Câu hỏi:
06/04/2020 443Read 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 tire building of canals would be to the nation’s development. In fact, before he became the President, he headed the first company in the United States to build a canal, which 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 supply an effective method.
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 Eric to link the Great Lakes area with the Atlantic seacoast. It would avoid the mountains that served as a barrier to canals from the Delaware and Potomac rivers.
The first attempt to dig the canal, to be called the Eric 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 prospect was estimated $5 million, an enormous amount for those days. There was some on-again-off-again federal funding, but this time the War of 1812 put an end to construction. 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 S2 million more than expected.
The canal rapidly lived up to its sponsors’ faith, quickly paying for itself through tolls. It was far more economical than any other form of transportation at the time. 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. Cities sprang up along the canal. It also contributed in a number of ways to the Norths 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 railroads.
The word “feasibility” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ________
Đáp án chính xác
Câu hỏi trong đề:
BỘ ĐỀ THI THPT QUỐC GIA CHUẨN CẤU TRÚC BỘ GIÁO DỤC MÔN TIẾNG ANH !!
Sách mới 2k7: Tổng ôn Toán, Lí, Hóa, Văn, Sử, Địa…. kỳ thi tốt nghiệp THPT Quốc gia 2025, đánh giá năng lực (chỉ từ 110k).
Quảng cáo
Trả lời:
Giải bởi Vietjack
Đáp án A
Feasibility / ,fi:zə'biliti / ~ Possibility (n): tính khả thi, khả năng có thể thực hiện được
- Capability /,keipə'biliti/ (n): năng lực, khả năng
- Difficulty (n): sự khó khăn
- Profitability (n): khả năng kiếm lợi nhuận
Nhà sách VIETJACK:
CÂU HỎI HOT CÙNG CHỦ ĐỀ
Câu 1:
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The preparation __________ by the time the guest ___________
Xem đáp án »
06/04/2020
65,400
Câu 2:
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
If he had known her address, he _________ her to his birthday party last week.
Xem đáp án »
06/04/2020
16,527
Câu 3:
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges
-“-“We’ll have to hurry if we want to finish this project on time.” – “________”
Xem đáp án »
06/04/2020
15,100
Câu 4:
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
My boss asked his son ___________ impolitely
Xem đáp án »
06/04/2020
9,327
Câu 5:
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Be careful with your gun! You __________ wound somebody
Xem đáp án »
06/04/2020
8,323
Câu 6:
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Bill asked his sister __________.
Xem đáp án »
06/04/2020
7,186
Câu 7:
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges
Mrs. Smith: “__________”. - Mr. Brown: “Thank you. We are proud of him.”
Xem đáp án »
06/04/2020
5,871
về câu hỏi!