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The National Automobile Show in New York has been one of the top auto shows in the United States since 1900. On November 3 of that year, about 8,000 people looked over the “horseless carriages.” It was the opening day and the first opportunity for the automobile industry to show off its wares to a large crowd; however, the black-tie audience treated the occasion more as a social affair than as a sales extravaganza. It was also on the first day of this show that William McKinley became the first U.S. president to ride in a car.
The automobile was not invented in the United States. That distinction belongs to Germany. Nicolaus Otto built the first practical internal-combustion engine there in 1876. Then, German engineer Karl Benz built what are regarded as the first modern automobiles in the mid-1880s. But the United States pioneered the merchandising of the automobile. The auto show proved to be an effective means of getting the public excited about automotive products.
By happenstance, the number of people at the first New York show equaled the entire car population of the United States at that time. In 1900, 10 million bicycles and an unknown number of horse-drawn carriages provided the prime means of personal transportation. Only about 4,000 cars were assembled in the United States in 1900, and only a quarter of those were gasoline powered. The rest ran on steam or electricity.
After viewing the cars made by forty car makers, the show’s audience favored electric cars because they were quiet. The risk of a boiler explosion turned people away from steamers, and the gasoline-powered cars produced smelly fumes. The Duryea Motor Wagon Company, which launched the American auto industry in 1895, offered a fragrant additive designed to mask the smells of the naphtha that it burned. Many of the 1900 models were cumbersome—the Gasmobile, the Franklin, and the Orient, for example, steered with a tiller like a boat instead of with a steering wheel. None of them was equipped with an automatic starter.
These early model cars were practically handmade and were not very dependable. They were basically toys of the well-to-do. In fact, Woodrow Wilson, then a professor at Princeton University and later President of the United States, predicted that automobiles would cause conflict between the wealthy and the poor. However, among the exhibitors at the 1900 show was a young engineer named Henry Ford. But before the end of the decade, he would revolutionize the automobile industry with his Model T Ford. The Model T, first produced in 1909, featured a standardized design and a streamlined method of production—the assembly line. Its lower costs made it available to the mass market.
Cars at the 1900 show ranged in price from $1,000 to $1,500, or roughly $14,000 to $21,000 in today’s prices. By 1913, the Model T was selling for less than $300, and soon the price would drop even further. “I will build cars for the multitudes,” Ford said, and he kept his promise.
The passage implies that the audience viewed the 1900 National Automobile Show
primarily as a(n) ______
The National Automobile Show in New York has been one of the top auto shows in the United States since 1900. On November 3 of that year, about 8,000 people looked over the “horseless carriages.” It was the opening day and the first opportunity for the automobile industry to show off its wares to a large crowd; however, the black-tie audience treated the occasion more as a social affair than as a sales extravaganza. It was also on the first day of this show that William McKinley became the first U.S. president to ride in a car.
The automobile was not invented in the United States. That distinction belongs to Germany. Nicolaus Otto built the first practical internal-combustion engine there in 1876. Then, German engineer Karl Benz built what are regarded as the first modern automobiles in the mid-1880s. But the United States pioneered the merchandising of the automobile. The auto show proved to be an effective means of getting the public excited about automotive products.
By happenstance, the number of people at the first New York show equaled the entire car population of the United States at that time. In 1900, 10 million bicycles and an unknown number of horse-drawn carriages provided the prime means of personal transportation. Only about 4,000 cars were assembled in the United States in 1900, and only a quarter of those were gasoline powered. The rest ran on steam or electricity.
After viewing the cars made by forty car makers, the show’s audience favored electric cars because they were quiet. The risk of a boiler explosion turned people away from steamers, and the gasoline-powered cars produced smelly fumes. The Duryea Motor Wagon Company, which launched the American auto industry in 1895, offered a fragrant additive designed to mask the smells of the naphtha that it burned. Many of the 1900 models were cumbersome—the Gasmobile, the Franklin, and the Orient, for example, steered with a tiller like a boat instead of with a steering wheel. None of them was equipped with an automatic starter.
These early model cars were practically handmade and were not very dependable. They were basically toys of the well-to-do. In fact, Woodrow Wilson, then a professor at Princeton University and later President of the United States, predicted that automobiles would cause conflict between the wealthy and the poor. However, among the exhibitors at the 1900 show was a young engineer named Henry Ford. But before the end of the decade, he would revolutionize the automobile industry with his Model T Ford. The Model T, first produced in 1909, featured a standardized design and a streamlined method of production—the assembly line. Its lower costs made it available to the mass market.
Cars at the 1900 show ranged in price from $1,000 to $1,500, or roughly $14,000 to $21,000 in today’s prices. By 1913, the Model T was selling for less than $300, and soon the price would drop even further. “I will build cars for the multitudes,” Ford said, and he kept his promise.
The passage implies that the audience viewed the 1900 National Automobile Show
primarily as a(n) ______
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Đáp án A
Đoạn văn cho rằng khán giả đã xem Triển lãm ô tô quốc gia 1900 chủ yếu là một:
carriages.” It was the opening day and the first opportunity for the automobile industry to show off its wares to a large crowd; however, the black-tie audience treated the occasion more as a social affair than as a sales extravaganza.
A. buổi lễ trang trọng mang tính chất xã hội
B. cơ hội mua ô tô với giá thấp
C. cơ hội học cách lái xe
D. cơ hội đầu tư vào một trong ba mươi hai nhà sản xuất ô tô
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Câu 2:
According to the passage, who developed the first modern car?
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án A
Người đã phát triển chiếc xe hiện đại đầu tiên?
Karl Benz built what are regarded as the first modern automobiles in the mid-1880s
A. Karl Benz
B. Nikolaus Otto
C. William McKinley
D. Henry Ford
Câu 3:
Approximately how many cars were there in the United States in 1900?
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án A
Có khoảng bao nhiêu chiếc xe ở Hoa Kỳ vào năm 1900?
Only about 4,000 cars were assembled in the United States in 1900,
A. 4,000
B. 8.000
C. 10 triệu
D. Một số không xác định
Câu 4:
The phrase “by happenstance” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to________.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án C
Cụm từ “by happenstance” trong đoạn 3 gần nghĩa với:
A. Nói chung
B. Ví dụ
C. Thật trùng hợp
D. Theo thiết kế
Câu 5:
The word “they” in the paragraph 2 refers to ________.
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Đáp án D
Từ “họ” trong đoạn 2 đề cập đến ________.
A. nhà sản xuất ô tô
B. mẫu xe ô tô
C. đối tượng
D. xe điện
Câu 6:
Approximately how many of the cars assembled in the year 1900 were gasoline powered?
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án B
Khoảng bao nhiêu chiếc xe lắp ráp trong năm 1900 chạy bằng xăng?
Only about 4,000 cars were assembled in the United States in 1900, and only a quarter of those were gasoline powered.
Câu 7:
Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as steering with a tiller rather than with a steering wheel?
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Đáp án D
Điều nào sau đây KHÔNG được đề cập trong đoạn văn như một bánh lái thay vì với một tay lái?
Many of the 1900 models were cumbersome - the Gasmobile, the Franklin, and the Orient, for example, steered with a tiller like a boat instead of with a steering wheel.
Câu 8:
What was the highest price asked for a car at the 1900 National Automobile Show in the dollars of that time?
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Đáp án B
Giá cao nhất được yêu cầu cho một chiếc xe tại Triển lãm ô tô quốc gia 1900 là gì?
bằng đô la của thời gian đó?
Cars at the 1900 show ranged in price from $1,000 to $1,500
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