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| 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 (美分) a week. In the evenings 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 (克服) 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 Moxor Company. He was really the first inventor of the car in the world. |
| 1. Who really invented the car first? |
| 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 cvery week? |
| A. 2.5 dollars. B. 1.5 dollars. C. 3. 5 dollars. D. 3 dollars. |
| 5. He invented the first car __________ . |
| A. with his brothers B. without any difficulty C. himself D. difficult |