TOEFL Reading Practice 2

With which of the following subjects is the passage mainly concerned?

• Types of mass transportation

• Instability of urban life

• How supply and demand determine land

  use

• The effects of mass transportation on

  urban expansion

The author mentions all of the following

as effects of mass transportation on cities

EXCEPT

• Growth in city area

• Separation of commercial and residential

  districts

• Changes in life in the inner city

• Increasing standards of living

The word "vast" in line 3 is closest in

meaning to

• large

• basic

• new

• urban

The word "sparked" in line 11 is closest in

meaning to

• brought about

• surrounded

• sent out

• followed

Why does the author mention both Boston

and Chicago?

• To demonstrate positive and negative

  effects of growth

• To show that mass transit changed many

  cities

• To exemplify cities with and without

  mass transportation

The word "potential" in line 16 is closest

in meaning to

• certain

• popular

• improved

• possible

The word "many" in line 19 refers to

• people

• lots

• years

• developers

According to the passage, what was one

disadvantage of residential expansion?

• It was expensive.

• It happened too slowly.

• It was unplanned.

• It created a demand for public

  transportation.

The author mentions Chicago in the

second paragraph as an example of a city...

• that is large

• that is used as a model for land

  development

• where land development exceeded

  population growth

• with an excellent mass transportation

  system