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【题目】根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Americans bought an estimated 18 and a half million bicycles last year. Some bikes never get much riding. 【1】 But a project based in Washington is putting unwanted bikes from the United States to good use in developing countries.

Keith Oberg is the director of Bikes for the World. He said, “Everybody has an old bicycle, and it is usually not ridden. 2

Bikes for the World collects bicycles and delivers them at low cost to community programs in developing countries. The bicycle recycling program is one of the largest in the United States. It is a sponsored project of the Washington Area Bicyclist Association.

3 Since then it has shipped more than 40,444 bikes to communities in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, says director Keith Oberg.

Bikes for the World partners with nonprofit groups in the United States to collect unwanted bikes. Then it works with nonprofit in the other countries to get the bikes to organizations and individuals that need them the most.

For example, the Bicycle Empowerment Network Namibia uses the bikes to provide transportation for health workers. 4 The organization also has bicycle ambulance services to transport the sick.

The Bicycle Empowerment Network also provides training and support to help local organizations and individuals open bike shops of their own. The businesses sell the recycled bikes at low cost and provide repair services. 5

A. Mostly they gather dust.

B. However, they are very expensive to buy.

C. It sits there in the garage, or basement or shed, going to waste.

D. Bikes for the World began in 2005.

E. Do you know when Bikes for the world begin?

F. That makes it possible for them to visit more patients each day.

G. Many of the organizations use the money they earn to help pay for other community projects.

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】D

【4】F

【5】G

【解析】

试题分析:一个发起自华盛顿的项目就是为了将美国那些闲置的自行车在发展中国家找到一个好的去处

【1】A 根据上文提到Americans bought an estimated 18 and a half million bicycles last year. Some bikes never get much riding美国去年购买了185万辆自行车。有些自行车从没被怎么骑过,故选A部分情况下,只是放在那里落满灰尘

【2】C根据上文提到He said, “Everybody has an old bicycle, and it is usually not ridden. 每个人都有一辆自行车,而且,一般很少被使用,故选C它就这样被放在车库里,或者地下室,或者工棚里,逐渐变成废品

【3】D 根据下文提到Since then it has shipped more than 40,444 bikes to communities in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, says director Keith Oberg. 执行人Keith Oberg说从那时起,这一项目已经通过海运输出了超过4万辆自行车到非洲,拉美以及加勒比海岸,故选D自行车服务全世界”开始于2005年

【4】F根据上文提到For example, the Bicycle Empowerment Network Namibia uses the bikes to provide transportation for health workers. 例如,纳米比亚的自行车授权网使用自行车为医护工作者提供运输服务,故选F这样能够使得医护工作者们每天可以去看望更多的病人

【5】G根据上文提到The businesses sell the recycled bikes at low cost and provide repair services. 这一商业活动以低价售卖这种再循环利用的自行车,并提供修理服务,故选G很多这样的组织用挣来的钱支付社区的其他计划费用

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“If you come by right now,” the receptionist said,“the dentist will fit you in.”

I took my puree and keys and rushed to my car.But suddenly I began to doubt about the dentist.What kind of dentist would be so eager to treat someone at such short notice? Why wasn't he as busy as the others?

In the dentist's office,I sat down and looked around.I saw nothing but the bare walls and I became even more worried.The assistant noticed my nervousness and placed her warm hand over my ice-cold one.

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