Questions 1-6

Complete the sentences. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage for each answer.

In the invention of the bicycle took part not only one individual or the country, but the world in general during the 1__________years. This invention was firstly found in Scotland in the first decades of 1800, and was known as velocipedes. They were not resembled to today’s bicycles and had two wheels, but they had no 2 __________. The rider sat on a pillow and walked his feet along the ground in order to move his velocipede forward. Soon, a French inventor added pedals to the front wheel. However, because of their difficulty in riding, nobody used them in a daily life, and they were accepted as 3 __________. Around 1870, manufacturers in America found that this invention is popular 4 __________, but within the difference: frameworks were made from 5 __________, what makes them much lighter. Soon, the British inventors found the method which can make pedaling more efficient- to turn pedals one by one. They designed a bicycle with a giant front wheel. However, as the rider had to sit high above the giant front wheel it was too difficult to keep the balance. The safer bicycle was invented by Americans. They designed the rear 6 __________, which minimized the danger of falling and injuring. At last, the British changed the design one last time and added two wheels equal in size and the mechanism that induce a chain to turn the rear wheel. By this there was invented the example of the modern bicycle.

Questions 7-10

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1? Write

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information

FALSE if the statement contradicts the information

NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

7 A The bicycle was invited by Americans only

8 It was too hard to lead the velocipedes due to their heaviness

9 The alteration of velocipedes made the life of people much more easy

10 The changes by British inventors altered the wheels to make pedaling more efficient

Questions 11-13

Complete the sentences. Choose NO MORE THAN TREE WORDS from the passage for each answer.

11 The British inventors concluded that if the front wheel were large in __________, the bicycle would travel comparatively long distance.

12 American engineers designed a system of __________which was driven by pressing first the right and then the left pedals.

13 The last, but not least alteration in creating of the modern bicycle was a making the two wheels equal in size and using the __________to spin the rear wheel.