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When did Ford start his great Motor Company？
A．In 1908.
B．In 1903.
C．In 1892.
根据以下资料，回答{TSE}题。 Ford Abandons Electric Vehicles
{TS}What have the Ford motor company，General Motor’s and Honda done concerning electric cars？
A. They have started to produce electric cars．
B. They have done extensive research on electric cars．
C. They have given up producing electric cars．
D. They have produced thousands of electric cars．
Ford Abandons Electric Vehicles
The Ford motor company's abandonment of electric cars effectively signals the end of the road for the technology, analysts say.
General Motors and Honda ceased production of battery-powered cars in 1999, to focus on fuel cell and hybrid electric gasoline engines, which are more attractive to the consumer. Ford has now announced it will do the same.
Three years ago, the company introduced the Think City two-seater car and a golf cart called the THINK, or Think Neighbor It hoped to sell 5,000 cars each year and 10,000 carts. But a lack of demand means only about 1,000 of the cars have been produced, and less than 1,700 carts have been sold so far in 2002.
"The bottom line is we don't believe that this is the future of environment transport for the mass market," Tim Holmes of Ford Europe said on Friday. "We feel we have given electric our best shot."
The Think City has a range of only about 55 miles and up to a six-hour battery recharge time. General Motors' EVI electric vehicle also had a limited range, of about 100 miles.
The very expensive batteries also mean electric cars cost much more than petrol-powered alternatives. An electric Toyota RAV4 EV vehicle costs over $42,000 in the US, compared with just $17,000 for the petrol version. Toyota and Nissan are, now the only major auto manufacturers to produce electric vehicles.
"There is a feeling that battery electric has been given its chance. Ford now has to move on with its hybrid program, and that is what we will be judging them on," Roger Higman, a senior transport campaigner at UK Friends of the Earth, told the Environment News Service.
Hybrid cars introduced by Toyota and Honda in the past few years have sold well. Hybrid engines offer greater mileage than petrol-only engines, and the batteries recharge themselves. Ford says it thinks such vehicles will help it meet planned new guidelines on vehicle emissions in the US.
However, it is not yet clear exactly what those guidelines will permit. In June, General Motors and Daimler Chrysler won a court injunction, delaying by two years Californian legislation requiring car-makers to offer 100,000 zero-emission and other low-emission vehicles in the state by 2003. Car manufacturers hope the legislation will be rewritten to allow for more low-emission, rather than zero-emission, vehicles.
What have the Ford motor company, General Motor's and Honda done concerning electric cars？
A．They have started to produce electric cars.
B．They have done extensive research on electric cars.
C．They have given up producing electric cars.
D．They have produced thousands of electric cars.
Henry Ford was the first one to build cars which were fast, reliable(可靠的)and cheap. He was able to sell millions of them because he "mass-produced" them, that is, he made a great many cars of exactly the same type. Henry Ford's father had hoped his son would become a farmer, but the young man did not like the idea and went to Detroit where he worked as a mechanic.
By the time he was twenty-nine, in 1892, he had built his first car. The first "Massproduced" car in the world, The famous "Model T", appeared in 1908 five years after Henry had started his great Ford Motor's time, massproduction techniques have become common in industry and have reduced the price of a great many products which otherwise would be very expensive.
The passage mainly tells us ______.
A．how Henry Ford started his motor company
B．Henry Ford was a famous car producer
C．mass-production was introduced to the car-production industry by Henry Ford
D．Henry Ford was the first industrialist to build cars
Ford's board meeting was to be held in Dearborn, the Detroit suburb where Ford is headquartered. Chief spokesman Vaughn Koshkarian declined to comment on the agenda or the Volvo rumors. President Jac Nasser, speaking at an industry conference Tuesday night, also declined to say where Ford was negotiating with Volvo. But Nasser again said Ford was open to using its more than $ 20 billion cash reserve to expand the company's global reach.
Last year's acquisition of Chrysler by Daimler-Benz led to a panic of talks among automakers looking to strengthen their position in an industry beset (困扰) with too much production capacity worldwide. The conventional wisdom is that smaller automakers will be ill-equipped to compete in the 21st century as the industry becomes dominated by several international automakers.
Volvo, one of the world's smaller automakers, produces less than 500,000 vehicles annually. Last year it sold 100,227 cars in the United States, one of its largest markets. Ford reportedly has been courting Nissan Motor which is in debt as well, and turned down an offer last month for a 20% share in the Japanese automaker. Ford also lost in bidding late last year for financially troubled Kia Motors of Korea.
Analysts (分析家) say Ford and Volvo are a better fit. "The Volvo thing is more practical than anything else," said analyst David Healy of Burnham Securities. "Ford, which is becoming good at cost-effectively developing a variety of very different cars with the same basic chassis (底盘) and major parts, could help Volvo expand its product line," Girsky said. "If you could bring a premium price," he said, "Ford has similarly expanded Jaguar's vehicle line since it bought the British Luxury automaker in 1989."
Girsky, however, does not expect Ford to overbid for Volvo. "They had every opportunity in the world to buy Kia Motors and they walked away from it because the price got too high," he said. "I don't think Ford needs Volvo; it would be nice to have Volvo, but only at the right price."
The widespread concern over the possible merger is caused by______.
A．the Thursday board meeting of Ford Motor
B．a report about Volvo's exploration of a sale
C．the unfriendly relationship between Ford and Volvo
D．the stock changes in Wall Street investment bank
听力原文： Welcome to our Ford Rouge Factory Tour.
First, let me give you a brief introduction of Ford. Ford Motor manufactures and distributes automobiles in 200 markets across six continents. With about 300，000 employees and 108 plants worldwide, the company has core and affiliated automotive brands including Aston Martin, Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lincoln, Mazda, Mercury and Volvo.
The Ford Rouge Factory is located in the south of Detroit at the meeting of the Rouge and Detroit Rivers.
The original Rouge complex is a mile and a half wide and more than a mile long. The multiplex of 93 buildings totals 15，767，708 square feet of floor area．Buildings include plants for tire-making, stamping, engine casting, frame. and assembly. A massive power plant produces enough electricity to light a city the size of nearby Detroit, and a soybean conversion plant turns soybean into plastic auto parts.
Our factory tour has three parts: First, you will take the Historic Driving Tour. Buses will transport you for a narrated tour past famous landmarks and behind the scenes of this massive manufacturing complex. It will take approximately 20 to 30 minutes.
The second is the Rare Historic Footage Viewing. Here you will see a short film of rare, never-before-historic footage. You will learn about the triumphs and tragedies surrounding the Rouge. It takes 13minutes.
Third is the Virtual Reality Experience. A virtual reality theater will provide you with a 360-degree look at how automobiles are made! The approximate time for this is 15 minutes.
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Although Henry Ford's name is closely associated with the concept of mass production, he should receive equal credit for introducing labor practices as early as 1913 that would be considered67 even by today's standards.Safety 68 were improved, and the work day was 69 to eight hours, compared with the ten-or-twelve-hour day common at the time.In order to accommodate the shorter work day,the 70 factory was converted from two to three 71 .
72 , sick leaves as well as improved medical care for those injured 73 the job were instituted. The Ford Motor Company was one of the first factories to develop a 74 school to train specialized skilled laborers and an English language school for immigrants. Some 75 were even made to hire the handicapped and provide jobs for former convicts（服刑囚犯）.
The most 76 acclaimed innovation was the five-dollar-a-day minimum wage that was 77in order to recruit and 78 the best mechanics and to 79 the growth of labor unions. Ford explained the new wage policy in 80 of efficiency and profit sharing. He also mentioned the fact that his employees would be able to purchase the automobiles that they produced-in effect 81 a market for the product. In order to quality for the minimum wage, an employee had to establish a decent home and 82 good personal habits,including sobriety,thriftiness,industriousness,and dependability.83 some criticism was directed at Ford for involving himself too much in the 84 lives of his employees, there can be no doubt that, at a time when immigrants were being taken 85 of in frightful ways, Henry Ford was helping many people to 86 themselves in America.
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A. advanced
B. appropriate
C. accessible
D. acute
A．the great multitude
B．the best materials
C．the best workers to be hired
D．high price
The widespread concern over the possible merger is caused by ______.
A．the Thursday board meeting of Ford Motor
B．a report about Volvo's exploration of a sale
C．the unfriendly relationship between Ford and Volvo
D．the stock changes in Wall Street investment bank
Which auto manufacturers are still producing electric vehicles？
A. Toyota and Nissan．
B. General Motor’S and Honda．
C. Ford and Toyota．
D. Honda and Toyata．
