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The Bike Experience is a charity that teaches and advises motorcyclists who have been disabled how they can ride again,through the provision of an adapted and modified motorcycle,which will allow them to ride in a safe environment using a logical stepbystep process.
The Bike Experience was formed in April 2011,as there was no project in existence that taught disabled motorcyclists how to ride.
Over a period of five years,the initial idea has become a registered charity.Over 75 disabled motorcyclists have learned to ride again and the concept has started to influence the motorsport world.
In March,2003,Talan SkeelsPiggins,the founder of the charity,was knocked off his motorcycle and thrown under the path of the oncoming traffic.The accident left him paralyzed (瘫痪的)from the chest down and he thought he would never ride a motorcycle again.Eight years later,Talan was back riding a motorbike on UK track days and felt the importance of teaching others how to do the same.Talan says,“When I am riding,I do not feel disabled.I feel free from my wheelchair,and I enjoy the sense of excitement and independence just as I used to.Getting to this point has been a struggle,but it has been worth it.I wanted to help other disabled motorcyclists have the fantastic feeling of being back on a bike,without the falls and setbacks I suffered,so The Bike Experience Charity was established.”
In addition to getting riders back on two wheels,The Bike Experience charity aims to:
●Help the individuals who take part develop a positive attitude.
●Advise participants how to buy their own bike,adapt it and ride independently and safely.
●Improve the participant's physical health,balance,coordination,strength and stamina(耐力).
●Evolve attitudes in the motorcycling world so that disabled motorcycle riding motorcycles can be considered possible,feasible and acceptable.
【语篇解读】 本文主要介绍了慈善机构The Bike Experience Charity为残疾人提供特殊的摩托车,以便他们能再次安全地驾驶。
1.The Bike Experience Charity ________.
A.has been raising money for the disabled
B.has helped more than 750 disabled people
C.provides special motorcycles for the disabled
D.establishes new rules for the motorsport world
C [细节理解题。根据第一段中的“The Bike Experience...who have been disabled...through the provision of an adapted and modified motorcycle”可知,The Bike Experience Charity为残疾人提供特殊的摩托车。故选C。]
2.As the founder of the charity,Talan ________.
A.has been free from a wheelchair
B.was once knocked down by a motorcycle
C.spent eight years establishing the charity
D.was unable to walk after the accident
D [推理判断题。根据第四段中的“The accident left him paralyzed from the chest down and he thought he would never ride a motorcycle again”可知,事故后Talan瘫痪,不能走路。故选D。]
3.The charity's aims suggest the charity________.
A.constructs the myths of disability
B.helps disabled people make a living
C.places importance on physical health
D.makes the impossible seem possible
D [推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Evolve attitudes in the motorcycling world so that disabled motorcycle riding motorcycles can be considered possible,feasible and acceptable.”可知,这个慈善机构目的表明,它使不可能似乎变成了可能。故选D。]
4.What is the purpose of the text?
A.To introduce The Bike Experience Charity
B.To advise the disabled to ride motorcycles
C.To encourage the disabled to live independently
D.To tell us a successful story of a disabled person
A [目的意图题。根据第一段中的“The Bike Experience is a charity”,再结合后面的内容可知,本文在向人们介绍慈善机构The Bike Experience Charity。故选A。]