Question

[Lê Quỳnh Anh]

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.

Washington was the first city in history to be created solely for the purpose of governance. Following the Revolution, members of Congress had hotly debated the question of a permanent home for themselves and for those departments – the Treasury, the Patent Office and so on – which even the sketchiest of central governments would feel obliged to establish. In 1790, largely in order to put an end to congressional bickering, George Washington was charged with selecting a site for the newly designated federal district. Not much to anyone’s surprise but to the disappointment of many he chose a tract of land on the banks of the Potomac River, a few miles upstream from his beloved plantation Mount Vernon.

The District of Columbia was taken in part from Virginia and in part from Maryland. At the time it was laid out, its hundred square miles consisted of gently rolling hills, some under cultivation and the rest heavily wooded, with a number of creeks and much swampy land along the Potomac. There is now a section of Washington that is commonly referred to as Foggy Bottom; that section bore the same nickname a hundred and eighty years ago.

Two ports cities, Alexandria and Georgetown, flourished within sight of the new capital and gave it access by ship to the most important cities of the infant nation – Charleston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Newport, Salem and Portsmouth – and also to the far-off ports of England and the Continent.

Which of the following sentences is NOT TRUE?

A.Washington was founded for the purpose of administration

B.Congressmen did not find it necessary to have a home for themselves

C.George Washington’s choice was a disappointment to many people

D.District of Columbia is commonly referred to as Washington

Answer 1

[Dương Hoàn Anh]

Câu nào dưới đây không đúng theo nội dung bài đọc?

A. Thủ đô Washington được thành lập vì mục đích quản lí/hành chính.

B. Các thành viên của quốc hội thấy rằng tìm căn nhà chung cho chính các thành viên quốc hội là không cần thiết.

C. Sự lựa chọn của George Washington làm nhiều người thất vọng.

D. Đặc khu Columbia thường được gọi với tên Washington.

Thông tin: members of Congress had hotly debated the question of a permanent home for themselves and for those departments – the Treasury, the Patent Office and so on – which even the sketchiest of central governments would feel obliged to establish.

Tạm dịch: những thành viên của quốc hội đã có những tranh cãi nảy lửa về việc tìm một căn nhà lâu dài cho quốc hội và cho những bộ khác như Bộ tài chính, Cơ quan cấp bằng sáng chế và nhiều cơ quan khác, thậm chí những người xấu tính nhất của Chính phủ trung ương cũng cảm thấy biết ơn khi thành lập căn nhà như vậy.

Chọn B