3 Đọc kỹ đoạn văn sau và lựa chọn phương án trúng (A hoặc B, C, D) cho từng câu từ một cho tới 10.
In the early 1800s, to tát reach the jump-off point for the West, a family from the East of the United States could either buy a steamboat passage to tát Missouri for themselves, their wagons and their livestock or, as happened more often, simply pile everything into a wagon, hitch up a team, and begin their overland trek right in their front yard.
Along the macadamized roads and turnpikes east of the Missouri River, travel was comparatively fast, camping easy, and supplies plentiful. Then, in one river town or another, the neophyte emigrants would pause to tát lắc in provisions. For outfitting purposes, the town of Independence had been preeminent ever since 1827, but the rising momentum of pioneer emigration had produced some rival jump-off points. Westport and Fort Leavenworth flourished a few miles upriver. St. Joseph had sprung up 55 miles to tát the northwest; in fact, emigrants who went to tát Missouri by riverboat could save four days on the trail by staying on the paddle wheelers to tát St. Joe before striking overland.
At whatever jump-off point they chose, the emigrants studied guide books and directions, asked questions of others as green as themselves, and made their final decision about outfitting. They had various, sometimes conflicting, options. For example, either pack animals or two -wheel carts or wagons could be used for the overland crossing. A family man usually chose the wagon. It was the costliest and slowest of the three, but it provided space and shelter for children and for a wife who likely as not was pregnant. Everybody knew that a top-heavy covered wagon might blow over in a prairie wind or be overturned by mountain rocks, that it might mire in river mud or sink to tát its hubs in desert sand, but maybe if those things happened on this trip, they would happen to tát someone else. Anyway, most pioneers, with their farm background, were used to tát wagons.
The expression "green" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to tát ...
A. optimistic
B. weary
C. inexperienced
D. frightened
Đáp án C
Optimistic: lạc quan
Weary: mệt rũ rời, kiệt sức
Inexperienced: thiếu hụt kinh nghiệm
Frightened: kinh hãi
Green: xanh rờn lá/ thiếu hụt kinh nghiệm
Nếu ko biết nghĩa “thiếu kinh nghiệm” của kể từ green thì cũng nên đoán:
At whatever jump-off point they chose, the emigrants studied guide books and directions, asked questions of others as green as themselves,…
Những người thiên di không giống (others) cũng tựa như những người thiên di này (the emigrants) – những người dân nghiên cứu và phân tích sách chỉ dẫn và lối đi. Từ phía trên rất có thể suy rời khỏi tính thiếu hụt tay nghề.
In paragraph 2, the word "striking" is closest in meaning to tát ...
A. orienting
B. hitting
C. marking
D. departing
Đáp án D
Orienting (orient): tấp tểnh hướng
Hitting (hit): chạm/ đánh/ cập (bờ)
Marking (mark): tấn công dấu
Deparing (depart): tách khỏi
Striking (strike): (ở trong khúc văn đem nghĩa khởi hành)
All of the following were mentioned in the passage as options for modes of transportation size the Missouri River to tát the West EXCEPT ...
A. a wagon
B. a two-wheel cart
C. a riverboat
D. a pack animal
Đáp án C
For example, either
pack animalsor
two -wheel cartsor
wagonscould be used for the overland crossing
The word "preeminent" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to tát ...
A. superior
B. most easily reached
C. oldest
D. closet
Đáp án A
Superior: vượt lên trước trội
most easily reached
Oldest: già nua nhất
Closet: phòng/ buồng
Closest: sát nhất
Preeminent: hơn hẳn.
The author implies in the passage that the early emigrants ...
A. preferred wagon travel to tát other types of travel
B. left from the same place in Missouri
C. knew a lot about travel
D. were well stocked with provisions when they left their homes.
Đáp án A
…A family man usually chose the wagon… Anyway, most pioneers, with their farm background, were used to tát wagons.
…
All of the following can be inferred from the passage about travel east of the Missouri EXCEPT that is
A. took place on good roads
B. was usually by steamboat
C. was easier than thở in the West
D. was faster than thở in the West
Đáp án B
…, a family from the East of the United States could either buy a steamboat passage to tát Missouri for themselves, their wagons and their livestock or,
as happened more often,
simply pile everything into a wagon…Từ câu bên trên tớ thấy ngay lập tức lựa chọn wagon xẩy ra thông thường xuyên rộng lớn trong mỗi chuyến thiên di.
In paragraph 3, the phrase "those things" refers to tát...
A. the belongings of the pioneers
B. the problems of wagon travel
C. the types of transportation
D. the overland routes
Đáp án B
Everybody knew that a top-heavy covered
wagonmight
blow over in a prairie windor be
overturned by mountain rocks, that it might mire in river mud or sink to tát its hubs in desert sand, but maybe if those things happened on this trip, they would happen to tát someone else
All of the following features of the covered wagon made it unattractive to tát the emigrants EXCEPT ...
A. its bulk
B. the tốc độ at which it could travel
C. its familiarity and size
D. its cost
Đáp án C
A family man usually chose the
wagon. It was the
costliestand
slowestof the three, but it provided
space and shelterfor children and for a wife who likely as not was pregnant.
What is the topic of this passage?
A. Important river towns
B. Getting started on the trip west
C. Choosing a point of departure
D. The advantages of travelling by wagon
Đáp án B
A: Các thị xã chỉ được nói đến tựa như những điểm đến lựa chọn của chuyến du ngoạn chư ko được mô tả kĩ nên ko cần chủ thể chủ yếu.
C: Bài viết lách không những về lựa lựa chọn điểm xuất vạc mang đến chuyến thiên di nhưng mà còn tồn tại về phương tiện đi lại, phương thức dịch rời.
D: Bài viết lách ko viết lách nhiều về đặc điểm của việc cút vị xe pháo ngựa (chủ yếu đuối ở đoạn cuối), cũng ko đối chiếu hoặc tế bào miêu tả những cơ hội dịch rời khác
B: đúng: chủ thể đó là việc chuẩn chỉnh bị/ chính thức chuyến thiên di.
Which of the cities that served as a jump-off point can be inferred from the passage to tát be farthest west?
A. Independence
B. Fort Leavenworth
C. St. Joseph
D. Westport
Đáp án C
St. Joseph had
sprung up 55 miles to tát the northwest; in fact, emigrants who went to tát Missouri by riverboat could
save four days on the trailby staying on the paddle wheelers to tát
St. Joe before striking overland.