Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions
Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States, was from a wealthy well-known family. As a child, he attended private school, had private tutors, and traveled with his parents to Europe. He attended Harvard University, and afterward studied law. At age 39, Roosevelt suddenly developed polio, a disease that left him without the full use of his legs for the rest of his life. Even though the worst of his illness, however, he continued his life in politics. In 1942 he appeared at the Democratic National Convention to nominate Al Smith for president, and eight years after that he himself was nominated for the same office. Roosevelt was elected to the presidency during the Great Depression of the 1930s, at a time when more than 5,000 banks had failed and thousands of people were out of work. Roosevelt took action. First he declared a bank holiday that closed all the banks so no more could fail; then he reopened the banks little by little with government support. Roosevelt believed in using the full power of government to help what he called the “forgotten people”. And it was these workers, the wage earners, who felt the strongest affection toward Roosevelt. There were others, however, who felt that Roosevelt’s policies were destroying the American system of government, and they opposed him in the same intense way that others admired him
In 1940 the Democrats nominated Roosevelt for an unprecedented third term. No president in American history had ever served three terms, but Roosevelt felt an obligation not to quit while the United States’ entry into World War II was looming in the future. He accepted the nomination and went on to an easy victory
As used in the passage, the phrase “little by little” means that Roosevelt ____
A. opened the smaller banks first
B. opened the banks for minimal services
C. opened the banks a few at a time
D. opened the bank for a short time
Đáp án C
Cụm từ: “little by little” có nghĩa rằng Roosevelt______
- Little by little – dần dần/ từng li từng tí
Câu 9 – Đoạn 1: “First he declared a bank holiday that closed all the banks so no more could fail; then he reopened the banks little by little with government support.”
Tạm dịch: Đầu tiên, ông tuyên bố ngày nghỉ của ngân hàng ngày các ngân hàng đóng cửa vì vậy không còn ngân hàng nào phá sản; sau đó ông ấy mở lại các ngân hàng dần dần với sự hỗ trợ của chính phủ.
Đáp án C – mở một vài ngân hàng kế tiếp nhau/ riêng biệt
Các đáp án khác
A – Mở các ngân hàng nhỏ hơn ban đầu
B – Mở các ngân hàng với các dịch vụ nhỏ
D – Mở ngân hàng trong thời gian ngắn