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1、【2018年职称英语综合类阅读理解模拟题(2)】职称英语综合类Ford"sAssemblyLineWhenitestosinglingoutthosewhohavemadeadifferenceinallourlives,youcannotoverlookHenryFord.AhistorianacenturyfromnowmightwellconcludethatitwasFordwhomostinfluencedallmanufacturing,everywhere,eventothisday,byintroducinganewwaytomake
2、cars-one,strangetosay,thatoriginatedinslaughterhouses.Backintheearly1900"s,slaughterhousesusedwhatcouldhavebeencalleda"disassemblyline."Fordreversedthisprocesstoseeifitwouldspeedupproductionofapartofanautomobileenginecalledamago.Ratherthanhaveeachworkerpletelyassembleamago,oneo
3、fitselementswasplacedonaconveyer,andeachworker,asitpassed,addedanotherponenttoit,thesameoneeachtime.ProfessorDavidHounshelloftheUniversityofDelaware,anexpertonindustrialdevelopment,tellswhathappened:"Thepreviousday,workerscarryingouttheentireprocesshadaveragedoneassemblyevery20
4、minutes.Butonthatday,ontheline,theassemblyteamaveragedoneevery13minutesand10secondsperperson."Withinayear,thetimehadbeenreducedtofiveminutes.In1913,Fordwentalltheway.Hookedtogetherbyropes,partiallyassembledvehiclesweretowedpastworkerswhopletedthemonepieceatatime.Itwasn"tlongbef
5、oreFordwasturningoutseveralhundredthousandcarsayear,aremarkableachievementthen.Andsoefficientandeconomicalwasthisnewsystemthathecutthepriceofhiscarsinhalf,to$260,puttingthemwithinreachofallthosewho,upuntilthattime,couldnotaffordthem.Soon,automakerstheworldovercopiedhim.Infact,h
6、eencouragedthemtodosobywritingabookaboutallofhisinnovations,entitledTodayandTomorrow.TheAgeoftheAutomobilehasarrived.Today,aidedbyrobotsandotherformsofautomation,everythingfromtoasterstoperfumesaremadeonassemblylines.1.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?A)HenryFordinfluence
7、dourlives.B)HenryFordinfluencedallmanufacturing.C)HenryFordinfluencedthemanufactureofcars.D)HenryFordinfluencedhistorians.2.Thewritermentioned"slaughterhouses"becausetheseweretheplacesinwhichA)Ford"sassemblylineoriginated.B)hemadecars.C)heinnovatedtheassemblyline.D)heinnovatedt
8、hedisassemblyline.3.AmagoisatechnicaltermforA)anautomo