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　　People often laugh at new and unusual things. They usually do this because they don't understand them. One of these things was bicycle. When these machines first began to appear on the streets, a crowd gathered to laugh at them. People thought they were ugly and useless objects. It is true that some of the earlier bicycles were rather unusual in appearance. Starley produced a most unusual looking bicycle (with three wheels ) in which the driver sat between two large wheels and a tiny wheel in front of him. Slowly, however, bicycles became more and more effective (有效的).

　　Starley invented different gears (齿轮) to make it easier to propel (推进) the wheels. Another inventor, Lawson, designed a chain which drove the back wheel round. By the end of the 19th century cycling was recognized as a way of getting about which was cheap and healthy.

1．The early bicycle looked ________.

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A．unusual

B．beautiful

C．ugly

D．like what it is today

2．Bicycle was invented and improved by ________.

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A．Starley

B．Starley and Lawson

C．Lawson

D．many people besides Starley and Lawson

3．From the passage we can infer that a new-born thing is usually ________ by most people.

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A．accepted

B．refused

C．recognized

D．proved

4．Bicycle has been ________ since about one hundred years ago.

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A．tested

B．repaired

C．liked and widely used

D．cheap

Answer 1

答案：A;D;B;C