Question

【題目】

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：自行車是世界上最有用的發(fā)明之一。騎自行車環(huán)保，根本不會(huì)造成污染。但是道路上的汽車數(shù)量越來越多，使用自行車的人越來越少。

【1】句意：最令人驚訝的是，它沒有被早起發(fā)明，盡管偉大的發(fā)明家達(dá)·芬奇為畫了自行車，也為飛行器和其他東西畫了畫。A. found 動(dòng)詞過去分詞或過去分詞，找到、發(fā)現(xiàn)；B. founded動(dòng)詞過去分詞，建立；C. invented動(dòng)詞過去分詞，發(fā)明、創(chuàng)造；D. discovered動(dòng)詞過去分詞，發(fā)現(xiàn)。“自行車”是發(fā)明物，而不是“發(fā)現(xiàn)物”。故選：C。

【2】句意：這些東西在他死后很久才生產(chǎn)出來。A. before連詞，在...之前；B. after連詞，在...之后；C. since連詞，自從...以來；D. until連詞，來自。not...until...直到....才..., until引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語從句。故選：D。

【3】句意：騎自行車的人不使用能量使自行車運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)，而且根本不會(huì)造成污染。 A. much形容詞，很多，修飾不可數(shù)名詞；B. no形容詞，沒有，后跟任意名詞；C. little名詞，少的，修飾不可數(shù)名詞；D. many形容詞，很多，修飾名詞復(fù)數(shù)。energy不可數(shù)名詞，能量。本句取“否定”含義。故選：B。

【4】句意：騎自行車的人不使用能量使自行車運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)，而且根本不會(huì)造成污染。A. development名詞，發(fā)展；B. pollution名詞，污染；C. harm名詞，危害； D. danger名詞，危險(xiǎn)。根據(jù)語境可知是“污染”之意。故選：B。

【5】句意：這不是因?yàn)樽孕熊嚭苜F，或者人們騎自行車上班會(huì)感到疲勞。A. lucky形容詞，幸運(yùn)的；B. glad形容詞，高興的；C. sorry形容詞，遺憾的；D. tired形容詞，疲勞的。騎自行車與“疲勞”有關(guān)。故選：D。

【6】句意：這是因?yàn)榈缆飞系钠�車�?shù)量越來越多。A. becomes動(dòng)詞，變得；指“身份、地位、狀況”等方面的變化；B. turns變得；指“顏色”方面的變化；C. goes變得；常指物品的“質(zhì)”的變化；D. remains保持，表示保持一種態(tài)度或狀況不變。故選：A。

【7】句意：這肯定使騎自行車在路上更危險(xiǎn)。A. safer形容詞比較級(jí)，更安全；B. more dangerous形容詞比較級(jí)，更危險(xiǎn)；C. cleaner形容詞比較級(jí)，更干凈的；D. funnier形容詞比較級(jí)，更有趣的。根據(jù)語境可知，汽車數(shù)量多，會(huì)造成騎自行車“危險(xiǎn)”。故選：B。

【8】句意：因此，越來越多的人把自行車收起來，乘坐汽車去上班。 A. by介詞，乘、坐；B. in介詞，在...里面；C. for介詞，為了；D. at介詞，在。in a car乘、坐汽車。故選：B。

【9】句意：也許騎自行車更安全、更受歡迎的最好方法是為自行車創(chuàng)設(shè)道路，讓駕駛者駕駛汽車進(jìn)到城市困難、昂貴，這樣他們就可以重新使用自行車了。 A. advertisements名詞，廣告；B. traffic lights 交通燈；C. paths名詞，路徑；D. parking lots停車場。根據(jù)語境可知，本句是指為自行車專門“開辟”路徑。故選：C。

【10】句意：也許騎自行車更安全、更受歡迎的最好方法是為自行車創(chuàng)設(shè)道路，讓駕駛者駕駛汽車進(jìn)到城市困難、昂貴，這樣他們就可以重新使用自行車了。 A. using動(dòng)名詞，使用；B. buying動(dòng)名詞，買；C. borrowing動(dòng)名詞，借；D. taking動(dòng)名詞，拿、乘。根據(jù)語境可知是“使用”自行車之意。故選：A。