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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
Sovran invented and owned the first bicycle. Mrs. Sovran 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 Baronvon Drais de Sauer burn 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.
Sauer burn 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.
B. Easy to carry.
C. Ugly-looking.
D. Difficult to ride.
B. Because it was difficult to control (控制).
C. Because people would laugh at you.
D. Because handles and the seat were wooden.
B. It was made to go faster.
C. The wheel could now change direction.
D. The seat was made more comfortable.
B. It was faster and safer.
C. It had space for the rider's dress.
D. It had metal handles and seat.
B. How to Ride a Bicycle
C. The Greatest Invention
D. The First Bicycle
There are thousands of different languages in the world. Everyone seems to think that native language is the most important one, as it is their first. For many people, it is even their only language all their lives. But English is the world’s most widely used language.
As a native language, English is spoken by nearly three hundred million people in the U.S.A., England, Australia and some other countries.
For people in India and many other countries, English is often necessary for business, education, information and other activities. So, English is the second language there.
As a foreign language, no other language is more widely studied or used than English. We use it to listen to radio, to read books or to travel. It’s also one of the working language in the United Nations and is more used than others.
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( )46.For many people, the native language is their only language.
( )47.People in India use English as their second language
( )48 People in China use English as a native language
( )49 English is the
only working language in the United Nations.
( )50 English is used in three ways by people all over the world
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The two countries both do well in IT business. China is strong in hardware while India is strong in software. Indian software business has been growing very fast since the 1990s. Today India sells software and services to nearly 95 countries around the world.
In the coming years, China and India have similar problems. Both of them have a large population. China has about 1.3 billion people and India has about 1 billion. That’s one-third of the world’s population. The two countries need to keep growing fast provide jobs for billions of people every year.
小题1:China and India have a lot in common Except that .| A．they are both big countries |
| B．they both have the same culture |
| C．they have different languages |
| D．they are both the fastest growing countries |
小题2:What does India sells to many countries around the world today?| A．Software. | B．Televisions. |
| C．Computers. | D．Hardware. |
小题3:There are about people in China and India in all.| A．1 billion | B．1.3 billion |
| C．1.4 billion | D．2.3 billion |
小题4:What do China and India need to provide for their people every year?| A．Food. | B．Cars. |
| C．Jobs. | D．Houses |
小题5:Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?| A．Both China and India are Asian countries. |
| B．China has more people than India. |
| C．India is very strong in hardware. |
| D．One-third of the people in the world live in China and India. |
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People all over the world cat rice．Millions of people in Asia, Africa and South American eat it every day of their lives．Some people eat almost nothing but rice．
Rice is a kind of grass．There are more than 7,000 kinds of rice．Farmers grow rice in many countries, even in the southern pare of the United States think that is started to grow in two places．They think that one kind of rice grew in southern Asia thousands of years ago．Someone in China wrote about it almost 5,000 years ago．Another kind probably grew in West Africa．Other scientists think that rice came form India, and Indian travelers took it to other parts of the world．
These are two main ways to grow rice．Most rice grow in wet soil．People in many countries do all of the work of growing rice by hand．This is the same way farmers worked hundreds of years ago．In some countries, people now use machines on their rice farms．
People use every part of the rice plant．They make animal feed and rice oil from it．They also make baskets, brooms and roofs for their houses．They burn dry rice plants in fires for cooking．
1．How many kinds of rice are there?
2．Where do scientists think rice came from?
3．How did farmers grow rice hundreds of years ago?
4．Which part of the rice plant can be used?
5．What do you think is the best way to grow rice? Why?