Tham khảo tài liệu 'department reading english 4', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | C connect D support 15. In line 27 the word concentrated is closest in meaning to which of the following A Allowed B Clustered C Exploded D Strengthened 16. Which of the following can be inferred about the theory of plate tectonics A It is no longer of great interest to geologists. B It was first proposed in the 1960 s. C It fails to explain why earthquakes occur. D It refutes the theory of the existence of a supercontinent. 17. The paragraph following the passage most probably discusses A why certain geological events happen where they do B how geological occurrences have changed over the years C the most unusual geological developments in the Earth s history D the latest innovations in geological measurement Question18-27 In the United States in the early 1800 s individual state governments had more effect on the economy than did the federal government. States chartered manufacturing banking mining and transportation firms and participated in the Line construction of various internal improvements such as canals turnpikes and railroads. 5 The states encouraged internal improvements in two distinct ways first by actually establishing state companies to build such improvement second by providing part of the capital for mixed public-private companies setting out to make a profit. In the early nineteenth century state governments also engaged in a surprisingly large amount of direct regulatory activity including extensive licensing and inspection 10 programs. Licensing targets reflected both similarities in and differences between the economy of the nineteenth century and that of today in the nineteenth century state regulation through licensing fell especially on peddlers innkeepers and retail merchants of various kinds. The perishable commodities of trade generally came under state inspection and such important frontier staples as lumber and gunpowder were 15 also subject to state control. Finally state governments experimented with direct labor and business .
