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Ⅱ. Transportation is always changing.
1. Bikes are the most popular among all types of transportation. When and how was it invented? Read the passage and fill in the blanks with the sentences ($A\sim E$).
In the eighteenth century, cities became larger and larger. People moved from the country and small towns to the cities, (1)______ On Sundays and holidays, they liked to leave the cities and had a good time in the country. (2)______ People wanted and needed another kind of transportation. (3)______ The first bicycle was very simple. (4)______ People called it "the horse on wheels". Then in 1861, bicycles became popular.
People liked bikes, because they weren't as expensive as horses. They didn't need to build a house to keep them in, and they wanted nothing to eat. (5)______ Everybody in the family could go and come by bike—men, women, girls and boys.
Today people in every country in the world ride bikes.
A. It was made in 1790.
B. But not every family had a horse.
C. Inventors in many countries tried to meet this need.
D. They could ride them in the city and in the country.
E. because there was more work for them to do in the cities.

答案：
(1)E
(2)B
(3)C
(4)A
(5)D