IELTS 3: MS 2 - Ôn tập buổi 2

"In the first half of the 1800s, London’s population grew at an astonishing rate, and the central area became increasingly congested."

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The ________ of London increased rapidly between 1800 and 1850.

• rate

• area

• population

• central

What is the suitable adjective to describe the picture?

• elevated

• glamorous

• remote

• Multi-storey

What are they made from?

"He saw both social and economic advantages in building an underground railway that would link the overground railway stations together and clear London slums at the same time. His idea was to relocate the poor workers who lived in the inner-city slums to newly constructed suburbs, and to provide cheap rail travel for them to get to work."

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Building the railway would make it possible to move people to better housing in the _________

• WORK

• railway

• inner-city

• suburbs

"to provide people with a place to live"

What is this?

• Lift

• a flying box

• Elevated

• a steel box

"His idea was to relocate the poor workers who lived in the inner-city slums to newly constructed suburbs, and to provide cheap rail travel for them to get to work. Pearson’s ideas gained support amongst some businessmen and in 1851 he submitted a plan to Parliament. It was rejected, but coincided with a proposal from another group for an underground connecting line, which Parliament passed."

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A number of _______ agreed with Pearson’s idea

"The two groups merged and established the Metropolitan Railway Company in August 1854. The company’s plan was to construct an underground railway line from the Great Western Railway’s (GWR) station at Paddington to the edge of the City at Farringdon Street – a distance of almost 5 km. The organisation had difficulty in raising the funding for such a radical and expensive scheme, not least because of the critical articles printed by the press. Objectors argued that the tunnels would collapse under the weight of traffic overhead, buildings would be shaken and passengers would be poisoned by the emissions from the train engines. However, Pearson and his partners persisted."

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The company initially had problems getting the ______ needed for the project

"The two groups merged and established the Metropolitan Railway Company in August 1854. The company’s plan was to construct an underground railway line from the Great Western Railway’s (GWR) station at Paddington to the edge of the City at Farringdon Street – a distance of almost 5 km. The organisation had difficulty in raising the funding for such a radical and expensive scheme, not least because of the critical articles printed by the press. Objectors argued that the tunnels would collapse under the weight of traffic overhead, buildings would be shaken and passengers would be poisoned by the emissions from the train engines. However, Pearson and his partners persisted."

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Negative articles about the project appeared in the _________

• press

• GWR

• emissions

• articles

What is this?

• resident

• accommodate

• residence

• castle