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MusicismoreimportantthanfoodorHappinessisthekeytolifeanditiswhatwearelookingforwardCChinaisalandofbicyclesAtleastitwasbackin1992whenItraveledthecountry.Backtheneveryoneseemedtoberidingabicycle.Millionsofthem,allblack.Carswererare.YetsincemyarrivalinBeijinglastyear,I'vefoundtheoppositeistrue.Therearemillionsofcars.However,peoplestillusetheirbicyclestogetaround,Formany,it'stheeasiestandcheapestwaytotraveltoday.Bicyclesalsocomeindifferentcolors---silver,green,red,blue,yellow,whateveryouwant.It'sfunwatchingpeoplebiking.Theyrushquicklythroughcrossroads,moveskillfullythroughtraffic,andrideevenonsidewalks(人行道Bicyclesallowpeoplethefreedomtomoveaboutcarsjustcan'tEagertobepartofthisaspectofChineseculture,Idecidedtobuyabicycle.Greatweatherpaniedmygreatbuy.Iimmediayjumpeduponmybicycleseatandstartedhome.Myfirstridehomewasorderly.Tobesafe,Istayedwitha"pack"ofbikerswhilecarsonthestreetscamerunningswiftly(敏捷)outofnowhereattimes.Ididn'twanttogethit.SoItooktherideCrossingthestreetswasthebiggestproblem.ItwasalotlikecrossingamajorhighwaybackintheUnitedStates.Thestreetsherewerewide,socrossingtooktime,skillandalittlebitofluck.Ifinallymadeithome.Thefeelingonthebicyclewasamazing.Theairhittingmyfaceandgoingthroughmyhairwaswonderful.IwassittingontopoftheworldasIpassedbyplacespeople.BikingmademefeelAccordingtothewriter,whyarebicyclesstillpopularinChinaBecausetheyaretraditionalandBecausetheyarefastandenvironmentallyBecausetheyarecolorfulandBecausetheyareconvenient(方便)andThewriterdecidedtobuyabicyclebecausehe 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D.ItwasWhichofthefollowingbestdescribesthewriter'sbikingThewriterenjoyedshowingoffhisbikingThewriterwasannoyedbytheairwhileThewriterwaspraisedbytheotherThewritertookgreatpleasureinDThousandsofyearsago,peopledidn'tknowthattheEarthmoved.Theythoughtthesunreallydidmoveacrossthesky.TheGreekgodHelioswassaidtodrivethesunaroundtheskywithhischariot(战车).Butnow,theseideashaveallchanged.Nowadays,itisthesunthatdrivesour"chariot"aroundthesky.Sowhatdoesallthismean?Well,quitesimply,thereisnowaplane(or"chariot")thatispoweredbythesun.Ithasspecialpartsinitswings.Thesepartsabsorbpowerfromthesun.TheyabsorbsomuchpowerthattheycancarryonflyingatnightIntheGreekmyths(希腊神话Helioshadtotakeabreakatnight.Itseemswe'refinallyevenmoreefficientthanthegodsthemselves.ThisplaneiscalledSolarImpulse(“驱动”号).ItwillflyacrosstheUSinMay.Thisisveryimportantforthefutureoftheworld.Sowhyissolarenergysogoodforus?Well,otherkindsofenergycauseafewproblems.IfyouliveinChina,you'veprobablynoticedthepollution.ThisiscausedbyburningcoalorgastomakeenergyTheheatandchemicals(化学物质fromthismakethingsworkButifweusetheheatfromthesun,wedon'thavetoburnanything,andthere'snopollution.Solarenergyisnotallthereyet.Itneedstobeimproved.Butthebestthingaboutitisthat,unlikecoalandgas,itdoesn'trunout.SolarImpulsecouldkeepflyingforever.Well,actually,thesunwillrunouttoo,oneday,butnotforanother5billionyears.That'saprettylongflight.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEofSolarItcanonlyflyat 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