______ the invention of the steam engine, most forms of transport were horse-drawn.
Giải bởi Vietjack
Đáp án: C
Giải thích:
- with reference to: có liên quan tới
- akin: giống, thân thuộc
- prior to: trước khi
- in addition to: thêm vào
Dịch: Trước khi phát minh ra hệ thống hơi nước, hầu như những dạng phương tiện đều được kéo bằng ngựa.
According to the passage, Patrick Gilmore did all of the following EXCEPT that he ________.
Read the following passage and choose the best answer to each question.
Madison Square Garden, a world-famous sporting venue in New York City, has actually been a series of buildings in varied locations rather than a single building in one spot. In 1873, P.T. Barnum built Barnum’s Monster Classical and Geological Hippodrome at the corner of Madison Avenue and 26th Street, across from Madison Square Park. Two years later, the bandleader Patrick Gilmore bought the property, added statues and fountains, and renamed it Gilmore’s Gardens. When Cornelius Vanderbilt bought the property in 1879, it was renamed Madison Square Garden.
A second very lavish Madison Square Garden was built at the same location in 1890, with a ballroom, a restaurant, a theater, a rooftop garden, and a main arena with seating for 15,000. However, this elaborate Madison Square Garden lasted until 1924 when it was torn down to make way for a forty-storey skyscraper.
When the second Madison Square Garden had been replaced in its location across from Madison Square Park, the boxing promoter Tex Rickard raised six million dollars to build a new Madison Square Garden. This new Madison Square Garden was constructed in a different location, on 8th Avenue and 50th Street and quite some distance from Madison Square Park and Madison Avenue. Rickard’s Madison Square Garden served primarily as an arena for boxing prize fights and circus events until it outgrew its usefulness by the late 1950s.
A new location was found for a fourth for Madison Square Garden, a top Pennsylvania Railroad Station, and plans were announced for its construction in 1960. This current edifice, which includes a huge sports arena, a bowling center, a 5,000-seat amphitheater, and a twenty-nine-storey office building, does retain the traditional name Madison Square Garden. However, the name is actually quite a misnomer. The building is not located near Madison Square, nor does it have the flowery gardens that contributed to the original name.
The main point of this passage is that Madison Square Garden ________.
They asked me what did happen last night, but I was unable to tell them.
Change into passive voice: The chief engineer was instructing all the workers of the plant.
In a report submitted to the government yesterday, scientists _____ that the building of the bridge be stopped.
Look at the sky, it is going to rain. Thus, you must bring along a raincoat.
That disabled boy's victory in the race set the ______ example to all students in the school.
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.
Success in the academic field depends on your number of qualifications.
Since every penny of the grant … spent on equipment, we started looking for volunteers to do the cleaning.
All parents are _______ to at least try to behave in ways that will give their own children an important protection
He drives so quickly that I am afraid that one day he will … someone crossing the street.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction
I went into the city center today because I need to get my phone repaired.
If she can make up such stories, she's certainly a very________ girl. (imagine)
