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The name Rolls-Royce has been associated with high-quality cars for (0) over a century. The first Rolls-Royce was produced in 1905, as the result of the (1) …. efforts of Charles Stewart Rolls and Frederick Henry Royce.
Rolls, an upper-class Londoner who was (2) …. at Eton and Cambridge University, started a company in 1902 to sell motor-cars. Royce, an engineering genius, (3) …. from a working-class background. He began his apprenticeship in a railway workshop at the age of 14, but by the age of 21 he had (4) …. up his own engineering business. Royce designed several motor-cars, and his first experimental model (5) ….in 1903. (6)….after that, Charles Rolls and Henry Royce met (7) ….the Rolls-Royce manufacturing firm in 1904. Royce resigned the motor-cars and Rolls sold them. Rolls, who had (8) ….himself a reputation as a keen racing motorist, also had a passion for flying. In 1910, at the age of only 33, he sadly (9) ….his death in a plane crash – in (10) …., he was the first Englishman to die in this way. Royce, however, continued work on their shared dream, and (11) ….to develop his first aero-engine in 1915. The Rolls-Royce Merlin aero-engine later powered British fighter aeroplanes in World War II. On Royce’s death in 1933, the famous Rolls-Royce monogram was changed from red to black as a (12) ….of respect for the great man.
1. A. connected B. mixed C. combined D. collected
2. A. educated B. schooled C. taught D. trained
3. A. grew B. arrived C. came D. arose
4. A. put B. made C. set D. brought
5. A. appeared B. showed C. presented D. developed
6. A. Early B. Shortly C. Briefly D. Quickly
7. A. shaping B. forming C. building D. constructing
8. A. earned B. awarded C. deserved D. succeeded
9. A. got B. knew C. found D. met
10. A. spite B. case C. order D. fact
11. A. kept up B. went on C. got by D. saw through
12. A. note B. message C. signal D. sign
Rolls, an upper-class Londoner who was (2) …. at Eton and Cambridge University, started a company in 1902 to sell motor-cars. Royce, an engineering genius, (3) …. from a working-class background. He began his apprenticeship in a railway workshop at the age of 14, but by the age of 21 he had (4) …. up his own engineering business. Royce designed several motor-cars, and his first experimental model (5) ….in 1903. (6)….after that, Charles Rolls and Henry Royce met (7) ….the Rolls-Royce manufacturing firm in 1904. Royce resigned the motor-cars and Rolls sold them. Rolls, who had (8) ….himself a reputation as a keen racing motorist, also had a passion for flying. In 1910, at the age of only 33, he sadly (9) ….his death in a plane crash – in (10) …., he was the first Englishman to die in this way. Royce, however, continued work on their shared dream, and (11) ….to develop his first aero-engine in 1915. The Rolls-Royce Merlin aero-engine later powered British fighter aeroplanes in World War II. On Royce’s death in 1933, the famous Rolls-Royce monogram was changed from red to black as a (12) ….of respect for the great man.
1. A. connected B. mixed C. combined D. collected
2. A. educated B. schooled C. taught D. trained
3. A. grew B. arrived C. came D. arose
4. A. put B. made C. set D. brought
5. A. appeared B. showed C. presented D. developed
6. A. Early B. Shortly C. Briefly D. Quickly
7. A. shaping B. forming C. building D. constructing
8. A. earned B. awarded C. deserved D. succeeded
9. A. got B. knew C. found D. met
10. A. spite B. case C. order D. fact
11. A. kept up B. went on C. got by D. saw through
12. A. note B. message C. signal D. sign
