阅读理解 The first motor car was made in 1875 by an Austrian, Siegfried Marcus．He us

阅读理解

The first motor car was made in 1875 by an Austrian, Siegfried Marcus．He used the internal combustion(燃烧)engine, which was gradually being perfected．But Marcus did not make cars for sale, and it is a German, Carl Benz, who is recognized as the father of the motor car．Benz made motor cars for sale in 1885, and with another German, Gottlieb Daimler, became the pioneers of the motor industry．

Engineers in many countries designed engines and motor cars．the earliest ones were built like horse carriages, and an early British company was called The Great Horseless Carriage Company．Their cars looked like carriages, with large wheels and engines below the floor-boards．

Motor cars of all shapes and sizes were built and improvements were quickly made．The most famous was a British make．In 1906 a well-known sportsman, Charles Rolls, went into partnership with Henry Royce, an engineer．Together they built the Rolls-Royce motor car, which has long been known as the best car in the world．Few inventions have made such a tremendous difference to everyday life as the internal combustion engine．It has changed the way of life with motor cars and motor cycles, buses, lorries and aeroplanes．

1．Who first established the motor industry?

[]

A．A German B．Two British

C．An Austrian　D．Two Germans

2．It was ______ after the very first motor car was made that the Rolls-Royce cars came into being．

[]

A．a century　B．twenty-one years

C．ten years　D．thirty-one years

3．Why was the early motor company called “The Great Horseless Carriage Company”? ______．

[]

A．Because people confused motor cars with horse carriages

B．Because the company carried on carriage business

C．Because people would have a better understanding of the motor cars

D．Because the company had nothing to do with motor cars

4．The Rolls-Royce motor car has been regarded as the best one in the world ______．

[]

A．since it was improved

B．up to the present day

C．after the twentieth century

D．from the time motor cars were made for sale

5．Which of the following makes the greatest contribution to the change of the people’s way of life? ______．

[]

A．The internal combustion engine

B．Daimler, the pioneer of the motor industry

C．The Great Horseless Carriage Company

D．Charles Rolls and Henry Royce

试题答案

答案：D;D;C;B;A