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Câu hỏi: 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.
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.
A. It is a forty-story skyscraper.
B. It is above a transportation center.
C. It is on Madison Avenue.
D. It has incredible gardens.
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.
(Adapted from Longman Preparation)
Which of the following can be inferred about the current Madison Square Garden?A. It is a forty-story skyscraper.
B. It is above a transportation center.
C. It is on Madison Avenue.
D. It has incredible gardens.
Bài đọc hiểu
Giải thích:
Điều nào sau đây có thể được suy ra về Madison Square Garden hiện tại?
A. Đó là một tòa nhà chọc trời bốn mươi tầng.
B. Nó ở trên một trung tâm giao thông vận tải.
C. Nó ở trên Đại lộ Madison.
D. Nó có những khu vườn tuyệt vời.
Thông tin:
+ 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.
(Madison Square Garden mới này được xây dựng ở một địa điểm khác, trên Đại lộ 8 và Phố 50 và cách khá xa Công viên Quảng trường Madison và Đại lộ Madison.)
+ 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.
(Một vị trí mới đã được tìm thấy cho vị trí thứ tư của Madison Square Garden, một nhà ga đường sắt hàng đầu của Pennsylvania, và các kế hoạch xây dựng đã được công bố vào năm 1960.
+ The building is not located near Madison Square, nor does it have the flowery gardens that contributed to the original name.
(Tuy nhiên, cái tên này thực sự là một cách gọi sai. Tòa nhà không nằm gần Quảng trường Madison, cũng không có những khu vườn đầy hoa góp phần tạo nên cái tên ban đầu.)
Giải thích:
Điều nào sau đây có thể được suy ra về Madison Square Garden hiện tại?
A. Đó là một tòa nhà chọc trời bốn mươi tầng.
B. Nó ở trên một trung tâm giao thông vận tải.
C. Nó ở trên Đại lộ Madison.
D. Nó có những khu vườn tuyệt vời.
Thông tin:
+ 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.
(Madison Square Garden mới này được xây dựng ở một địa điểm khác, trên Đại lộ 8 và Phố 50 và cách khá xa Công viên Quảng trường Madison và Đại lộ Madison.)
+ 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.
(Một vị trí mới đã được tìm thấy cho vị trí thứ tư của Madison Square Garden, một nhà ga đường sắt hàng đầu của Pennsylvania, và các kế hoạch xây dựng đã được công bố vào năm 1960.
+ The building is not located near Madison Square, nor does it have the flowery gardens that contributed to the original name.
(Tuy nhiên, cái tên này thực sự là một cách gọi sai. Tòa nhà không nằm gần Quảng trường Madison, cũng không có những khu vườn đầy hoa góp phần tạo nên cái tên ban đầu.)
Đáp án B.