题目内容
Two Unhappy Firsts
People enjoy talking about “firsts”. They like to remember their first love or their first car. But not all firsts are happy ones.
One of history’s bad but important firsts was the first car accident. The accident happened in New York City. The year was 1896. The month was May. A man from Massachusetts was visiting the city in his new car. At that time, bicycle riders were still trying to get used to the cars on the road.
In the accident, no one was sure who was at fault. The bike and the car collided. The man on the bike was injured. The driver of the car had to stay in jail（监狱）and wait for the hospital report on the bicycle rider. Luckily, the rider was not killed.
Three years later, another first took place. The scene was again New York City. A man named Henry Bliss stepped off a streetcar. He was hit by a passing car. Once again, no one was sure how it happened or whose fault it was. The driver of the car was put in jail. Poor Mr. Bliss became the first person to die in a car accident.
1.In each accident the driver was _______________.
A. put in jail for a while. B. set free
C. laughed at D. drunken driving
2.The underlined word in the third paragraph means _______________.
A. stopped at the same time B. raced each other
C. traveled in the same direction D. hit each other
3.This passage is mainly about _______________.
A. accidents in New York City
B. two bicycle accidents
C. two of the first car accidents
D. traffic accidents in large cities
