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【正文】 m trees. The hilly island seems to be all pretty gardens — that is, until you climb up the Sunlight Rock, which offers views of the island‘s red rooftops and of downtown Xiamen across the strait. ―Climbing to its top, past Sunlight Rock temple, is great in the evening because the crowds are thinner, and you can watch the sunset. 34. Why did Kulangsu bee one of the first places in China where Western classical music could be heard? A. Because it is home to many famous musicians. B. Because most families have pianos here. C. Because Westerners here brought many elements from Western culture. D. Because it has a strong music atmosphere. 35. What‘s the main idea of the last two paragraphs? A. Kulangsu is an island pletely free of cars and bikes. B. Kulangsu also offers beautiful scenery. C. The small island has many cobbled alleys and pretty gardens. D. The Sunlight Rock is worth visiting in the evening. 36. The author probably wrote this article to ____. A. tell people that China has the most World Heritage Sites in the world B. tell us how Kulangsu is included in the UNESCO‘s World Heritage List C. introduce the Gulangyu Piano Museum D. encourage more people to visit the beautiful island C Andrew Ritchie, inventor of the Brompton folding bicycle, once said that the perfect portable (便攜的 ) bike would be ―like a magic carpet... You could fold it up and put it into your pocket or handbag.‖ Then he added: ―But you‘ll always be limited by the size of the wheels. And so far no one has invented a folding wheel.‖ It was a rare – indeed unique — occasion when I was able to put Ritchie right. A 19thcentury inventor, William Henry James Grout, did in fact design a folding wheel. His bike, named the Grout Portable, had a frame (車架 ) that could be divided into two and a larger wheel that could be separated into four pieces. All the bits fitted into Grout‘s Wonderful Bag, a leather case. Grout‘s aim: to solve the problems of carrying a bike on a train. Now, doesn‘t that sound familiar? Grout intended to find a way of making a bike small enough for train travel. His bike used to be a huge beast. Importantly, the design of early bicycles gave him an advantage: In Grout‘s day, tires were solid, which made the business of dividing a wheel into four separate parts relatively simple. You couldn‘t do the same with a wheel fitted with a onepiece inflated (充氣的 ) tire. So, in the 21st century, is the idea of the folding wheel dead? It is not. A British design engineer, Duncan Fitzsimons, has developed a wheel that can be squashed (壓扁 ) into something like a slender ellipse (橢圓 ). Throughout, the tire remains inflated. Will Fitzsimons‘s folding wheel make it into production? I haven‘t the foggiest idea. But his inventiveness shows two things. First, people have been saying for more than a century that bike design has reached its limit, except for gradual advances. It‘s as silly a concept now as it was 100 years ago: There‘s still plenty to go for. Second, it is in the field of folding bikes that we are seeing the most interesting inventions. You can buy a folding bike for less than ￡ 1,000 that can be knocked down so small that it can be carried on a plane – minus wheels, of course – as hand baggage. Folding wheels would make all manner of things possible. Have we yet realized the ―magic carpet‖ of Andrew Ritchie‘s imagination? No. But it‘s certainly progress. 37. We can infer from the passage that the Brompton folding bike ____. A. could be carried or moved easily B. had a folding wheel C. could be put in a pocket D. looked like a magic carpet 38. The wheels of the Grout Portable ____. A. were difficult to separate B. could be divided into six pieces
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