A motorcycle, also【小题1】 (call)a motorbike, bike, or cycle, is a two-or three-wheeled motor vehicle. Motorcycle design varies greatly【小题2】(suit)a range of different purposes: long distance travel, commuting, cruising, and sports including racing and off-road riding. Motorcycling is about riding a motorcycle and some related 【小题3】(society)activities such as joining a motorcycle club and 【小题4】(attend)motorcycle rallies(拉力赛车)｡

In 1894, Hildebrand&. Wolfmuller became the first series production motorcycle, and the first to

The motorcycle is a kind of luxury goods in the developed world, where they are used mostly for leisure, as a lifestyle accessory or a symbol of personal identity. In developing countries, motorcycles are 【小题7】 (extreme)practical due to lower prices and greater fuel economy. 【小题8】all the motorcycles in the world, 58%are in the Asia Pacific and Southern and Eastern Asia 【小题9】 (region), except car-centric Japan.

However, there is data that people should pay attention to. According to the United States Department of Transportation, 【小题10】number of deaths caused by motorcycles was 37 times larger than cars.

Duan Wu Festival, known as the Dragon Boat Festival, falls 【小题1】 the 5th day of the 5th lunar month.

One traditional food we all enjoy is the rice dumpling or Zongzi, which was created to honor a poet in China’s history 【小题2】 (name) Qu Yuan. In 278 B. C. , the Qin State took control of the capital of Chu by force, On hearing of the news, Qu Yuan in great despair (绝望) killed 【小题3】 (him) in the Mi Luo River. Hearing of Qu Yuan’s 【小题4】 (die), the sad local people paddled (用桨划船) their boats up and down the river 【小题5】 (search) for his body. They beat drums to frighten any bad spirits away, and they 【小题6】 (throw) rice into the river for the fish, hoping that they would eat the rice but not Qu Yuan’s body. These two thousand-year-old 【小题7】 (tradition) survived in the form of rice dumplings and dragon boating today. The modern tradition of Dragon boat racing festival began in China and has become an annual race in many major cities 【小题8】 (global).

Rice dumplings are made with a special type of sticky rice, wrapped in bamboo 【小题9】 reed (芦苇) leaves. Rice dumplings are not only delicious, but they are now rooted in our modern culture through the kitchens of millions around the world, no matter 【小题10】 age we are living in.

【小题1】(locate) at the National Martime Museum in Greenwich, Cutty Sark, one of the last tea ships in the world and now 【小题2】 award-winning tourist attraction, is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year.

Built in Dumbarton in 1869, Cutty Sark 【小题3】 (design) to carry tea from China to England as fast as possible. On February 16, 1870, Cutty Sark left London for Shanghai 【小题4】 her first voyage with “large amounts of wine, spirits and beer”. It was on Oct 13, 1870【小题5】the ship arrived back in London with around 1,305,812 pounds of tea. This is the first journey the ship successfully made.

Later, 【小题6】the ship achieved was other seven voyages to China in pursuit of tea.

Cutty Sark Theatre will be hosting a series of 【小题7】 (perform) and events through 2020-2021, the purpose of 【小题8】 is to mark Cutty Sark's 150th anniversary. A special concert from the BBC Singers【小题9】 (honour) Cutty Sark's place in history will be the start of this years’ celebrations. It is her many connections across the globe that make her a 【小题10】 (national) acknowledged treasure.