An Alarming Experience on the Road

An Alarming Experience on the Road

1. Choose the best answer (a, b or c) to complete each of the following statements.
(1) The narrator ____________ when the accident happened.

a. was driving in his car b. was walking along the road c. was standing by the side road
(2) The narrator's car ___________. a. was smashed to pieces b. exploded in the collision c. was left intact
(3) The driver was pulled out ___________. a. through the driving-door b. through the passenger door c. through the front window
(4) The narrator first managed to get help from ___________. a. residents nearby b. people in a nearby American airbase c. people that had stopped
(5) The driver died ____________. a. when he crashed into the other car b. when he was on the way to the hospital c. before the car crash

2. True or False Questions.
(1)
The narrator is probably a teacher.
(2)
A man was driving a Lotus Elan Sports-car behind the narrator.
(3)
The narrator noticed the Lotus suddenly slowed down when he left it and took another road.

3. Fill in the blanks.
    We saw the driver of the Lotus slump
, so my passenger and I got off our car and wanted to help him. But when I got near the Lotus it suddenly changed into
and just
and nearly
. At that time I had to
and the car missed me by about
. Then I thought the next thing was going to be
— there was a
at the
. If there was a car coming in the
direction, the two
would crash into it.

4. Give a description about things happened to the two cars. Complete the following statements according to what you hear on the tape.
(1) The narrator's car:
    a. It left
, took off and shot through
.
    b. It landed in
.
(2) The Lotus:
    a. It veered to
and got stuck
of the hedge.
    b. The acceleration was still
.
    c. The back wheels were
throwing
,
all over
.
    d. The radiator
and there was
everywhere.

5. Complete the following list of things that the narrator managed to do after the crash.
(1) We tried to get
.
(2) We had to
and get round
.
(3) We managed to get
, turn
.
(4) We laid him
.
(5) I ran out
and shouted for
.
(6) I managed to get
from people that had stopped.
(7) We tried to make
.

6. Fill in the blanks.
(1) The
and the
arrived at the scene later.
(2) The police asked the narrator and his friend to go to the
, make
and have
.
(3) The man died of
.