Question

【题目】

The bicycle is one of the most useful inventions in the world. What is the most surprising is that it was not _____ earlier, although the great inventor Leonardo da Vinci had drawn pictures for bicycles and also for flying machines and some other things. Those things were not produced _____ long after he died.

A person riding a bicycle uses _____ energy to make the bicycle move, and it causes no _____ at all. Even so, in some developed countries, most people don’t go to work by bicycle. It isn’t because the bicycles are expensive or people will feel _____ if they ride bicycles to work. It’s because the number of cars on the roads _____ larger and larger. It certainly makes riding a bicycle on the roads _____. As a result, more people put their bicycles away and go to work _____ their cars. The traffic becomes heavier and heavier and the air becomes much worse.

Perhaps the best way to make riding a bicycle safer and more popular is to create _____ only for bicycles, and to make it so difficult and expensive for drivers to drive their cars into the city that they will go back to ______ their bicycles.

【1】A. found B. founded C. invented D. discovered

【2】A. before B. after C. since D. until

【3】A. much B. no C. little D. many

【4】A. development B. pollution C. harm D. danger

【5】A. lucky B. glad C. sorry D. tired

【6】A. becomes B. turns C. goes D. remains

【7】A. safer B. more dangerous C. cleaner D. funnier

【8】A. by B. in C. for D. at

【9】A. advertisements B. traffic lights C. paths D. parking lots

【10】A. using B. buying C. borrowing D. taking

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【4】B

【5】D

【6】A

【7】B

【8】B

【9】C

【10】A

【解析】短文大意：自行车是世界上最有用的发明之一。骑自行车环保，根本不会造成污染。但是道路上的汽车数量越来越多，使用自行车的人越来越少。

【1】句意：最令人惊讶的是，它没有被早起发明，尽管伟大的发明家达·芬奇为画了自行车，也为飞行器和其他东西画了画。A. found 动词过去分词或过去分词，找到、发现；B. founded动词过去分词，建立；C. invented动词过去分词，发明、创造；D. discovered动词过去分词，发现。“自行车”是发明物，而不是“发现物”。故选：C。

【2】句意：这些东西在他死后很久才生产出来。A. before连词，在...之前；B. after连词，在...之后；C. since连词，自从...以来；D. until连词，来自。not...until...直到....才..., until引导时间状语从句。故选：D。

【3】句意：骑自行车的人不使用能量使自行车运转，而且根本不会造成污染。 A. much形容词，很多，修饰不可数名词；B. no形容词，没有，后跟任意名词；C. little名词，少的，修饰不可数名词；D. many形容词，很多，修饰名词复数。energy不可数名词，能量。本句取“否定”含义。故选：B。

【4】句意：骑自行车的人不使用能量使自行车运转，而且根本不会造成污染。A. development名词，发展；B. pollution名词，污染；C. harm名词，危害； D. danger名词，危险。根据语境可知是“污染”之意。故选：B。

【5】句意：这不是因为自行车很贵，或者人们骑自行车上班会感到疲劳。A. lucky形容词，幸运的；B. glad形容词，高兴的；C. sorry形容词，遗憾的；D. tired形容词，疲劳的。骑自行车与“疲劳”有关。故选：D。

【6】句意：这是因为道路上的汽车数量越来越多。A. becomes动词，变得；指“身份、地位、状况”等方面的变化；B. turns变得；指“颜色”方面的变化；C. goes变得；常指物品的“质”的变化；D. remains保持，表示保持一种态度或状况不变。故选：A。

【7】句意：这肯定使骑自行车在路上更危险。A. safer形容词比较级，更安全；B. more dangerous形容词比较级，更危险；C. cleaner形容词比较级，更干净的；D. funnier形容词比较级，更有趣的。根据语境可知，汽车数量多，会造成骑自行车“危险”。故选：B。

【8】句意：因此，越来越多的人把自行车收起来，乘坐汽车去上班。 A. by介词，乘、坐；B. in介词，在...里面；C. for介词，为了；D. at介词，在。in a car乘、坐汽车。故选：B。

【9】句意：也许骑自行车更安全、更受欢迎的最好方法是为自行车创设道路，让驾驶者驾驶汽车进到城市困难、昂贵，这样他们就可以重新使用自行车了。 A. advertisements名词，广告；B. traffic lights 交通灯；C. paths名词，路径；D. parking lots停车场。根据语境可知，本句是指为自行车专门“开辟”路径。故选：C。

【10】句意：也许骑自行车更安全、更受欢迎的最好方法是为自行车创设道路，让驾驶者驾驶汽车进到城市困难、昂贵，这样他们就可以重新使用自行车了。 A. using动名词，使用；B. buying动名词，买；C. borrowing动名词，借；D. taking动名词，拿、乘。根据语境可知是“使用”自行车之意。故选：A。