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WorksheetsBasic IELTS Reading - Practice 7 - Passage 1
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Decide which of the following choices is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in the sentence and choose the corresponding letter.
Here the Erie Canal was constructed.
built
planned
discussed
Decide which of the following choices is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in the sentence and choose the corresponding letter.
Freight costs were cut to about one tenth of what they had been.
increased
raised
brought up
brought down
Decide which of the following choices is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in the sentence and choose the corresponding letter.
The coming of the railroads made canal shipping less important
planes
trains
buses
canals
Decide which of the following choices is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in the sentence and choose the corresponding letter.
Their labour helped the city become great.
jobs
workers
employment
Decide which of the following choices is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in the sentence and choose the corresponding letter.
The slow wagons of that time, drawn by horses or oxen, were too expensive for moving heavy freight very far.
goods
boxes
bags
Decide which of the following choices is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in the sentence and choose the corresponding letter.
About 1815, when many Americans from the east coast had already moved toward the west, trade routes from the ports to the central regions of the country began to be a serious problem.
areas
methods
ways
Decide which of the following choices is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in the sentence and choose the corresponding letter.
From the eastern end of Lakes Erie all the way across the state to the Hudson River, there is a long strip of low land.
A thick piece
A narrow piece
A small piece
Decide which of the following choices is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in the sentence and choose the corresponding letter.
The coming of the railroads made canal shipping less important, but it tied New York event more closely to the central areas of the country.
regions
countries
states
Decide which of the following choices is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in the sentence and choose the corresponding letter.
Exports from New York were greater than imports. As a result, shipping companies were eager to fill their ships with passengers on the return trip from Europe.
In addition
Consequently
In fact
Decide which of the following choices is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in the sentence and choose the corresponding letter.
New York became the end point of a great inland shipping system that extended from the Atlantic Ocean far up the western branches of the Mississippi.
boating
transportation
sending
