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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to

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 from 1 to 10.

 

The lack of printing regulations and the unenforceability of British copyright law in the American colonies made it possible for colonial printers occasionally to act as publishers. Although they rarely undertook major publishing project because it was difficult to sell books as cheaply as they could be imported from Europe, printers in Philadelphia did publish work that required only small amounts of capital, paper, and type. Broadsides could be published with minimal financial risk. Consisting of only one sheet of paper and requiring small amounts of type, broadsides involved lower investments of capital than longer works. Furthermore, the broadside format lent itself to subjects of high, if temporary, interest, enabling them to meet with ready sale. If the broadside printer miscalculated, however, and produced a sheet that did not sell, it was not likely to be a major loss, and the printer would know this immediately. There would be no agonizing wait with large amounts of capital tied up, books gathering dust on the shelves, and creditors impatient for payment.

 

In addition to broadsides, books and pamphlets, consisting mainly of political tracts, catechisms, primers, and chapbooks were relatively inexpensive to print and to buy. Chapbook were pamphlet-sized books, usually containing popular tales, ballads, poems, short plays, and jokes, small, both in formal and number of pages, they were generally bound simply, in boards (a form of cardboard) or merely stitched in paper wrappers (a sewn antecedent of modern-day paperbacks). Pamphlets and chapbooks did not require fine paper or a great deal of type to produce they could thus be printed in large, cost-effective editions and sold cheaply.

By far, the most appealing publishing investments were to be found in small books that had proven to be steady sellers, providing a reasonably reliable source of income for the publisher. They would not, by nature, be highly topical or political, as such publications would prove of fleeting interest. Almanacs, annual publications that contained information on astronomy and weather patterns arranged according to the days, week, and months of a given year, provided the perfect steady seller because their information pertained to the locale in which they would be used.

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 from 61 to 70.

 

The lack of printing regulations and the unenforceability of British copyright law in the American colonies made it possible for colonial printers occasionally to act as publishers. Although they rarely undertook major publishing project because it was difficult to sell books as cheaply as they could be imported from Europe, printers in Philadelphia did publish work that required only small amounts of capital, paper, and type. Broadsides could be published with minimal financial risk. Consisting of only one sheet of paper and requiring small amounts of type, broadsides involved lower investments of capital than longer works. Furthermore, the broadside format lent itself to subjects of high, if temporary, interest, enabling them to meet with ready sale. If the broadside printer miscalculated, however, and produced a sheet that did not sell, it was not likely to be a major loss, and the printer would know this immediately. There would be no agonizing wait with large amounts of capital tied up, books gathering dust on the shelves, and creditors impatient for payment.

 

In addition to broadsides, books and pamphlets, consisting mainly of political tracts, catechisms, primers, and chapbooks were relatively inexpensive to print and to buy. Chapbook were pamphlet-sized books, usually containing popular tales, ballads, poems, short plays, and jokes, small, both in formal and number of pages, they were generally bound simply, in boards (a form of cardboard) or merely stitched in paper wrappers (a sewn antecedent of modern-day paperbacks). Pamphlets and chapbooks did not require fine paper or a great deal of type to produce they could thus be printed in large, cost-effective editions and sold cheaply.

By far, the most appealing publishing investments were to be found in small books that had proven to be steady sellers, providing a reasonably reliable source of income for the publisher. They would not, by nature, be highly topical or political, as such publications would prove of fleeting interest. Almanacs, annual publications that contained information on astronomy and weather patterns arranged according to the days, week, and months of a given year, provided the perfect steady seller because their information pertained to the locale in which they would be used.

Trả lời cho các câu 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 dưới đây:

Câu hỏi số 1:
Which aspect of colonial printing does the passage mainly discuss?

Đáp án đúng là: C

Câu hỏi:149256
Giải chi tiết

C – Bài viết nói về việc những nhà in thực dân tận dụng cơ hội trở thành nhà xuất bản nhiều loại ấn phẩm.

Đáp án cần chọn là: C

Câu hỏi số 2:
According to the passage, why did colonial printers avoid major publishing projects?    

Đáp án đúng là: C

Câu hỏi:149257
Giải chi tiết

C – Nhà in thực dân không thể bán ấn phẩm của họ với giá cạnh tranh. Đoạn thứ nhất. “because it was difficult to sell books as cheaply as they could be imported from Europe” (bởi vì rất khó để bán được sách rẻ như sách nhập từ châu Âu)

Đáp án cần chọn là: C

Câu hỏi số 3:
Broadsides could be published with little risk to colonial printers because they  

Đáp án đúng là: A

Câu hỏi:149258
Giải chi tiết

A – Đoạn thứ nhất. “Broadsides could be published with minimal financial risk.” (Broadside có thể được xuất bản với rủi ro về tài chính là nhỏ nhất)

Đáp án cần chọn là: A

Câu hỏi số 4:
The word "they" refers to  

Đáp án đúng là: A

Câu hỏi:149259
Giải chi tiết

A – they thay thế cho ‘chapbooks’ vì câu trước đang nói về nội dung của chapbooks, tiếp theo nói về phần trình bày của ‘chapbooks’.

Đáp án cần chọn là: A

Câu hỏi số 5:
The word "antecedent" is closest in meaning to       

Đáp án đúng là: A

Câu hỏi:149260
Giải chi tiết

A – antecedent (tổ tiên) = predecessor.

Đáp án cần chọn là: A

Câu hỏi số 6:
Chapbooks produced in colonial America were characterized by  

Đáp án đúng là: B

Câu hỏi:149261
Giải chi tiết

B – đoạn thứ 2 “they were generally bound simply, in boards” (Chapbooks thường được bọc đơn giản, trong những tấm

Đáp án cần chọn là: B

Câu hỏi số 7:
The word "appealing" is closest in meaning to           

Đáp án đúng là: D

Câu hỏi:149262
Giải chi tiết

D – appealing (hấp dẫn) = attractive.

Đáp án cần chọn là: D

Câu hỏi số 8:
What were "steady sellers"?                             

Đáp án đúng là: D

Câu hỏi:149263
Giải chi tiết

D – Những sách báo xuất bản có lượng bán ra được duy trì nhất năm này qua năm khác => ‘steady sellers’.

Đáp án cần chọn là: D

Câu hỏi số 9:
The word "locale" is closest in meaning to  

Đáp án đúng là: D

Câu hỏi:149264
Giải chi tiết

D – locale (nơi diễn ra cái gì) = place.

Đáp án cần chọn là: D

Câu hỏi số 10:
All of the following are defined in the passage EXCEPT        

Đáp án đúng là: B

Câu hỏi:149265
Giải chi tiết

B – cateachisms (Sách vấn đáp giáo lí) không được định nghĩa trong bài văn.

Đáp án cần chọn là: B

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