共用题干 The First BicycleThe history of the bicycle goes back more than 200 years.In 1791,Count de Sivr...
The First Bicycle
The history of the bicycle goes back more than 200 years.In 1791,Count de Sivrac ______(51)onlookers in a park in Paris as he showed______(52)his two-wheeled inven-tion,a machine called the celeriferé.It was basically an______(53)version of a children's toy which had been in use for many years.Sivrac's“celeriferé”had a wooden frame,made in the ______(54)of a horse,which was mounted on a wheel at either end.To ride it,you sat on a small seat,just like a modern bicycle,and pushed______(55)against the______(56)with your legs-there were no pedals.It was impossible to steer a celeriferé and it had no brakes,but despite these problems the invention very much______(57)to the fashionable young men of Paris.Soon they were______(58)races up and down the streets.
Minor______(59)werecommonasridersattemptedafinalburstof_____(60).Controlling the machine was difficult,as the only way to change______(61)was to pull up the front of the “celeriferé”and_____(62)it round while the front wheel was spinning in the air. “Celeriferés”were not popular for long,______(63),as the______(64)of no springs,no steering and rough roads made riding them very uncomfortable.Even so,the wooden celeriferé was the______(65)of the modern bicycle. 54._________
参考答案: B
参考解析: 根据句意,西夫拉克伯爵使公园里的观众都感到高兴,能表示“使……高兴”意思的只有A和D,而D选项overjoy意为“使……过度兴奋,狂喜”,感情色彩过于强烈,这里应填delight“使……喜悦”。
固定搭配。show off意为“炫耀”。此处是说他在公园炫耀他的两轮发明物。因此B项正确。
一开始发明的自行车应该是个儿童玩具的扩大版,increased意为“增加的”, enormous意为“巨大的”, extended意为“延伸的”均不合题意。
最早的自行车是用木头支架做成马的形状,弄懂意思后答案一目了然,resemblance意为“相似,相似物”, appearance意为“外貌,外观”。
此处意为“用脚使劲蹬地",故选hard。 heavily意为“沉重地,猛烈地”。
四个选项都跟“地”有点关系,surface意为“表面”, ground意为“地面,土地”, earth 意为“泥土,陆地”, floor意为“地板,地面”,比较之后,只有ground比较合适。
appeal to意为“吸引”,attract本身就是及物动词“吸引”,后不需要加介词to,take to 意为“开始喜欢,开始从事”。
hold races在这里是“举行赛跑”的意思,其他选项不合题意。
人们在最后冲刺的时候,受点小伤是很常见的。只有wound和injury有“受伤,伤害”的意思,wound做名词一般指“伤口,受伤的地方”,injury指“小伤”,为正确答案。
此处表示“最后猛一冲刺”,一定是速度很快,除了B选项之外的三个选项都有“速度”之意,velocity意为“速率,速度”,为科学用语,pace意为“步调,步法”,speed意为 “速度”,是常用词,故选D。
此处的意思是“改变方向”,并不是要改变路线,只有A选项符合题意。
想要改变行车方向需要抬起车头在空中掉转,turn round为惯用搭配,意为“旋转,掉转”,roll和revolve本身就有“旋转”的意思,后面不需加round。
这种自行车并没有长时间受到欢迎,与前面形成转折,用however,因此B项正确。
四个选项都有“综合”吗意思,mixture表示“混合,混合物”,link意为“连接,结合”, combination意为“结合,组合,联合”, union意为“联盟,联合”,全句意为“结合了没有弹簧、没有方向舵,以及遭遇不平整路段等问题,木制双轮车骑起来十分不舒服”,只有C 选项的意思放在此处最恰当。
综合全文大意,我们得知法国人发明的木制双轮车便是现代自行车的始祖,A选项符合题意。