2020高中英语Unit9Wheels课时跟踪练(一)Warm_up.docx

A A . four times B. three times Drivers who cause traffic accidents, or who commit a moving traffic offence or Drivers who cause traffic accidents, or who commit a moving traffic offence or 课时跟踪练（一）Warm-up Lesson 1 — Pre-reading i ?阅读理解 Zipped （用拉链拉上或扣上）into a bag, it looks like a large umbrella. Un folded, it goes along the street like any other bicycle. Its the “ A-bike ”， the brai nchild （脑力劳动的产物 ）of British inven tor Sir Clive Sinclair, who madehistory in the 1970s by developing the worlds first pocket calculator.He described his new inven ti on 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 tha n the ones that exist today, it would cha nge the way in which bicycles are usedsaid Si nclair. which bicycles are used said Si nclair. 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 k ilograms and is height-adjustable （可调整高度的）.It takes about 20 seco nds to fold or un fold. 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 tha n 0.03 cubic metres. Sin clair also inven ted the first pocket TV in 1984 and the futuristic C5 electric tricycle in 1985. He said he hoped the bicycle would attract commoncitizens, 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。 The most important character of this kind of bicycle is its . A . big size B . light weight C . beautiful appearanee D. foldable structure 解析：选D 细节理解题。由文章第二段中He described his new invention a