2017-2018学年高中英语北师大版版必修3练习：Unit 9 课时跟踪练（一） Warm-up amp； Lesson 1— Pre reading.docVIP

课时跟踪练(一) Warm-up Lesson 1— Prereading Ⅰ.阅读理解 A Zipped (用拉链拉上或扣上) into a bag, it looks like a large umbrella.Unfolded, it goes along the street like any other bicycle. Its the “A-bike”， the brainchild (脑力劳动的产物) of British inventor Sir Clive Sinclair, who made history in the 1970s by developing the worlds first pocket calculator.He described his new invention as “the worlds smallest, lightest foldable bicycle”． “My original thought was that if you could have a bicycle that was dramatically lighter and more firm than the ones that exist today, it would change the way in which bicycles are used，” said Sinclair. The mini-bike, showed in Singapore last week and set to go on sale worldwide at a price of nearly $300, is built for riders as heavy as 112 kilograms and is height-adjustable (可调整高度的). It takes about 20 seconds to fold or unfold. Its wheels are a quarter the size of those on a regular bicycle, but Sinclair promises a smooth ride for most cyclists.“You require no extra energy to ride the ‘A-bike’ and it can go up to 15 miles per hour (24 kilometres per hour)，” he said. Constructed mainly of plastic, the 5.5-kilogram bicycle folds into a package of less than 0.03 cubic metres. Sinclair also invented the first pocket TV in 1984 and the futuristic C5 electric tricycle in 1985. He said he hoped the bicycle would attract common citizens, officials, campers or anyone needing transport for a short trip and he said the next step for the “A-bike” was to add an electric motor in a few years. 语篇解读：普通的自行车人人都见过，可是你见过折叠以后像伞一样的自行车吗？现在有人发明了这种自行车。 1．The most important character of this kind of bicycle is its________. A．big size 　　　　　　 B．light weight C．beautiful appearance D．foldable structure 解析：选D　细节理解题。由文章第二段中“He described his new invention as ‘the worlds smallest, lightest foldable bicycle’．”可知答案。 2．The wheels of a regular bicycle are ________ the size of this kind of bicycle. A．four times B．three times C．one-fourt