People like to talk about “first”. They like to remember their first love or their first car. But not all firsts are happy ones. Few people enjoy the firsts that are bad.
One of history’s bad but important firsts was the first car accident. Cars were still young when it happened. It took place in New York in May 1896. A man from Massachusetts was visiting the city in his new car. At that time, bicycle riders were still trying to get used to the new set of wheels on the road. No one was sure who was at fault（过错）. Anyway, a bike and the car collided. The man on the bike was hurt. The driver of the car had to stay in prison（监牢）and wait for the hospital report on the bike rider. It was lucky that the bike rider didn’t die.
Three years later, another car accident took place. It was again in New York City. A man named Henry Bliss got off a street car. He was hit by a passing car. Again, no one was sure just how it happened or who was at fault. The driver of the car was put it prison. Poor Mr. Bliss became the first person to die in a car accident.
1．In the first car accident the driver was _________.
| A．hurt | B．sent to hospital |
| C．laughed at | D．put in prison for a while |
2．“Collided” in the second paragraph means “_________”.
| A．stopped | B．ran a race with each other |
| C．hit each other hard | D．travelled in the same direction |
3．When the first car accident happened, _________.
| A．people had seen a lot of cars |
| B．the car had had only a short history |
| C．people were already used to cars |
| D．people didn’t know how to ride a bike |
4．The second car accident happened _________.
| A．three years after | B．three years ago |
| C．in 1896 | D．in 1899 |
5．Which of the following is NOT TRUE?
| A．The bike rider was from Massachusetts. |
| B．When the car accident happened, Mr. Bliss was in New York City. |
| C．A car was going by when Mr. Bliss got out of the street car. |
| D．The bike rider did not die. |
6．What is the
main（主要的）idea of the passage?
| A．The driver in a car accident should be put in prison. |
| B．The first car accident and the first death from a car accident are two unhappy firsts. |
| C．It took bike rider some time to get used to cars on the road. |
| D．Mr. Bliss became the first person to die in a car accident. |
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