Unit8 Lesson3 课文语篇填空（含译文）练习-2023-2024学年高中英语北师大版（2019）必修第三册

新版北师大（2019）必修三Unit 8 Lesson 3课文语篇填空（含译文） “White Bikes” on the Road “白色自行车”在路上 语篇填空1 People in Amsterdam 1.___________(enjoy) the benefits of cycling for years. The idea 2.__________(begin) about 50 years ago, and was first known 3.________ “white bikes”. Amsterdam is a good city for cycling because it’s flat and therefore 4._________ (convenience) for bikes. There are also plenty of 5._________(place) for bicycle parking and most streets in the city centre have a bicycle path. Because 6.________ its convenience for bicycles, Amsterdam has become very popular with cyclists—an 7._________(amaze) 38% of all trips are made by bike. Some people even call Amsterdam “the City of Bicycles”. Where did the idea of “white bikes” come from? In the 1960s, a group of cycling fans came up 8.________ an idea. They believed that it would be better for everybody 9._________ cars weren’t allowed in the city centre and only bicycles were. They were hopeful that this would help to save energy, reduce 10.__________(pollute) and provide free public transport. 语篇填空2 The group painted hundreds of bicycles white and placed them in many areas around Amsterdam for people 1._________(use). Anyone was allowed to take them and use them for short 2._________(journey). People would leave the bike in the place 3._________ they finished their journey, so that someone else could then take it and use it from there. Soon after, 4.__________, problems came up and the “white bikes” all disappeared—thieves stole them all in 5._________ matter of weeks! In 1999, the “white bikes” returned to Amsterdam—this time 6.________ a computer tracking system to record their every move! To take a bicycle, you had to put in a special card. The new “white bikes” were not 7._________(actual) white but painted in bright colours. The bikes 8._________(park) at special parking places. Thus people 9._________ wanted to use them had to take them to another special parking place near their destination and leave 10.________