Passage 4
Until recently most historians spoke very critically of the Industrial Revolution. They __1__ that in the long run industrialization greatly raised the standard of living for the __2__
man. But they insisted that its 3 results during the period from 1750 to 1850 were widespread poverty and misery for the 4 of the English population. 5 contrast, they saw in the preceding hundred years from 1650 to 1750, when England was still a __6__ agricultural country, a period of great abundance and prosperity.This view, __7__, is generally thought to be wrong. Specialists __8__ history and economics have 9 two things: that the period from 1650 to 1750 was 10 by great poverty, and that industrialization certainly did not worsen and may have actually improved the conditions for the majority of the populace.
| 1. A. admitted | B. believed | C. claimed | D. predicted |
| 2. a. plain | B. average | C. mean | D. normal |
| 3. A. momentary | B. prompt | C. instant | D. immediate |
| 4. A. bulk | B. host | C. gross | D. magnitude |
| 5. A. On | B. With | C. For | D. By |
| 6. A. broadly | B. thoroughly | C. generally | D. completely |
| 7. A. however | B. meanwhile | C. therefore | D. moreover |
| 8. A. at | B. in | C. about | D. for |
| 9. A. manifested | B. approved | C. shown | D. speculated |
| 10. A. noted | B. impressed | C. labeled | D. marked |
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