ord, the “Tin Lizzie” was first shown to the public in 1909, and by the year 1927, 15,000,000 Tin Lizzies had been sold throughout the world.
9. As he grew older, Henry Ford showed a stronger affection for the past and its customs and virtues. He felt that life in the past had been simple, men had been honest and hardworking, and had trusted themselves and their own abilities. He collected machines, houses, furniture and other objects from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. He built copies of famous American houses.
10. From 1937 to 1945, Ford used his factories to help his country’
s side win a war. He made air planes at a huge plant at Willow Run, Michigan, which had cost 65 million dollars to build. But he still believed in his dreams of peace, and he believed that it would come. When someone asked him what he thought would happen after the Second World War, he said, “Out of his war will come the Great Awakening — the establishment of the brotherhood of Man and the Federation of the World.”
11. Sure in his hope, Henry Ford, the American industrial genius, died on April 7, 1947, eighty-three years after he had been born into a very different world, and one that his own efforts had done much to change.
56．“Every clock in the Ford home trembles when it sees Henry coming!”(Para. 2) What does the sentence suggest?
A．Ford was keen on taking apart every clock in his home.
B．Every clock was afraid of Ford’s coming.
C．Ford likes to see every clock tremble.
D．Every clock is glad to see Ford’s coming.
57．Which of the following statements is Not true according to the text?
A．It was the distribution problem that made Henry Ford give up his idea of producing a machine to make watches.
B．Henry Ford returned to his father’s farm because he was tired of the city life after many failures.
C．Henry Ford was considerably poor when he was preparing for his marriage with a girl.
D．Henry Ford moved back to Detroit because he could not get enough money for the building of the “horseless carriage” in his hometown.
58．It took Henry Ford about ______ to design and build his first automobile.
A．3 years B．10 years
C．12 years D．15 years
59．Henry Ford got his cars sold fast and wide by ______.
A．constantly reducing their cost
B．frequently changing their models
C．finally developing an assembly line
D．extensively advertising them in the newspaper
60．It is very likely that this article was written ______.
A．when Henry Ford became famous
B．right after the second world war
C．in the 1960s
D．not long ago
V．词形转换。将括号里提供的词转换成适当的词形填入答题纸上相应的位置。（本大题10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
Complete each of the following sentences with a (compound) word derived from the one(s) given in the brackets. (10 points)
61．The ______ of the 100-year-old sewage and water systems will cost millions of pounds. (modern
