Read this excerpt from the introduction to Wheels of Change by Sue Macy. “To men, the bicycle in the beginning was merely a new toy, another machine added to the long list of devices they knew in their work and play. To women, it was a steed upon which they rode into a new world.” —"Woman and the Wheel," Munsey’s Magazine , May 1896 What is a logical prediction about the text that follows this introduction?
Answer
A
It will highlight the historical significance of bicycles for women.
B
It will compare the speed of men and women on bicycles.
C
It will highlight nineteenth-century toys and machines.
D
It will compare horses and bicycles, as they are used for transportation.
Explanation
The excerpt contrasts men’s view of the bicycle as a toy with women’s experience of it as a way to enter “a new world.” That suggests the following text will explain how bicycles affected women’s lives and why they mattered historically. So the logical prediction is that it will highlight the historical significance of bicycles for women.
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