Bicycle sales fell in 1999 but rose again in 2000 to be at the same leval as in 199

听力原文： Ten years ago a small boy fell off his bicycle because he wanted to look behind. This gave Billy Morgan, a British businessman, a new idea. He designed a bicycle helmet with a built-in minor.

Mr. Morgan launched the product six months ago, and it now has sales of 27,000 and sells in twelve countries from Korea to Finland. The target for the second year is for sales of nearly 1 million pounds.

But it wasn't easy for Mr. Morgan to become successful. He had problems when he tried to interest UK manufacturers in making the helmet. It cost Mr. Morgan 1 million pounds of his own money to develop the helmet for the mass market.

Mr. Morgan found a helmet-maker in France. He worked with French consultants to make the design better for mass production, and spent ￡ 450,000 on preparing the French plant to make the helmet.

Now he plans to do more research and development. He wants to manufacture other designs of rearview helmets for motorcycling, skiing and horse-riding.

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A．A product launch that didn't succeed.

B．A new idea that became a commercial success.

C．A manufacturing problem.

D．A new design of the bicycle helmet.

--I fell off my bicycle and broke my leg yesterday.--Is that ______ you drank too much？

A．why

B．how

C．because

D．when

听力原文： A young man who refused to give his name dived into the river yesterday morning to save a twelve-year-old boy. The boy ran away after he was rescued. He had been swimming in the river and had caught his foot between two concrete posts under the bridge. He shouted out for help. At the time a young man was riding across the bridge on his bicycle. He quickly got down and dived into the fiver. He then freed the boy' s foot and helped him to the river bank where a small crowd had collected. The boy thanked his rescuer sincerely, then ran off down the mad. He was last seen climbing over a gate before disappearing over the top of the hill. The young man who was about 20 years of age said, "I don't blame the boy for not giving his name. Why should he？ If he wants to swim in the river, that' s his business. And if I want to help him, that's mine. You can not have my name either." He then am back to the bridge, got on his bicycle and rode away.

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A．He fell into the river but couldn't swim.

B．He fell into the river together with his bike.

C．He had his foot caught between two posts in the river.

D．He dived into the river but couldn't reach the surface.

Sales for Ice-T and Chocomania

A．rose and then fell again.

B．increased steadily.

C．were disappointing all year.

Sales for Ice-J and Chocomania

A．rose and then fell again.

B．increased steadily.

C．were disappointing all year.