Bikes are popular in the Dutch(荷兰). In fact, nearly half of all travel in the Dutch is by bike. Now, one Dutch bike designer(设计师), Thomas, has taken the country’s interest in bikes by making a school bus bike.
The big bike has eight sets of pedals(踏板) for kids, a driver seat for an adult, and three other seats, comfortably letting little kids for their trip to and from school. The bike even has a motor, which can help with high hills or at times when few kids on it.
So far, Thomas tells Fast Company, he’s sold 25 school-bikes, at a price of $ 25,000 each—less than it would cost to buy a traditional school bus with the same number of seats. Along with the traditional color, the bikes ,are colored yellow so that they can be seen easily.
Thomas says he’s sold school bus bikes to neighboring countries such as Belgium, England and Germany, but so far, the school bus bike hasn’t been sold in the United States. If the U.S. agrees to buy this kind of school bus bike, it could do a lot of good to improve exercise for a young age and help them keep healthy.
小题1:How do people in the Dutch usually go to work?
| A．By car. | B．By bus. |
| C．By bike. | D．On foot. |
小题2:How many seats does the school bus bike have?
| A．Three. | B．Eight. |
| C．Nine. | D．Twelve. |
小题3:The school buses are yellow in the Dutch because _______.
| A．the color yellow is easy to paint |
| B．yellow buses can be seen easily |
| C．yellow is the national color of Dutch |
| D．it’s the designer’s favorite color |
小题4:Which country of the following hasn’t bought a school bus bike?
| A．America. | B．Germany. |
| C．England. | D．Belgium. |
小题5: Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Thomas made a new kind of school bus. |
| B．A school bus usually costs $ 25,000. |
| C．Thomas sold bikes to Asian countries. |
| D．Riding school bus bikes helps keep kids healthy. |
