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3. Ford had to cease the production of the Model-T because
A) manufacturing costs had risen to over $1,000
B) he-could not compete with the mass production methods of Daimler and Benz
C) the Model-A was being sold at a much lower price
D) other manufacturers had copied its design
E) the price of more luxurious cars had dropped
EXERCISE 2: Complete the sentences by selecting words:
a) coach b) assembly line c) mass production d) eventually e) lack f) obsolete g) sharply h) manufacturer i) utilize
1. Prices have risen …. in the last month and the government is battling to
bring the economy under control.
2. Before we start spending money on a new office, perhaps we should see if we can …. the space we already have more effectively.
3. Computers and word processors have become so commonplace these days that the traditional typewriter is virtually …. .
4. Although she is quite a good pianist, she …. the talent necessary to make
a professional career in music.
5. We're saving a small amount of money every month and we hope …. to
have enough to buy a car.
THE "JAZZ AGE"
Some of America's finest novelists began to write in the 1920s, or the "Jazz
Age", as this decade is sometimes termed. Older authors such as Theodore Dreiser
and Ellen Glasgow were still writing, but new authors wrote with new attitudes and
styles. Most of the serious novelists critically analyzed American society and ways of life and tried to depict Americans as they really were. F. Scott Fitzgerald caught the restless spirit of the 1920s in his The Great Gatsby. Ernest Hemingway depicted war and disillusionment in his The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms. With his direct, unadorned style and forceful dialogue, Hemingway set a pattern for much future American literature. Sinclair Lewis, the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, satirized the American businessman and small town in his Main Street and Babbitt. His style was mediocre, but his work vividly dissected a large section of American life.
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