Reading Test 2 – Redo – 24/7 Teach App

1. Question

Which choice best summarizes the first paragraph of the passage (lines 1-35)?

A. The 2010 census demonstrated a sizeable growth in the number of middle-class families moving into inner cities.
B. The 2010 census is not a reliable instrument for measuring population trends in American cities.
C. Population growth and demographic inversion are distinct phenomena, and demographic inversion is evident in many American cities.
D. Population growth in American cities has been increasing since roughly 2000, while suburban populations have decreased.

2. Question

According to the passage, members of which group moved away from central-city areas in large numbers in the early 2000s?

A. The unemployed
B. Immigrants
C. Young professionals
D. African Americans

3. Question

In line 34, “flat” is closest in meaning to

A. static.
B. deflated.
C. featureless.
D. obscure.

4. Question

According to the passage, which choice best describes the current financial situation in many major American cities?

A. Expected tax increases due to demand for
public works
B. Economic hardship due to promises made in past years
C. Greater overall prosperity due to an increased inner-city tax base
D. Insufficient revenues due to a decrease in manufacturing

5. Question

Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

A. Lines 36-39 (“America’s…decades”)
B. Lines 43-44 (“How…notknow”)
C. Lines 44-46 (“What…now”)
D. Lines 48-51 (“The truth…end”)

6. Question

The passage implies that American cities in 1974

A. were witnessing the flight of minority populations to the suburbs.
B. had begun to lose their manufacturing sectors.
C. had a traditional four-zone structure.
D. were already experiencing demographic inversion.

7. Question

Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

A. Lines 54-57 (“Much…Ernest W. Burgess”)
B. Lines 58-59 (“It was…settlement”)
C. Lines 66-71 (“Virtually…continuum”)
D. Lines 72-75 (“As…home”)

8. Question

As used in line 68, “conducted” is closest in meaning to

A. carried out.
B. supervised.
C. regulated.
D. inhibited.

9. Question

The author of the passage would most likely consider the information in chart 1 to be

A. excellent evidence for the arguments made passage.
B. possibly accurate but too crude to be truly informative.
C. compelling but lacking in historical information.
D. representative of a perspective with which the author disagrees.

10. Question

According to chart 2, the years 2000–2010 were characterized by

A. less growth in metropolitan areas of all sizes than had taken place in the 1990s.
B. more growth in small metropolitan areas than in large metropolitan areas
C. a significant decline in the population of small metropolitan areas compared to the 1980s.
D. roughly equal growth in large metropolitan areas and nonmetropolitan areas.

11. Question

Chart 2 suggests which of the following about population change in the 1990s?

A. Large numbers of people moved from suburban areas to urban areas in the 1990s.
B. Growth rates fell in smaller metropolitan areas in the 1990s.
C. Large numbers of people moved from metropolitan areas to nonmetropolitan areas in the 1990s.
D. The US population as a whole grew more in the 1990s than in the 1980s.