Henry Ford was born on a farm on July 30th, 1863. The farm was near the city of Detroit.
Henry was always interested in machines. He enjoyed fixing clocks.And he helped repair farm equipment. When Henry was sixteen years old, he left the family farm and went to Detroit to learn more about machines. Henry used what he learned from work to develop engines. In 1903, he was ready to start building cars for the public. On July 15th, 1903, a man named Doctor Pfenning bought the first car from the Ford Motor Company.
The sale to Doctor Pfenning was the beginning of a huge number of requests for Ford cars.By the end of March, 1904, almost 600 Ford cars had been sold. At the start of 1905, the Ford Motor Company was producing 25 cars each day.
Henry Ford was sure the future of the automobile industry was in a low-priced car for the general public. He said then, and many times after,“I want to make a car that anybody can buy.”
In 1907, Henry Ford said: "I will build a motor car for the great mass of people. 1t will be large enough for the family, but small enough for one person to operate and care for. It will be built of the best materials. It will be built by the best men to be employed. And it will be built with the simplest plans that modern engineering can produce. It will be so low in price that no man making good money will be unable to own one.”
1.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Henry Ford was born in the city of Detroit.
B. Doctor Pfenning developed the first car.
C. The Ford Motor Company was founded in 1905.
D. Ford aimed to build cars for the general public.
2.What can we infer from the underlined sentence in the last paragraph?
A. No one was making good money in the 1900s.
B. The Ford cars will be at low prices.
C. Henry Ford had made much money.
D. Nobody will own a Ford car in the future.
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阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。答案写在答题卡上。
Dear Max,
Your mother and 1 don't yet have the words to describe the hope you give us for the future, but we hope you rill be happy and healthy so you can ________ enjoy the life ahead of you.
Like all________ ，we want you to grow up in a world better than ours today.
Although headlines often focus on what'________，in many ways the world is getting better.
f-Iealth is ________ .Poverty is shrinking. Knowledge is growing. People are connecting.
We will try our ________to make the world a better place, not only because we love you, but aLSO because we believe ali children have the ________ to be loved and cared about.
But right now, the world doesn't always ________ the biggest chances and problems children today willse ________ in the future. I will continue to work as Facebook’s CEO for many, many years to come，________ some problems are so important that we have to deal with them now.
Consider diseases. Today we spend about 50 times more money_________ people who are sick than we use in research so you won't get sick in the first place.
Medicine has only been a real science for less than 100 years, and we’ve already seen complete cures(治愈)for some diseases and good progress for others. ________ technology develops, we have a real chance at curing all or mole of the other diseases in the next 100 years.
Curing diseases will ________ time. Over short periods of five or ten years, it may not seem like we're making a ________ ·But in the long run, trees planted now will grow, and one day, you or your children wilt see what we can only imagine; a world without diseases.
Max, we love you and really want to ________ the world a better place for you and all children. We wish you a life ________ with the same love, hope and joy you give us. We can't wait to see what you bring to this world.
Love，
Mom and Dad
1.A. fully B. rarely C. likely D. lively
2.A. friends B. teachers C. parents D. doctors
3.A. wrong B. normal C. improving D. nice
4.A. talking B. aiming C. anxious D. breaching
5.A. heart B. best C. greatest D. pain
6.A. interest B. duty C. effort D. right
7.A. begin with B. focus on C. tell by D. believe in
8.A. give B. bring C. taste D. face
9.A. so B. or C. but D.and
10.A. finding B. directing C. loving D. treating
11.A. After B. As C. For D. Before
12.A. waste B. spend C. take D. pay
13.A. progress B.fortune C. scene D. difference
14.A. carry B. leave C. study D.decide
15.A. filled B. helped C. compared D. agreed
It was a great chance we couldn't afford to miss it.
A. so, that B. such, that
C. so, as D. such, as
The young are all the same old song played over and over again because they like popular songs.
A. related to B. known for
C. tired of D. connected with
The Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg' s donation will have a great on the next
generation.
A. influence B. insurance
C. expression D. evidence
I did not know the number, but I his voice when he said "Hey, Mike. It's me.”
A. realized B. reduced
C. replaced D. recognized
