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TOEFL Reading Class Unit 2_Passage 21_Question 221-231
You have about 15 minutes to finish this passage.
First,use about 3-4 minutes to read the passage, try to understand the main idea of this passage.
Don't read it so slowly or try to remember all details.You need to do "fast reading",and "scan" the passage.
Second, read questions 1-11, and with questions you go back the passage again and look for correct answers.
Question 221-231
Passge 21
In the two decades after the end of the Second World War (1945), over two and a half million people came to Canada as immigrants. Possibly one-fifth of these went on to other countries, but the majority stayed, enriching Canada with their skills, their enterprise, and the distinctive flavor of their national cultures. The British Isles provided the largest single group, followed by Italy, the United States, Germany, Greece, and Portugal.
One difference between the immigrants of the early 1900's and those who came after 1945 was that the latter settled primarily in urban centers in central Canada or in the province of British Columbia, whereas at the opening of the century they had settled in many provinces. The province of Ontario received slightly over 50 percent of the midcentury immigrants, Quebec about 25 percent, British Columbia 10 percent, and the prairie provinces about 12 percent. The remainder, a mere 3 percent, settled the Atlantic provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland. In addition, the typical immigrant of the early 1900's had been a farmer or laborer; the immigrant of the 1950's was usually a skilled worker or a professional person.
The hundred years after confederation (the creation of Canada as a self-governing nation) in 1867 witnessed remarkable changes in the dispersal of Canada's population. Some regions lost population, others gained. The cities, especially the larger ones, gained most of all in the postwar era. People moved from rural areas into the cities, not simply because industrialization seemed to offer better economic opportunities but also because technological changes reduced the number of workers needed to work farms or cut trees for lumber. The rural segment of Canada's population fell from 38 percent in 1951 to 26 percent in 1966.
People moved as well from smaller towns and cities to the more dynamic metropolitan centers. The ten largest Canadian cities grew at a rate twice as fast as that of the remainder of the country. Canadians, like so many other people in the industrialized world, were becoming a nation of city dwellers. Life in the city offered many amenities not present in rural communities, but it also necessitated physical and social planning on a scale that Canada had never experienced before.
221. What does the passage mainly discuss?
a) Differences among Canadian provinces
b) Changes in Canada's population
c) The reasons people moved to Canada
d) Economic tensions caused by social changes in Canada
222. According to the passage, one-fifth of the midcentury immigrants mentioned in paragraph 1
a) left Canada for other countries
b) settled in the Atlantic provinces
c) returned to their native countries
d) moved to the United States
223. Which of the following describes patterns of immigrant settlement in the early 1900's?
a) Immigrants moved primarily to Newfoundland.
b) Immigrants concentrated in a few central provinces.
c) Immigrants settled throughout the country.
d) Immigrants moved to the British Isles after arriving in Canada.
224. The word mere in the passage is closest in meaning to
a) possible
b) well-defined
c) amazing
d) insignificant
225. The word flavor in the passage is closest in meaning to
a) importance
b) essence
c) account
d) structure
226. The word dispersal in the passage is closest in meaning to
a) production
b) communication
c) representation
d) distribution
227. The word segment in the passage is closest in meaning to
a) part
b) density
c) character
d) development
228. Shortly after 1945, the ten largest Canadian cities
a) were located in the prairie provinces
b) joined together to regulate industry
c) grew more rapidly than the rest of the country
d) offered fewer economic opportunities than they had in the past
229. The phrase the latter in the passage refers to
a) Portugal
b) immigrants who came after 1945
c) urban centers in central Canada
d) the province of British Columbia
230. According to the passage, what impact did technological change have on farming?
a) Fewer agricultural workers were needed.
b) The number of farms increased.
c) Farmers began growing trees for lumber.
d) Farmers wanted to unite the provinces.
231. It can be inferred from the passage that after 1945 the Canadian government
a) encouraged people to move back to rural areas
b) expanded its industries to the northern provinces
c) trained more people to work in lumbering
d) began to develop plans to manage urban growth
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