According to the passage, when did the word "icebox" become part of the language of the United States?
Giải bởi Vietjack
Đáp án B
Theo bài đọc, từ “icebox” trở thành một phần ngôn ngữ của nước Mỹ khi nào?
A. năm 1803 B. khoảng trước năm 1850
C. Suốt thời nội chiến D. những năm 1950
Dẫn chứng: By the mid-nineteenth century, the term "icebox" had entered the American language, butice was still only beginning to affect the diet of ordinary citizens in the United States.
After the Civil War (1860-1865), as ice was used to refrigerate freight cars, it also came into household use. Even before 1880, half the ice sold in New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, and one-third of that sold in Boston and Chicago, went to families for their own use.
Which of the following is NOT considered an essential characteristic of architecture according to the passage?
Salt in its solid state is not able to conduct electricity because ______.
The author mentions “fish” in the first paragraph because __________________.
The word "substitutes" in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ________________.
When compared with implements "flaked with a counter-clockwise rotation”, it can be inferred that "implements flaked with a clock-wise motion" are ______________.
According to the passage, which of the following was an obstacle to the development of the icebox?
Which of the following could best serve as the title of the passage?
According to the passage, Moore's icebox allowed him to _______________.
The word "congested" in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ________________.
