On March 13th, while on duty Charles Mclaughlin, a very careless driver employed by the company Lummis was involved in another accident. The accident occurred in Riverside California. Not paying attention to his driving, Mclaughlin turned right on main street and 33rd street and hit Volkswagen rabbit. This caused minor damage to his truck and serious damage to the car. On the basis of the police report, the Lummis accident committee correctly determined that Mclaughlin had been quite careless. As a result of the committee’s conclusion, the branch manager Mr. David Rossi reported that he had talked with Mclaughlin about his extremely poor driving record. Further evidence of Mclaughlin's irresponsibility occurred on May 6th when he was returning from his shift. That day he ran into a roll-up door at the Lummis facility in Valero, causing significant damage to the door. Damage to the truck, however, was minor. Finally, on June 7th, Mclaughlin once again demonstrated his carelessness by knocking down several mail boxes near the edge of the company’s parking lot. There was damage to the mailboxes and minor damage to the truck. Mr. David Rossi stated that he had spoken with Mclaughlin on several occasions about his driving record. He added that he had warned Mclaughlin that three preventable accidents in one year could lead to his discharge, as indeed it should.

　　23. What did the Lummis accident committee find out about the accident that occurred on March 13th?

　　24. What did Mclaughlin do on June 7th near the edge of the company’s parking lot?

　　25. What is most probably going to happen to Mclaughlin?

　　23. 答案：D) Mclaughlin's carelessness resulted in the collision.

　　24. 答案：B) He knocked down several mailboxes.

　　25. 答案：A) He will lose his job.

　　【點評】

　　本篇短文主要講了Charles Mclaughlin一年之內(nèi)因粗心大意所發(fā)生的三次交通事故。

　　第一次：時間：3月13日；經(jīng)過：Mclaughlin駕駛貨車在主大街第33大街向右拐彎撞上一輛小轎車。原因：Mclaughlin粗心大意；造成的后果：卡車輕微受損，小轎車嚴(yán)重?fù)p壞；

　　第二次：時間：5月6日；經(jīng)過：Mclaughlin在換班的時候駕駛貨車撞到一個卷簾門；原因：Mclaughlin不負(fù)責(zé)任，粗心；造成的后果：卷簾門嚴(yán)重?fù)p壞，卡車受損；

　　第三次：時間：6月7日；經(jīng)過：Mclaughlin駕駛貨車在公司停車場附近撞翻了幾個郵筒；原因：Mclaughlin粗心大意；造成的后果：郵筒嚴(yán)重受損，卡車輕微受損。

　　本篇文章是聽力第三篇短文，難度不大。文章雖然出現(xiàn)了一些人名和地名，但是同學(xué)們不需要知道它們是什么意思，人名地名不會作為考察點放在題目中，同學(xué)們需要重點分辨的是這三次事故發(fā)生的時間，題目重點考察同學(xué)對短文信息細(xì)節(jié)的抓取能力。但是其中有幾個短語和單詞需要關(guān)注一下：pay attention to 注意；重視；run into 撞上；撞到；roll-up door 卷簾門；knock down 撞翻；parking lot 停車場；mailbox 郵箱，郵筒；preventable 可預(yù)防的；as的用法。理解了這些詞的意思，對本篇聽力的整體理解基本就沒有什么障礙了。