2013年GMAT考试阅读模拟试题及答案15
<p>2013年<span word="GMAT">GMAT</span>考试阅读模拟试题及答案汇总</p><p> <span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="decades">decades</span> <span word="between">between</span> 1910 <span word="and">and</span> 1930, <span word="over">over</span> <span word="ten">ten</span> <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Black">Black</span> <span word="population">population</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="South">South</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="preponderance">preponderance</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Black">Black</span> <span word="population">population</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="located">located</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="migrated">migrated</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="northern">northern</span> <span word="states">states</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="largest">largest</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="moving">moving</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="claimed">claimed</span>, <span word="between">between</span> 1916 <span word="and">and</span> 1918. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="frequently">frequently</span> <span word="assumed">assumed</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="proved">proved</span>, <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="majority">majority</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="migrants">migrants</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Great">Great</span> <span word="Migration">Migration</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="rural">rural</span> <span word="areas">areas</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="motivated">motivated</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="concurrent">concurrent</span> <span word="factors">factors</span>: <span word="the">the</span> <span word="collapse">collapse</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cotton">cotton</span> <span word="industry">industry</span> <span word="following">following</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="boll">boll</span> <span word="weevil">weevil</span> (<span word="boll">boll</span> <span word="weevil">weevil</span>: <span word="n">n</span>. 棉籽象鼻虫) <span word="infestation">infestation</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1898, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="increased">increased</span> <span word="demand">demand</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="North">North</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="labor">labor</span> <span word="following">following</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cessation">cessation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="European">European</span> <span word="immigration">immigration</span> <span word="caused">caused</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="outbreak">outbreak</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="First">First</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="War">War</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1914. <span word="This">This</span> <span word="assumption">assumption</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="led">led</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="conclusion">conclusion</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="migrants">migrants</span>’ <span word="subsequent">subsequent</span> <span word="lack">lack</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="mobility">mobility</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="North">North</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="tied">tied</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="rural">rural</span> <span word="background">background</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="background">background</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="implies">implies</span> <span word="unfamiliarity">unfamiliarity</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="urban">urban</span> <span word="living">living</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lack">lack</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="industrial">industrial</span> <span word="skills">skills</span>.</p><p> <span word="But">But</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="question">question</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="actually">actually</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="South">South</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="rigorously">rigorously</span> <span word="investigated">investigated</span>. <span word="Although">Although</span> <span word="numerous">numerous</span> <span word="investigations">investigations</span> <span word="document">document</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="exodus">exodus</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="rural">rural</span> <span word="southern">southern</span> <span word="areas">areas</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="southern">southern</span> <span word="cities">cities</span> <span word="prior">prior</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Great">Great</span> <span word="Migration">Migration</span>, <span word="no">no</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="considered">considered</span> <span word="whether">whether</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="migrants">migrants</span> <span word="then">then</span> <span word="moved">moved</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="northern">northern</span> <span word="cities">cities</span>. <span word="In">In</span> 1910 <span word="over">over</span> 600,000 <span word="Black">Black</span> <span word="workers">workers</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="ten">ten</span> <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Black">Black</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="force">force</span>, <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="themselves">themselves</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="engaged">engaged</span> <span word="in">in</span> “<span word="manufacturing">manufacturing</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="mechanical">mechanical</span> <span word="pursuits">pursuits</span>,” <span word="the">the</span> <span word="federal">federal</span> <span word="census">census</span> <span word="category">category</span> <span word="roughly">roughly</span> <span word="encompassing">encompassing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="entire">entire</span> <span word="industrial">industrial</span> <span word="sector">sector</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Great">Great</span> <span word="Migration">Migration</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="easily">easily</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="entirely">entirely</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="families">families</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="perhaps">perhaps</span> <span word="surprising">surprising</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="argue">argue</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="employed">employed</span> <span word="population">population</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="enticed">enticed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="move">move</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="explanation">explanation</span> <span word="lies">lies</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="labor">labor</span> <span word="conditions">conditions</span> <span word="then">then</span> <span word="prevalent">prevalent</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="South">South</span>.</p>
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