The famous car Rolls-Royce has been largely hand-made and always one of the most expensive cars on the market.
In fact, Rolls-Royce is made up of two men’s names, Charles S. Rolls and Henry Royce. They came from very different backgrounds, received very different educations and when they met; their careers were going in very different directions.
In 1903, Royce bought a second-hand France Decauville car. He found the car unreliable, difficult to start and overheated. Royce decided he could do better himself and set about building two-cylinder (雙杠發(fā)動機) car of his own design. The first of these, built almost completely by Royce himself, was a success in almost every way: it started easily, ran smoothly and was very reliable. It never failed to impress everyone who saw it rode in the car, including Rolls.
While he was a university student at Cambridge, Rolls acquired a French Peugeot. It was the first automobile seen at Cambridge and by the time Rolls finished his studies, he was probably the most skilled driver in Britain. In 1902, Rolls went into the business of selling cars and became a leading automobile distributor. He was looking for a British car to market when he was told that Henry Royce had designed and built a two-cylinder automobile.
In 1904, Royce and Rolls joined together to build and sell motor car. They combined their talents—Royce the engineer and Rolls the salesman and businessman.
And, just two years later, the partnership produced the Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost, a milestone car acclaimed (盛贊) by many by the time as the “ best in the world”. Over the years the automaker built a legendary reputation.
小題1:The Rolls-Royce is expensive for its ______ .
A．procedureB．engine
C．functionD．impression
小題2:The underlined word “distributor” in Paragraph 4 probably means ______ .
A．bossB．producer
C．buyerD．seller
小題3:According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A．The Rolls-Royce car is the most expensive car in the world.
B．The two cylinder car built by Royce failed to impress people.
C．When Rolls graduated from Cambridge University, he didn’t do well in driving.
D．In 1906 the Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost was popular with many people.

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:D

小題1:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The famous car Rolls-Royce has been largely hand-made（著名的勞斯萊斯車已經(jīng)基本上是手工制作的）可知其價格昂貴的原因在于其制作過程。。
小題2:詞義理解題。結(jié)合In 1902, Rolls went into the business of selling cars and became a leading automobile distributor. He was looking for a British car to market可知distributor應(yīng)該是與銷售有關(guān)。
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段可知答案。
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