Switzerland(瑞士)is famous for its watches. However, it was not this country that invented the watch. It was the British who did it. Here is a story of how the watch was brought to Switzerland.
Many years ago, an Englishman was traveling to Italy. On his way he stopped in a small town in South Switzerland. This Englishman traveled in a carriage inside which there was a carriage watch, A native shop assistant happened to see the watch. He wondered what it was and asked the Englishman about it. “it was a carriage watch, ” said the man. “This machine tells the time but now it isn’t working.”
At once the shop assistant offered to try to repair it. So the traveler handed him the watch. The assistant was a wise man. So it was not surprising that he managed to repair it. He even got to know how it was made. As soon as the traveler had gone on his journey, he made a watch exactly the same type.
Thus watch-making was started in Switzerland. Today Swiss watches are sold in stores all over the world.
1．The earliest watches were made in .
A．Switzerland B．Italy C．England D．a small town
2．The first Swiss watch was made by .
A．an Italian shop assistant B．a Swiss shop assistant
C．an English shop assistant D．a man who was traveling to Italy
3．Why could the shop assistant repair the watch?
A．Because he made such a watch before B．Because he repaired such watches before
C．Because he knew how the watch worked D．Because he was very clever