第6部分:完形填空(第51"--65题,每题l分,共15分)阅读下面的短文,文中有15处空白,每处空白给出了4个选项,请根据短文的内容从4个选项中选择l个最佳答案,涂在答题卡相应的位置上。
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 off his two-wheeled invention, a machine called the celerifere.
It was basically an __________ (52) version of a children's toy which had been in __________ (53) for many years. Sivrac's "celerifere" had a wooden flame, 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 modem bicycle, and pushed __________ (55) against the __________ (56) with your legs- there were no pedals. It was impossible to steer a celerifere 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) were common as riders attempted a final burst of __________ (60).
Controlling the machine was difficult, as the only way to change __________ (61) was to pull up the front of the "celenf" and (62) it round while the front wheel was __________ (63) in the air. "Celeriferes" were not popular for long, however, as the __________ (64) of no springs, no steering and rough roads made riding them very uncomfortable. Even so, the wooden celerifere was the __________ (65) of the modem bicycle.
51. A. delighted
B. cheered
C. appreciated
D. overjoyed
52. A. increased
B. enormous
C. extended
D. enlarged
53. A. use
B. play
C. operation
D. service
54. A. resemblance
B. shape
C. body
D. appearance
55. A. fast
B. deeply
C. heavily
D. hard
56. A. surface
B. ground
C. earth
D. floor
57. A. attracted
B. appealed
C. took
D. called
58. A. going
B. getting
C. holding
D. making
59. A. wounds
B. trips
C. injuries
D. breaks
60. A. velocity
B. energy
C. pace
D. speed
61. A. direction
B. route
C. heading
D. way
62. A. roll
B. drive
C. turn
D. revolve
63. A. cycling
B. circling
C. winding
D. spinning
64. A. mixture
B. link
C. combination
D. union
65. A. origin
B. design
C. model
D. introduction
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