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Ho va tên thi sinh:……………………………………………………………………. SBD:…………………………
Choose A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in
pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 01:
A. off
B. of
C. safe
D. knife
Question 02:
A. sacred
B. decided
C. cooked
D. contaminated
Choose A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of
primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 03:
A. humanitarian
B. durability
C. individual
D. economical
Question 04:
A. achievement

B. machinery
C. apparent
D. interfere
Choose A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the
following questions.
Question 5: Often the bottom of a pan or skillet becomes black when it is placed among a fire .
A. of a pan
B. becomes black
C. among
D. a fire
Question 6: My grandfather had been looking for his newspaper for almost half an hour until
finally he found it lying on his bed.
A. for
B. until
C. finally he found it D. lying
Question 7: Farm animals have been regardless by nearly all societies as a valuable economic
resource
A. animals
B. regardless
C. valuable
D. resource
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 8: Neither Tom nor his brothers_________ willing to help their mother with the housework.
A. are
B. was
C. is D. has been
Question 9: “Never say that again, _________?”
A. won’t you
B. do you

C. don’t you D. will you
Question 10: Do you know the person_________ next to you in the evening class?
A. whose sitting
B. whom sits
C. sitting
D. who sit
Question 11: Tony Blair is believed_________ for Liverpool last week.
A. having left
B. to have left
C. to leave
D. leaving
Question 12: Not until a monkey is several years old_________ to exhibit sign of independence from
its mother.
A. it begins
B. does it begin
C. and begin D. is it begin
Question 13: _________ is increasing, which results from economic crisis.
A. Employment
B. Unemployed
C. Unemployment D. Employ
Question 14: Dogs make very_________ pets. They’ll always stay by your side
A. loyal
B. private
C. mental
D. digital
Question 15: House prices_________ greatly from one area to the next.
A. contrast
B. vary
C. distinguish
D. differentiate

Question 16: I can’t_________ of a word he is saying.
A. make sense
B. grasp
C. comprehend
D. understand
Question 17: The number of people traveling by air has been growing_________.
A. by leaps and bounds
B. from time to time
C. slow but sure
D. by hook or by crook
Question 18: The boss told the workers that he would try his best to continue running the
company and promised not to_________ any employees during the economic recession.
A. cross out
B. shut down
C. lay off
D. take over


Question 19: After her illness, Lam had to work hard to_________ his classmates
A. catch sight of
B. keep pace with C. get in touch with D. make allowance for
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.
Question 20: Jane: "It's going to rain."
Mary: "___________"
A. I hope not so
B. I don't hope either
C. I don't hope so
D. I hope not
Question 21: James: "Our team has just won the last football match." - Mary: "___________"

A. Good idea. Thanks for the news
B. Yes. I guess it's very good
C. Well, that's very surprising!
D. Yes, it's our pleasure
Choose A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in
the following questions.
Question 22: The whole village was wiped out in the bombing raids.
A. changed completely
B. cleaned well
C. destroyed completely
D. removed quickly
Question 23: Roget’s Thesaurus, a collection of English words and phrases, was originally arranged
by the ideas they express rather than by alphabetical order
A. as well as
B. instead of
C. restricted
D. unless
Choose A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in
each of the following questions.
Question 24: Dr. Jones suggested that final examinations should be discontinued, an innovation I
heartily support.
A. deleted
B. kept
C. terminated
D. changed
Question 25: He luckily inherited a lucrative business from his father
A. loss- making
B. losing
C. Wealthy
D. profitable

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in
meaning to each of the following questions.
Question 26: “What are you going to do with such a long list of books, Dane?” asked Sarah
A. Sarah was curious why Dane had such a long list of books
B. Sarah asked Dane what he was going to do with such a long list of books
C. Sarah could not understand why Dane was borrowing such a long list of books
D. Sarah warned Dane not to borrow such a long list of books
Question 27: When I picked up my book I found that the cover had been torn.
A. Picking up my book, the cover had been torn.
B. On picking up the book, I saw that the cover had been torn.
C. Picked up, I saw that the cover of the book was torn.
D. The cover had been torn when my book picked up.
Question 28: The Internet has enabled most people to get contact in a matter of moments.
A. Most people have been able to get in contact by the Internet in a matter of moments.
B. Most people have got in contact as enabled in a matter of moments by the Internet
C. On the Internet, most people are able to get in contact in a matter of moments
D. On the Internet, most people can find their contacts in a matter of moments.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines
each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Question 29: The teacher has done his best to help all students. However, none of them made any
effort on their part.
A. The teacher has done his best to help all students, then, none of them made any effort on
their part
B. Although the teacher has done his best to help all students, none of them made any effort
on their part
C. Because the teacher has done his best to help all students, none of them made any effort
on their part


D. If the teacher has done his best to help all students, none of them made any effort on

their part
Question 30: “Finish your work. And then you can go home.”
A. “You can’t go home until you finish your work.”
B. “You finish your work to go home as early as you can.”
C. “When you go home, finish your work then.”
D. “Because you have finished your work, you can go home.”
Read the following passage and choose A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that
best fits each of the following blanks.
Bonfire Night is (31)________ all over Britain on November 5th. The festival dates from 1605
when a man called Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament. He was caught and
hanged, (32)________ the other conspirators.
Preparations for Bonfire Night usually start weeks before the event itself .Children go from
house to house (33)________ old furniture, newspapers and anything else which will burn for their
bonfires. They make a “guy”, a figure which (34)________ Guy Fawkes, from an old sack and wheel it
round the streets asking for money which they use to buy fireworks.
On the day itself, as soon as it is dark, the guy is put on top of bonfire, which is then lit.
Fireworks are set off and everyone enjoys the display as they stand round the fire (35)________
warm and eating baked potatoes and hot dogs.
Question 31:
A. celebrated
B. opened
C. organizing
D. held
Question 32:
A. related to
B. together
C. associated with D. along with
Question 33:
A. gathered
B. collecting

C. bringing
D. carrying
Question 34:
A. symbolizes
B. signals
C. represents
D. resembles
Question 35:
A. keeping
B. remaining
C. to stay
D. to hold
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 36 to 42.
Ranked as the number one beverage consumed worldwide, tea takes the lead over coffee in
both popularity and production with more than 5 million tons of tea produced annually. Although
much of this tea is consumed in Asian, European and African countries, the United States drinks its
fair share. According to estimates by the Tea Council of the United States, tea is enjoyed by no less
than half of the U.S. population on any given day. Black tea or green tea - iced, spiced, or instant tea drinking has spurred a billion-dollar business with major tea producers in Africa and South
America and throughout Asia.
Tea is made from the leaves of an evergreen plant, Camellia sinensis, which grows tall and
lush in tropical regions. On tea plantations, the plant is kept trimmed to approximately four feet
high and as new buds called flush appear, they are plucked off by hand. Even in today’s world of
modern agricultural machinery, hand harvesting continues to be the preferred method. Ideally,
only the top two leaves and a bud should be picked. This new growth produces the highest quality
tea.
After being harvested, tea leaves are laid out on long drying racks, called withering racks,
for 18 to 20 hours. Next, depending on the type of tea being produced, the leaves may be crushed
or chopped to release flavor, and then fermented under controlled conditions of heat and humidity.
For green tea, the whole leaves are often steamed to retain their green color, and the fermentation

process is skipped. Producing black teas requires fermentation during which the tea leaves begin
to darken. After fermentation, black tea is dried in vats to produce its rich brown or black color.
No one knows when or how tea became popular, but legend has it that tea as a beverage,
was discovered in 2737 B. C. by Emperor Shen Nung of China when leaves from a Camellia dropped
into his drinking water as it was boiling over a fire. As the story goes, Emperor Shen Nung drank
the resulting liquid and proclaimed the drink to be most nourishing and refreshing. Though this
account cannot be documented, it is thought that tea drinking probably originated in China and
spread to other parts of Asia, then to Europe, and ultimately to America colonies around 1650.
With about half the caffeine content as coffee, tea is often chosen by those who want to
reduce, but not necessarily eliminate their caffeine intake. Some people find that tea is less acidic


than coffee and therefore easier on the stomach. Others have become interested in tea drinking
since the National Cancer Institute published its findings on the antioxidant properties of tea. But
whether tea is enjoyed for its perceived health benefits, its flavor, or as a social drink, teacups
continue to be filled daily with the world’s most popular beverage.
Question 36: Why does the author include statistics on the amount of tea produced, sold and
consumed?
A. To show the expense of processing such a large quantity of tea.
B. To explain why coffee is not the most popular beverage worldwide
C. To demonstrate tea’s popularity.
D. To impress the reader with factual sounding information.
Question 37: Based on the passage, what is implied about tea harvesting?
A. It is totally done with the assistance of modern agricultural machinery
B. It is no longer done in China
C. The method has remained nearly the same for a long time
D. The method involves trimming the uppermost branches of the plant
Question 38: What does the word “they” in paragraph 2 of the passage refer to?
A. Tea pickers
B. New buds

C. Evergreen plants D. Tropical regions
Question 39: According to the passage, what is true about the origin of tea drinking?
A. It began during the Shen Nung dynasty
B. It may have begun sometime around 1650
C. It is unknown when tea first became popular
D. It was originally produced from Camellia plants in Europe
Question 40: The word “eliminate” in paragraph 5 could be best replaced by which of the
following word?
A. decrease
B. increase
C. reduce
D. remove
Question 41: According to the passage, which may be the reason why someone would choose to
drink tea instead of coffee?
A. Because it’s easier to digest than coffee
B. Because it has a higher nutritional content than coffee
C. Because it helps prevent cancer
D. Because it has more caffeine than coffee
Question 42: What best describes the topic of this passage?
A. Tea consumption and production
B. The two most popular types of tea
C. The benefits of tea consumption worldwide D. How tea is produced and brewed
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to choose
the best answer for each of the question from 43- 50.
In the last third of the nineteenth century a new housing form was quietly being developed.
In 1869 the Stuyvesant, considered New York’s first apartment house, was built on East Eighteenth
Street. The building was financed by the developer Rutherfurd Stuyvesant and designed by Richard
Morris Hunt, the first American architect to graduate from the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. Each
man had lived in Paris, and each understood the economic and social potential of this Parisian
housing form. But the Stuyvesant was at best a limited success. In spite of Hunt’s inviting facade,

the living place was awkwardly arranged. Those who could afford them were quite content to
remain in the more sumptuous, single-family homes, leaving the Stuyvesant to young married
couple and bachelors.
The fundamental problem with the Stuyvesant and the other early apartment buildings that
quickly followed, in the late 1870’s and early 1880’s, was that they were confined to the typical
New York building lot. That lot was a rectangular area 25 feet wide by 100 feet deep - a shape
perfectly suited for a row house. The lot could also accommodate a rectangular tenement, though it
could not yield the square, well-lighted, and logically arranged rooms that great apartment
buildings require. But even with the awkward interior configurations of the early apartment
buildings, the idea caught on. It met the needs of a large and growing population that wanted
something better than tenements but could not afford or did not want row houses.


So while the city’s newly emerging social leadership commissioned their mansions,
apartment houses and hotels began to sprout on multiple lots, thus breaking the initial space
constraints. In the closing decades of the nineteenth century, large apartment houses began
dotting the developed portions of New York City, and by the opening decades of the twentieth
century, spacious buildings, such as the Dakota and the Ansonia finally transcended the tight
confinement of row house building lots. From there it was only a small step to building luxury
apartment houses on the newly created Park Avenue, right next to the fashionable Fifth Avenue
shopping area.
Question 43: The new housing form discussed in the passage refers to_________.
A. single-family homes
B. apartment buildings
C. row houses
D. hotels
Question 44: Why was the Stuyvesant a limited success?
A. The arrangement of the rooms was not convenient
B. Most people could not afford to live there
C. There were no shopping areas nearby

D. It was in a crowded neighborhood
Question 45: The word “sumptuous” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to_________.
A. luxurious
B. unique
C. modem
D. distant
Question 46: It can be inferred that the majority of people who lived in New York’s first apartments
were_________.
A. highly educated B. unemployed
C. wealthy
D. young
Question 47: The word “they” in the passage refers to_________.
A. fundamental problems
B. the Stuyvesant
C. modern apartment buildings
D. early apartment buildings
Question 48: It can be inferred that a New York apartment building in the 1870’s and 1880’s had
all of the following characteristics EXCEPT_________.
A. Its room arrangement was not logical
B. It was rectangular
C. It was spacious inside
D. It had limited light
Question 49: Why did the idea of living in an apartment become popular in the late 1880’s?
A. Large families needed housing with sufficient space
B. Apartments were preferable to tenements and cheaper than row houses
C. The city officials of “New York wanted housing that was centrally located
D. The shape of early apartments could accommodate a variety of interior designs
Question 50: The author mentions the Dakota and the Ansonia in paragraph 3 because_________.
A. they are examples of large, well-designed apartment buildings
B. their design is similar to that of row houses

C. they were built on a single building lot
D. they are famous hotels
_________THE END_________
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Môn: TIẾNG ANH – ĐÊ SỐ 341
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút, không kể thời gian phát
đề

Ho va tên thi sinh:……………………………………………………………………. SBD:…………………………
Choose A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in
pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 01:
A. off
B. of
C. safe
D. knife
Question 02:
A. sacred
B. decided
C. cooked
D. contaminated
Choose A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of
primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 03:
A. humanitarian
B. durability

C. individual
D. economical


Question 04:

A. achievement

B. machinery

C. apparent

D. interfere

Choose A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the
following questions.
Question 5: Often the bottom of a pan or skillet becomes black when it is placed among a fire .
A. of a pan
B. becomes black
C. among
D. a fire
Question 6: My grandfather had been looking for his newspaper for almost half an hour until
finally he found it lying on his bed.
A. for
B. until
C. finally he found it D. lying
Question 7: Farm animals have been regardless by nearly all societies as a valuable economic
resource
A. animals
B. regardless

C. valuable
D. resource
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 8: Neither Tom nor his brothers_________ willing to help their mother with the housework.
A. are
B. was
C. is D. has been
Question 9: “Never say that again, _________?”
A. won’t you
B. do you
C. don’t you D. will you
Question 10: Do you know the person_________ next to you in the evening class?
A. whose sitting
B. whom sits
C. sitting
D. who sit
Question 11: Tony Blair is believed_________ for Liverpool last week.
A. having left
B. to have left
C. to leave
D. leaving
Question 12: Not until a monkey is several years old_________ to exhibit sign of independence from
its mother.
A. it begins
B. does it begin
C. and begin D. is it begin
Question 13: _________ is increasing, which results from economic crisis.
A. Employment
B. Unemployed

C. Unemployment D. Employ
Question 14: Dogs make very_________ pets. They’ll always stay by your side
A. loyal
B. private
C. mental
D. digital
Question 15: House prices_________ greatly from one area to the next.
A. contrast
B. vary
C. distinguish
D. differentiate
Question 16: I can’t_________ of a word he is saying.
A. make sense
B. grasp
C. comprehend
D. understand
Question 17: The number of people traveling by air has been growing_________.
A. by leaps and bounds
B. from time to time
C. slow but sure
D. by hook or by crook
Question 18: The boss told the workers that he would try his best to continue running the
company and promised not to_________ any employees during the economic recession.
A. cross out
B. shut down
C. lay off
D. take over
Question 19: After her illness, Lam had to work hard to_________ his classmates
A. catch sight of
B. keep pace with C. get in touch with D. make allowance for

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.
Question 20: Jane: "It's going to rain."
Mary: "___________"
A. I hope not so
B. I don't hope either
C. I don't hope so
D. I hope not
Question 21: James: "Our team has just won the last football match." - Mary: "___________"
A. Good idea. Thanks for the news
B. Yes. I guess it's very good
C. Well, that's very surprising!
D. Yes, it's our pleasure
Choose A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in
the following questions.
Question 22: The whole village was wiped out in the bombing raids.
A. changed completely
B. cleaned well
C. destroyed completely
D. removed quickly


Question 23: Roget’s Thesaurus, a collection of English words and phrases, was originally arranged
by the ideas they express rather than by alphabetical order
A. as well as
B. instead of
C. restricted
D. unless
Choose A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in
each of the following questions.

Question 24: Dr. Jones suggested that final examinations should be discontinued, an innovation I
heartily support.
A. deleted
B. kept
C. terminated
D. changed
Question 25: He luckily inherited a lucrative business from his father
A. loss- making
B. losing
C. Wealthy
D. profitable
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in
meaning to each of the following questions.
Question 26: “What are you going to do with such a long list of books, Dane?” asked Sarah
A. Sarah was curious why Dane had such a long list of books
B. Sarah asked Dane what he was going to do with such a long list of books
C. Sarah could not understand why Dane was borrowing such a long list of books
D. Sarah warned Dane not to borrow such a long list of books
Question 27: When I picked up my book I found that the cover had been torn.
A. Picking up my book, the cover had been torn.
B. On picking up the book, I saw that the cover had been torn.
C. Picked up, I saw that the cover of the book was torn.
D. The cover had been torn when my book picked up.
Question 28: The Internet has enabled most people to get contact in a matter of moments.
A. Most people have been able to get in contact by the Internet in a matter of moments.
B. Most people have got in contact as enabled in a matter of moments by the Internet
C. On the Internet, most people are able to get in contact in a matter of moments
D. On the Internet, most people can find their contacts in a matter of moments.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines
each pair of sentences in the following questions.

Question 29: The teacher has done his best to help all students. However, none of them made any
effort on their part.
A. The teacher has done his best to help all students, then, none of them made any effort on
their part
B. Although the teacher has done his best to help all students, none of them made any effort
on their part
C. Because the teacher has done his best to help all students, none of them made any effort
on their part
D. If the teacher has done his best to help all students, none of them made any effort on
their part
Question 30: “Finish your work. And then you can go home.”
A. “You can’t go home until you finish your work.”
B. “You finish your work to go home as early as you can.”
C. “When you go home, finish your work then.”
D. “Because you have finished your work, you can go home.”
Read the following passage and choose A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that
best fits each of the following blanks.
Bonfire Night is (31)________ all over Britain on November 5th. The festival dates from 1605
when a man called Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament. He was caught and
hanged, (32)________ the other conspirators.
Preparations for Bonfire Night usually start weeks before the event itself .Children go from
house to house (33)________ old furniture, newspapers and anything else which will burn for their


bonfires. They make a “guy”, a figure which (34)________ Guy Fawkes, from an old sack and wheel it
round the streets asking for money which they use to buy fireworks.
On the day itself, as soon as it is dark, the guy is put on top of bonfire, which is then lit.
Fireworks are set off and everyone enjoys the display as they stand round the fire (35)________
warm and eating baked potatoes and hot dogs.
Question 31:

A. celebrated
B. opened
C. organizing
D. held
Question 32:
A. related to
B. together
C. associated with D. along with
Question 33:
A. gathered
B. collecting
C. bringing
D. carrying
Question 34:
A. symbolizes
B. signals
C. represents
D. resembles
Question 35:
A. keeping
B. remaining
C. to stay
D. to hold
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 36 to 42.
Ranked as the number one beverage consumed worldwide, tea takes the lead over coffee in
both popularity and production with more than 5 million tons of tea produced annually. Although
much of this tea is consumed in Asian, European and African countries, the United States drinks its
fair share. According to estimates by the Tea Council of the United States, tea is enjoyed by no less
than half of the U.S. population on any given day. Black tea or green tea - iced, spiced, or instant tea drinking has spurred a billion-dollar business with major tea producers in Africa and South

America and throughout Asia.
Tea is made from the leaves of an evergreen plant, Camellia sinensis, which grows tall and
lush in tropical regions. On tea plantations, the plant is kept trimmed to approximately four feet
high and as new buds called flush appear, they are plucked off by hand. Even in today’s world of
modern agricultural machinery, hand harvesting continues to be the preferred method. Ideally,
only the top two leaves and a bud should be picked. This new growth produces the highest quality
tea.
After being harvested, tea leaves are laid out on long drying racks, called withering racks,
for 18 to 20 hours. Next, depending on the type of tea being produced, the leaves may be crushed
or chopped to release flavor, and then fermented under controlled conditions of heat and humidity.
For green tea, the whole leaves are often steamed to retain their green color, and the fermentation
process is skipped. Producing black teas requires fermentation during which the tea leaves begin
to darken. After fermentation, black tea is dried in vats to produce its rich brown or black color.
No one knows when or how tea became popular, but legend has it that tea as a beverage,
was discovered in 2737 B. C. by Emperor Shen Nung of China when leaves from a Camellia dropped
into his drinking water as it was boiling over a fire. As the story goes, Emperor Shen Nung drank
the resulting liquid and proclaimed the drink to be most nourishing and refreshing. Though this
account cannot be documented, it is thought that tea drinking probably originated in China and
spread to other parts of Asia, then to Europe, and ultimately to America colonies around 1650.
With about half the caffeine content as coffee, tea is often chosen by those who want to
reduce, but not necessarily eliminate their caffeine intake. Some people find that tea is less acidic
than coffee and therefore easier on the stomach. Others have become interested in tea drinking
since the National Cancer Institute published its findings on the antioxidant properties of tea. But
whether tea is enjoyed for its perceived health benefits, its flavor, or as a social drink, teacups
continue to be filled daily with the world’s most popular beverage.
Question 36: Why does the author include statistics on the amount of tea produced, sold and
consumed?
A. To show the expense of processing such a large quantity of tea.
B. To explain why coffee is not the most popular beverage worldwide
C. To demonstrate tea’s popularity.

D. To impress the reader with factual sounding information.
Question 37: Based on the passage, what is implied about tea harvesting?
A. It is totally done with the assistance of modern agricultural machinery
B. It is no longer done in China
C. The method has remained nearly the same for a long time
D. The method involves trimming the uppermost branches of the plant


Question 38: What does the word “they” in paragraph 2 of the passage refer to?
A. Tea pickers
B. New buds
C. Evergreen plants D. Tropical regions
Question 39: According to the passage, what is true about the origin of tea drinking?
A. It began during the Shen Nung dynasty
B. It may have begun sometime around 1650
C. It is unknown when tea first became popular
D. It was originally produced from Camellia plants in Europe
Question 40: The word “eliminate” in paragraph 5 could be best replaced by which of the
following word?
A. decrease
B. increase
C. reduce
D. remove
Question 41: According to the passage, which may be the reason why someone would choose to
drink tea instead of coffee?
A. Because it’s easier to digest than coffee
B. Because it has a higher nutritional content than coffee
C. Because it helps prevent cancer
D. Because it has more caffeine than coffee
Question 42: What best describes the topic of this passage?

A. Tea consumption and production
B. The two most popular types of tea
C. The benefits of tea consumption worldwide D. How tea is produced and brewed
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to choose
the best answer for each of the question from 43- 50.
In the last third of the nineteenth century a new housing form was quietly being developed.
In 1869 the Stuyvesant, considered New York’s first apartment house, was built on East Eighteenth
Street. The building was financed by the developer Rutherfurd Stuyvesant and designed by Richard
Morris Hunt, the first American architect to graduate from the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. Each
man had lived in Paris, and each understood the economic and social potential of this Parisian
housing form. But the Stuyvesant was at best a limited success. In spite of Hunt’s inviting facade,
the living place was awkwardly arranged. Those who could afford them were quite content to
remain in the more sumptuous, single-family homes, leaving the Stuyvesant to young married
couple and bachelors.
The fundamental problem with the Stuyvesant and the other early apartment buildings that
quickly followed, in the late 1870’s and early 1880’s, was that they were confined to the typical
New York building lot. That lot was a rectangular area 25 feet wide by 100 feet deep - a shape
perfectly suited for a row house. The lot could also accommodate a rectangular tenement, though it
could not yield the square, well-lighted, and logically arranged rooms that great apartment
buildings require. But even with the awkward interior configurations of the early apartment
buildings, the idea caught on. It met the needs of a large and growing population that wanted
something better than tenements but could not afford or did not want row houses.
So while the city’s newly emerging social leadership commissioned their mansions,
apartment houses and hotels began to sprout on multiple lots, thus breaking the initial space
constraints. In the closing decades of the nineteenth century, large apartment houses began
dotting the developed portions of New York City, and by the opening decades of the twentieth
century, spacious buildings, such as the Dakota and the Ansonia finally transcended the tight
confinement of row house building lots. From there it was only a small step to building luxury
apartment houses on the newly created Park Avenue, right next to the fashionable Fifth Avenue
shopping area.

Question 43: The new housing form discussed in the passage refers to_________.
A. single-family homes
B. apartment buildings
C. row houses
D. hotels
Question 44: Why was the Stuyvesant a limited success?
A. The arrangement of the rooms was not convenient
B. Most people could not afford to live there
C. There were no shopping areas nearby
D. It was in a crowded neighborhood


Question 45: The word “sumptuous” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to_________.
A. luxurious
B. unique
C. modem
D. distant
Question 46: It can be inferred that the majority of people who lived in New York’s first apartments
were_________.
A. highly educated B. unemployed
C. wealthy
D. young
Question 47: The word “they” in the passage refers to_________.
A. fundamental problems
B. the Stuyvesant
C. modern apartment buildings
D. early apartment buildings
Question 48: It can be inferred that a New York apartment building in the 1870’s and 1880’s had
all of the following characteristics EXCEPT_________.
A. Its room arrangement was not logical

B. It was rectangular
C. It was spacious inside
D. It had limited light
Question 49: Why did the idea of living in an apartment become popular in the late 1880’s?
A. Large families needed housing with sufficient space
B. Apartments were preferable to tenements and cheaper than row houses
C. The city officials of “New York wanted housing that was centrally located
D. The shape of early apartments could accommodate a variety of interior designs
Question 50: The author mentions the Dakota and the Ansonia in paragraph 3 because_________.
A. they are examples of large, well-designed apartment buildings
B. their design is similar to that of row houses
C. they were built on a single building lot
D. they are famous hotels
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