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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
Which of the following is NOT given as an effect of the building of the Eric Canal in paragraph 4?
A. It took water traffic away from the Mississippi River.
B. It established Boston and Philadelphia as the most important centers of trade.
C. It helped determine the outcome of the Civil War.
D. It allowed the East coast to trade with the Great Lake Sea.
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
Which of the following is NOT given as an effect of the building of the Eric Canal in paragraph 4?
A. It took water traffic away from the Mississippi River.
B. It established Boston and Philadelphia as the most important centers of trade.
C. It helped determine the outcome of the Civil War.
D. It allowed the East coast to trade with the Great Lake Sea.
Câu nào sau KHÔNG được đưa ra như một ảnh hưởng của việc xây dựng kênh đào Eric ở đoạn văn 4?
A. Nó đã lấy đi việc vận chuyển bằng đường thủy từ sông Mississippi.
B. Nó đã thành lập Boston và Philadelphia như là những trung tâm thương mại quan trọng nhất
C. Nó giúp xác định được kết quả của cuộc Nội Chiến.
D. Nó đã cho phép bờ biển phía Đông buôn bán với khu vực Great Lake Sea.
Dẫn chứng: "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. It also contributed in a number of wavs to the North's victory over the South in the Civil War."
A. Nó đã lấy đi việc vận chuyển bằng đường thủy từ sông Mississippi.
B. Nó đã thành lập Boston và Philadelphia như là những trung tâm thương mại quan trọng nhất
C. Nó giúp xác định được kết quả của cuộc Nội Chiến.
D. Nó đã cho phép bờ biển phía Đông buôn bán với khu vực Great Lake Sea.
Dẫn chứng: "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. It also contributed in a number of wavs to the North's victory over the South in the Civil War."
Đáp án B.