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
aeolic (aeolian)
aggregate value
alternating current voltmeter
alveolocondylean
anelosimus taiwanicus
antifelt
are like
aubstitute
B. A.
bright green
bronchobiliary
Buddhized
bulk wave filters
carbonized fibre
cetavitaminic acid
chondroseptum
cladding centre
Clientele Effect
clip tenter
cliquisms
coefficient of pipe-line orifice
colatoria
columbic
coryphodon
countertherapeutic
crosstabulation
crystal frequency multiplier
defibered
drug-freest
eastlings
enavigate
ethnosemantics
eye-socket
fatigue fracture mechanism
flush-out valve
frequency step down
gap cutting
gastral groove
generic algorithm
Glechoma biondiana
Good walls make good neighbours
Guben
half absorption
hard copy facility
Honan
indirect jump
ingrowings
inspiratory-expiratory phase time ratio
installment buying
invests in
Jeans spheroid
lean clients
lectulum unguis
macrocontext
mailorder
marine heavy metal pollution
materials handler
mesothelioma of pleura
mimela confucius kurodai
Mount Dora
nokai
orlando-based
parity bits
personal visit
phenol furfural resin
pie floaters
pipe friction coefficient
point of death
pre-incubations
pro-celeb
proselytizations
Pseudotsuga taxifolia
psycinfo
questioning of suspect
reed type relay
reentrant tachycardia
referee method test
reprehensibleness
robert louis stevensons
scanslation
schathill
sea surface microlayer
selenium barrier layer cell
semistable
ship service air reservoir
short broker
shunt path
Siamese bore design
smaldone
spatial xenon stability
subcharacter
submarine-based
synthetic address
tap us
three-variable production
top species
tow-film theory
transistor univibrator
turnout on inside of a curve
unacceptable condition
wolves
womanlish