Read this excerpt from Henry Ford’s autobiography, My Life and Work.From the beginning I never could work up much interest in the labour of farming. I wanted to have something to do with machinery. My father was not entirely in sympathy with my bent toward mechanics. He thought that I ought to be a farmer. When I left school at seventeen and became an apprentice in the machine shop of the Drydock Engine Works I was all but given up for lost.What can best be inferred from this excerpt?
Answer
A
Henry Ford is unable to perform the work that a farm requires.
B
Henry Ford and his father share a love of machines.
C
Henry Ford’s father disapproves of Henry’s work in the machine shop.
D
Henry Ford’s success in his apprenticeship makes his family proud.
Explanation
Ford says his father was “not entirely in sympathy” with his interest in mechanics and thought he ought to be a farmer. When Ford chose an apprenticeship in a machine shop instead, he says he was “all but given up for lost,” suggesting his father disapproved of that choice. The excerpt does not say that Ford was unable to farm or that his apprenticeship made his family proud.
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