綜合類:完形填空The First Bicycle

　　The history of the bicycle goes back more than 200 years. In 1791，Count de Sivrac (1) ________onlookers in a park in Paris as he showed off his two-wheeled invention ，a machine called the celeriferé. It was basically an (2) ________version of a children’s toy which had been in (3) ________ for many years. Sivracs "celeriferé had a wooden frame，made in the (4) ________ of a horse ，which was mounted on a wheel at either end. To ride it ，you sat on a small seat ，just like a modem bicycle ，and pushed (5) ________ against the (6) ________ 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 (7) ________to the fashionable young men of Paris. Soon they were (8) ________ races up and down the streets.

　　Minor (9) ________were common as riders attempted a final burst of ( 10 ) ________ . Controlling the machine was difficult ，as the only way to change (11) ________ was to pull up the front of the "celeriferé" and (12) ________it round while the front wheel was (13) ________ in the air. "Celeriferés" were not popular for long ，however ，as the (14) ________of no springs ，no steering and rough roads made riding them very uncomfortable. Even so，the wooden celeriferé was the (15) ________of the modem bicycle.

　　詞匯：

　　count / kaunt / n. 伯爵 brake / breik / n. 閘，剎車

　　onlooker / n，luk / n. 觀眾 burst / b ：st / v. 爆發，突發，爆炸

　　pedal / pedl / n. 踏板，腳蹬子 spring / spri / n. 彈簧

　　steer / sti / v. 駕駛，操縱，控制 rough / r f / adj， 粗糙的，不平整的

　　注釋：

　　1. ... which was mounted on a wheel at either end： ……兩端都裝上了輪子

　　2 ...as riders attempted a final burst of speed：……當騎手嘗試最后沖刺的時候

　　練習：

　　1. A) delighted B) cheered C) appreciated D) overjoyed

　　2. A) increased B) enormous C) extended D) enlarged

　　3. A) use B) play C) operation D) service

　　4. A) resemblance B) shape C)body D）appearance

　　5. A) fast B) deeply C) heavily D) hard

　　6. A) surface B) ground C) earth D) floor

　　7. A) attracted B) appealed C) took D) called

　　8. A) going B) getting C) holding D) making

　　9. A) wounds B) trips C) injuries D) breaks

　　10. A) velocity B) energy C) pace D) speed

　　11. A) direction B) route C) heading D) way

　　12. A) ro11 B) drive C) turn D) revolve

　　13. A) cycling B) circling C) winding D) spinning

　　14. A) mixture B) link C) combination D) union

　　15. A) origin B) design C)model D) introduction