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 28 to 34.

        In 1900 the United States had only three cities with more than a million residents-New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia. By 1930, it had ten giant metropolises. The newer ones experienced remarkable growth, which reflected basic changes in the economy. The population of Los Angeles (114,000 in 1900) rose spectacularly in the early decades of the twentieth century, increasing a dramatic 1,400 percent from 1900 to 1930.

        A number of circumstances contributed to the meteoric rise of Los Angeles. The agricultural potential of the area was enormous if water for irrigation could be found, and the city founders had the vision and dating to obtain it by constructing a 225-mile aqueduct, completed in 1913, to tap the water of the Owens River. The city had a superb natural harbor, as well as excellent rail connections. The climate made it possible to shoot motion pictures year-round; hence Hollywood not only supplied jobs but also disseminated an image of the good life in Southern California on screens all across the nation. The most important single industry powering the growth of Los Angeles, however, was directly linked to the automobile. The demand for petroleum to fuel gasoline engines led to the opening of the Southern California oil fields, and made Los Angeles North America’s greatest refining center.

        Los Angeles was a product of the auto age in another sense as well: its distinctive spatial organization depended on widespread private ownership of automobiles. Los Angeles was a decentralized metropolis, sprawling across the desert landscape over an area of400 square miles.

                   It was a city without a real center. The downtown business district did not grow apace with the city as a whole, and the rapid transit system designed to link the center with outlying areas withered away from disuse. Approximately 800,000 cars were registered in Los Angeles County in 1930, one per 2.7 residents. Some visitors from the east coast were dismayed at the endless urban sprawl and dismissed Los Angeles as a mere collection of suburbs in search of a city. But the freedom and mobility of a city built on wheels attracted floods of migrants to the city.

The author characterizes the growth of new large cities in the United States after 1900 as resulting primarily from _________.

A. new economic conditions

B. images of cities shown in movies

C. new agricultural techniques  

D. a large migrant population

Dương Hoàn Anh
8 tháng 7 2018 lúc 3:58

Chọn đáp án A

Tác giả mô tả sự phát triển của các thành phố mới to lớn ở Mỹ sau năm 1900 chủ yếu do _________.

A. điều kiện kinh tế mới

B. hình ảnh các thành phố được chiếu trong phim

C. các kĩ thuật nông nghiệp mới

D. dân số di cư lớn

Dẫn chứng: In 1900 the United States had only three cities with more than a million residents- New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia. By 1930, it had ten giant metropolises. The newer ones experienced remarkable growth, which reflected basic changes in the economy. (Năm 1900 Hoa Kỳ chỉ có ba thành phố với hơn một triệu cơ dân - New York, Chicago Philadelphia. Đến năm 1930, nó có mười đô thị khổng lồ. Những cái mới hơn đã tăng trưởng đáng kể, phản ánh những thay đổi cơ bản trong nền kinh tế.)

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