Question

Today some people call Amsterdam the“City of Bicycles”because it is a city which is flat and convenient(方便的)for bicycles.

In the 1960s, a group of cycling fans had an i  46  . They believed that it would be better for everybody if o  47   bicycles were allowed in the city centre. They were hopeful that this would help to save energy, reduce pollution and provide free public transport. The group p  48   hundreds of bicycles white and placed them in public places around Amsterdam for people to use.  A  49   was allowed to take them and use them for short journeys, whether he was a local or a foreigner. Wherever someone finished a journey, they would l  50   the bike there for someone else to use. The problem was that it didn’t work –t  51   took all the bicycles within weeks!

H  52  , more than thirty years later，the“white bike”is back in town---this time with a computer chip(芯片)to r  53   its every move! There is a  54   less traffic in central Amsterdam. Thanks to the good ideas of lots of people, like the cycling fans in the 1960s, many people around the world have been enjoying city centre streets w  55   cars for many years.

Answer

  idea           

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 . thieves       

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【解析】此题重点考察对整篇文章的理解。

 此题考查名词，had an idea表示有个想法。

 此题考查副词，只有自行车在市中心行驶，可以节省能源，减少污染。

 此题考查动词，把许多自行车刷成白色，放置在公共场所。

 此题考查不定代词，表示任何人。

 此题考查         动词，leave表示把自行车在归还到原地。

 此题考查名词，根据语境可知小偷把自行车偷光了。

 此题考查副词，表示转折，故用however。

 此题考查动词，record表示记录

 此题考查程度副词，already表示已经。交通事故已经很少了。

 此题考查介词，without表示无，没有之意。