2015年職稱英語考試（綜合類C）考前押題試卷6
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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 Pads 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 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 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 "celeriferes" and (62) it round while the front wheel was (63) in the air. The "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
