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【题目】The bicycle is one of the simplest yet most useful inventions in the world. What is most surprising is that it was not invented earlier, although the great_____Leonardo da Vinci had drawn pictures for bicycles and also for flying machines and some other things. Those things were not_____until long after he died.

A person riding a bicycle uses very little energy to make the bicycle move, and there is no_____at all when you are riding. Even so, in developed countries, most people don’t travel to work by bicycle. It is not _____the bicycles are expensive or people feel tired if they_____to work. It’s because the number of cars on the roads becomes larger. It certainly becomes more _____to ride a bicycle. As a result, more people _____their bicycles away and go to work in their cars, and_____，the situation is made more serious. Perhaps the best way to make riding_____and more popular is to create paths(开设通道)only for bicycles, and to make it so difficult and expensive for drivers to take their cars into the city that they will go back to______their bicycles.

【1】A. teacher B. inventor C. engineer D. musician

【2】A. changed B. produced C. protected D. collected

【3】A. pollution B. oil C. air D. help

【4】A. since B. as C. like D. because

【5】A. make B. play C. ride D. take

【6】A. typical B. certain C. strange D. dangerous

【7】A. put B. get C. give D. send

【8】A. all in all B. as for C. in this way D. or so

【9】A. safer B. slower C. faster D. better

【10】A. sell B. fix C. use D. clean

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】A

【4】D

【5】C

【6】D

【7】A

【8】C

【9】A

【10】C

【解析】试题分析：短文是一篇议论文，分析了当前人们特别是发达国家骑车越来越少的原因，建议建造自行车专用道路。

【1】句意：尽管伟大的发明家达·芬奇曾为自行车画过画。考查名词辨析题。A. teacher教师；B. inventor发明家；C. engineer工程师；D. musician音乐家。Leonardo da Vinci（达）芬奇，意大利文艺复兴时期伟大画家、雕刻家、建筑学家。根据句意，可知选B.

【2】句意：这些东西直到他死后才制造出来。考查动词辨析题。四个选项都是动词过去式。A. changed改变；B. produced制造；C. protected保护D. collected收集。根据句意，结合科技事实，可知ACD三项都与句意不合，故选B。

【3】句意：骑车时一点污染也没有。考查名词辨析题。A. pollution污染；B. oil石油；C. air空气；D. help帮助。根据句意，可知选A。

【4】句意：这并不是因为自行车昂贵。考查连词辨析题。A. since既然，表原因；B. as由于，表原因；C. like喜欢，动词；D. because因为，表原因。本句是表语从句，和后句构成并列关系，属于“不是……而是……”。since不引导表语从句 ；as引导表语从句时，并不表示“由于”的意思；只有because引导表语从句表示原因。根据句意，结合下文It’s because the number of cars on the roads becomes larger.，可知选D。

【5】句意：或者人们骑车上班时感到疲倦。考查动词辨析题。A. make制作；B. play玩；C. ride骑（车）；D. take拿。ride to work骑车上班。根据句意，联系从句主语是the bicycles，可知选C。

【6】句意：骑自行车肯定变得更危险了。考查形容词辨析题。A. typical典型的；B. certain必然的；C. strange奇怪的；D. dangerous危险的。根据句意，结合上文It’s because the number of cars on the roads becomes larger.，可知ABC都不合句意，故选D。

【7】句意：结果，越来越多的人把自行车放在车里工作。考查动词辨析题。A. put放置；B. get得到；C. give给予；D. send派遣。put away放好/收起来。根据句意，可知BCD都与句意不符，故选A。

【8】句意：这样情况就更严重了。考查短语介词辨析题。A. all in all总之，总而言之；B. as for至于，关于；C. in this way这样；D. or so左右，大约。根据句意，联系上文more people put their bicycles away and go to work in their cars,，可知ABD三个选项都不合句意，故选C。

【9】句意：也许让骑车更安全、更受欢迎的最好办法是只为自行车制造道路。考查比较级辨析题。A. safer更安全；B. slower更慢；C. faster更快；D. better更好。根据句意，联系上文It certainly becomes more dangerous to ride a bicycle.，可知safer最合题意，故选A。

【10】句意：还有就是让司机把车带到城里，让他们回去使用他们的自行车是多么的困难和昂贵。考查动词辨析题。A. sell卖；B. fix混合；C. use使用；D. clean清洁。根据句意和语境，结合上文内容，可知选C。