Henry Ford was the first person to build cars which were cheap，strong and fast．He was able to sell millions of models because be could produce them in large numbers at a time；that is，he made a great many cars of exactly the same kind．Ford’s father hoped that his son would become a farmer，but the young man did not like the idea and he went to Detroit（底特律）where he worked as a mechanic（机械师）．By the age of 29，in 1892，he had built his first car．However，the car made in this way，the famous “Model T” did not appear until 1908-five years after Ford had started his great motor car factory．This car showed to be well-known that it remained unchanged for twenty years．Since Ford’s time，this way of producing cars in large numbers has become common in industry and has reduced the price of many goods which would otherwise be very expensive．
小题1:Henry Ford was the man to built _____ cars．A．cheap and strongB．cheap and longC．fast and expensiveD．strong and slow小题2:Ford was able to sell millions of cars，because_____．A．he made many great carsB．his cars are manyC．he made lots of cars of the same kindD．both A and B小题3:The young man became a mechanic，_______．A．which was his father’s willB．which was against his own willC．which was against his father’s willD．which was the will of both小题4:The “Model T” was very famous_____．A．before 1908B．between 1982 and 1908C．before 1892D．after 1908小题5:Ford built his own car factory______A．in 1903B．in 1908C．in 1913D．in 1897