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12/2/2023 3:32:50 PM
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.
People have defined ‘skyscraper’ in a number of ways over the years: an ornament on the top of a building, a high-flying bird, a very tall man and a sail at the top of a mast. At the end of the nineteenth century, the word was used to refer to buildings of ten storeys or more. Later, a lift was used to take people up to the higher floors, as in the most famous skyscraper, the Empire State Building. During the Middle Ages, the people who lived in the cities of northern Europe began to build great cathedrals. Tall spires were added to make these churches higher and bring them closer to heaven.
In the nineteenth century, as cities grew more crowded with people looking for work, the value of land rocketed. New businesses were starting and in order to make room for offices on a small plot of land, it was necessary to build higher. But the problem was that to put up a stone building of such height, the walls on the ground floor would have to be more than two metres thick to hold the weight of the building. So another material was required to make skyscrapers possible.
About this time, three buildings were put up that used iron or steel to support great weight with safety. They were the Crystal Palace in London, the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the Brooklyn Bridge in New York. From then on, architects started to experiment with buildings that had steel frames and they have made huge progress. Today, the tallest skyscrapers are a hundred storeys or more, compared to the first ten -storey skyscrapers, which seem tiny.
(Adapted from Exam Preparation in School by Bessie Dendrinos & Bessie Mitsikopoulou)
Question 38: What could be the best title for the passage?
A. Why skyscrapers were needed. B. The most famous skyscrapers in the world today.
C. The people who designed skyscrapers. D. Problems during construction of skyscrapers.
Question 39: The word "who" in paragraph 1 refers to _______.
A. the churches B. the people C. the cities D. the middle ages
Question 40: According to paragraph 1, in the Middle Ages, people built tall churches because _______.
A. they were more beautiful B. they felt like approaching God
C. they took in more people D. they started to build great cathedrals
Question 41: The word "rocketed" in paragraph 2 mostly means _______.
A. rose B. dropped C. fluctuated D. drew
Question 42: According to the passage, which of the following is NOT mentioned as a structure using iron or steel to support great weight with safety?
A. The Eiffel Tower. B. Crystal Palace. C. Fogo Island Inn. D. The Brooklyn Bridge.
Đề minh họa số 38 môn Tiếng Anh tôt nghiệp THPT 2023
People have defined ‘skyscraper’ in a number of ways over the years: an ornament on the top of a building, a high-flying bird, a very tall man and a sail at the top of a mast. At the end of the nineteenth century, the word was used to refer to buildings of ten storeys or more. Later, a lift was used to take people up to the higher floors, as in the most famous skyscraper, the Empire State Building. During the Middle Ages, the people who lived in the cities of northern Europe began to build great cathedrals. Tall spires were added to make these churches higher and bring them closer to heaven.
In the nineteenth century, as cities grew more crowded with people looking for work, the value of land rocketed. New businesses were starting and in order to make room for offices on a small plot of land, it was necessary to build higher. But the problem was that to put up a stone building of such height, the walls on the ground floor would have to be more than two metres thick to hold the weight of the building. So another material was required to make skyscrapers possible.
About this time, three buildings were put up that used iron or steel to support great weight with safety. They were the Crystal Palace in London, the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the Brooklyn Bridge in New York. From then on, architects started to experiment with buildings that had steel frames and they have made huge progress. Today, the tallest skyscrapers are a hundred storeys or more, compared to the first ten -storey skyscrapers, which seem tiny.
(Adapted from Exam Preparation in School by Bessie Dendrinos & Bessie Mitsikopoulou)
Question 38: What could be the best title for the passage?
A. Why skyscrapers were needed. B. The most famous skyscrapers in the world today.
C. The people who designed skyscrapers. D. Problems during construction of skyscrapers.
Question 39: The word "who" in paragraph 1 refers to _______.
A. the churches B. the people C. the cities D. the middle ages
Question 40: According to paragraph 1, in the Middle Ages, people built tall churches because _______.
A. they were more beautiful B. they felt like approaching God
C. they took in more people D. they started to build great cathedrals
Question 41: The word "rocketed" in paragraph 2 mostly means _______.
A. rose B. dropped C. fluctuated D. drew
Question 42: According to the passage, which of the following is NOT mentioned as a structure using iron or steel to support great weight with safety?
A. The Eiffel Tower. B. Crystal Palace. C. Fogo Island Inn. D. The Brooklyn Bridge.
Đề minh họa số 38 môn Tiếng Anh tôt nghiệp THPT 2023
