Question

The bicycle is one of the most useful inventions in the world. What is the most surprising is that it was not _____ earlier, although the great inventor Leonardo da Vinci had drawn pictures for bicycles and also for flying machines and some other things. Those things were not produced _____ long after he died.

A person riding a bicycle uses _____ energy to make the bicycle move, and it causes no _____ at all. Even so, in some developed countries, most people don’t go to work by bicycle. It isn’t because the bicycles are expensive or people will feel _____ if they ride bicycles to work. It’s because the number of cars on the roads _____ larger and larger. It certainly makes riding a bicycle on the roads _____. As a result, more people put their bicycles away and go to work _____ their cars. The traffic becomes heavier and heavier and the air becomes much worse.

Perhaps the best way to make riding a bicycle safer and more popular is to create _____ only for bicycles, and to make it so difficult and expensive for drivers to drive their cars into the city that they will go back to ______ their bicycles.

1.A. found B. founded C. invented D. discovered

2.A. before B. after C. since D. until

3.A. much B. no C. little D. many

4.A. development B. pollution C. harm D. danger

5.A. lucky B. glad C. sorry D. tired

6.A. becomes B. turns C. goes D. remains

7.A. safer B. more dangerous C. cleaner D. funnier

8.A. by B. in C. for D. at

9.A. advertisements B. traffic lights C. paths D. parking lots

10.A. using B. buying C. borrowing D. taking

1.C 2.D 3.B 4.B 5.D 6.A 7.B 8.B 9.C 10.A 【解析】短文大意：自行车是世界上最有用的发明之一。骑自行车环保，根本不会造成污染。但是道路上的汽车数量越来越多，使用自行车的人越来越少。 1.句意：最令人惊讶的是，它没有被早起发明，尽管伟大的发明家达·芬奇为画了自行车，也为飞行器和其他东西画了画。A....

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