Passage 3: Henry Ford and the Model-T
Henry Ford became famous and rich because he found a better, faster way tobuild cars. This is shown in the history of the Model-T. When the Model-Twas first introduced in 1908, it took 14 hours to build and cost $850. AfterFord introduced into his own factory the mass-production techniques that hesaw in a meat-packing plant, the time for building a Model-T was reduced toless than two hours. As a result, Ford was able to drop the price of the car to$265. By 1927, he had sold over 15 million Model-Ts.
【題組】24. The first Model-T was expensive because it _______.
(A) was new
(B) was very popular
(C) took a long time to build
(D) was built in a factory