I am Linda from the USA. About six years ago, I decided that I needed to improve my fitness. After months of circuit training at the gym, I thought it might be fun to go to work by bicycle. I lived about 12 miles from work, so this was a reasonable and serious try.
After thinking it over, I finally reinforced my determination and rode to work. It was hard, but I enjoyed it. At lunchtime, I thought it might be cool to cycle into the city to eat. However, I discovered my bike had a puncture (轮胎穿孔). This upset me a bit as I was not fully prepared to be dealing with such problems on day one. Eventually, I got the puncture repaired and set off. But in a hurry, I ignored to tighten the front wheel nuts! About 2km down the road, the inevitable happened. While jumping a gutter (排水沟), the front wheel separated from the forks and I crashed hard onto the pavement.
I don’t really know how long I just stood there, bleeding and wondering what to do next. Suddenly, a white truck stopped and a one-armed man appeared. Without even asking, he placed my bike into the back and guided me to the passenger seat. He asked me where I wanted to be taken. Confused, I asked him to take me to my workplace, which he did. He unloaded my bike and locked it up for me in one of the bike lockers. Then he drove off without a word.
Soon Carrie, a co-worker who returned from lunch, discovered me and took me to the hospital. I turned out that I had broken a bone in my left hand. A few days later, I was able to thank Carri in person. However, I never saw that my mysterious one-armed man again.
Now I am always carrying a full repair kit and trying to go out of my way to assist other cyclists, and even motorists, who are in trouble. It’s my way to give a little back and show kindness that was shown to me.
【小题1】Why did the author decide to go to work by bike?(no more than 10 words)【小题2】What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 probably mean?(no more than 5 words)
【小题3】What mainly caused the author’s accident?(no more than 10 words)
【小题4】Why did the one-armed man take the author to the workplace?(no more than 10 words)
【小题5】What do you think of the author’s behaviour in the last paragraph? Why? (no more than 20words)
