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
air guitarists
AJA, A.J.A.
alyssa
ammonium ceric nitrate
Anglicity
anxiety state
applanata
axoaxonic
Bekesbourne
bog-roll
brezhnevism
Broad-Church
bromine trifuloride
Bromus remotiflorus
catoblepas
cement column
cephalopholis aurantia
cepstrum analysis
close operation
coaxial mount
coldcocking
concentrated radioactive liquid wastes
condenser start motor
Continental Celtic
craven
denitrifies
e-rail
epinephrin(e) hydrochoride
etheric acid
family sphaerobolaceaes
flood basin
Folin-Macallum's method
free vibration test
gamabufotalin
geostationary earth orbit
hyltons
illuminating gas
industrial X-ray radiographic equipment
inlaid wood
ion-cyclotron
junction amelodental
Kobuleti
lavelled
leadless colour
legendous
lets-out
lever for adjusting
liberalized
load oil
long induction loop
low impact
migratory cyclone
molek
mottu
Mulegé
Munster
naikis
newsweeks
non-destructive detector
non-sense
off-balance sheet financing
overspeed braking electro-magnetic valve
panorama view
paravanes
PDLA
Pervomayskiy
phase sampling pulse
plasma tail of comet
portable equipment
prescripted
primitive ovum
respublika
ribbon work
Richardia brasiliensis
root-canal reamer
seine rivers
self-expansion
shaft-packing leakage
slide-rule general
small-size coal mine
steel shape
sterilization by radiation
stress relaxation time
substantives
subtitles
sunken poop
Sutura sphenofrontalis
swinging root
Swycer
table handling
theory of reflection and cognitive analysis
toggle-lever grip gear
trefa
underground stem
vertical transform
visual quality
vito
voltage dependent resistivity
wave trace
wave-formed mouth
width-diameter ratio
yolk envelope