首页
登录
职称英语
In the United States also there were great changes, though the causes here w
In the United States also there were great changes, though the causes here w
游客
2024-08-19
5
管理
问题
In the United States also there were great changes, though the causes here were due only in part to the war; they sprang mainly from technical progress, and the development of mass-production, in which the United States henceforth was to lead the world. The cheap automobile, pioneered by Henry Ford, is a good example. In 1915 the United States contained 2.5 million cars; in 1920, 9 million. Only the new mass-production techniques made it possible to build all these cars and only the growing practice of "easy-payments" made it possible to sell them. By 1925 three out of four cars, new and old, were sold in this way. About the same proportion were covered against the weather; ten years earlier, forty-nine cars out of fifty were open ones.
The last fact is important. The car had not only become cheap; it had become a comfortable room on wheels not just a means of transport. First in the United States, then in Britain and other countries, the car began to revolutionize everyday life. People no longer had to live near their work or close to a railway station. So began, in earnest, the problem which is still with us. The town centers, once full of life and sociability, began to wither; evening found them dead and deserted, nothing but bright shop windows and locked doors. The car brought many far-reaching consequences and it was blamed, rightly or wrongly, for the decline in churchgoing and the increase in immorality. More recently, it meant the virtual end of horse drawn transport and a growing threat to the supremacy of the railroad. [br] the United States, 20 million cars could be sold in 1925 because of ______?
选项
答案
growing practice of easy payments
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3725923.html
相关试题推荐
IntheUnitedStatesalsothereweregreatchanges,thoughthecausesherew
IntheUnitedStatesalsothereweregreatchanges,thoughthecausesherew
Althoughfewwoulddenythatit’sbettertoberichthanpoor,forsomepeop
Althoughfewwoulddenythatit’sbettertoberichthanpoor,forsomepeop
HowmanyIraqipolicemenwerekilled?[br][originaltext]TheUnitedStatesmili
HowmanyIraqipolicemenwerekilled?[br][originaltext]TheUnitedStatesmili
HowmanyIraqipolicemenwerekilled?[br][originaltext]TheUnitedStatesmili
HowmanyIraqipolicemenwerekilled?[originaltext]TheUnitedStatesmilitarys
Whatcausesmorethantwoandahalfmilliondeathseachyear?[br][originalte
Whatcausesmorethantwoandahalfmilliondeathseachyear?[br][originalte
随机试题
HowtoBuildYourVocabularyEffectivelyVocabularyist
Accordingtothenewsitem,"sleepboxes"aredesignedtosolvetheproblemsof[
企业信息化规划是企业信息化建设中的重要环节,与信息系统规划、企业规划、业务流程建
食用牡蛎后引起荨麻疹、湿疹的可能原因是()。A.食物中含有酪胺 B.食
将“矫正”概念引入社会领域,成为司法方面的专门用语,意指国家司法机关和工人员通过
小红因婚姻问题前来求助。社会工作者小赵在仔细倾听了小红的叙述后, 拟通过询问小
创造活动的源动力是()。 A.需要B.兴趣 C.好奇心D.理想
用以测度回归直线对样本数据拟合程度的指标是()。A.相关系数 B.基尼系数
1.背景 某机场原有一条长度为3200m的跑道,南北方向,双向分别配置I类仪表
冬期浇筑的没有抗冻耐久性要求的C50混凝土,其受冻临界强度不宜低于设计强度等级的
最新回复
(
0
)