Passage 2
By using power-driven machines in factories and by developing efficient mass production methods, Americans have greatly increased the ability of the individual worker to produce goods. Because the production of each worker has increased from year to year, Americans have been able to buy and use an increasing number of things to make their lives more pleasant and comfortable than those of their forefathers. It is hard to believe that automobiles, radios, motion pictures, frozen foods, electric refrigerators, to mention only a few items, have come into common use within the last thirty years.
6. The best title for this passage is ______.
A) More Comforts for Modern Americans
B) The Benefit of Increased Productivity
C) Mass Production Methods
D) The Rising Productivity of the American Worker
7. According to the author, which is NOT a reason why American workers are turning out more goods every year?
A) The use of power-driven machines.
B) The introduction of mass production methods.
C) The rising productivity of the individual worker.
D) The increasing need for industrial products in the market.
8. The average American's life is more pleasant and comfortable than that of his forefathers because ______.
A) he has more leisure time than his forefathers
B) he does not work as hard as his forefathers
C) he finds life easier now than it was during the time of his forefathers
D) he has more useful commodities
9. The author mentions automobiles, radios, motion pictures, etc. to show ____.
A) that these items are now popular with most people
B) that these things have been invented in the last thirty years
C) that these things are the results of increased productivity
D) how many items factories are now producing
10.The tone of the author in this passage is _____.
A) humorous
B) satirical
C) approving
D) disapproving
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