The history and development of bicycle

题目与答案

1. 21 Izzy believes the ‘safety bicycle’ is significant because it was
   • specifically made for children to use
   • the first bicycle to be similar to modern bicycles
   • designed to travel at higher speeds than previous models

   答案：the first bicycle to be similar to modern bicycles

   原文定位：It was an important development as it was the first model that actually looked like a bike you'd see today

   同义替换：「the first bicycle to be similar to modern bicycles」↔「looked like a bike you'd see today」

2. 22 What effect of bicycles on the 19th-century working classes does Max want to highlight?
   • how people spent their free time
   • where people were employed
   • the way people found romantic partners

   答案：the way people found romantic partners

   原文定位：But I'd really like to draw attention to how inhabitants of rural areas were able to travel outside their communities, and that led them to marrying people they never could have met in the past

3. 23 What will Max and Izzy stress about attitudes to bicycles in the 20th century?
   • the popularity of cars reduced the status of bicycles in the 1950s
   • new designs led to an increase in sales of bicycles in the 1960s
   • an interest in fitness promoted demand for bicycles in the 1980s

   答案：the popularity of cars reduced the status of bicycles in the 1950s

   原文定位：Well, the bicycle was an important means of transport through the early nineteen hundreds, and that continued until the nineteen fifties, when cars became available to the general population and much more popular. That led to people losing interest in bikes for a while

4. 24 What does Max say about a scheme to provide free bikes to school pupils?
   • He wants to see more evidence of its benefits
   • He thinks it could cost the government a lot of money
   • He questions whether all parents would support it

   答案：He wants to see more evidence of its benefits

   原文定位：But does attendance actually improve;If there's any data to support that, we need to include it, but I haven't found enough

5. David
   • Cycling is a convenient way to travel
   • Bikes are environmentally friendly
   • Riding a bike can be a social activity
   • Bikes are a cheap form of transport
   • Cycling is a way to spend time outdoors
   • Riding a bike is good for mental health

   答案：Riding a bike can be a social activity

   原文定位：He works from home and spends a lot of time indoors, so at weekends he goes out with a cycling club. He said it's a way to connect with people apart from the other benefits

6. Marlene
   • Cycling is a convenient way to travel
   • Bikes are environmentally friendly
   • Riding a bike can be a social activity
   • Bikes are a cheap form of transport
   • Cycling is a way to spend time outdoors
   • Riding a bike is good for mental health

   答案：Riding a bike is good exercise

   原文定位：She's got young children and doesn't have much free time, so cycling to work is a way for her to keep fit

   同义替换：「good exercise」↔「keep fit」

7. Annabelle
   • Cycling is a convenient way to travel
   • Bikes are environmentally friendly
   • Riding a bike can be a social activity
   • Bikes are a cheap form of transport
   • Cycling is a way to spend time outdoors
   • Riding a bike is good for mental health

   答案：Bikes are a cheap form of transport

   原文定位：She did sell her car, but her choice to travel by bike was made for financial reasons, as she was paying so much for petrol

8. Rashid
   • Cycling is a convenient way to travel
   • Bikes are environmentally friendly
   • Riding a bike can be a social activity
   • Bikes are a cheap form of transport
   • Cycling is a way to spend time outdoors
   • Riding a bike is good for mental health

   答案：Riding a bike is good for mental health

   原文定位：He said that there are several advantages, but he really loves the way it helps him think clearly and takes his mind off any worries he has

9. Saira
   • Cycling is a convenient way to travel
   • Bikes are environmentally friendly
   • Riding a bike can be a social activity
   • Bikes are a cheap form of transport
   • Cycling is a way to spend time outdoors
   • Riding a bike is good for mental health

   答案：Cycling is a way to spend time outdoors

   原文定位：She lives in the countryside, and she loves being on her bike in the open air and enjoying the beautiful environment and landscape around her

   同义替换：「spend time outdoors」↔「in the open air」

10. Giovanni
    • Cycling is a convenient way to travel
    • Bikes are environmentally friendly
    • Riding a bike can be a social activity
    • Bikes are a cheap form of transport
    • Cycling is a way to spend time outdoors
    • Riding a bike is good for mental health

    答案：Cycling is a convenient way to travel

    原文定位：He's very practical, and he said it's just easier for him to use a bike to get around town than to drive. He finds sitting in traffic and looking for parking spaces too time-consuming, so he switched to using a bike instead