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　　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 ________．
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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 ________．
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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?
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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 ________．
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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?
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A．	Ordinary bikes work by pedaling backwards．
B．	You can’t pedal backwards when you get off the bike．
C．	Pedaling backwards is very effective．
D．	Racing bikes are suitable for rough stony roads．

Answer 1

答案：1．B;2．A;3．D;4．B;5．B;
解析：
(1) 归纳主旨题。本文主要介绍了自行车在美国的历史和现状。 (2) 车速快、惊险刺激、看上去“酷”，这是一般年轻人所追求的。文章未明确说出，但可根据第三段内容推断出答案。 (3) 推理判断题。文章第二段提到了“There are two important results of this earlier drop in cycling in the USA”，即“A．Cyclists do not care for traffic lights．”B．“People ride on the wrong side of the roads．”；第三段提到了“the other result”；即：“C．Cycling is not considered a way of transportation．”；D项出现在文章的最后一段，它是指自行车如何制动，不是“the result from the early drop in cycling in the USA．”。 (4) 推理判断题。答案依据在第一段第一句。 (5) 细节理解题。由文章最后一段可以看出A、C两项错误，B项正确。由文章倒数第二段可以看出D项错误。