Long TextExercise 43 of 74

The Netherlands is home to over 18 million bicycles. This is a staggering number when you consider that the population is only 16.5 million people. About 84 percent of the Dutch own a bike, which works out to about 1.3 bikes per active cyclist. The country has close to 35,000 km or 22,000 miles of cycling…

• What is the writer's objective in the second paragraph?
• Why does the writer focus on one particular bicycle in the fifth paragraph?