TOEFL ShortRead 7

What is the main purpose of the passage?

• To contrast travel by steamship and stagecoach

• To criticize the level of public debt in nineteenth - century Canada

• To describe the introduction of steamships in Canada

• To show how Canada surpassed the United States in transportation improvements

The word "reliable" in line 3 is closest in meaning to which of the following

• quick

• safe

• dependable

• luxuirious

Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about stagecoach travel in Canada in the 1831's?

• It was reasonably comfortable.

• It was extremely efficient.

• It was not popular.

• It was very practical.

According to the passage, when was the Welland Canal opened?

• 1807

• 1809

• 1825

• 1829

The word "sum" in line 10 is closest in meaning to which of the following?

• size

• cost

• payment

• amount

According to the passage, steamships became practical means of transportation in Canada because of

• improvements in the waterways

• large subsidies from John Molson

• a relatively small population

• the lack of alternate means