Recently there has been something of a recovery in cycling, and in many areas it is a very useful way of getting around, especially where bike routes have been built．You may well want to buy, hire or borrow a bike．
There are two important results of this earlier drop in cycling in the USA．One is that many people do not know how to cycle．That is, cyclists often behave more like walkers than motorists：they ride in the sidewalk or on the wrong side of the road; they do not care for stop signs or traffic lights; they ride without lights at night; they give no signals．
The other result is that cycling is regarded by many people not so much as a way of getting from one place to another but as way of life, a form of exercises, etc．As a result, large numbers of young Americans have ten-speed racing bikes．These are very high and fast and great if you are cycling long distance, riding up mountains or racing．At first, though, you may find them convenient for cycling in town, sightseeing or shopping－they are expensive, uncomfortable and hard to control until you get used to them, and unsuitable for rough stony roads．
There are also ordinary bikes around．If you get hold of one of these, you may find that brakes work by pedaling(踩踏板)backwards．This is perhaps safer than ordinary brakes when it is wet, but it seems to be less effective．This arrangement also means you can’t pedal backwards in order to get the pedal in the right place for getting off．
(1)
The passage gives us a brief introduction to ________．
[ ]
A．
advantages of bikes
B．
cycling in America
C．
American transportation
D．
how to ride a bike
(2)
Young Americans prefer racing bikes because they ________．
[ ]
A．
provide exciting exercise
B．
are easy to learn
C．
are safer to ride
D．
are expensive and popular
(3)
Which of the following does NOT result from the early drop in cycling in the USA?
[ ]
A．
Cyclists do not care for traffic lights．
B．
People ride on the wrong side of the roads．
C．
Cycling is not considered a way of transportation．
D．
People have to pedal backwards to stop the bike．
(4)
From the passage we can learn that in the middle of the 20th century ________．
[ ]
A．
many Americans enjoyed cycling
B．
cycling was popular outside America
C．
racing bikes were better than ordinary ones
D．
there were no special roads for bikes in America
(5)
Which of the following is true according to the passage?
[ ]
A．
Ordinary bikes work by pedaling backwards．
B．
You can’t pedal backwards when you get off the bike．
While the rest of the world carried on cycling during the 1950s and 1960s, America forgot how; even high-school children would drive to school．Recently there has been something of a recovery in cycling, and in many areas it is a very useful way of getting around, especially where bike paths or bike routes have been built．You may well want to buy, hire or borrow a bike．
There are two important results of this earlier drop in cycling in the USA．One is that many people do not know how to cycle．That is, cyclists often behave more like walkers than motorists：they ride in the sidewalk or on the wrong side of the road; they do not care for stop signs or traffic lights; they ride without lights at night; they give no signals．
The other result is that cycling is regarded by many people not so much as a way of getting from one place to another buy as a way of life, a form of exercise, etc．As a result, large numbers of young Americans have ten-speed racing bikes．These are very high and fast and great if you are cycling long distance, riding up mountains or racing．At first, though, you may find them convenient for cycling in town, sightseeing or shopping-they are expensive, uncomfortable and hard to control until you get used to them, and unsuitable for rough stony roads．
There are also ordinary bikes around．If you get hold of one of these, you may find that the brakes(刹车)work by pedaling(踩踏板)backwards．This is perhaps safer than ordinary brakes when it is wet, but it seems to be less effective．This arrangement also means you can't pedal backwards in order to get the pedal in the right place for getting on or getting off．
(1)
The passage gives us a brief introduction ________．
[ ]
A．
advantage of bikes
B．
cycling in America
C．
American transportation
D．
how to ride a bike
(2)
Young Americans prefer racing bikes because they ________．
[ ]
A．
can help keep fit
B．
are easy to learn
C．
are safer to ride
D．
are expensive and popular
(3)
Which of the following does NOT result from the early drop in cycling in the USA?
[ ]
A．
Cyclists do not care for traffic lights．
B．
People ride on the wrong side of the roads．
C．
Cycling is not considered a way of transportation．
D．
People have to pedal backwards to stop the bike．
(4)
From the passage we can learn that in the middle of the 20th century ________．