．They would tell you a lot about China and help you learn the Chines e．Finally, it should be a good idea to learn and sing Chinese songs．Try and write to me in Chinese next time．
第三节书面表达（30分）
你已进入高中新的学习生活，某英文报欲征集有关高一学生学习经验的小短文.请以“How to Be a Good Learner”为题写一篇英语短文。

用第二人称。

短文应包括以下要点：
1. 学习方法的重要性，善学者学习效果好；
2. 有计划，常总结（sum up）;
3. 会用工具书（reference），如查词典，善用机会和资源(resource)，如问老师或同学等；
4. 提前预习（preview），课堂认真听讲和课后及时复习
（go over）；
5. 成功的秘诀：勤奋加方法。

注意：不要直接翻译要点，可适当增加细节；词数：100词左右。

2015---2016学年第二学期期末考试
本试题分选择题和非选择题两部分。

满分150分，考试时间120分钟。

第一部分选择题（共45小题；每小题2分，满分90分）
第一节阅读理解（共20小题; 每小题2分，满分40分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出最佳选项。

将每小题的最佳选项对应涂在答题卡上。

A
Johnny Smith was a good math student at a high school. He loved his computer. He came h ome early every day, then he worked with it till midnight. But Johnny was not a good English student, not good at all. He got an F in his English class. One day after school Johnny joined
his computer to the computer in his high school office. The school office computer had the gr ades of all the students: the math grades, the science grades, the grades in arts and music, and the grades in English. He found his English grade. An F! Johnny changed his English gr ade from an F to A. Johnny' parents looked at his report card. They were very happy.
"An A in English!" said Johnny's Dad. "You're a very clever boy, Johnny."
Johnny is a hacker. Hackers know how to take information from other computers and put ne w information in. Using a modem, they join their computers to other computers secretly. Scho ol headmasters and teachers are worried about hackers. So are the police, for some people even take money from bank computer account and put it into their own ones. And they never have to leave home to do it! They are called hackers.
1. Johnny changed his English grade with the computer in _______.
A. the classroom
B. the school office
C. a bank near his house
D. his own house
2. When Johnny's parents saw the report, they were happy because _______.
A. Johnny was good at math
B. Johnny loved computers
C. Johnny could join one computer to another
D. they thought Johnny was not poor in English any longer
3. What should the hackers know well, do you think, after you read this story?
A. Information.
B. Back computer accounts.
C. Computers.
D. Grades.
4. The last paragraph is about _______.
A. Johnny
B. computers
C. hackers
D. modern
B
An Englishman, a Frenchma
n and a Russian were discussing happiness. "Happiness," said the Englishman, "Happiness i s when you return home tired after work, yet find your slippers(拖鞋) warming by the fire."
"You English have no romance," said the Frenchman. "Happiness is when you go on a busin ess trip, find a pretty girl who entertains you -then afterwards you part without regrets."
"You are both wrong," said the Russian. "True happiness is when you are at home in bed an d at 4 a.m., you hear a hammering at the door and outside stand the secret police, who say t o you, 'Ivan Ivanovitch, you are under arrest', and you say, 'Sorry, Ivanovitch lives next door.' "
5. The Englishman's happiness suggests that _______.
A. he should have no time to warm his slippers
B. he enjoys the warmth of the family
C. he thinks it the most important to have slippers
D. he wants someone to warm his slippers
6. What the Frenchman said means that _______.
A. a man can be free to play with any pretty girl when possible
B. he wants to marry a girl he loves
C. he is interested in going on a business trip
D. the Englishman should have more romance
7. The Russian thought that ________.
A. both the Englishman and the Frenchman were not right
B. neither the Englishman nor the Frenchman were right
C. neither the Englishman nor Frenchman were wrong
D. either the Englishman or the Frenchman were wrong
8. The meaning of the Russian's words is that _______.
A. he would like to have a good sleep at night
B. he will feel happy if his neighbor is arrested
C. he thinks it happiness to feel safe
D. he will feel afraid if anyone knocks at his door at night
C
Last year when Tom graduated from school, he came to Taibei. He didn't like to work on his f ather's farm and hoped to find a job in a big city. He went from one company to another but n o one wanted him. With little money left, he got to the station, sad and tired. All he wanted to do was go back to his small town. It was very late at night and the station was full of people. They were waiting to buy tickets of the last train. He bought the last ticket, and he was very h appy.
At that time, a woman with a crying baby walked to him and asked him to sell her the ticket. He gave her the ticket because he thought they needed it more than he did. After the train lef t, he sat on the bench and didn't know where to go. Suddenly, an old man came and said, "Y oung man, I have seen what you did to the woman. I am the owner of a big company. I need
a good young man like you. Would you like to work for me?"
9. Tom came to the station to _______.
A. find a job
B. take the train home
C. sell the ticket
D. take the train to Taibei
10. The woman walked to Tom because _______.
A. she was Tom's old friend
B. her child wanted to talk to Tom
C. she needed to take the train
D. she had no money to buy a ticket
11. Tom didn't take the train because _______.
A. he didn't take a train ticket
B. he missed the train
C. he wanted to talk to the old man
D. he gave his ticket to the woman
12. What can we learn from this story?
A. Many people find job in a train station.
B. Don't buy the last ticket of the train.
C. If we try our best to help others, others will help us.
D. We should not give our ticket to others in a train station.
D
O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was Wi lliam Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an excit ing life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O.Henry went to Texas, where he tried dif ferent jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank, when some mone y went missing from the bank. O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he w as sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New Yo rk and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, th ey would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the reader’s surprise.
13. In which order did O. Henry do the following things?
a. Lived in New York.
b. Worked in a bank.
c. Travelled to Texas.
d. Was put in prison.
e. Had a newspaper Job.
f. Learned to write stories.
A. e. c. f. b. d. a
B. c. e. b. d. f. a
C. e. b. d. c. a. f.
D. c. b. e. d. a f.
14. People enjoyed reading O. Henry’s stories because
A. they had surprise endings
B. they were easy to understand
C. they showed his love for the poor
D. they were about New York City
15. O. Henry went to prison because .
A. people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper
B. he broke the law by not using his own name
C. he wanted to write stories about prisoners
D. people thought he had taken money that was not his
16. What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing?
A. He was well-educated.
B. He was not serious about his work.
C. He was devoted to the poor.
D. He was very good at learning.
E
Jack was so excited about getting a new backpack because his old one had a broken zipper(拉链) and a hole in the bottom.
Jack’s elder brother took him to buy a new backpack. There were so many cool ones. How w ould he ever decide? He saw blue ones—
his favorite color. He saw ones with his favorite action hero on the front. And then Jack saw a backpack with a black square design. When he opened it, he saw it had a hidden, secret sm all bag. He liked it, which made it different from others.
“This is the one,” he said, then carried it to the check-out counter.
That evening, Jack carefully filled his new backpack with his school things. He put his special pen in the secret small bag. The next day in English class, Mr. Mack said, “Let’s write an ess ay about earthquakes!” Jack looked for his pen in his backpack, but he couldn’t found it! He r ummaged through his desk and his pockets, but no pen.
Jack asked if anyone had seen his pen, but no one had. Mr. Mack lent him a pencil, but Jack was feeling anxious because he lost his pen. When he got home, Jack told his brother he co uldn’t find his favorite pen. His brother said, “You must have put it in that secret small bag.”Jack laughed and said, “That small bag was so secret that I forgot all about it.”
17.Which backpack did Jack buy?
A. A blue one.
B. A small one.
C. One with an action hero.
D. One with a black square design.
18.Jack decided to buy that backpack because __________.
A. it had his favorite color
B. the secret small bag ma de it special
C. he liked the black square design
D. his brother suggested he get that one
19.The underlined word “rummaged” in Paragraph 4 probably means “________”.
A. searched really well
B. forgot to look at
C. turned sideways
D. threw away
20.This text mainly tells us ________.
A. that Jack was old enough to do shopping
B. a story of Jack’s old backpack
C. a story of Jack’s pen and new backpack
D. that Jack was studying earthquakes
第二节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分.）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，其中有两项为多余。

将每小题的最佳选项对应涂在答题卡上。

How to Make Friends
Friendship is a very important human relationship and everyone needs good friends. Good friendship has many benefits. It offers companionship, improves self-
worth and promotes good health. There are times in our lives such as when we have recently moved into a new town, or changed our jobs or schools. Such changes often leave us witho ut a friend. 21 . But for many of us the process is difficult and requires courage. Below are some helpful suggestions on how to make and keep friends.
1. Associate with others.
The first step to making friends is associating with other people. You can go to public plac es to meet new people. Besides, you will need to make yourself known by becoming an activ
e member o
f such places.
2. Start a conversation.
Starting a conversation is the second most important step in making new friends. 22 Y ou can always start the conversation. Being able to make small talk is a very useful skill in rel ating with other people.
3. 23
Choosing friends with common interests is important in building friendship as these interest s would always bring you and your friend together, Hanging out will always be a pleasant exp erience.
4. Let it grow.
It is a good thing to stay in touch. However, try not to press your new friend with calls, mes sages or visits as this would likely wear him or her out and finally you may lose your friend.
24 . The best friendships are the ones that grow naturally.
5. Enjoy your friendship
The best way to enjoy your friendship is to allow your friends to be themselves. 25 Try not to change them from who they are to what you want them to be. Become the kind of frien d you will want your friend to be to you.
A. Be cheerful.
B. Do things together.
C. Try not to find fault with your friends.
D. So you will need to give your friend time to react to you.
E. Do not wait to be spoken to.
F. For a friendship to develop you need to stay in touch.
G. Making new friends comes easy for some people.
第三节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
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hen Dave was eighteen, he bought a secondhand car for 200 so that he could travel to and fr om work more__26__ than by bus. It
worked quite well for a few years, but then it got so old, and it was costing him 27_much in r epairs that he decided that he had better _28_it.
He asked among his friends to see if anyone was particularly_29_ to buy a cheap car, but th ey 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?” Dav e 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 sensibl e ,he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read “For sale: small car, _35_ very litt le petrol, only two owners. Bargain at 50.” For two days after the advertisement first appeare d, there was no _36_.But then on Saturday evening he had an enquiry .A man rang up and s aid 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 intend 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 doo r, _41_ to wait there for the people who had_42_ his advertisement. Even Dave had to _43_th at the car really looked like a wreck .Then, soon after he had got the car as clean_44_ it coul d 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。