Motor cars were first made in England just before 1900. The parts for the bodies and engines were hand-made and the cars were built from these. One at a time. This took a long time, and the cars cost a lot of money. Then a quicker and cheaper way of making cars was found. Instead of making all the parts at their own works, some car factories asked other factories to make some of them. All the parts were then fitted together in the car factories.
Modern car-making factoriess are so large that each one is really a lot of factories close together. Each workshop makes some parts. The pieces of a car body are joined together by welders(电焊工) . All the bits and pieces that make up each car are collected and put ready for the assembly line(装配线) , where they are fitted together.
【小题1】The first motor cars were probably made by______.

When l was seven years old, my family created an ant farm．First, we put clean sand in a thin glass box．Then we waited for the ants to arrive。

After the ants were in the glass arm，they started to make tunnels．I was amazed that each one knew exactly what to do．Each had its own job．

On the fifth day a tragedy（悲剧）happened．I put my face so close to the glass farm that I knocked it over. All the tunnels fell down．Although the ants remained alive after their earthquake, one by one they began to die．I was scared as I watched them give up their tunnel-building to carry the bodies to a corner of the farm.

My mother said that the ants were dying of sadness．They simply could not stand that their tunnels were gone．

Although much time has passed，I still think of that ant farm．Mom had hoped it would teach me about the natural world．but it taught me much more．

Over the years，I came to realize the importance of teamwork．Vvorldng together, the ants were able to make an amazing world for themselves．I also learned that they should be admired（赞美）for their hard work．

    But there was an even larger lesson that I did not realize until recently：Adversity（逆境）is natural part of life，and mast be accepted．Unlike the ants，we cannot give up when we are sad. We have to realize that tunnel is gone, we must build another．

    Giving up，I say, is not a good choice．

1．What did the writer’s family do for him when he was seven?

A．They built a farm of ants．                       B．They bought a few ants．

    C．They caught a lot of ants.                           D．They found an ant city．

2．Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?

    A．The writer broke the glass box because it made his face dirty．

    B．The ants died one by one because the tunnels were destroyed．

    C．Unlike people, teamwork is not so important for the ants．

    D．Giving up is a good way when meet trouble．

3．What did the writer come to realize a few years later?

    A．Working together is useless．                   B．Teamwork is important。

    C．He can't accept adversity．                         D．Working alone is amazing．

4．What is the best title for the passage?

A．Ants Fear Adversity                                 B．My Family and Ants

    C．Giving Up in Adversity                                D．A Good Lesson from Ants

Taking away a city's rubbish is a big job．Every day trucks come into a city to collect it．Most rubbish is made up of things we can't eat or use．If we kept these things we would soon have a mountain of rubbish．

In some cities the rubbish is collected and taken outside the city to a dump．Often the city dump is placed where the ground is low or there is a big hole．The kitchen rubbish is broken into small pieces and sent into the sewage system．The sewage system takes away the used water from toilets，bathtubs and other places．

To keep mice and flies away，some earth is used to cover the newly dumped rubbish．Later，grass may be planted on the rubbish-filled land．Finally，a house or a school may be built there，and then you'd never know that this had once been an old rubbish dump．

In other cities the rubbish is burnt in special places．The fire burns everything except the metal．Sometimes the metal can be used again in factories where things are made of metal．The food parts of rubbish are put in special piles where they slowly change into something called humus，which looks like black earth．It is rich with the kinds of things that feed plants and help make them grow．

1．You can most probably read the passage in         ．

A．a science book                                        B．a TV guide

C．a history book                                                  D．a telephone book

2．The main idea of the passage is         ．

A．to let us know taking away rubbish is a big job

B．to explain the need for rubbish collection

C．to introduce different ways to treat rubbish

D．to tell people to take useful things out of rubbish

3．The underlined word “sewage” in the passage means         ．

A．排污                     B．染色                    C．洗涤                   D．吸尘

4．According to the passage，the food parts of rubbish can be used again         ．

A．to feed animals                                        B．to feed plants

C．to build a house                                          D．to make machines

5．How should we take care of a used metal box according to the passage?

A．By burning it off．                                  B．By putting it in water．

C．By throwing it away．                                D．By reusing and recycling it．