The First Bicycle The history of the bicycle goes back more than 200 years. In 1791, Count de Sivrac【C1】______on-lookers in

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问题                             The First Bicycle
   The history of the bicycle goes back more than 200 years. In 1791, Count de Sivrac【C1】______on-lookers in a park in Paris as he showed【C2】______his two-wheeled invention, a machine called the celerifere. It was basically an【C3】______version of a children’s toy which had been in use for many years. Sivrac’s "celerifere" had a wooden frame, made in the【C4】______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【C5】______against the【C6】______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【C7】______to the fashionable young men of Paris. Soon they were【C8】______races up and down the streets.
   Minor【C9】______were common as riders at tempted a final burst of【C10】______Controlling the machine was difficult, as the only way to change【C11】______was to pull up the front of the " celerifere" and【C12】______it round while the front wheel was spinning in the air. " Celeriferes" were not popular for long, 【C13】______, as the【C14】______of no springs, no steering and rough roads made riding them very uncomfortable. Even so, the wooden celerifere was the【C15】______of the modern bicycle.
【C14】

选项 A、mixture
B、link
C、combination
D、union

答案C

解析 四个选项都有“综合”的意思,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”,故选C。
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