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学必求其心得，业必贵于专精学必求其心得，业必贵于专精学必求其心得，业必贵于专精阅读理解AManypeoplebelieveHenryFordinventedtheautomobile(汽车）。ButHenryForddidnotstarttobuildhisfirstcaruntil1896。ThatwaselevenyearsaftertwoGermansdevelopedtheworld'sfirstautomobile。ManypeoplebelieveHenryFordinventedtheproductionlinethatmovedacar'spartstotheworker，insteadofmakingtheworkermovetotheparts。Thatisnottrue,either.ManyfactoryownersusedmethodsofthiskindbeforeFord.WhatHenryForddidwastouseotherpeople'sideasandmakethembetter。Andhemadethewholefactoryamovingproductionline。Intheearlydaysoftheautomobile，almosteverycarmakerracedhiscars.Itwasthebestwayofgainingpublicnotice。HenryForddecidedtobuildaracingcar。Ford'smostfamousracewashisfirstone。Itwasalsothelastraceinwhichhedrovethecarhimself。Theracewasin1901,atafieldnearDetroit。Allofthemostfamouscarshadentered，butonlytwowereleft:theWintonandFord’s。TheWintonwasfamousforitsspeed.Mostpeoplethoughttheracewasoverbeforeitbegan.TheWintontookanearlylead。Buthalfwaythroughtherace，itbegantolosepower.Fordstartedtogain.Andneartheendoftherace,hetookthelead。FordwontheraceanddefeatedtheWinton。Hisnameappearedinnewspapersandhebecamewell-knownallovertheUnitedStates。Withinweeksoftherace，HenryFordformedanewautomobilecompany。Inthe1903,adoctorinDetroitboughtthefirstcarfromthecompany。ThatsalewasthebeginningofHenryFord’sdream。Fordsaid:”Iwillbuildamotorcarforthegreatmassofpeople.Itwillbelargeenoughforthefamily，butsmallenoughforonepersontooperateandcarefor.Itwillbebuiltofthebestmaterials.Itwillbebuiltbythebestmentobeemployed。Anditwillbebuiltwiththesimplestplansthatmodemengineeringcanproduce。Itwillbesolowinpricethatnomanmakinggoodmoneywillbeunabletoownone.”TheModelTwasacarofthatkind。Itonlycost＄850。Itwasasimplemachinethatdriverscoulddependon.DoctorsboughttheModelT。Sodidfarmers。Evencriminals.Theyconsidereditthefastestandsurestformoftransportation.AmericanslovedtheModelT。Theywrotestoriesandsongsaboutit.ThousandsofModelT’swerebuiltinthefirstfewyears。（）1.WhatdoweknowaboutHenryFordfromParagraph1?A。Hemadegooduseofideasfromothers.B.Heproducedthefirstcarintheworld.C。Heknewhowtoimproveautoparts.D。Heinventedtheproductionline.【答案】：A【解析】：细节题。由文章WhatHenryForddidwastouseotherpeople’sideasandmakethembetter。可选A。(）2。WhydidHenryFordtakepartinthe1901carrace?A.Toshowoffhisdrivingskills。B.Todrawpublicattention。C。Tolearnaboutnewtechnology。D。Toraisemoneyforhisnewcompany.【答案】：B【解析】:细节题。由文章第3段TheWintonwasfamousforitsspeed。Mostpeoplethoughttheracewasoverbeforeitbegan。可得出B。（)3。“Thatsale”inParagraph4refersto。A.thesellingofFordcarsatreducedpricesB.thesaleofModelTtothemassofpeopleC。thesellingofacartoaDetroitdoctorD。thesalestargetfortheFordCompany【答案】：C【解析】：猜测词义，有上文Inthe1903,adoctorinDetroitboughtthefirstcarfromthecompany.可知。(）4.WhatwasHenryFord’sdreamaccordingtothetext?A。Producingcarsforaveragecustomers。B.Buildingracingcarsofsimpledesign。C.Designingmorecarmodels。D。Startingmorecompanies.【答案】:A 【解析】:细节题,由Iwillbuildamotorcarforthegreatmassofpeople可选A.BTheCoalitionfortheHomelessisanorganizationthatseekstoaddresstheneedsofthehomelesspopulationintheUnitedStates.Itisanetworkofoffices,someofwhichprovidefoodandhousesforthehomelesspopulation,andsomeofwhichfightforthepassingoflawsthatofovertwohundredmillionpeoplelivingintheUnitedStates，uptothreemillionarehomeless—andthenumberisstillgrowing。Sincethelate1970s，fastrisinghouseprices，largecutsingovernmentsupportedhousingprograms,andeconomicrecession（经济衰退)havemadeitimpossibleformanyAmericanstomeethousingcosts.Sadly,thishasresultedinanumberofpersonsbeingforcedtoleavetheirhomesand/orunabletofindnewaffordablehomes.Accordingtoanotherresearch,familieswithchildrenappeartobethefastest-growingpartofthehomelesspopulation,makingup39%ofit.Theoldideaofahomelessperson，thatofthesinglemanwhogetsdrunkallthetime,isnolongertrue。Amuchlagerpartofthepopulationnowfindsitselfhomeless。Evenworse，onceapersonbecomeshomeless,heoftenfindsitimpossibletofindajob,sincemostemployersrequireanyonewhowantsajobfromthemtoprovideahomeaddressonajobapplication.（）1。Theword“address"inthefirstlineprobablymeans。A.talkaboutB.dealwithC.fightforD.writeto【答案】：B【解析】：猜测词义题.由后文Itisanetworkofoffices，someofwhichprovidefoodandhousesforthehomelesspopulation,andsomeofwhichfightforthepassingoflawsthatofovertwohundredmillionpeoplelivingintheUnitedStates,可得出选B。（）2。HowmanypeoplearehomelessintheU。S.accordingtotheCoalitionstudies?A。39％ofthepopulation.B.200millionpeople。C。About3millionpeople。D.Aboutone—fifthofthepopulation。【答案】：C【解析】:细节题,由uptothreemillionarehomeless可得出C。（)3.Homelesspeopleoftenhavedifficultyfindingajobbecause.A。theyhavenohomeaddr