Althoughbicyclesarestillanimportantmeansoftransportationformanypeopleatpresent,moreandmorepeopleareridingitpurelyforexerciseandfun.Thisisespeciallytrueinsomedevelopedcountrieswherecarsareacommonpartofcommonpeop

　　Althoughbicyclesarestillanimportantmeansoftransportationformanypeopleatpresent,moreandmorepeopleareridingitpurelyforexerciseandfun.Thisisespeciallytrueinsomedevelopedcountrieswherecarsareacommonpartofcommonpeople’slife.However,twocenturiesago,whenbicycleswerefirstinvented,theywereusedonlyfortransportation.

　　Intheeighteenthcentury,peopleusuallytraveledbyhorseandwagon.Manypeopleworkedincities,buttheylikedtogotothecountrysideforweekedsandholidays.Butnoteverybodycouldaffordahorseorawagon.Sotherewasaspecialneedfortheinventionofacheapandconvenientmeansoftransportation.

　　Thenin1790thefirstbicyclewasmade.Peoplecalledit“thehorseonwheels”.Comparedwiththebikesweridetoday,itwasanextremelysimpleone.In1861,aftermanyimprovementsweremade,thebicyclebecamearealmeansoftransportation.Peoplelikedbikesbecausetheyweren’tasexpensiveashorsedanddidn’tneedtobefeed.Also,theycouldgojustaboutanywhereandwereeasytoride.

　　.Bicyclestodayareusedbymoreandmorepeoplefor________.

　　A.takingtheplaceofcarsandbusedB.exerciseandfunC.ridinginthecrowdedstreet()7.howdidthepeopletravelintheeighteenthcentury?

　　A.BybusB.ByhorseandwagonC.Bybicycle()8.Thefirstbicyclewasinvented_________.

　　A.in1790B.in1861C.beforethewagoneasinvented()9.Whydidpeoplelikebicycles?

　　A.Becausebicycleswerecheapanddidn’tneedtobefed.

　　B.Becausebicyclescouldgojustaboutanywhereandwereeasytoride.C.AandB.()10.Fromthepassagewecanknowthat________.

　　A.peopleindevelopedcountriesusemorebicyclesB.thebikesweridetodayareextremelysimple

　　C.notallpeopleintheeighteenthcenturycouldtraveltothecountrysidebyhorseandwagon