Tulips are Old World, rather than New World, plants, with the origins of the species lying in Central Asia. They became an integral part of the gardens of the Ottoman Empire from the sixteenth century onward, and, soon after, part of European life as well. Holland, in particular, became famous for its cultivation of the flower.A tenuous line marked the advance of the tulip to the New World, where it was unknown in the wild. The first Dutch colonies in North America had been established in New Netherlands by the Dutch West India Company in 1624, and one individual who settled in New Amsterdam (today's Manhattan section of New York City) in 1642 described the flowers that bravely colonized the settlers' gardens. They were the same flowers seen in Dutch still-life paintings of the time: crown imperials, roses, carnations, and of course tulips. They flourished in Pennsylvania too, where in 1698 William Penn received a report of John Tateham's "Great and Stately Palace”, its garden full of tulips.
By 1760, Boston newspapers were advertising 50 different kinds of mixed tulip "roots”. But the length of the journey between Europe and North America created many difficulties. Thomas Hancock, an English settler, wrote thanking his plant supplier for a gift of some tulip bulbs from England, but his letter the following year grumbled that they were all dead.
Tulips arrived in Holland, Michigan, with a later wave of early nineteenth-century Dutch immigrants who quickly colonized the plains of Michigan. Together with many other Dutch settlements, such as the one at Pella, Iowa, they established a regular demand for European plants. The demand was bravely met by a new kind of tulip entrepreneur, the traveling salesperson. One Dutchman, Hendrick Van De Schoot, spent six months in 1849 traveling through the United States taking orders for tulip bulbs. While tulip bulbs were traveling from Europe to the United States to satisfy the nostalgic longings of homesick English and Dutch settlers, North American plants were traveling in the opposite direction. In England, the enthusiasm for American plants was one reason why tulips dropped out of fashion in the gardens of the rich and famous.
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Tulips are Old World, rather than New World, plants, with the origins of the species lying in Central Asia. They became an integral part of the gardens of the Ottoman Empire from the sixteenth century onward, and, soon after, part of European life as well. Holland, in particular, became famous for its cultivation of the flower.A tenuous line marked the advance of the tulip to the New World, where it was unknown in the wild. The first Dutch colonies in North America had been established in New Netherlands by the Dutch West India Company in 1624, and one individual who settled in New Amsterdam (today's Manhattan section of New York City) in 1642 described the flowers that bravely colonized the settlers' gardens. They were the same flowers seen in Dutch still-life paintings of the time: crown imperials, roses, carnations, and of course tulips. They flourished in Pennsylvania too, where in 1698 William Penn received a report of John Tateham's "Great and Stately Palace”, its garden full of tulips.
By 1760, Boston newspapers were advertising 50 different kinds of mixed tulip "roots”. But the length of the journey between Europe and North America created many difficulties. Thomas Hancock, an English settler, wrote thanking his plant supplier for a gift of some tulip bulbs from England, but his letter the following year grumbled that they were all dead.
Tulips arrived in Holland, Michigan, with a later wave of early nineteenth-century Dutch immigrants who quickly colonized the plains of Michigan. Together with many other Dutch settlements, such as the one at Pella, Iowa, they established a regular demand for European plants. The demand was bravely met by a new kind of tulip entrepreneur, the traveling salesperson. One Dutchman, Hendrick Van De Schoot, spent six months in 1849 traveling through the United States taking orders for tulip bulbs. While tulip bulbs were traveling from Europe to the United States to satisfy the nostalgic longings of homesick English and Dutch settlers, North American plants were traveling in the opposite direction. In England, the enthusiasm for American plants was one reason why tulips dropped out of fashion in the gardens of the rich and famous.
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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 each of the questions from 1 to 7.
Tulips are Old World, rather than New World, plants, with the origins of the species lying in Central Asia. They became an integral part of the gardens of the Ottoman Empire from the sixteenth century onward, and, soon after, part of European life as well. Holland, in particular, became famous for its cultivation of the flower.
A tenuous line marked the advance of the tulip to the New World, where it was unknown in the wild. The first Dutch colonies in North America had been established in New Netherlands by the Dutch West India Company in 1624, and one individual who settled in New Amsterdam (today's Manhattan section of New York City) in 1642 described the flowers that bravely colonized the settlers' gardens. They were the same flowers seen in Dutch still-life paintings of the time: crown imperials, roses, carnations, and of course tulips. They flourished in Pennsylvania too, where in 1698 William Penn received a report of John Tateham's "Great and Stately Palace”, its garden full of tulips.
By 1760, Boston newspapers were advertising 50 different kinds of mixed tulip "roots”. But the length of the journey between Europe and North America created many difficulties. Thomas Hancock, an English settler, wrote thanking his plant supplier for a gift of some tulip bulbs from England, but his letter the following year grumbled that they were all dead.
Tulips arrived in Holland, Michigan, with a later wave of early nineteenth-century Dutch immigrants who quickly colonized the plains of Michigan. Together with many other Dutch settlements, such as the one at Pella, Iowa, they established a regular demand for European plants. The demand was bravely met by a new kind of tulip entrepreneur, the traveling salesperson. One Dutchman, Hendrick Van De Schoot, spent six months in 1849 traveling through the United States taking orders for tulip bulbs. While tulip bulbs were traveling from Europe to the United States to satisfy the nostalgic longings of homesick English and Dutch settlers, North American plants were traveling in the opposite direction. In England, the enthusiasm for American plants was one reason why tulips dropped out of fashion in the gardens of the rich and famous.
Hoa tulip là cây thuộc thế giới cũ (Châu Âu, Á, Phi) chứ không phải thế giới mới (Mỹ, Úc) với nguồn gốc ở Trung Á. Chúng đã trở thành một phần không thể thiếu của các khu vườn của Đế chế Ottoman từ thế kỷ 16 trở đi, và ngay sau đó, là một phần của cuộc sống châu Âu. Đặc biệt, Hà Lan đã trở nên nổi tiếng với việc trồng hoa.
Một đường vân vân đã đánh dấu sự phát triển của cây tulip ở Thế giới Mới (Mỹ), nơi mà chúng không được tìm thấy trong tự nhiên. Những nhóm người Hà Lan ở Bắc Mỹ đã định cư ở New Netherlands bởi nhóm người Hà Lan phía Tây Ấn Độ vào năm 1624 và một cá nhân định cư tại New Amsterdam (thành phố New York ngày nay) năm 1642 đã mô tả rằng loài hoa này mạnh mẽ chiếm những khu vườn của họ. Chúng giống những bông hoa được thấy trong các bức tranh tĩnh vật ở Hà Lan vào thời đó: vương miện, hoa hồng, hoa cẩm chướng, hoa tulip. Chúng cũng phát triển mạnh ở Pennsylvania, nơi mà vào năm 1698, William Penn nhận được báo cáo về "Great and Stately Palace" của John Tateham, khu vườn đầy hoa tulip.
Vào năm 1760, các tờ báo của Boston đã quảng cáo 50 giống hoa tulip khác nhau, tuy nhiên, chiều dài của chuyến đi giữa châu Âu và Bắc Mỹ đã gây ra nhiều khó khăn. Thomas Hancock, một người định cư người Anh, đã viết cảm ơn nhà cung cấp cây trồng vì món quà là những khóm tulip từ Anh, nhưng lá thư của anh vào năm sau thì càu nhàu rằng tất cả đều đã chết.
Hoa tulip được chuyển đến thị trấn Holland, Michigan, với làn sóng nhập cư đầu tiên của người Hà Lan vào đầu thế kỷ XIX đã nhanh chóng chiếm đóng vùng đồng bằng Michigan. Cùng với nhiều khu định cư khác của người Hà Lan, như ở Pella, Iowa, họ đã có một nhu cầu thường xuyên đối với các nhà máy châu Âu. Những người bán hàng vận chuyển, một loại hình kinh doanh mới của hoa tulip đã mạnh mẽ đáp ứng những nhu cầu này. Một người Hà Lan, Hendrick Van De Schoot, mất sáu tháng năm 1849 đi qua Hoa Kỳ nhận đơn đặt hàng khóm tulip. Trong khi khóm tulip được chuyển từ Châu Âu đến Hoa Kỳ để đáp ứng những nỗi niềm nhớ nhà của những người định cư ở Anh và Hà Lan, những giống cây Bắc Mỹ đang đi ngược hướng. Tại Anh, sự hứng thú với cây trồng Mỹ là một trong những lý do tại sao hoa tulip bị phớt lờ trong khu vườn của những người giàu có và nổi tiếng.
Which of the following questions does the passage mainly answer?
Đáp án đúng: B
The word “integral" is the closest in meaning to_________.
Đáp án đúng: C
The passage mentions that tulips were first found in which of the following regions?
Đáp án đúng: D
The author mentions tulip growing in New Netherland, Pennsylvania and Michigan in order to illustrate how ______.
Đáp án đúng: D
The passage mentions that one reason English and Dutch settlers planted tulips in their gardens was that tulips ______.
Đáp án đúng: B
According to the passage, which of the following changes occurred in English gardens during the European settlement of North America?
Đáp án đúng: A
The passage mentions which of the following as a problem associated with the importation of tulips into North America?
Đáp án đúng: D