职称英语理工A考试教材阅读理解(六)

1、2019职称英语理工a考试教材阅读理解（六）tv shows and long bus tripslong bus rides are like television showsl .they have a beginning, a middle, and an end with commercials2 thrown inevery three or four minutes. the commercials are unavoidable. they happen whether you want them or not. every couple of minutes a b川board

2、 glides by outside the bus window.3buy super clean toothpaste.h hdrink goodn wet root beer. till up with pacific gas.honly if you sleep, which is equal to turning the television set off, are you spared the unending cry ofyou need it! buy it now!”4the beginning of the ride is comfortable and somewhat

3、 exciting, even if youve traveled that way before. usually some things have changed new houses, new buildings, sometimes even a new road. the bus driver has a style of driving and its fun to try to figure it out5 the first hour or so. if the driver is particularly reckless or daring, the ride can be

4、 as thrilling as a suspense story.6 will the driver pass the truck in time? will the driver move into the right or the left-hand lane? after a while, of course, the excitement dies down. sleeping for a while helps pass the middle hours of the ride. food always makes bus rides mere interesting. but y

5、oifve got to be carful of what kind of food you eat. too much salty food can make you very thirsty between stops.the end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning?. you know it will soon be over and theres a kind of expectation and excitement in that. the seat, of course, has becomeharder as the ho

6、urs have passed. by now youve sat with your legs crossed, with your hands in your lap, with your hands on the arm rests even with your hands crossed behind your head. the end comes just atthe right time. there are just no more ways to sit.词汇：ride/raid/n.旅行，乘坐unavoidable /,n，vdbl/adj.不可避免的billboard /

7、bilb ： d/n.露天广告牌；招贴板，告示牌gas /gs/n.汽油，gasoline 一词的缩略形式；气体;煤气河燃气spare/spe/vt.使 免于伤害，饶恕，宽容；节省，节约，吝惜;为抽出时间 金钱等style/stail/n.行为方式，作风；风格，文风，文体；时尚，流 行 式样reckless/reklis/adj.不顾危险的，鲁莽的，轻率的daring /deri/adj.大胆的;勇敢的thrilling r 0 rili/adj.令人激动的；使人毛骨惊然的suspense / ss，pens/n.悬念;悬而不决expectation/,ekspektein/n.期待,盼望;预

8、料,估计lap/lp/n.（衣服的）下摆，裙兜，衣兜；（人坐着时的）大腿部注释：1. long bus rides are like television shows, like 在此句 中是介词， 意思是“像，如；跟一样“。例如：he is like anathlete.他像个运动员。2. commercials ：商业广告，特别指电台、电视台播出的商业广告。3. every couple of minutes a b川board glides by outside the bus window.每隔几分钟就会有一块广告牌从车窗外闪过。4. only if you sleep, which

9、is equal to turning the television set off, are you spared the unending cry of youneed it! buy it now! ”只有当你睡着的时候，就和关掉电视一样，才会免 受那些没完没了的“你需要它，现在就来买吧！”的干扰。5. figure it out ：计算出；解决6. v.the ride can be as thrilling as a suspense story乘车就像读悬念故事一样令人兴奋。此句中的 as. as结构是比较结构的一种，常称之为同级比较，表示与一样。在 as 与as之间的形容词或副词必须是原级。7. the end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning.旅程的最后倒有点儿像刚开始。此句中的somewhat是副词，意思是“一 点儿，有几分”。练习：1 according to the passage,