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 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. 
The White House, the official home of the United States president, was not built in time for George Washington to live in it. It was begun in 1792 and was ready for its first inhabitants. President and Mrs.John Adams, who moved in on November 1, 1800. When the Adamses moved in, the White House was not yet complete, and the Adamses suffered many inconveniences; for example, the main staircase was incomplete, which hindered movement from floor to floor, and the future laundry yard was merely a pool of mud, so wet laundry was hung in the unfinished East Room to dry. Thomas Jefferson, the third president, improved the comfort of the White House in many respects and added new architectural features such as the terraces on the east and west ends.   When the British forces burned the White House on August 24, 1814, President Madison was forced to leave.All the remained after the fire was the exterior walls, the interior was completely destroyed. It was not until December of 1817 that the following president, James Monroe, was able to move into a rebuilt residence. Since then, the White House has continued to be modified but has been continuously occupied by each succeeding U.S president.

QuestionApproximately how much of the Earth’s atmosphere is nitrogen?

A. One-fourth

B. One-half

C. Three-fourths

D. All of it

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Đáp án C.

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Câu 2:

Question: Which of the following would be the most appropriate title for this text.

 

A. George Washington’s life in the White House.

B. The Early History of the White House.

C. The burning of the White House.

D. Presidential Policies of Early U.S.Presidents.

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Đáp án B.

Câu 3:

Question:  Why did George Washington not live in the White House?

A. It had been burned by the British.

B. He did not like the architectural features.

C. He did not want to suffer the inconveniences that the Adamses had suffered.

D. Construction had not yet been completed.

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Đáp án D.

Câu 4:

Question:  The word “inhabitants” in line 2 is closest meaning to:

A. modifications

B. moves

C. celebrations

D. residents

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Đáp án D.

Câu 5:

Question: It can be inferred from the passage that John Adams was:

A. the first president of the United States.

B. the second president of the United States.

C. the third president of the United States.

D. the fourth president of the United States.

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Đáp án B.

Câu 6:

Question: What of the White House was not yet complete when the Adamses moved in?

A. main staircase

B. laundry yard

C. pool

D. A and B

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Đáp án D.

Câu 7:

Question: The word “forces” in line 9 could best be replaced by:

A. military

B. effort

C. power

D. energy

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Đáp án A.

Câu 8:

Question: According to the passage, when James Monroe came to the White House, it had been

A. repressed

B. reconstructed

C. relocated

D. reserved

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Đáp án B.

Câu 9:

Question: The paragraph following the passage most likely discusses:

A. the details of the destruction of the White House by the British

B. James Monroe’s policies as presidents.

C. modifications by presidents who followed.

D. other presidents who were unable to occupy the White House.

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Đáp án C.

CÂU HỎI HOT CÙNG CHỦ ĐỀ

Câu 1

A. Its blue waters

B. Its nitrogen atmosphere

C. Its molten metal core

D. The moon

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Đáp án C.

Câu 2

A. hardening

B. withholding

C. containing

D. shortening

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Đáp án C.

Câu 3

A. elevating in nature

B. characteristics like all other planets

C. devastating in nature

D. characteristics that set it apart from other planets

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Câu 4

A. Earth is predominantly water.

B. There are life-supporting characteristics on Eart

C. Earth is the only planet with a moon

D. Earth has no common characteristics with other planets

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Câu 5

A. people on planets

B. the solar system as a whole

C. rings around Saturn

D. the Earth’s natural satellite – the moon

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Câu 6

A. main staircase

B. laundry yard

C. pool

D. A and B

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