第二節(jié) 完形填空(共20小題;每小題1.5分,滿分30分)
閱讀下面短文,從短文所給各題的四個選項(A、B、C、D)中,選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項,并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
Growing up on a remote Michigan farm, Henry Ford, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, knew little of farming. Like most pioneer farmers, his father, William, hoped that his eldest
son would
36 him on the farm, enable it to expand, and eventually take it 37 . But Henry proved a
38 . He hated farm work and did everything he could to
39 it. It was not that he was lazy.
40 from it! Give him a mechanical job to do, from mending a gate to sharpening tools,
41 he would set to work eagerly. It was the daily life of the farm, with its dull tasks,
42 upset him.
Henry was excited by the development in technology that could
__43 farmers like his father from wasteful and 44 labor. But these developments, in Henry’s boyhood, had touched farming 4
5 at all and farmers went on doing things in the way they had always done. So Henry
46 his attention elsewhere. When he was twelve, he became
47 in clocks and watches. Soon he was repairing them for friends, working at a bench he built in his bedroom.
In 1876, Henry suffered a serious 4
8 . His mother died in childbirth.
49 was no reason for him to stay on the farm, and he 50 to get away as soon as he could. Three years later, he took a job as a mechanic in Detroit.
51 this time steam engines had joined clocks
and watches as objects of Henry’s fascination. Making and installing them was the business of the Detroit workshop that he joined at the age of sixteen.
A chance meeting with an old co-worker 52 a job for Henry as an engineer at the Edison Detroit Electricity Company. When he quickly learned the ropes of his new job, his interest in fuel engines had come to control his life.
Henry learned
53 a slow, painstaking business it was to build an engine by hand. Every piece of every part had to be made individually, checked and rechecked, and tested.
54 the burden, he joined forces with another mechanic, Jim Bishop. Even so, it was two years 55 they succeeded in building a working car. Henry called it “Quadricycle.”(四輪驅(qū)動腳踏車)
36.
A. learn B. find C. Work D. join
37. A. away B. down C. Over D. off
38. A. success B. discouragement C. Surprise D. disappointment
39. A. do B. avoid C. Work D. make
40. A. Apart B. Far C. Free D. Aside
41. A. and B. or C. Otherwise D. so
42. A. that B. which C. what D. where
43. A. prevent B. free C. Take D. bring
44. A. boring B. exciting C. Funny D. inspiring
45. A. almost B. sometimes C. Hardly D. always
46. A. drew B. caught C. turned D. attracted
47. A. worried B. interested C. Upset D. bored
48. A. disease B. blow C. Beat D. defeat
49. A. It B. There C. This D. That
50. A. decided B. avoided C. Stuck D. took
51. A. At B. After C. In D. By
52. A.attended to B. related to C. turned to D. led to
53. A. how B. what C. why D. where
54. A. To reduce B.To bear C. To carry D. To place
55. A. when B. before C. After D. unless