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7．The bicycle is one of the simplest and most useful inventions in the world．What is the most surprising is that it was not invented 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 until long after he died．
A person riding a bicycle uses very little energy to make the bicycle move，and there is no pollution at all when you are riding．In Chengdu，a lot of people rode bicycles to work twenty years ago．But cars instead of them now．Even so in developed countries，most people do not travel to work by bicycle．It is not because the bicycles are expensive or people feel tired if they ride to work．It is because the number of cars on the roads is becoming larger．It certainly becomes more dangerous to ride a bicycle．As a result，more people put their bicycles away and go to work in their cars．And in this way，the traffic is very crowded when people go to work by car in the morning and go home after work，the situation is becoming worse and worse．
Perhaps the best way to make riding safer and more popular is to create paths only for bicycles，and to make it so difficult and expensive for drivers to take their cars into the city that they will go back to use their bicycles．There has been a special way for bicycles on the road in Chengdu now．I think more and more people will return to ride bicycles to go to work．The air of cities will be much fresher．The sky will be a lot bluer．The people will live much happier lives．

54．Who invented the bicycle？C
A．GergyBush．
B．Mark．
C．Leonardo da Vinci．
D．Harry Borty．
55．The traffic isvery crowded，it is becauseB．
A．the roads are becoming larger        
B．a number of cars are on the roads 
C．there are many bicycles on the roads   
D．lots of people are walking on the roads
56．Why don't people today go to work by bicycle？D
A．Because the bicycle is too expensive．
B．Because it's very tiring to ride a bicycle．
C．Because the people dislike bicycles．
D．Because it's very dangerous to ride a bicycle．
57．According to the passage，which of the following is TRUE？B
①The bicycles were not produced until long before he died．
②A lot of people in Chengdu rode bicycles to work 20 years ago．
③It's not polluted for people to ride bicycles．
④The people in Chengdu can't go to work with a special wayby bicycle now．
A．①②
B．②③
C．①②③
D．②③④

Answer 1

分析 文章大意：这是一篇议论文，主要介绍自行车是一种最简单和最有用的发明，骑自行车可以减少污染，避免交通拥堵．也许让骑车更安全更受欢迎的最好办法就是为自行车创造道路，希望更多的人回归到骑自行车，这样城市的空气会更清新，天空会很蓝．人民生活得更幸福．

解答 54．答案：C．细节理解题．根据第一段第一行although the great inventor Leonardo da Vinci had drawn pictures for bicycles and also for flying machines and some other things尽管伟大的发明家达•芬奇曾为自行车画过画，也画过飞行机器和其他一些东西．可知，是达芬奇发明的自行车．选C．
55．答案：B．细节理解题．根据第二段最后一句And in this way，the traffic is very crowded when people go to work by car in the morning and go home after work，the situation is becoming worse and worse．这样，当人们早上开车上班，下班回家的时候，交通非常拥挤，情况越来越糟．可知，交通拥挤是因为路上有许多汽车．选B．
56．答案：D．细节理解题．根据第二段第三行It certainly becomes more dangerous to ride a bicycle．骑自行车肯定会变得更危险．可知，今天人们不骑自行车去上班是因为骑自行车更危险，选D．
57．答案：B．推理判断题．根据第二段第一行In Chengdu，a lot of people rode bicycles to work twenty years ago在成都，很多人二十年前骑自行车上班．可知，②正确．再根据第二段第一行and there is no pollution at all when you are riding．当你骑车的时候没有污染．可知，③正确．因此答案是B．

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