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【題目】閱讀短文，根據短文內容回答問題。
My friend Brett had just got a bike. A lot of kids in my neighborhood knew how to ride. I also wanted to ride, but all the boys told me I couldn't do it because I was a girl. I decided to prove them wrong, so Brett let me try his bike. I wasn't on for one minute before I fell off. He came over to see if I was OK, but then started laughing.
That night I told my dad the whole story about how I wanted to be as good as boys. A few days later my dad told me he had found a nice bike. He brought it home and that was when I became the laughing stock (笑柄) of the neighborhood. All the boys thought it was a joke that I actually wanted to learn how to ride.
My dad spent four long weeks teaching me everything I needed to know about the bike and the basics of riding. Day after day and night after night he worked with me, and I began to progress.
Each ride on my dirt bike, I got a little better, and finally I was ready for my first time on a trip with some boys. At first I couldn't keep up and the boys had to wait for me. My bike often got stuck in the muddy creeks.
Every time I came back, I would cry, and every time I cried my dad was there to put his arms around me. He would tell me not to listen to them and that with more practice, I would be as good as others or better than them.
Things eventually got easier, as if I could ride with my eyes closed. I am still made fun of, not because I'm an amateur (技術不熟練的人) or not good, but because they felt threatened that a girl can do what they did.

（1）Why did all the boys say that the writer couldn't ride a bike?
（2）Did the writer's father get her a bike?
（3）How long did it take for the writer to learn to ride a bike?
（4）What happened to the writer's bike when she first had a trip with some boys?
（5）What can you learn from the writer according to the story?

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）

Because the writer was a girl.

（2）

Yes, he did.

（3）

Four (long) weeks.

（4）

The bike often got stuck in the muddy creeks.

（5）

Try your best and you can do what you wanted. / You can do anything with enough practice.

【解析】這篇短文講的是作者看到男孩們騎自行車，自己也想學騎自行車，雖然有挫折和失敗但她在爸爸的鼓勵下她證明了女孩也能做男孩能做的事情。（1）根據文中信息but all the boys told me I couldn't do it because I was a girl.可知此題的答案是Because the writer was a girl.
（2）根據文中信息A few days later my dad told me he had found a nice bike. He brought it home and that was when I became the laughing stock (笑柄) of the neighborhood.可知作者的爸爸給他弄了一輛自行車，所以答案是：Yes, he did.
（3）根據文中信息y dad spent four long weeks teaching me everything I needed to know about the bike and the basics of riding. Day after day and night after night he worked with me, and I began to progress.可知此題的答案是：Four (long) weeks.
（4）根據文中信息My bike often got stuck in the muddy creeks.可知此題的答案是：The bike often got stuck in the muddy creeks.
（5）從作者學習騎自行車這件事情我們可以學到：Try your best and you can do what you wanted. / You can do anything with enough practice.