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Câu hỏi: 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 35 to 42.
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 president, he headed the first company in the United States to build a canal that 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 offer an effective solution
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 Erie, which would link the Great Lakes area with the Atlantic seacoast. It would avoid the mountains that served as a barrier to canals form the Delaware and Potomac rivers
The first attempt to dig the canal, to be called the Erie 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 project was an estimated five million dollars, an enormous amount for those days. That was some (on-again, off-again) federal funding, but the War of 1812 put an end to this. 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 two million dollars more than expected
The canal rapidly lived up to its sponsor's faith, quickly paying for itself through tolls. It was fat more economical than any other form of transportation at the time. It permitted trade between the Great Lake region and 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 development of the railroads
The actual cost of building the Eric Canal was ___________.
A. $5 million
B. less than had been expected
C. $7 million
D. more than could be repaid
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 president, he headed the first company in the United States to build a canal that 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 offer an effective solution
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 Erie, which would link the Great Lakes area with the Atlantic seacoast. It would avoid the mountains that served as a barrier to canals form the Delaware and Potomac rivers
The first attempt to dig the canal, to be called the Erie 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 project was an estimated five million dollars, an enormous amount for those days. That was some (on-again, off-again) federal funding, but the War of 1812 put an end to this. 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 two million dollars more than expected
The canal rapidly lived up to its sponsor's faith, quickly paying for itself through tolls. It was fat more economical than any other form of transportation at the time. It permitted trade between the Great Lake region and 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 development of the railroads
The actual cost of building the Eric Canal was ___________.
A. $5 million
B. less than had been expected
C. $7 million
D. more than could be repaid
Chi phí thật sự của việc xây dựng kênh đào Eric là ____________.
A. 5 triệu đô la
B. ít hơn mong đợi
C. 7 triệu đô la
D. nhiều hơn có thể được trả lại
Dẫn chứng: "The cost of the prospect was estimated $5 million, an enormous amount for those days." (Chi phí cho dự án ước tính 5 triệu đô la, một khoản tiền khổng lồ cho vào thời đó.)
It was completed in 1825, costing $2 million more than expected. (Nó được hoàn thành vào năm 1825, phải trả thêm 2 triệu đô la so với mong đợi)
A. 5 triệu đô la
B. ít hơn mong đợi
C. 7 triệu đô la
D. nhiều hơn có thể được trả lại
Dẫn chứng: "The cost of the prospect was estimated $5 million, an enormous amount for those days." (Chi phí cho dự án ước tính 5 triệu đô la, một khoản tiền khổng lồ cho vào thời đó.)
It was completed in 1825, costing $2 million more than expected. (Nó được hoàn thành vào năm 1825, phải trả thêm 2 triệu đô la so với mong đợi)
Đáp án C.