题目内容
The car was invented just a century ago. You may know all kinds of cars’ names, but many people don’t know who was the inventor of the first car.
The first car was invented not by an Englishman, but by an American. His name was Henry Ford.
Henry was born in a poor family. He was the eldest of the six children. When he was a boy, he became interested in watches and machines. When he was twelve years old, his mother died. Soon he had to work in a machine shop for two dollars and fifty cents a week.
In the evening, he repaired watches for another dollar a week. The hard life made him strong and able.
At that time, there was another interest in the life of the young Ford. He wished of making a machine.
It could run without horses, so named horseless carriage. He overcame a lot of difficulties and in April 1893, the “horseless carriage” was invented at last. It was the first car.
Later Henry Ford founded the Ford Motor Company. He was really the first inventor of the car in the world.
1.Who really invented the first car?
A. A Chinese. B. An Englishman. C. A Russian. D. An American.
2.From this story we can know the car was invented _____.
A. only one hundred years ago B. less than one hundred years ago
C. more than one hundred years ago D. long long ago
3.Henry Ford must have _____.
A. five brothers and sisters B. six brothers and sisters
C. five younger brothers D. five younger sisters
4.How many dollars did young Ford get every week?
A. 2.5 dollars. B. 1.5 dollars. C. 3.5 dollars. D. 3 dollars.
5.Henry Ford invented the first car _____.
A. with his brothers B. without any difficulty
C. himself D. difficult
1.D 2.C 3.A 4.C 5.C 【解析】文章讲述了世界上第一辆汽车的发明者——福特,福特从小家庭条件比较困难,不得不去工作,他对制造机器感兴趣,克服了种种困难制造了“horseless carriage”,也就是第一辆汽车。 1.根据The first car was invented not by an Englishman, but by an Am...