文章大意：这是一篇记叙文。本文讲述亨利·福特上学时发生小故事，说明他的天赋，他对各种东西的工作原理总是很感兴趣，福特多年的好奇心得到了回报，由于他，运输界发生了永久性的变化。
2 . Henry Ford didn’t always pay attention in school. One day, he and a friend took a watch apart. Angry and upset, the teacher told them both to stay after school. Their punishment is was to stay until they had fixed the watch. But the teacher did not know Ford’s genius. In ten minutes, this mechanical wizard had repaired the watch and was on his way home.
Ford was always interested in how things worked. He once plugged up the spout of a teapot and placed it on the fire. Then he waited to see what would happen. The water boiled and, of course, returned to steam. Since the steam had no way to escape, the teapot exploded. The explosion cracked a mirror and broke a window. The young inventor was badly scalded (烫伤).
Ford’s years of curiosity and thinking paid off. He dreamed of a horseless carriage. When he built one, the world of transportation was changed forever.
1. Henry Ford __________ in school.
| A．studied very hard | B．was absent-minded |
| C．never paid attention | D．did very well |
2. The teacher asked Henry Ford to __________.
| A．punish his friend |
| B．stay at school until he had repaired the watch |
| C．go home at once |
| D．stay at school and take the watch apart |
3. Who fixed the watch in ten minutes?
| A．Henry Ford. | B．Ford’s friend. |
| C．Ford’s teacher. | D．A mechanic. |
4. The teapot exploded and the explosion __________.
| A．broke a mirror | B．broke a window |
| C．hurt Henry Ford | D．All of the above |
5. According to this passage, we know that Henry Ford __________.
| A．was interested in everything |
| B．was the youngest inventor in the world |
| C．paid for a horseless carriage |
| D．built one of the earliest car |
