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完形填空 　　Growing up on a remote Michigan farm, Henry Ford, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, knew little of farming．Like most pioneer farmers, his father, William, hoped that his eldest son would 　　1　　 him on the farm, enable it to expand, and eventually take it 　　2　　．But Henry proved a 　　3　　．He hated farm work and did everything he could to 　　4　　 it．It was not that he was lazy．　　5　　 from it!Give him a mechanical job to do, from mending a gate to sharpening tools, 　　6　　 he would set to work eagerly．It was the daily life of the farm, with its dull tasks, 　　7　　 upset him． 　　Henry was excited by the development in technology that could 　　8　　 farmers like his father from wasteful and 　　9　　 labor．But these developments, in Henry’s boyhood, had touched farming 　　10　　 at all and farmers went on doing things in the way they had always done．So Henry 　　11　　 his attention elsewhere．When he was twelve, he became 　　12　　 in clocks and watches．Soon he was repairing them for friends, working at a bench he built in his bedroom． 　　In 1876, Henry suffered a serious 　　13　　．His mother died in childbirth．　　14　　 was no reason for him to stay on the farm, and he 　　15　　 to get away as soon as he could．Three years later, he took a job as a mechanic in Detroit．　　16　　 this time steam engines had joined clocks and watches as objects of Henry’s fascination．Making and installing them was the business of the Detroit workshop that he joined at the age of sixteen． 　　A chance meeting with an old-work 　　17　　 a job for Henry as an engineer at the Edison Detroit Electricity Company．When he quickly learned the ropes of his new job, his interest in fuel engines had come to control his life． 　　Henry learned 　　18　　 a slow, pains taking business it was to build an engine by hand．Every piece of every part had to be made individually, checked and rechecked, and tested．　　19　　 the burden, he joined forces with another mechanic, Jim Bishop．Even so．it was two years 　　20　　 they succeeded in building a working car．Henry called it“Quadricycle．”(四轮驱动脚踏车) (1) [　　] A． learn B． find C． work D． join (2) [　　] A． away B． down C． over D． off (3) [　　] A． success B． discouragement C． surprise D． disappointment (4) [　　] A． do B． avoid C． work D． make (5) [　　] A． Apart B． Far C． Free D． Aside (6) [　　] A． and B． or C． otherwise D． so (7) [　　] A． that B． which C． what D． where (8) [　　] A． prevent B． free C． take D． bring (9) [　　] A． boring B． exciting C． funny D． inspiring (10) [　　] A． almost B． something C． hardly D． always (11) [　　] A． drew B． caught C． turned D． attracted (12) [　　] A． worried B． interested C． upset D． bored (13) [　　] A． disease B． blow C． beat D． defeat (14) [　　] A． It B． There C． This D． That (15) [　　] A． decided B． avoided C． stuck D． took (16) [　　] A． At B． Afar C． In D． By (17) [　　] A． attended to B． related to C． turned to D． led to (18) [　　] A． how B． what C． why D． where (19) [　　] A． To reduce B． To bear C． To carry D． To place (20) [　　] A． when B． before C． after D． unless

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答案：1．D;2．C;3．D;4．B;5．B;6．A;7．A;8．B;9．A;10．C;11．C;12．B;13．B;14．B;15．A;16．D;17．D;18．B;19．A;20．B;