Reading-Comprehension-Lesson 74

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   The place which is now Annapolis, the capital of Maryland, was first
 settled by ten Puritan families from Virginia in 1649, and was given
 the name of the Town of Greenbury. It received its present name in
 1695, having been made capital of the crown colony of Maryland a
5  year previously, was chartered by Queen Anne in 1708 and incorporated
 as a city in 1796. For a period of a little less than nine months,
 from November 26, 1783, it was made the temporary capital of the
 nation and it was there, on January 14, 1784, that the peace treaty
 with England was signed, ending the Revolutionary War. The city,
10 which retains its authentic colonial character, is probably best
 known today as the home of the United States Naval Academy. Much
 of its present layout dates from 1696, its radiating streets and
 interconnecting circles being notably similar to the plans by Sir
 Christopher Wren and John Evelyn for the rebuilding of London after
15 the Great Fire of 1666.

1. The capital of Maryland has been located at its present site since
(A) 1649
(B) 1694
(C) 1695
(D) 1796
2. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage ?
(A) There were Puritan settlements in Virginia in the first half of the 17th century.
(B) Annapolis was the largest city in Maryland in 1796
(C) Annapolis has formally been a city for about 330 years.
(D) Annapolis was the nation's first capital in the eighteenth century.
3. When was the notion's capital moved from Annapolis ?
(A) in late 1783
(B) on January 14, 1784
(C) in the second half of 1784
(D) in 1791
4. Where would this paragraph most probably appear ?
(A) in a tourist brochure
(B) in a book about military academies
(C) in a history of Puritanism
(D) in a account of the Revolutionary War
5. Which of the following is noted as a similarity between Annapolis and the plans for rebuilding London ?
(A) Many of the streets in the two cities bear the same names.
(B) Both cities were originally built in the 17th century.
(C) The cities' basic street plans are similar
(D) The two cities were planned by Wren and Evelyn.
6. According to the passage, all of the following statements about Annapolis are false except
(A) It was the site of the final battle of the Revolutionary War.
(B) It was the tenth settlement established in Virginia
(C) Queen Anne made an expedition there in 1708
(D) It remained the capital of the nation after the Revolutionary War was formally ended
7. Today Annapolis is primarily known as
(A) a city with an authentic colonial character and good street planning.
(B) the location of one America's national military academies.
(C) the previous capital of the nation.
(D) the old Town of Greenbury.
8. It may be inferred from the passage that
(A) the Town of Greenbury and Annapolis are the only names the site described has had since 1649.
(B) Annapolis was the capital of Maryland before Maryland became a state.
(C) Annapolis was destroyed by fire in 1696.
(D) Annapolis was the capital of the nation for most of the Revolutionary War period.

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