TBI Reading 3 TOEFL ITP

What aspect of the

United States in the late

nineteenth and early

twentieth centuries

does the passage mainly

discuss?

• (A) Why young women

  chose to move from

  farms to cities

• (B) The number and types

  of manufacturing jobs

  created in cities

• (C) Changes in settlement

  patterns between

  farms and cities

• (D) The effects of

  mechanization on

  western migration

The word “expansion” in

line 1 is closest in meaning

to

• (A) change

• (B) growth

• (C) population

• (D) labor

The word “abandoned” in

line 3 is closest in meaning

to

• (A) left behind

• (B) sold

• (C) gave away

• (D) gradually reduced the

  size of

Why does the author

discuss “prosperity” in

line 4 ?

• (A) To indicate that more

  than one factor

  contributed to the

  movement from rural

  to urban settlement

• (B) To support the idea that

  many families were

  able to stop farming

  and migrate to the

  cities

• (C) To suggest that the

  migration would have

  happened despite the

  economic situation

• (D) To argue against

  economics as the

  primary factor in

  migration

According to the first

paragraph, in the late

1800s, farmland was most

likely to be purchased by

• (A) city businessmen

  seeking new

  investments

• (B) successful landowners

  who had mechanized

  farms

• (C) young farm men

  starting to work

• (D) people who had few

  opportunities in cities

The word “inevitably” in

line 12 is closest in

meaning to

• (A) unexpectedly

• (B) usually

• (C) unavoidably

• (D) possibly

The phrase “this trend” in

line 14 refers to

• (A) industrial workers

  becoming farmers

• (B) the economic

  development of the

  countryside

• (C) the loss of rural

  population

• (D) innovations in

  manufacturing

According to the first

paragraph, which of the

following is true about the

population of the United

States after the 1880s?

• (A) Fewer people lived on

  farms.

• (B) The central part of the

  United States lost

  much of its

  population to rural

  areas in the West.

• (C) Rural areas of the West

  became more

  populated than those

  in the central part of

  the country.

• (D) Work opportunities

  in urban areas began

  to decline.

According to the second

paragraph, how did

migration among young

women in the rural West

differ from that of young

men?

• (A) Young women were

  more likely to leave

  rural areas to go to

  urban areas.

• (B) Young women were

  more likely to take

  jobs on farms.

• (C) Young women who

  migrated generally

  had more education.

• (D) Young women

  generally moved

  more frequently from

  one rural area to

  another.

The word “constricted”

in line 24 is closest in

meaning to

• (A) unappealing

• (B) reduced

• (C) low-paying

• (D) disappearing