When speaking of Audi，we have to mention its 1_______ August Horch．He was born at Winningen，Germ any．Following a 2________ education at an engineering school at Mittwdeida，Horch worked for a Leipzig company making engines for torpedo boats，but by 1896 he was 3_______ Carl Benz's Mannheim motor works，4_______ at the time was the world's largest automobile manufacturing 5______．In 1899，Horch received financial 6________ from a cloth 7________to produce motor cars under his own name．His first 8________ was proGREssive for its use of shaft drive（驱动轴）．
9________，Horch's production of vehicles specif-ically designed for trials and competitions，10_______ hostility among his codirectors（同一家公司的董事会成员），which in the summer of 1909，11_______ his leaving the company that 12_______his name．But by July he had set up his business 13_______next door to the Horch works，under the name of August Horch Automobile Works．Naturally，his former 14_______ were horrified at the creation of a rival make（敌对的品牌）with the same name．The matter was 15_______when Horch renamed his company Audi．
The first Audi car was the Type A with a 2.6 litre four-cylinder，a proGREssive 16_______ of the day．It was followed in 1911 by the Type B which lasted until 1914．But the most 17_____ carwas the 3.5 litre Type C lasting until 1918．
In 1928，Audi，18_______a difficult condition，was 19_______by DKW，a company founded by a Danish man．To survive the 20 times Germany was going through before the Second World War，four com- panies—DKW，Audi，Horch and Wanderer—m erged to form a company．
1．A．finder B．foundling C．founder D．founding
2．A．technician B．technical C．technology D．technological
3．A．m anaging B．inspiring C．encouraging D．regularizing
4．A．that B．when C．while D．which
5．A．establishment B．entrepreneur C．institute D．basis
6．A．backing B．supportive C．supporting D．approving
7．A．merchandise B．merchant C．commerce D．business
8．A．modal B．medal C．mode D．model
9．A．However B．In addition C．Consequently D．Thus
10．A．turned B．overturned C．generated D．yielded
11．A．relied on B．attributed to C．led to D．m ade for
12．A．borne B．bore C．bored D．boring
13．A．eventually B．ultim ately C．finally D．virtually
14．A．associates B．associations C．connects D．connection
15．A．relieved B．released C．resolved D．received
16．A．feather B．trail C．figure D．feature
17．A．enduring B．bearing C．burdening D．standing
18．A．confronted B．facing C．noticing D．faced
19．A．taken in B．taken up C．taken out D．taken over
20．A．rough B．coarse C．tough D．harsh
答案及解析：
1．选C。founder意为“创立人”；finder意为“找到某物的人”；foundling意为“弃儿”。
2．选B。
3．选A。
4．选D。which引导非限制性定语从句。
5．选A。establishment意为“企业、公司”；entrepreneur意为“企业家”。
6．选A。backing意为“支持”、“帮助”，是名词；supportive意为“支持的”；supporting意为“配角的”。
7．选B。m erchant意为“商人”。
8．选D。m odel此处指“车型”。
9．选A。根据上下文，此处应用表示转折的词。
10．选C。generate意为“产生”。
11．选C。led to意为“导致”。
12．选B。bear his name 意为“生产冠以其姓名的汽车”。
13．选D。virtually意为“实际上”。
14．选A。associate意为“同事”。
15．选C。resolve意为“解决”。
16．选D。feature意为“特征”。
17．选A。enduring意为“持久的”。
18．选B。face意为“面临”。
19．选D。take over意为“接管”。
20．选C。tough意为“困难的”；rough意为“粗鲁的；粗糙的”；coarse意为“粗俗的”；harsh意为“刺耳的；苛刻的”。
