Henry Ford was the first person to build cars which were cheap.strong and fast．H

HenryFord was the first person to build cars which were cheap，strong and fast．He was able to se11 millions ofcars because he could produce them in large numbers at a time；that is，he made many cars of the samekind．Ford’sfather hoped that his son would become a farmer，butthe young man did not like the idea and he went to Detroit（底特律）where he worked as a mechanic（机械师）．By the age of 29，in 1892，he had built his first car．However，the car made in this way，the famous “ Model T ”did not appear until 1908. Five years ago, Ford started his great motor carfactory．This kind of car showed to bewell-known that it remained unchanged for twenty year．Since Ford’s time，this way of producing cars in large numbers has become commonin industry and has reduced the price of many goods which would be veryexpensive．

1.Henry Ford was the man to built_____ cars．

　A．cheapandstrong                     B．cheap and long

　C．fastandexpensive                    D．strong and slow

2.Ford was able to sell millions ofcars，because_____．

　A．hemade manycars                   B．his cars are many

　C．hemade lots of cars of the same kind      D．both A and B

3.The young man became a mechanic，_______．

　A．whichwas his father’swill             B．which was against his own will

C．which was against his father’swill        D．whichwas his teacher’s will

4.The “Model T ” was very famous_____．

　A．before1908                          B．between 1982 and 1908

　C．before1892                         D．after 1908

5.Ford built his own carfactory_____．

　A．in1903         B．in 1908         C．in 1913          D．in 1897

试题答案

【答案】

1.A

2.C

3.C

4.D

5.A

【解析】略