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 托福閱讀真題 Artisans and Industrialization 解答 (1)

3) 4

This is a Vocabulary question. The word being tested is disrupted. It is highlighted in the passage. The correct answer is choice 4, “upset.” The word “upset” here is used in the context of “hurting productivity.” When something is hurt or damaged. It is “upset.”

4) 1

This is a Factual Information question asking for specific information that can be found in paragraph 4. The correct answer is choice 1, “support the idea that it was difficult for workers to adjust to working in factories.” The paragraph begins by stating that workers did not adopt new attitudes toward work easily and that the clock symbolized the new work rules. The author provides the question as evidence of that difficulty. There is no indication in the paragraph that workers quit due to loud noise, so choice 2 in incorrect. Choice 3(usefulness of clocks) is contradicted by the paragraph. The factory clock was “useful,” but workers hated it. Choice 4 (workers complaints as a cause of a factory’s success) is not discussed in this paragraph.

5) 4

This is a Negative Factual Information question asking for specific information that can be found in paragraph 4. Choice 4,”contact among workers who were not managers,” is the correct answer. The paragraph explicitly contradicts this by stating that “factories sharply separated workers from management/” The paragraph explicitly states that workers lost choice 1(freedom), choice 2(status in the community), and choice 3(opportunities for advancement ) in the new system, so those are all incorrect.

6) 1

This is a Vocabulary question. The phrase being tested is “gathered some momentum.” It is highlighted in the passage. The correct answer is choice 1, “made progress.” To “gather momentum” means to advance with increasing speed.