tailieunhanh - 501 critical reading questions_part3

Tham khảo tài liệu '501 critical reading questions_part3', ngoại ngữ, anh văn giao tiếp phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 501 Critical Reading Questions 81. The author implies that the catalyst line 26 behind the spread of American textile mills in the early 1800s was a. Slater s invention of a water-powered spinning machine. b. the decline in the ideal of the self-sufficient American farm family. c. the expertise of the workforce trained in Slater s prototype mill. d. an increased willingness to employ child laborers. e. the support of British manufacturers who owned stock in American mills. 82. In line 29 modeled most nearly means a. posed. b. displayed. c. arranged. d. illustrated. e. fashioned. 83. Which of the following techniques is used in the last paragraph of the passage lines 40-49 a. explanation of terms b. description of consensus reached by historians c. contrast of different viewpoints d. generalized statement e. illustration by example Question 84-91 are based on the following passage. The following passage describes the Great Depression and the relief policies introduced under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt that aimed to mitigate the effects of the crisis. 1 The worst and longest economic crisis in the modern industrial world the Great Depression in the United States had devastating consequences for American society. At its lowest depth 1932-33 more than 16 million people were unemployed more than 5 000 banks had 5 closed and over 85 000 businesses had failed. Millions of Americans lost their jobs their savings and even their homes. The homeless built shacks for temporary shelter these emerging shantytowns were nicknamed Hoovervilles a bitter homage to President Herbert Hoover who refused to give government assistance to the jobless. Farmers 10 were hit especially hard. A severe drought coupled with the economic crisis ruined small farms throughout the Great Plains as productive 41 This is trial version 501 Critical Reading Questions farmland turned to dust and crop prices dropped by 50 . The effects of the American depression severe unemployment