1. What prevents San Francisco becoming a ghost town after the gold rush?
(Sample answer) Because of the diversity of economy, San Francisco's economy not only relied on gold, but also on other products such as agriculture, timber (red wood), cloth (levis) and so on. However, those ghost town's economy totally depended on mining and gold.
2. What does 'Uber' (the application) mean? What does 'Über' originally mean in German?
(Sample answer) 1.Uber is a company or an application on mobile phones that connect passengers with drivers of vehicles for hire and ridesharing services.
2.'Uber' is a German language word meaning "over", "above" or "across".
3. True of False
Golden Gate Bridge uses reversible lanes and the bridge has a total of six lanes.
True.
Alcatraz inmates were not allowed to see visitors because those inmates were too dangerous.
False.
Although some inmates died at Alcatraz because of death sentence, many inmates died due to natural illnesses.
False.
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