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On the evening of June 21, 1992, a tall man with brown hair and blue eyes entered the beautiful hall of
the Bell Tower Hotel in Xi'an with his bicycle. The hotel workers received him and telephoned the manager,
for they had never seen a bicycle in the hotel hall before though they lived in "the kingdom of bicycles."
Robert Friedlander, an American, arrived in Xi'an on his bicycle trip across Asia which started last
December in New Delhi, India.
When he was 11, he read the book Marco Polo and made up his mind to visit the Silk Road. Now, after
44 years, he was on the Silk Road in Xi'an and his early dreams were coming true.
Robert Friedlander's next destinations (目的地) were Lanzhou, Dunhuang, Urumqi, etc. He will complete
his trip in Pakistan.
1. The best headline (标题) for this newspaper article would be _____.
A. The Kingdom of Bicycles
B. A Beautiful Hotel in Xi'an
C. Marco Polo and the Silk Road
D. An American Achieving His Dreams
2. Friedlander is visiting the three countries in the following order _____.
A. China, India, and Pakistan
B. India, China, and Pakistan
C. Pakistan, China, and India
D. China, Pakistan, and India
3. What made Friedlander want to come to China _____?
A. The stories about Marco Polo.
B. The famous sights in Xi'an.
C. His interest in Chinese silk.
D. His childhood dreams about bicycles.
4. Friedlander can be said to be _____.
A. clever
B. friendly
C. hardworking
D. strong-minded
