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阅读下面这篇短文，短文后有2项测试任务：第23～26题要求从所给的6个选项中为第2～5段每段选择1个正确的小标题;第 27～30题要求从所给的6个选项中选择4个正确选项，分别完成每个句子。请将答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。 Ford Fords great strength was the manufacturing process, not invention. Long before he started a car company, he was an inveterate tinker ,known for picking up loose scraps of metal and wire and turning them into ma-chines. Hes been putting cars together since 1891. Although by no means the first popu-lar automobile, the Model T showed the world just how innovative Ford was at combining technology and market. The companys assembly line alone threw Americas Industrial Revolution into over-drive. Instead of having workers put together the entire car, Fords cronies, who were great tool and die makers from Scotland, organized teams that added parts to each Model T as it moved down a line. By the time Fords sprawlingHighland Park plant was humming along in 1914, the worlds first automatic con-veyor beltcould turn out a ear every 93 minutes. The same year Henry Ford shocked the world with what probably stands as his grea-test contribution ever, the $5-a-day minimum wage scheme. The average wage in the auto industry then was $2.34 for a 9-hour shift. Ford not only doubled that, he also took an hour off the workday. In those years it was unthinkable that a guy could be paid that much for doing something that didnt involve an awful lot of training or education. The Wall Street Journal called the plan an economic crime, and critics everywhere heaped Fordism with equal scorn. | 
