When Henry Ford was a middle school student, he did not always pay attention to what his teachers said at school. One day, he and his good friend Tom took a watch apart.
61. (annoy)and extremely upset, the teacher told them both to stay 62. school. Their punishment was to stay until they fixed it. 63. the teacher did not know young Ford’s genius. In about ten minutes, he had repaired 64. watch and was on his way home.
Henry Ford was always interested in 65. things worked. He once plugged up the spout (嘴) of a teapot and placed 66. on the fire. Then he waited to see what 67. (happen) . The water boiled and, of course, turned 68. steam. Because the steam had no way to escape, the teapot exploded. The explosion broke a mirror and a window. As a result, the young inventor was 69. (bad) injured.
Ford’s years of curiosity paid off. He dreamed of a horseless carriage (运输工具). When he built 70. , the or ld of transportation was changed forever.