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。
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accueil
across-the-board
antiprismatic
Aomen
armored infantry
athyroid
axialmode
bevelled bilge
Birsfelden
blew my stack
Brunomir
Butylpyridin
calculative
chicherins
comparativism
cycling process
demeshing
detailed implementational procedure
dickster
disprofessed
Dormupan
downtube
driver board
eisteddfodaus
Elkamicina
exploded views
flash floods
flower mound
Gardnersville
girocheck
glucose saline
gunhand
heart-Yang collapse
high voltage porcelain insulator
humid-dry cycling resistance
i'itoi
iccs
if I do say so myself
im (inter modulation)
independent driven exciter system
interest margin
inverse kinematic problem
isch
Jalāl od Dīn
keep sth underfoot
L.C.J.
Lamington Plateau
liberalizing
lienomyelogenous leukemia
long run average curve
M-OIL
magnetic trough separator
marching 1's and 0's
marketing and advertising
mediated co-ordination
Merlin
metallic clamp
metallic hollow O-rings of non self-energizing
methyl phenyl ether
Michael Cerularius
non-linear programming method for power flow calculation
nonguaranteed
nonrenewables
not care a bean
ogt (ortho-mode transducer)
onthophagus (onthophagus) acuticollis
Ornitholestes
part-ownership
peak period
per item limitation
perca
polar sway
pre-palletized cargo
quasi albedo approach method
reduced pressure
Reibitz
retaliatory
rule of particular constraint
Sieber crocus
Simia
Single Document Interface
skoshes
sodium experimental circuit
speroes
St-Fort-sur-Gironde
strohm
stwle
system support programs
thresher sharks
to Google
TRAb
tropical soil
untroubling
ununited
vascular anastomosis
versari
Waiharara
wehle
yared
You story!
Zr cladding pinhole formation temperature