Bicycles are very popular around the world today．People ride their bicycles for exercise and enjoyment．In some places, people use a bicycle to get to work．In other places, bicycle riding is a very popular exercise to people who live in cities．But who invented the first bicycle?In 1791, a Frenchman named Comte de Sivrac invented and owned the first bicycle．Mrs．Sivrac rode(骑)the bicycle in Paris．The handles(把手)and the seat were wooden．This bicycle was very difficult to move．A rider even had to pick up the front wheel to change direction．Finally, the bicycle had no brakes for stopping or pedals for the feet!Riding a bicycle was a great risk．
In 1817, a German named Baron von Drais de Sauerbrun made the first bicycle better．The seat became more comfortable．The wheel could now change direction．His ride in the forest took only one hour instead of three hours on foot, which surprised people at that time．
Sauerbrun brought this kind of bicycle from Germany to France．Then Denis Johnson, an Englishman, made a bicycle for women．It had space for their dresses to hang down．But these bicycles still had no brakes or pedals, and riders often got hurt．These bicycles and the people who rode them were not very popular．
It took another forty-five years for the bicycle to become popular．More than 100 years later, bicycle riding is more popular than ever．In fact, in India and China, there are still many more bicycles than ears．
(1)
Which of the following best describes the first bicycle?
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A．
Very popular．
B．
Easy to carry．
C．
Ugly-looking．
D．
Difficult to ride．
(2)
Why was it a risk to ride the first bicycle?
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A．
Because it had no pedals for the feet．
B．
Because it was difficult to control(控制)．
C．
Because people would laugh at you．
D．
Because handles and the seat were wooden．
(3)
Which of the following was not improved by Sauerbrun to the first bicycle?
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A．
Brakes were added to it．
B．
It was made to go faster．
C．
The wheel could now change direction．
D．
The seat was made more comfortable．
(4)
What’s the major difference between Denis Johnson’s bicycle and the earlier ones 7
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A．
It was more comfortable．
B．
It was faster and safer．
C．
It had space for the rider's dress．
D．
It had metal handles and seat．
(5)
The best title(题目)for the passage would be ________．
You may never heard of Ladislao Biro, but you have certainly heard of the pen he invented－the ballpoint pen(圆珠笔), or biro．Before Biro invented his pen, people wrote with fountain pens(钢笔)．The ink sometimes went out．In the 1930s, Biro was a magazine editor in Budapest in Hungary．He noticed that the inks which the magaxine's printers used dried very quickly．Biro wondered if quick－drying inks could be used in pens．He came up with the idea of a tube(管子)of ink with a free－moving ball on the end．As a person wrote, the ball collected ink from the tube and rolled(滚动)it on to the paper．The pen would be cheap and could be thrown away when the ink was used up．
Biro began to work on his invention but he soon left Europe for Buenos Aires in Argentina, a country in South America, because of the Second World War．Biro and his brother George, who was a chemist, began to improve the pen．In the early 1940s, Biro began to produce his new pen, the biro．In 1944, he sold his invention to another company, which began to produce the pen for Britain and America．
Biro was pleased that his pen was popular, but he did not get much from his invention．The bieo was later sold to the French company, Bic, which now sells twelve million pens a day．Biro sank into obscurity in South America．His name, however, has become famous around the world．
(1)
Biro is the name of ________．
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A．
a chemist
B．
a fountain pen
C．
a company
D．
a ballpoint pen
(2)
According to the passage, Biro's new pen was first produced in ________．
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A．
Hungary
B．
France
C．
Argentina
D．
Britain and America
(3)
Which of the following can be filled in the box to show how Biro invented his new pen?
came up with an idea→worked on his invention→?→produced his pen
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A．
improved his pen
B．
sold his invention
C．
worked as an editor
D．
left for South America
(4)
The underlined part“sank into obscurity”is the closest in meaning to“________”．
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