马鞍山市2014高考英语阅读理解、动词短语精讲讲练(32)及答案
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For Senior 3 students, choosing which college to attend can be the most exciting and thrilling time in their entire school lives.This is also true for an American girl named Melanie in the film, College Road Trip, which was released in the US on March 7.
Melanie's dad, James Porter, is the chief of polic e for a Chicago suburb.Incredibly security obsessed(困扰), he wants Melanie to attend nearby Northwestern University, where she's already been accepted.But Melanie, 17, really wants to go to Georgetown in Washington, D.C., where she's been wait-listed.
When she gets an unexpected interview, she decides to take a road trip with a few close female friends.Melanie believes it is her first step toward adulthood.But despite the fact that this trip is " girls only", James isn't comfortable with the prospect of his little princess exploring the world without, him.
He wants to protect her.
James joins the girls and hopes he c an convince her to go to Northwestern.While Melanie's father only has the best of intentions, his presence leads to an endless series of comic encounters.
After following their faulty GPS device deep into the backwoods, James and Melanie discover her little brother and his pet pig have been hiding in the spare tire compartment(隔间).What should be a simple tire change results in the expensive car rolling down a mountain, forcing them to hike to a nearby hotel.There the pig