My bike was a three-speed English “racer”, purchased during my second year in college in November 1964 for $44. Most of the money was earned by myself in my spare time, but I had to get my mother to help me out a little. At that time, bikes were rare on a college campus. My reason for getting a bicycle was a little strange. A friend of mine convinced me to take a summer job selling door-to-door and suggested that I should use a bicycle to travel between houses. The job didn’t work out, but the idea was in my brain. That fall, I borrowed another student’s bike and rode 45 miles on the first day, but his bike soon had a flat(瘪了的轮胎) which he didn’t like fixing. So I had to buy one. I immediately started using mine almost every day. Before getting the bike, I sometimes walked 28 miles to my parents’ house. Now the bike gave me a quicker method, but my first trip took four hours due to strong headwinds that had me fight for every foot. Once I made a trip of 100 miles in one day. I decided to use the bike to go camping in the Smokies. During the trip, I recognized the need for handlebars and more gears, so I bought a ten-speed after just one year though I loved this bike. The first bike “hung around” for a couple of years, and then I gave it to my sister’s kids who let it become part of their lives. 小题1:What can we learn from the passage? A．His mother gave him some money when he bought the first bike. B．The first bike was a gift from his mother. C．He bought the first bike for racing. D．He wanted to buy a bike because all his classmates had one. 小题2:We can infer that besides studying at college the writer ____. A．often helped his friend do business B．also worked in a factory C．had part-time jobs in his spare time D．had to make money to pay for his tuition 小题3:The underlined phrase “the idea” in the first paragraph refers to “____”. A．selling door-to-door B．buying a bike of his own C．borrowing a bike from others D．earning money by working 小题4:According to the passage, we can learn that the first bike was ____ for him. A．unnecessary B．very useful C．a lifelong tool D．too troublesome