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新思路大学英语课程听力专项训练
1.4.1 1. A Day to Remember

1. A Day to Remember

1.What would have most upset the woman the day everything went wrong for her ?

A)She had not expected her husband to arrive so early.

B)The meal she had cooked for the three guests had got burnt.

C)Her husband hand told her he was bringing anyone to dinner.

D)She had not got enough crockery left to serve the meal with.

2.There was a second angry argument because______.

A)the lorry – diver blamed the owner of the cake for his accident

B) the traffic was extremely slow to get on the move again

C) the lorry – diver did not think he should be made to sweep up the glass

D) two dogs had devoured what was left of the cake

3.In the sentence “It is as if a single unimportant event set up a chain of reactions”, “ set up ” means______.

A)establish

B)build

C)cause

D)fix

4.According to the passage, the lorry stopped suddenly______.

A)in order not to hit the car in front

B)in order to draw up alongside the car

C)because the driver didn’t want to run over the dogs

D) because the driver has seen a cake in the air

5.In the last sentence,“ devoured” means______.

A)hit

B)bite

C)ate

D)smelled