Question

【題目】The bicycle is one of the simplest yet most useful inventions in the world. What is most surprising is that it was not invented earlier, although the great_____Leonardo da Vinci had drawn pictures for bicycles and also for flying machines and some other things. Those things were not_____until long after he died.

A person riding a bicycle uses very little energy to make the bicycle move, and there is no_____at all when you are riding. Even so, in developed countries, most people don’t travel to work by bicycle. It is not _____the bicycles are expensive or people feel tired if they_____to work. It’s because the number of cars on the roads becomes larger. It certainly becomes more _____to ride a bicycle. As a result, more people _____their bicycles away and go to work in their cars, and_____，the situation is made more serious. Perhaps the best way to make riding_____and more popular is to create paths(開設通道)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______their bicycles.

【1】A. teacher B. inventor C. engineer D. musician

【2】A. changed B. produced C. protected D. collected

【3】A. pollution B. oil C. air D. help

【4】A. since B. as C. like D. because

【5】A. make B. play C. ride D. take

【6】A. typical B. certain C. strange D. dangerous

【7】A. put B. get C. give D. send

【8】A. all in all B. as for C. in this way D. or so

【9】A. safer B. slower C. faster D. better

【10】A. sell B. fix C. use D. clean

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】A

【4】D

【5】C

【6】D

【7】A

【8】C

【9】A

【10】C

【解析】試題分析：短文是一篇議論文，分析了當前人們特別是發達國家騎車越來越少的原因，建議建造自行車專用道路。

【1】句意：盡管偉大的發明家達·芬奇曾為自行車畫過畫。考查名詞辨析題。A. teacher教師；B. inventor發明家；C. engineer工程師；D. musician音樂家。Leonardo da Vinci（達）芬奇，意大利文藝復興時期偉大畫家、雕刻家、建筑學家。根據句意，可知選B.

【2】句意：這些東西直到他死后才制造出來。考查動詞辨析題。四個選項都是動詞過去式。A. changed改變；B. produced制造；C. protected保護D. collected收集。根據句意，結合科技事實，可知ACD三項都與句意不合，故選B。

【3】句意：騎車時一點污染也沒有。考查名詞辨析題。A. pollution污染；B. oil石油；C. air空氣；D. help幫助。根據句意，可知選A。

【4】句意：這并不是因為自行車昂貴。考查連詞辨析題。A. since既然，表原因；B. as由于，表原因；C. like喜歡，動詞；D. because因為，表原因。本句是表語從句，和后句構成并列關系，屬于“不是……而是……”。since不引導表語從句 ；as引導表語從句時，并不表示“由于”的意思；只有because引導表語從句表示原因。根據句意，結合下文It’s because the number of cars on the roads becomes larger.，可知選D。

【5】句意：或者人們騎車上班時感到疲倦。考查動詞辨析題。A. make制作；B. play玩；C. ride騎（車）；D. take拿。ride to work騎車上班。根據句意，聯系從句主語是the bicycles，可知選C。

【6】句意：騎自行車肯定變得更危險了。考查形容詞辨析題。A. typical典型的；B. certain必然的；C. strange奇怪的；D. dangerous危險的。根據句意，結合上文It’s because the number of cars on the roads becomes larger.，可知ABC都不合句意，故選D。

【7】句意：結果，越來越多的人把自行車放在車里工作。考查動詞辨析題。A. put放置；B. get得到；C. give給予；D. send派遣。put away放好/收起來。根據句意，可知BCD都與句意不符，故選A。

【8】句意：這樣情況就更嚴重了。考查短語介詞辨析題。A. all in all總之，總而言之；B. as for至于，關于；C. in this way這樣；D. or so左右，大約。根據句意，聯系上文more people put their bicycles away and go to work in their cars,，可知ABD三個選項都不合句意，故選C。

【9】句意：也許讓騎車更安全、更受歡迎的最好辦法是只為自行車制造道路。考查比較級辨析題。A. safer更安全；B. slower更慢；C. faster更快；D. better更好。根據句意，聯系上文It certainly becomes more dangerous to ride a bicycle.，可知safer最合題意，故選A。

【10】句意：還有就是讓司機把車帶到城里，讓他們回去使用他們的自行車是多么的困難和昂貴。考查動詞辨析題。A. sell賣；B. fix混合；C. use使用；D. clean清潔。根據句意和語境，結合上文內容，可知選C。