2016高考英语阅读复习 语言幽默
* In 1817，Karl von Drais from Germany invented a horseless carriage that would help him get around faster.The machine became known as the “draisine”，and led to the creation of the modern bicycle.
* The term “bicycle” was not introduced until the 1860s，when it was created in France to describe a new kind of twowheeler.
* Fred A.Birchmore circled the globe by bicycle at the age of 25 in 1935.The whole trip covered forty thousand miles.He rode about 25,000 miles and wore out seven sets of tires (轮胎).
* There are over a half billion bicycles in China.They are the most common means of transportation.Bikes were first brought to China in the late 1800s.
* About 100 million bicycles are made worldwide each year.
* Americans use their bicycles for less than one percent of all city trips.Europeans bike in cities a lot more often—in Italy 5 percent of all trips are on bicycle,30 percent in the Netherlands，and seven out of eight Dutch people over age 15 have a bike.
* The Tour de France is one of the most famous bicycle races in the world.Established in 1903，it is considered to be the biggest test of endurance (耐久力) out of all sports.Lance Armstrong，an American cyclist，is the only man to have won seven titles (1999—2005) after surviving cancer.
* Bicycle Moto Cross (BMX)，an extreme style of bicycle track racing，became a sport in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing，China.Maris Strombergs，from Latvia，received
the gold medal for Men's BMX，and Anne Caroline Chausson，from France，took home the gold in the first Women's BMX Olympic event.
【语篇解读】 本文为说明文。自行车是我们生活中常见的交通工具。你了解有关自行车的趣事吗?
1.The passage is written mainly to ________.
A.tell an interesting story
B.tell us the history of the bicycle
C.encourage more people to ride bicycles
D.introduce some interesting facts about the bicycle
答案 D [推理判断题。文章开篇点明了写作目的：介绍有关自行车的趣事。]
2.Who use the bicycle least according to the passage?
A.Chinese. B.Americans.
C.Italians. D.Dutch people.
答案 B [细节理解题。根据文中所列的第四点和第六点可以看出美国人骑自行车的比例最小，不到百分之一。]
3.What can be learned from the passage?
A.Karl von Drais invented the modern bicycle.
B.Fred A.Birchmore was the first to go around the world.
C.Anne Caroline Chausson won seven titles of the Tour de France.
D.Maris Strombergs won the first Men's BMX Olympic event.
答案 D [细节理解题。根据文中所列举的第一点、第三点和最后两点可知，Karl von Drais发明了一种叫draisine的机器，它是现代自行车的前身;Fred A.Birchmore在25岁时骑行全球，并未提到他是不是第一个环行全球的人：Maris Strombergs和Anne Caroline Chausson分别获得小轮车成为奥运会比赛项目后的第一届男女冠军：是Lance Armstrong战胜癌症后获得环法自行车赛的七个奖项，故D项正确。]
4.From the passage，we know that the author ________.
A.owns a bicycle shop
B.is good at riding a bike
C.has a rich knowledge of the bicycle
D.has taken part in the Tour de France
答案 C [推理判断题。文章给读者介绍了许多有关自行车的趣事，由此可看出作者这方面知识丰富，故选C项。]
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