Read the following passage and mark letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions
Until recently, hunting for treasure from shipwrecks was mostly fantasy; with recent technological advances, however, the search for sunken treasure has become more popular as a legitimate endeavor. This has caused a debate between those wanting to salvage the wrecks and those wanting to preserve them.
Treasure hunters are spurred on by the thought of finding caches of gold coins or other valuable objects on a sunken ship. One team of salvagers, for instance, searched the wreck of the RMS Republic, which sank outside the Boston harbor in 1900. The search party, using side-scan sonar, a device that projects sound waves across the ocean bottom and produces a profile of the sea floor, located the wreck in just two and a half days. Before the use of this new technology, such searches could take months or years. The team of divers searched the wreck for two months, finding silver tea services, crystal dinnerware, and thousands of bottles of wine, but they did not find the five and a half tons of American Gold Eagle coins they were searching for.
Preservationists focus on the historic value of a ship. They say that even if a shipwreck's treasure does not have a high monetary value, it can be an invaluable source of historic artifacts that are preserved in nearly mint condition. But once a salvage team has scoured a site, much of the archaeological value is lost. Maritime archaeologists who are preservationists worry that the success of salvagers will attract more treasure-hunting expeditions and thus threaten remaining undiscovered wrecks. Preservationists are lobbying their state lawmakers to legally restrict underwater searches and unregulated salvages. To counter their efforts, treasure hunters argue that without the lure of gold and million-dollar treasures, the wrecks and their historical artifacts would never be recovered at all.
Question 8: What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Searching for wrecks is much easier with new technologies like side-scan sonar.
B. Maritime archaeoclogists are concerned about the unregulated searching of wrecks.
C. The search of the RMS Republic failed to produce the hoped-for coins.
Giải bởi Vietjack
Ý chính của đoạn văn là gì?
A. Tìm kiếm tàu chìm trở nên dễ dàng hơn nhiều với những công nghệ mới như thiết bị quét phát hiện tàu ngầm
B. Các nhà khảo cổ hàng hải lo ngại về việc tìm kiếm tàu chìm một cách trái phép
C. Cuộc tìm kiếm RMS Republic đã thất bại trong việc sản xuất những đồng xu được mong đợi
D. Sự phổ biến của việc tìm kiếm của cải đã dấy lên một cuộc tranh cãi giữa những người muốn bảo tồn và những người muốn khai thác.
Thông tin: Until recently, hunting for treasure from shipwrecks was mostly fantastic; with recent technological advances, however, the research for sunken treasure has become more popular as a legitimate endeavor. This has caused a debate between those wanting to salvage the wrecks and those wanting to preserve them.
Tạm dịch: Mãi đến gần đây, săn lùng của cải từ những con tàu chìm vẫn còn kì lạ; tuy nhiên với công nghệ tiên tiến hiện nay, việc tìm kiếm những của cải bị chìm đã trở nên phổ biến như là một hoạt động hợp pháp. Điều này đã gây nên một cuộc tranh cãi giữa những người muốn vớt khai thác tàu và những người muốn bảo tồn chúng.
Chọn D
The word “trigger” as used in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to which of the following?
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.
Most of the early houses built in America were suited to farm life, as it was not until cities became manufacturing centers that colonists could survive without farming as their major occupation. Among the earliest farmhouses in America were those built in Plymouth Colony. Generally they consisted of one large rectangular room on the ground floor, called a hall or great room and having a fireplace built into one of the walls, and a loft overhead. Sometimes a lean-to was attached alongside the house to store objects such as spinning wheels, firewood, barrels, and tubs. The furnishings in the great room were sparse and crudely built. Tabletops and chest boards were split or roughly sawed and often smoothed only on one side. Benches took the place of chairs, and the table usually had a trestle base so it could be dismantled when extra space was required. One or two beds and a six-board chest were located in one corner of the room. The fireplace was used for heat and light, and a bench often placed nearby for children and elders, in the area called the inglenook.
The original houses in Plymouth Colony were erected within a tall fence for fortification. However, by 1630 Plymouth Colony had 250 inhabitants, most living outside the enclosure. By 1640, settlements had been built some distance from the original site. Villages began to emerge throughout Massachusetts and farmhouses were less crudely built. Windows brought light into homes and the furnishings and décor were more sophisticated.
As more diversified groups of immigrants settled the country, a greater variety of farmhouses appeared, from Swedish long-style houses in the Delaware Valley to saltbox houses in Connecticut, Dutch-Flemish stone farmhouses in New York, and clapboard farmhouses in Pennsylvania. From Georgian characteristics to Greek revival elements, farmhouses of varied architectural styles and building functions populated the landscape of the new frontier.
Question 23: The main idea of the passage is
According to the passage, which of the following is NOT a possible cause of any heart attacks?
According to the passage, which planet typically shines the most brightly?
What do the second and the third paragraphs of the passage mainly discuss?
According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?
Which of the following is not mentioned as part of the furnishings in farmhouses?
Why is the Great Pyramid of Giza considered one of the seven wonders of the world?
