A2 Key (KET) Reading and Writing – Practice Test 1 — Part 4 – Multiple-choice cloze
Questions 19–24. Read the text and choose the correct word (A, B or C) for each gap.
The first modern bicycle was very different from the bikes we ride today. In the 1870s, bikes a huge front wheel and a tiny back wheel. They were fast, they were also dangerous, because the rider sat very high the ground. If the wheel hit a stone, the rider often fell off. In 1885, an Englishman John Kemp Starley built a safer bike with two wheels of the same size. People loved it because it was easy use. Soon, of people were buying bicycles, and cycling became one of the most popular hobbies in the world.