第6部分:完形填空(第51~65題,每題1分,共15分)。閱讀下面的短文,文中有15處空白,每處空白給出了4個選項,請根據(jù)短文的內容從4個選項中選擇l個最佳答案,涂在答題卡相應的位置上。
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 Celeriferé. It was basically an ____ (52) ____version of a children's toy which had been in ____ (53) ____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 modem bicycle , and pushed ____ (55) ____against the ____ (56) ____with your legs there were no pedals. It was impossible to steer a celerifer6 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 " Celeriferé" and____ (62) ____it round while the front wheel was____ (63) ____in the air. "Celeriferé" 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 celerifor6 was the ____ (65) ____of the modem bicycle.
請在第__(51)__處填上正確答案
A.delighted
B.cheered
C.appreciated
D.overjoyed
52、請在第__(52)__處填上正確答案
A.increased
B.enormous
C.extended
D.enlarged
53、請在第__(53)__處填上正確答案
A.use
B.play
C.operation
D.service
54、請在第__(54)__處填上正確答案
A.resemblance
B.shape
C.body
D.appearance
55、請在第__(55)__處填上正確答案
A.fast
B.deeply
C.heavily
D.hard
56、請在第__(56)__處填上正確答案
A.surface
B.ground
C.earth
D.floor
57、請在第__(57)__處填上正確答案
A.attracted
B.appealed
C.took
D.called
58、請在第__(58)__處填上正確答案
A.going
B.getting
C.holding
D.making
59、請在第__(59)__處填上正確答案
A.wounds
B.trips
C.injuries
D.breaks
60、請在第__(60)__處填上正確答案
A.velocity
B.energy
C.pace
D.speed
61、 請在第__(61)__處填上正確答案
A.direction
B.route
C.heading
D.way
62、請在第__(62)__處填上正確答案
A.roll
B.drive
C.turn
D.revolve
63、請在第__(63)__處填上正確答案
A.cycling
B.circling
C.winding
D.spinning
64、請在第__(64)__處填上正確答案
A.mixture
B.link
C.ombination
D.unio
65、請在第__(65)__處填上正確答案
A.orign
B.design
C.model
D.introduction