Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each...

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42.

In the United States in the early 1800's, individual state governments had more effect on the economy than did the federal government. States chartered manufacturing, banking, mining, and transportation firms and participated in the construction of various internal improvements such as canals, turnpikes, and railroads. The states encouraged internal improvements in two distinct ways; first, by actually establishing state companies to build such improvement; second, by providing part of the capital for mixed public-private companies setting out to make a profit.

In the early nineteenth century, state governments also engaged in a surprisingly large amount of direct regulatory activity, including extensive licensing and inspection programs. Licensing targets reflected both similarities in and differences between the economy of the nineteenth century and that of today: in the nineteenth century, state regulation through licensing fell especially on peddlers, innkeepers, and retail merchants of various kinds. The perishable commodities of trade generally came under state inspection, and such important frontier staples as lumber and gunpowder were also subject to state control. Finally, state governments experimented with direct labor and business regulation designed to help the individual laborer or consumer, including setting maximum limits on hours of work and restrictions on price-fixing by businesses.

Although the states dominated economic activity during this period, the federal government was not inactive. Its goals were the facilitation of western settlement and the development of native industries. Toward these ends the federal government pursued several courses of action. It established a national bank to stabilize banking activities in the country and, in part, to provide a supply of relatively easy money to the frontier, where it was greatly needed for settlement. It permitted access to public western lands on increasingly easy terms, culminating in the Homestead Act of 1862, by which title to land could be claimed on the basis of residence alone. Finally, it set up a system of tariffs that was basically protectionist in effect, although maneuvering for position by various regional interests produced frequent changes in tariff rates throughout the nineteenth century.

It can be inferred from the first paragraph that in the nineteenth century canals and railroads were

A. built with money that came from the federal government

B. much more expensive to build than they had been previously

C. built predominantly in the western part of the country

D. sometimes built in part by state companies

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Dương Hoàn Anh

10 tháng 6 2018

Đáp án D

Thông tin: The states encouraged internal improvements in two distinct ways; first, by actually establishing state companies to build such improvement; second, by providing part of the capital for mixed public-private companies setting out to make a profit.

Dịch nghĩa: Các tiểu bang khuyến khích cải tiến nội bộ theo hai cách riêng biệt; đầu tiên, bằng cách thực sự thiết lập các công ty nhà nước để xây dựng cải tiến đó; thứ hai, bằng cách cung cấp một phần vốn cho các công ty công tư hỗn hợp thiết lập ra để tạo ra lợi nhuận.

Như vậy các cải tiến nội bộ như kênh đào, đường cao tốc, đường sắt có thể được xây dựng hoàn toàn bởi công ty nhà nước hoặc một phần bởi công ty nhà nước và một phần bởi công ty tư nhân.

Phương án D. sometimes built in part by state companies = một chiếc thuyền nổi trên mặt nước; là phương án chính xác nhất.

A. built with money that came from the federal government = được xây dựng với số tiền đến từ chính phủ liên bang.

Không có thông tin như vậy trong bài.

B. much more expensive to build than they had been previously = đắt hơn nhiều để xây dựng so với chúng đã từng trước đây.

Không có thông tin như vậy trong bài.

C. built predominantly in the western part of the country = được xây dựng chủ yếu ở phía tây của đất nước.

Không có thông tin như vậy trong bài.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42.In the United States in the early 1800's, individual state governments had more effect on the economy than did the federal government. States chartered manufacturing, banking, mining, and transportation firms and participated in the construction of various internal improvements such as canals, turnpikes, and railroads. The states encouraged...

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1 tháng 1 2019

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42.

In the United States in the early 1800's, individual state governments had more effect on the economy than did the federal government. States chartered manufacturing, banking, mining, and transportation firms and participated in the construction of various internal improvements such as canals, turnpikes, and railroads. The states encouraged internal improvements in two distinct ways; first, by actually establishing state companies to build such improvement; second, by providing part of the capital for mixed public-private companies setting out to make a profit.

In the early nineteenth century, state governments also engaged in a surprisingly large amount of direct regulatory activity, including extensive licensing and inspection programs. Licensing targets reflected both similarities in and differences between the economy of the nineteenth century and that of today: in the nineteenth century, state regulation through licensing fell especially on peddlers, innkeepers, and retail merchants of various kinds. The perishable commodities of trade generally came under state inspection, and such important frontier staples as lumber and gunpowder were also subject to state control. Finally, state governments experimented with direct labor and business regulation designed to help the individual laborer or consumer, including setting maximum limits on hours of work and restrictions on price-fixing by businesses.

Although the states dominated economic activity during this period, the federal government was not inactive. Its goals were the facilitation of western settlement and the development of native industries. Toward these ends the federal government pursued several courses of action. It established a national bank to stabilize banking activities in the country and, in part, to provide a supply of relatively easy money to the frontier, where it was greatly needed for settlement. It permitted access to public western lands on increasingly easy terms, culminating in the Homestead Act of 1862, by which title to land could be claimed on the basis of residence alone. Finally, it set up a system of tariffs that was basically protectionist in effect, although maneuvering for position by various regional interests produced frequent changes in tariff rates throughout the nineteenth century.

The regulatory activities of state governments included all of the following EXCEPT

A. licensing of retail merchants

B. inspecting materials used in turnpike maintenance

C. imposing limits on price-fixing

D. control of lumber

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Dương Hoàn Anh

1 tháng 1 2019

Đáp án B

Giải thích: Trong đoạn thứ hai của bài đọc, tác giả nhắc đến phạm vi của các hoạt động điều tiết của chính phủ tiểu bang. Trong đó chỉ có phương án B. inspecting materials used in turnpike maintenance = kiểm tra các vật liệu được sử dụng cho bảo trì đường cao tốc là không được nhắc đến.

A. licensing of retail merchants = việc cấp phép của các thương nhân bán lẻ.

in the nineteenth century, state regulation through licensing fell especially on peddlers, innkeepers, and retail merchants of various kinds = trong thế kỷ XIX, quy định nhà nước thông qua cấp phép rơi đặc biệt vào những người bán rong, chủ nhà nghỉ, và các thương gia bán lẻ các loại.

C. imposing limits on price-fixing = áp đặt giới hạn về ấn định giá.

Finally, state governments experimented with direct labor and business regulation designed to help the individual laborer or consumer, including setting maximum limits on hours of work and restrictions on price-fixing by businesses. = Cuối cùng, chính quyền bang đã thử nghiệm với lao động trực tiếp và quy định kinh doanh được thiết kế để giúp người lao động cá nhân hoặc người tiêu dùng, bao gồm thiết lập giới hạn tối đa về giờ làm việc và hạn chế ấn định giá của các doanh nghiệp.

D. control of lumber = kiểm soát gỗ

The perishable commodities of trade generally came under state inspection, and such important frontier staples as lumber and gunpowder were also subject to state control = Các mặt hàng dễ hỏng của thương mại nói chung chịu dưới sự thanh tra nhà nước, và như vậy mặt hàng chủ lực biên giới quan trọng như gỗ và thuốc súng cũng là đối tượng để nhà nước kiểm soát.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42.In the United States in the early 1800's, individual state governments had more effect on the economy than did the federal government. States chartered manufacturing, banking, mining, and transportation firms and participated in the construction of various internal improvements such as canals, turnpikes, and railroads. The states encouraged...

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Lê Quỳnh Anh

14 tháng 4 2018

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42.

In the United States in the early 1800's, individual state governments had more effect on the economy than did the federal government. States chartered manufacturing, banking, mining, and transportation firms and participated in the construction of various internal improvements such as canals, turnpikes, and railroads. The states encouraged internal improvements in two distinct ways; first, by actually establishing state companies to build such improvement; second, by providing part of the capital for mixed public-private companies setting out to make a profit.

In the early nineteenth century, state governments also engaged in a surprisingly large amount of direct regulatory activity, including extensive licensing and inspection programs. Licensing targets reflected both similarities in and differences between the economy of the nineteenth century and that of today: in the nineteenth century, state regulation through licensing fell especially on peddlers, innkeepers, and retail merchants of various kinds. The perishable commodities of trade generally came under state inspection, and such important frontier staples as lumber and gunpowder were also subject to state control. Finally, state governments experimented with direct labor and business regulation designed to help the individual laborer or consumer, including setting maximum limits on hours of work and restrictions on price-fixing by businesses.

Although the states dominated economic activity during this period, the federal government was not inactive. Its goals were the facilitation of western settlement and the development of native industries. Toward these ends the federal government pursued several courses of action. It established a national bank to stabilize banking activities in the country and, in part, to provide a supply of relatively easy money to the frontier, where it was greatly needed for settlement. It permitted access to public western lands on increasingly easy terms, culminating in the Homestead Act of 1862, by which title to land could be claimed on the basis of residence alone. Finally, it set up a system of tariffs that was basically protectionist in effect, although maneuvering for position by various regional interests produced frequent changes in tariff rates throughout the nineteenth century.

Which of the following activities was the responsibility of the federal government in the nineteenth century?

A. Control of the manufacture of gunpowder

B. Determining the conditions under which individuals worked

C. Regulation of the supply of money

D. Inspection of new homes built on western lands

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Dương Hoàn Anh

14 tháng 4 2018

Đáp án C

Thông tin: It established a national bank to stabilize banking activities in the country and, in part, to provide a supply of relatively easy money to the frontier, where it was greatly needed for settlement.

Dịch nghĩa: Nó đã thành lập một ngân hàng quốc gia để ổn định hoạt động ngân hàng trong nước và một phần là để cung cấp một nguồn cung tiền tương đối dễ dàng đến biên giới, nơi nó được cần rất nhiều để giải quyết vấn đề yên định.

Phương án C. Regulation of the supply of money = Quy định về việc cung cấp tiền, là phương án chính xác nhất.

A. Control of the manufacture of gunpowder = Kiểm soát sản xuất thuốc súng

Đây là trách nhiệm của chính quyền tiểu bang.

B. Determining the conditions under which individuals worked = Xác định các điều kiện theo đó các cá nhân làm việc.

Đây là trách nhiệm của chính quyền tiểu bang.

D. Inspection of new homes built on western lands = Kiểm tra ngôi nhà mới được xây dựng trên vùng đất phía tây.

Không có thông tin như vậy trong bài.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42.In the United States in the early 1800's, individual state governments had more effect on the economy than did the federal government. States chartered manufacturing, banking, mining, and transportation firms and participated in the construction of various internal improvements such as canals, turnpikes, and railroads. The states encouraged...

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Lê Quỳnh Anh

18 tháng 5 2019

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42.

In the United States in the early 1800's, individual state governments had more effect on the economy than did the federal government. States chartered manufacturing, banking, mining, and transportation firms and participated in the construction of various internal improvements such as canals, turnpikes, and railroads. The states encouraged internal improvements in two distinct ways; first, by actually establishing state companies to build such improvement; second, by providing part of the capital for mixed public-private companies setting out to make a profit.

In the early nineteenth century, state governments also engaged in a surprisingly large amount of direct regulatory activity, including extensive licensing and inspection programs. Licensing targets reflected both similarities in and differences between the economy of the nineteenth century and that of today: in the nineteenth century, state regulation through licensing fell especially on peddlers, innkeepers, and retail merchants of various kinds. The perishable commodities of trade generally came under state inspection, and such important frontier staples as lumber and gunpowder were also subject to state control. Finally, state governments experimented with direct labor and business regulation designed to help the individual laborer or consumer, including setting maximum limits on hours of work and restrictions on price-fixing by businesses.

Although the states dominated economic activity during this period, the federal government was not inactive. Its goals were the facilitation of western settlement and the development of native industries. Toward these ends the federal government pursued several courses of action. It established a national bank to stabilize banking activities in the country and, in part, to provide a supply of relatively easy money to the frontier, where it was greatly needed for settlement. It permitted access to public western lands on increasingly easy terms, culminating in the Homestead Act of 1862, by which title to land could be claimed on the basis of residence alone. Finally, it set up a system of tariffs that was basically protectionist in effect, although maneuvering for position by various regional interests produced frequent changes in tariff rates throughout the nineteenth century.

According to the passage, which of the following is true of the Homestead Act of 1862?

A. It made it increasingly possible for settlers to obtain land in the West

B. It was a law first passed by state governments in the West

C. It increased the money supply in the West

D. It established tariffs in a number of regions

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Dương Hoàn Anh

18 tháng 5 2019

Đáp án A

Thông tin: It permitted access to public western lands on increasingly easy terms, culminating in the Homestead Act of 1862, by which title to land could be claimed on the basis of residence alone.

Dịch nghĩa: Nó cho phép tiếp cận đến những vùng đất công phía tây với điều kiện ngày càng dễ dàng, mà đỉnh cao là trong Đạo luật năm 1862, do đó quyền sở hữu đất đai có thể được khẳng định chỉ trên cơ sở cư trú.

Phương án A. It made it increasingly possible for settlers to obtain land in the West = Nó làm cho ngày càng có khả năng cho người định cư để có được đất ở phương Tây, là phương án chính xác nhất.

B. It was a law first passed by state governments in the West = Đó là một đạo luật đầu tiên được thông qua bởi chính quyền các bang ở miền Tây.

Không có thông tin như vậy trong bài.

C. It increased the money supply in the West = Nó làm tăng cung tiền ở phương Tây.

Không có thông tin như vậy trong bài.

D. It established tariffs in a number of regions = Nó thiết lập mức thuế trong một số khu vực.

Không có thông tin như vậy trong bài.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42.In the United States in the early 1800's, individual state governments had more effect on the economy than did the federal government. States chartered manufacturing, banking, mining, and transportation firms and participated in the construction of various internal improvements such as canals, turnpikes, and railroads. The states encouraged...

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10 tháng 2 2018

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42.

In the United States in the early 1800's, individual state governments had more effect on the economy than did the federal government. States chartered manufacturing, banking, mining, and transportation firms and participated in the construction of various internal improvements such as canals, turnpikes, and railroads. The states encouraged internal improvements in two distinct ways; first, by actually establishing state companies to build such improvement; second, by providing part of the capital for mixed public-private companies setting out to make a profit.

In the early nineteenth century, state governments also engaged in a surprisingly large amount of direct regulatory activity, including extensive licensing and inspection programs. Licensing targets reflected both similarities in and differences between the economy of the nineteenth century and that of today: in the nineteenth century, state regulation through licensing fell especially on peddlers, innkeepers, and retail merchants of various kinds. The perishable commodities of trade generally came under state inspection, and such important frontier staples as lumber and gunpowder were also subject to state control. Finally, state governments experimented with direct labor and business regulation designed to help the individual laborer or consumer, including setting maximum limits on hours of work and restrictions on price-fixing by businesses.

Although the states dominated economic activity during this period, the federal government was not inactive. Its goals were the facilitation of western settlement and the development of native industries. Toward these ends the federal government pursued several courses of action. It established a national bank to stabilize banking activities in the country and, in part, to provide a supply of relatively easy money to the frontier, where it was greatly needed for settlement. It permitted access to public western lands on increasingly easy terms, culminating in the Homestead Act of 1862, by which title to land could be claimed on the basis of residence alone. Finally, it set up a system of tariffs that was basically protectionist in effect, although maneuvering for position by various regional interests produced frequent changes in tariff rates throughout the nineteenth century.

The word “ends” in line 20 is closest in meaning to

A. benefits

B. decisions

C. services

D. goals

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Dương Hoàn Anh

10 tháng 2 2018

Đáp án D

Giải thích: Ends (n) = mục đích, mục tiêu

Goals (n) = mục tiêu

Dịch nghĩa: Toward these ends the federal government pursued several courses of action = Hướng tới những mục đích đó chính phủ liên bang theo đuổi nhiều hành động.

A. benefits (n) = những lợi ích

B. decisions (n) = những quyết định

C. services (n) = những dịch vụ

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42.In the United States in the early 1800's, individual state governments had more effect on the economy than did the federal government. States chartered manufacturing, banking, mining, and transportation firms and participated in the construction of various internal improvements such as canals, turnpikes, and railroads. The states encouraged...

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Lê Quỳnh Anh

3 tháng 9 2017

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42.

In the United States in the early 1800's, individual state governments had more effect on the economy than did the federal government. States chartered manufacturing, banking, mining, and transportation firms and participated in the construction of various internal improvements such as canals, turnpikes, and railroads. The states encouraged internal improvements in two distinct ways; first, by actually establishing state companies to build such improvement; second, by providing part of the capital for mixed public-private companies setting out to make a profit.

In the early nineteenth century, state governments also engaged in a surprisingly large amount of direct regulatory activity, including extensive licensing and inspection programs. Licensing targets reflected both similarities in and differences between the economy of the nineteenth century and that of today: in the nineteenth century, state regulation through licensing fell especially on peddlers, innkeepers, and retail merchants of various kinds. The perishable commodities of trade generally came under state inspection, and such important frontier staples as lumber and gunpowder were also subject to state control. Finally, state governments experimented with direct labor and business regulation designed to help the individual laborer or consumer, including setting maximum limits on hours of work and restrictions on price-fixing by businesses.

Although the states dominated economic activity during this period, the federal government was not inactive. Its goals were the facilitation of western settlement and the development of native industries. Toward these ends the federal government pursued several courses of action. It established a national bank to stabilize banking activities in the country and, in part, to provide a supply of relatively easy money to the frontier, where it was greatly needed for settlement. It permitted access to public western lands on increasingly easy terms, culminating in the Homestead Act of 1862, by which title to land could be claimed on the basis of residence alone. Finally, it set up a system of tariffs that was basically protectionist in effect, although maneuvering for position by various regional interests produced frequent changes in tariff rates throughout the nineteenth century.

What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. States's rights versus federal rights

B. The participation of state governments in railroad, canal, and turnpike construction

C. The roles of state and federal governments in the economy of the nineteenth century

D. Regulatory activity by state governments

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Dương Hoàn Anh

3 tháng 9 2017

Đáp án C

Thông tin: In the United States in the early 1800's, individual state governments had more effect on the economy than did the federal government.

Dịch nghĩa: Tại Hoa Kỳ vào đầu những năm 1800, chính quyền tiểu bang cá nhân có hiệu lực nhiều hơn đối với nền kinh tế hơn so với chính phủ liên bang.

Đây là câu chủ đề của cả bài viết. Phần sau của bài giải thích rỗ hươn về sự tác động đối với nền kinh tế của hai loại hình chính phủ này.

Phương án C. The roles of state and federal governments in the economy of the nineteenth century = Vai trò của chính quyền tiểu bang và liên bang trong nền kinh tế của thế kỷ XIX; là phương án nêu chủ đề của bài đọc chính xác nhất.

A. States's rights versus federal rights = Các quyền của tiểu bang đối đầu với các quyền của liên bang.

Không có thông tin như vậy trong bài.

B. The participation of state governments in railroad, canal, and turnpike construction = Sự tham gia của chính quyền tiểu bang trong đường sắt, kênh mương, xây dựng cửa xoay tròn

Đây là một phần của chính sách phát triển kinh tế của chính quyền tiểu bang chứ không phải nội dung mang tính chủ đạo của bài.

D. Regulatory activity by state governments = Hoạt động điều tiết của chính quyền tiểu bang.

Đây là một phần của chính sách phát triển kinh tế của chính quyền tiểu bang chứ không phải nội dung mang tính chủ đạo của bài

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions For a century before the Erie Canal was built, there was much discussion among the general population of the Northeast as to the need for connecting the waterways of the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. A project of such monumental proportions was not going to be undertaken and completed without a supreme amount of effort. The man who was instrumental in...

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17 tháng 6 2018

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions

For a century before the Erie Canal was built, there was much discussion among the general population of the Northeast as to the need for connecting the waterways of the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. A project of such monumental proportions was not going to be undertaken and completed without a supreme amount of effort.

The man who was instrumental in accomplishing the feat that was the Erie Canal was Dewitt Clinton. As early as 1812, he was in the nation's capital petitioning the federal government for financial assistance on the project, emphasizing what a boon to the economy of the country the canal would be; his efforts with the federal government, however, were not successful.

In 1816, Clinton asked the New York State Legislature for the funding for the canal, and this time he did succeed. A canal commission was instituted, and Clinton himself was made head of it. One year later, Clinton was elected governor of the state, and soon after, construction of the canal was started.

The canal took eight years to complete, and Clinton was on the first barge to travel the length of the canal, the Seneca Chief, which departed from Buffalo on October 26, 1825, and arrived in New York City on November

4. Because of the success of the Erie Canal, numerous other canals were built in other parts of the country.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions

For a century before the Erie Canal was built, there was much discussion among the general population of the Northeast as to the need for connecting the waterways of the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. A project of such monumental proportions was not going to be undertaken and completed without a supreme amount of effort.

The man who was instrumental in accomplishing the feat that was the Erie Canal was Dewitt Clinton. As early as 1812, he was in the nation's capital petitioning the federal government for financial assistance on the project, emphasizing what a boon to the economy of the country the canal would be; his efforts with the federal government, however, were not successful.

In 1816, Clinton asked the New York State Legislature for the funding for the canal, and this time he did succeed. A canal commission was instituted, and Clinton himself was made head of it. One year later, Clinton was elected governor of the state, and soon after, construction of the canal was started.

The canal took eight years to complete, and Clinton was on the first barge to travel the length of the canal, the Seneca Chief, which departed from Buffalo on October 26, 1825, and arrived in New York City on November

4. Because of the success of the Erie Canal, numerous other canals were built in other parts of the country.

The paragraph following the passage most probably discusses

A. the effect of the Erie Canal on the Buffalo area

B. Clinton's career as governor of New York

C. the century before the building of the Erie Canal

D. canals in different U.S locations

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Dương Hoàn Anh

17 tháng 6 2018

D

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Đoạn sau đoạn văn này có thể thảo luận về

A. ảnh hưởng của kênh Erie trên khu vực Buffalo

B. sự nghiệp của Clinton với tư cách thống đốc bang New York

C. thế kỷ trước khi xây dựng kênh đào Erie

D. các con kênh ở các vị trí khác nhau ở Hoa Kỳ

Thông tin: Vì cuối bài này có câu: “Because of the success of the Erie Canal, numerous other canals were built in other parts of the country.”

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B,C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B,C, or D on your answer sheet to indicateIt is said that George Washington was one of the first to realize how important the building of canals would be to the nation's development. In fact, before he became the President, he headed the first company in the United States to build a canal, which was to connect the Ohio and Potomac rivers. It was never...

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Lê Quỳnh Anh

11 tháng 9 2017

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B,C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B,C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate

It is said that George Washington was one of the first to realize how important the building of canals would be to the nation's development. In fact, before he became the President, he headed the first company in the United States to build a canal, which was to connect the Ohio and Potomac rivers. It was never completed, but it showed the nation the feasibility of canals. As the country expanded westward, settlers in western New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio needed a means to ship goods. Canals linking natural waterways seemed to supply an effective method .In 1791, engineers commissioned by the state of New York investigated the possibility of a canal between Albany on the Hudson River and Buffalo on Lake Eric to link the Great Lakes area with the Atlantic seacoast. It would avoid the mountains that served as a barrier to canals from the Delaware and Potomac rivers.

The first attempt to dig the canal, to be called the Eric Canal, was made by private companies but only a comparatively small portion was built before the project was halted for lack of funds. The cost of the prospect was an estimated $5 million, an enormous amount for those days. There was some on-again-off-again federal funding, but this time the War of 1812 put an end to construction. In 1817, DeWitt Clinton was elected Governor of New York and persuaded the state to finance and build the canal. It was completed in 1825, costing $2 million more than expected.

The canal rapidly lived up to its sponsors' faith, quickly paying for itself through tolls. It was far more economical than any other form of transportation at the time. It permitted trade between the Great Lake region and the East coast, robbing the Mississippi River of much of its traffic. It allowed New York to supplant Boston, Philadelphia, and other eastern cities as the chief center of both domestic and foreign commerce. Cities sprang up along the canal. It also contributed in a number of ways to the North's victory over the South in the Civil War.

An expansion of the canal was planned in 1849. Increased traffic would undoubtedly have warranted its construction had it not been for the railroads.

Which of the following is NOT given as an effect of the building of the Eric Canal in paragraph 4?

A. It helped determine the outcome of the Civil War

B. It allowed the East coast to trade with the Great Lake Sea.

C. It established Boston and Philadelphia as the most important centers of trade.

D. It took water traffic away from the Mississippi River

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Dương Hoàn Anh

11 tháng 9 2017

Đáp án là C

Câu A: “It also contributed in a number of ways to the North's victory over the South in the Civil War.” Câu B & D: “It permitted trade between the Great Lake region and the East coast, robbing the Mississippi River of much of its traffic.”

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B,C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B,C, or D on your answer sheet to indicateIt is said that George Washington was one of the first to realize how important the building of canals would be to the nation's development. In fact, before he became the President, he headed the first company in the United States to build a canal, which was to connect the Ohio and Potomac rivers. It was never...

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Lê Quỳnh Anh

10 tháng 7 2017

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B,C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B,C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate

It is said that George Washington was one of the first to realize how important the building of canals would be to the nation's development. In fact, before he became the President, he headed the first company in the United States to build a canal, which was to connect the Ohio and Potomac rivers. It was never completed, but it showed the nation the feasibility of canals. As the country expanded westward, settlers in western New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio needed a means to ship goods. Canals linking natural waterways seemed to supply an effective method .In 1791, engineers commissioned by the state of New York investigated the possibility of a canal between Albany on the Hudson River and Buffalo on Lake Eric to link the Great Lakes area with the Atlantic seacoast. It would avoid the mountains that served as a barrier to canals from the Delaware and Potomac rivers.

The first attempt to dig the canal, to be called the Eric Canal, was made by private companies but only a comparatively small portion was built before the project was halted for lack of funds. The cost of the prospect was an estimated $5 million, an enormous amount for those days. There was some on-again-off-again federal funding, but this time the War of 1812 put an end to construction. In 1817, DeWitt Clinton was elected Governor of New York and persuaded the state to finance and build the canal. It was completed in 1825, costing $2 million more than expected.

The canal rapidly lived up to its sponsors' faith, quickly paying for itself through tolls. It was far more economical than any other form of transportation at the time. It permitted trade between the Great Lake region and the East coast, robbing the Mississippi River of much of its traffic. It allowed New York to supplant Boston, Philadelphia, and other eastern cities as the chief center of both domestic and foreign commerce. Cities sprang up along the canal. It also contributed in a number of ways to the North's victory over the South in the Civil War.

An expansion of the canal was planned in 1849. Increased traffic would undoubtedly have warranted its construction had it not been for the railroads.

The phrase "on-again-off-again" in paragraph 3 could be replaced by which of the following with the least change in the meaning?

A. ineffectual

B. intermittent

C. gradual

D. unsolicited

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DH

Dương Hoàn Anh

10 tháng 7 2017

Đáp án là B

On-again-off-again = intermittent = gián đoạn