Question

 阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。 

no,not,few,little,leave,give,invention,begin,interested,invent,inventor,finish

   There are many 1       in our life. The car is one of the most important inventions in the world. The 2       ， Henry Ford,was an American. The first car was invented more than a century ago.

   Henry Ford was a clever boy when he was a child. He was always 3       in machines. He was always experimenting with them. He was always dreaming of machines to make his work easier. He enjoyed fixing clocks. And he helped repair for equipment. When Henry was sixteen years old,he 4       the family farm. He went to Detroit to learn more about machines.

   At this time,there were a 5       “ horseless carriages” on the roads,but most of them were driven by electricity of steam. He dreamed that he could 6       a machine which could run without a horse. He tried to work everything out for himself and he had to work at night since he had a full-time job with the Edison Electric       Company in Detroit. He met a lot of difficulties,but he didn’t 7       up. At last,in 1896,he succeeded in inventing the first Ford car. It was like a box placed on four big bicycle wheels. In 1898，his new car was 8      . The motor car was starting to attract attention and people were 9       to see that “horseless carriages” were 10 just a joke.

  Later,Henry Ford founded the first Motor Company.

1 .        2.        3.        4.        5.       

6.       7.        8.       9.        10.         

Answer 1

 1. inventions 2. inventor 3. interested 4. left 5. few

6. invent 7. give 8. finished 9. beginning 10. not