Question

【题目】Complete the following passages with the words or phrases in the box/ Each can only be used once（将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）

A. set off B. aware C. traditional D. grew up E. professional

Henry Ford is known as making cars. He was born in 1863 in Michigan. He had 4 siblings, and his family owned a farm . He worked on the farm when he was young, but later he was 【1】that he loved taking things apart to see how they worked. then putting them back together again. He worked on watches a lot , and ended up helping many people fix their watches . In 1879, when he was 16 years old, he 【2】 for Detroit to start working with machines, though he came home and worked on the farm a little , too. Ford got married to Clara Bryant in 1888, and worked on a sawmill. He finally became an engineer. Ford worked for the Edison Illumination Company. Edison encouraged him to keep working on his plans for motor-powered horseless carriage（马车）which could take the place of the 【3】one. Ford’s motor-powered horseless carriage was called the Quadricycle. He sold the Quadricycle and started his won company to continue his work making vehicles. He did not stay with the first company for many years, but started the 【4】 Ford Motor Company.

A. salaries B. no longer C. create D. wheels E. at a time

He spent many years developing cars, which were made only a few once. Ford was not the first person to 【5】 a car, but he was the one who began to make people easily use cars in the United States. His ‘Model T’ car, released in 1908, made many people want one. He needed to make a lot of cars very quickly. His company , Ford Motor Company, hired skilled workers to work on an assembly line. The car would move through the line, and each worker had a job along the line. One worker might put on 【6】, while at a different spot on the line, another worker put on tires. Every Model T was painted black. The company could make many cars 【7】 this way. In addition to using the assembly line to produce cars, Ford was also known for paying his workers fair 【8】. Henry Ford died in 1947, but his company is still around and making cars today.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】E

【5】C

【6】D

【7】E

【8】A

【解析】

本文介绍了福特汽车公司的建立者-亨利.福特的故事，他出生于美国密歇根州。

【1】句意：后来他意识到，他喜欢把东西拆开看看它们是如何工作的。

本题空格前面是be动词was，was后一般常跟名词和形容词，从提供的选项看，只有A、C、E这三个选项的形式能填入本空格，将A、C、E分别代入空格，发现只有B.aware符合题意。故选B。

【2】句意：他动身去底特律开始使用机器。

根据关键词“for”，可联想到“set off for”动身去，符合题意，故答案A。

【3】句意：爱迪生鼓励他继续致力于他的机动无马马车计划，这种车可以取代传统的马车。

根据“take place of”取代。再结合所给选项，可推测出：可能是取代传统的东西（traditional）。代入空格，符合题意。故答案为C。

【4】句意：他没有在第一家公司待很多年，但是创办了专业的福特汽车公司。

从语法上看，本空需填一个形容词，从形式上看，能选B、C、E。根据题目要求，选项只能使用一次。选项B、C都已经选用，故选E。

【5】根据“but he was the one who began to make people easily use cars in the United States.”但是他是第一个开始让美国人容易使用汽车的人。可推断，前面可能是说：福特不是第一个发明汽车的人。结合题意，故选C。

【6】句意：一个工人可能安装车轮，然而，在生产线的另一个地方，另一个工人安装轮胎。

根据后文“while at a different spot on the line, another worker put on tires.” 然而，在生产线的不同的地方，另一个工人安装轮胎。可知，前面的工人也是在安装车的零部件。根据所提供选项，只有D.wheels车轮，是车的零部件，符合题意。故选D。

【7】句意：公司可以用这种方法一次生产许多汽车。

显然，从语法上看，这个句子缺少状语，结合选项，at a time “一次，每次”，符合题意，故选E。

【8】句意：福特也因付给工人合理的工资而闻名。

根据句中的提示词“paying his workers fair…”付给他的工人合理的……。不难推断，肯定是工资的事情。而salary是“工资，薪水”，故选A。