My bike was a three-speed English “racer”, purchased during my second year in college in November 1964 for $44. Most of the money was earned by myself in my spare time, but I had to get my mother to help me out a little. At that time, bikes were rare on a college campus. My reason for getting a bicycle was a little strange. A friend of mine convinced me to take a summer job selling door-to-door and suggested that I should use a bicycle to travel between houses. The job didn’t work out, but the idea was in my brain.
That fall, I borrowed another student’s bike and rode 45 miles on the first day, but his bike soon had a flat(瘪了的轮胎) which he didn’t like fixing. So I had to buy one. I immediately started using mine almost every day. Before getting the bike, I sometimes walked 28 miles to my parents’ house. Now the bike gave me a quicker method, but my first trip took four hours due to strong headwinds that had me fight for every foot. Once I made a trip of 100 miles in one day. I decided to use the bike to go camping in the Smokies. During the trip, I recognized the need for handlebars and more gears, so I bought a ten-speed after just one year though I loved this bike.
The first bike “hung around” for a couple of years, and then I gave it to my sister’s kids who let it bee part of their lives.
【小题1】What can we learn from the passage?A．His mother gave him some money when he bought the first bike.B．The first bike was a gift from his mother.C．He bought the first bike for racing.D．He wanted to buy a bike because all his classmates had one.【小题2】We can infer that besides studying at college the writer .A．often helped his friend do businessB．also worked in a factoryC．had part-time jobs in his spare timeD．had to make money to pay for his tuition【小题3】The underlined phrase “the idea” in the first paragraph refers to “ ”.A．selling door-to-doorB．buying a bike of his ownC．borrowing a bike from othersD．earning money by working【小题4】According to the passage, we can learn that the first bike was for him.A．unnecessaryB．very usefulC．a lifelong toolD．too troublesomeA
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解析：本文讲述了我买第一辆自行车的经历。
【小题1】A细节题。根据Most of the money was earned by myself in my spare time, but I had to get my mother to help me out a little.可知妈妈给了一些。
【小题2】C 推断题。根据Most of the money was earned by myself in my spare time,可知，他买自行车就是为了做业余工作方便。
【小题3】B 猜词题。根据第一段结尾可知，朋友所说的工作没实现，但一见它却被我记住了。
【小题4】B推断题。根据第二段可知，自行车为我做了很多事情。