tailieunhanh - The official guide to the new toefl ibt part 12

Chapters 2, 3, 4, and 5 provide in-depth discussions of the kinds of questions that appear in each part of the TOEFL iBT Each chapter also includes practice questions and explanations of correct answers so that you will understand | A IDMCIMMJ Whigs and Democrats differed not only in their attitudes toward the market but also about how active the central government should be in people s lives. Despite Andrew Jackson s inclination to be a strong President Democrats as a rule believed in limited government. Government s role in the economy was to promote competition by destroying monopolies1 and special privileges. In keeping with this philosophy of limited government Democrats also rejected the idea that moral beliefs were the proper sphere of government action. Religion and politics they believed should be kept clearly separate and they generally opposed humanitarian legislation. 6. The word inclination in the passage is closest in meaning to argument tendency example warning 7. According to paragraph 4 a Democrat would be most likely to support government action in which of the following areas O Creating a state religion O Supporting humanitarian legislation O Destroying monopolies O Recommending particular moral beliefs Monopolies Companies or individuáis that exclusively own or control commercial enterprises with no competitors 104 THE OFFICIAL GUIDE TO THE NEW TOEFL ĨBT a a QEC ax ID The Whigs in contrast viewed government power positively. They believed that it should be used to protect individual rights and public liberty and that it had a special role where individual effort was ineffective. By regulating the economy and competition the government could ensure equal opportunity. Indeed for Whigs the concept of government promoting the general welfare went beyond the economy. In particular Whigs in the northern sections of the United States also believed that government power should be used to foster the moral welfare of the country. They were much more likely to favor social-reform legislation and aid to education. 8. The word concept in the passage is closest in meaning to O power O reality O difficulty O idea 9. Which of the following can be inferred from paragraph 5 about variations