The history of bicycles

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题目与答案

1. In the invention of the bicycle took part not only one individual or the country, but the world in general during the 1_____ years.

   答案：100

   原文定位：It took nearly 100 years and many individuals for the modern bicycle to be born

   同义替换：「duringtook」↔「took」

2. 10 The changes by British inventors altered the wheels to make pedaling more efficient.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：TRUE

   原文定位：Subsequent changes by British engineers altered the wheels to make pedaling more efficient

   同义替换：「inventors」↔「engineers」

3. 11 The British inventors concluded that if the front wheel were large in _____, the bicycle would travel comparatively long distance.

   答案：size

   原文定位：They reasoned that if the front wheel were larger, the bicycle would travel a greater distance

   同义替换：「comparatively long distance」↔「a greater distance」

4. 12 American engineers designed a system of _____ which was driven by pressing first the right and then the left pedals.

   答案：foot levers

   原文定位：so engineers designed a system of foot levers

5. 13 The last, but not least alteration in creating of the modern bicycle was a making the two wheels equal in size and using the _____ to spin the rear wheel.

   答案：chain

   原文定位：They made the two wheels equal in size and created a mechanism that uses a chain to turn the rear wheel

   同义替换：「spin」↔「turn」

6. This invention was firstly found in Scotland in the first decades of 1800, and was known as velocipedes. They did not resemble today’s bicycles and had two wheels, but they had no 2_____ .

   答案：pedals

   原文定位：These early bicycles had two wheels, but they had no pedals

7. The rider sat on a pillow and walked his feet along the ground in order to move his velocipede forward. Soon, a French inventor added pedals to the front wheel. However, because of their difficulty in riding, nobody used them in a daily life, and they were accepted as 3_____ .

   答案：toys

   原文定位：Instead, people thought velocipedes were just toys

   同义替换：「accepted as」↔「just」

8. Around 1870, manufacturers in America found that this invention is popular 4_____,

   答案：overseas

   原文定位：Around 1870, American manufacturers saw that velocipedes were very popular overseas

   同义替换：「found」↔「saw」，「this invention」↔「velocipedes」

9. but with the difference: frameworks were made from 5_____, what makes them much lighter. Soon, the British inventors found the method which can make pedaling more efficient- to turn pedals one by one.

   答案：hollow steel tubes

   原文定位：They began building velocipedes, too, but with one difference. They made the frameworks from hollow steel tubes

10. They designed a bicycle with a giant front wheel. However, as the rider had to sit high above the giant front wheel it was too difficult to keep the balance. The safer bicycle was invented by Americans. They designed the rear 6_____, which minimized the danger of falling and injuring. At last, the British changed the design one last time and added two wheels equal in size and the mechanism that induce a chain to turn the rear wheel. By this there was invented the example of the modern bicycle.

    答案：driving mechanism

    原文定位：They substituted a small wheel for the giant front wheel and put the driving mechanism in a larger rear to wheel

11. 7 The bicycle was invented by Americans only.
    • TRUE
    • FALSE
    • NOT GIVEN

    答案：FALSE

    原文定位：The bicycle was not invented by one individual or in one country

12. 8 It was too hard to lead the velocipedes due to their heaviness.
    • TRUE
    • FALSE
    • NOT GIVEN

    答案：TRUE

    原文定位：However, pedaling was hard because velocipedes were very heavy

    同义替换：「due to」↔「because」，「heaviness」↔「were very heavy」

13. 9 The alteration of velocipedes made the life of people much more easy.
    • TRUE
    • FALSE
    • NOT GIVEN

    答案：NOT GIVEN