时间:2018-12-28 作者:英语课 分类:听英文对话做选择


英语课
原文:

Driving Officer: Okay. Mr. Smith. Let's begin your road test.
Mr. Smith: Oh. I know I'm ready. I've been practicing in my driveway all week.
 
Driving Officer: Okay. Mr. Smith. As I'm sure you are aware, you will not only be tested on your knowledge of the rules of the road, but on your behavior toward other motorists.
 
Mr. Smith: Okey-dokey.
 
Driving Officer: Okay. Now you can start your car.
 
Mr. Smith: Yeah, right. Here we go!
 
Driving Officer: Whoa! Take it easy. The speed limit in this business district is only 25 miles an hour. [Oh]. All right. Now, turn right at the next corner . . . [This corner?] Na, not here! Wow! You forgot to signal too!
 
Mr. Smith: Gosh. I didn't see that one, and . . . Ah, Could you grab 1 my cell phone under my seat. [Huh?] Nah, I'll get it.
 
Driving Officer: Oh, Mr. Smith. Keep your eyes on the road!
 
Mr. Smith: Oh yeah.
 
Driving Officer: Okay. Now, pull over here and show me that you can parallel park.
 
Mr. Smith: Sure. Wait. Hey bud 2. Move your car. I was here first!
 
Driving Officer: Ah. Forget it. Just keep driving.
 
Mr. Smith: So, how am I doing? Can I just take a peek 3 at your notes?
 
Driving Officer: No! And, uh, watch out. Mr. Smith. Now you're tailgating the vehicle in front of us.
 
Mr. Smith: Oh, yeah. I'm just so excited about getting my license 4 today. [Right.].
 
Driving Officer: Okay. Now carefully, CAREFULLY turn right here, and wait, wait, WAIT . . .STOP!! You almost hit that pedestrian 5 . How in the world did you pass the written test anyway? [Well . . .]You have to give way to any pedestrians 6 crossing the street. Jeez!
 
Mr. Smith: Oh. sorry about that. It won't happen again.
 
[Car screeching 7 to a stop . . .]
 
Driving Officer: Whoa! Get out! [What?] Get out! I'm driving back to the office.
 
Mr. Smith: Does this mean I didn't pass the test?
 
Driving Officer: Look, Mr. Smith. Could you do me a favor? When you come back to take the test again, plan on coming on Friday.
 
Mr. Smith: Again? Why? Is it less crowded that day?
 
Driving Officer: No. It's my day off.

 
1. Where has the man been practicing for his road test this past week?
A. at a driving school
B. on streets around town
C. at home
2. In what part of town do they begin the road test?
A. in a commercial area
B. in a residential 8 district
C. in a school zone
3. What was the situation with the vehicle in front of them?
A. Mr. Smith is following too closely.
B. The driver of the other car is tailgating them.
C. The car ahead of them is driving below the speed limit.
 
4. What did Mr. Smith almost hit in the road?
A. another vehicle
B. a person
C. a street sign
 
5. What does the driving officer suggest Mr. Smith do at the end of the conversation? 
A. He should come back on Friday to take the test.
B. He had better take more driving lessons before trying the test again.
C. He ought to take the test with another driving officer.
 
正确答案:

1. at home
2. in a commercial area
3. Mr. Smith is following too closely.
4. a person
5. He ought to take the test with another driving officer.

 

1 grab
vt./n.攫取,抓取;vi.攫取,抓住(at)
  • It is rude to grab a seat.抢占座位是不礼貌的。
  • The thief made a grab at my bag but I pushed him away.贼想抢我的手提包,但被我推开了。
2 bud
vi.发芽,萌芽;n.芽,花蕾
  • Some flowers bud their leaves very early in spring.有些花在春季里很早发出叶来。
  • A bad habit in a child should be nipped in the bud.应该尽早把孩子的坏习惯改过来。
3 peek
vi.偷看,窥视;n.偷偷的一看,一瞥
  • Larry takes a peek out of the window.赖瑞往窗外偷看了一下。
  • Cover your eyes and don't peek.捂上眼睛,别偷看。
4 license
n.执照,许可证,特许;v.许可,特许
  • The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
  • The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。
5 pedestrian
n.行人,步行者;adj.徒步的,呆板的,通俗的
  • The criminal pushed a pedestrian down and ran away.罪犯推倒了一个行人逃跑了。
  • The city built a pedestrian overpass over the highway.城里在公路上建了一座过街天桥。
6 pedestrians
n.步行者( pedestrian的名词复数 )
  • Several pedestrians had come to grief on the icy pavement. 几个行人在结冰的人行道上滑倒了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Pedestrians keep to the sidewalk [footpath]! 行人走便道。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
7 screeching
v.发出尖叫声( screech的现在分词 );发出粗而刺耳的声音;高叫
  • Monkeys were screeching in the trees. 猴子在树上吱吱地叫着。
  • the unedifying sight of the two party leaders screeching at each other 两党党魁狺狺对吠的讨厌情景
8 residential
adj.提供住宿的;居住的;住宅的
  • The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
  • The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。
学英语单词
4-aminopterin
a priori information in regression models
abundances
allied industry
alopesanthropia
antenna conducted interference
augmented unison
beatmasters
beefsteak geraniums
came around
centisthene
chequer work
chloride rubber paint
coinage office
cone and plate rheogoniometer
cooling storage house
copurifying
cultural indicator project
cupuliferous
dambed
dead-pay
dextroposition of aorta
diminished third
Divichi
do duty for
dolder
double vane exhauster
ebull
edge strengthening
ellery
emulsification property
epileptic stupor
fazel
feedwater heater
filling-station
flocculation factor
fourfold classification
fuzzy grain
generalized linear inversion
gypsum horizon
highbush cranberries
homopterous insect
hot-electron injection
Houssay
hydrophytic habitat
i-lore
inverse feed back
Kestilä
King's Pawn Game
kwedini
latent inflation
liquor potassii arsenitis
maffey
make someone tick
Msima
mulletlike
n-word element
naked-handed
new process equipment
non-factive
open transformation
operating differential subsidy
optical film monitor
organoperoxys
overskip
partially ordered system
pectinato-
placentogenesis
plaintively
point probe-dynamic characteristic method
power excavator
PR (printer controller)
proximate interaction
psalmed
rebating
recycled offgas
regional pulmonary function
residents
reticulin fibril
Ricigliano
scale of audit
secondary water
segment handling interrupt
selenofolate
self-fluxed iron ore
series assignment algorithm
setting means
Silymarinum
single hook piston ring
sinking fund instalment
solid bulk container
steam exhaust port
suspended acoustic ceiling
thick walled vessel
Tower of London
traiteur
tree form
turpentiners
two-part model
veneer band
waist-slip
wedge constant