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北京市丰台区2019-2020学年高一下学期英语期末质量检测试卷
“White Bikes" on the Road
People in Amsterdam have been enjoying the benefits of cycling for years. The idea began about 50 years ago, and was first known as "white bikes". Amsterdam is a good city for cycling because it's 1 and therefore convenient for bikes. There are also plenty of places for bicycle parking and most streets in the city center have a bicycle path. Today some people call Amsterdam "the City of Bicycles" because of the 2 for bicycles there.
Where did the idea of "white bikes" come from? In the 1960s, a group of cycling fans came up with an idea. They believed that it would be better for everybody if cars weren't 3 in the city center and only bicycles were. They were 4 that this would help to save energy, reduce pollution and provide free public transport. The group painted hundreds of bicycles white and placed them in many areas around Amsterdam for people to use. Anyone was allowed to take them and use them for short journeys. Wherever someone 5 a journey, they would leave the bike there for someone else to use. Soon after, 6, problems came up and the "white bikes" all 7—thieves took all the bicycles within weeks!
In 1999, the "white bikes" returned to Amsterdam—this time with a computer tracking system to 8 their every move! To take a bicycle, you had to put in a special card. The bikes were parked at special parking places. Thus people who wanted to use them had to take them to another special parking place near their destination and leave them there.
Thanks to the ideas and efforts of many people, like the cycling fans of the 1960s and those who enabled the return of "white bikes", you can now enjoy clean air and 9 transport in central Amsterdam.
Nowadays, the idea of "white bikes" has pedalled its way around the world and there has been a global 10 in bike-sharing.
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