WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT IS NOT MENTIONED IN THE PASSAGE ABOUT...

Câu 46:

Which of the following statement is NOT mentioned in the passage about the yêm?

A. The yêm has a long history since the ancient time. B. People now can only the yêm on the catwalk.

D. How the yêm was designed reflected its flexibility.

C. The yêm was once popular clothes in women’s

daily life.

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In the early 1800’s, over 80 percent of the United States labor force was engaged in

agriculture. Sophisticated technology and machinery were virtually nonexistent. People

who lived in the cities and were not directly involved in trade often participated in small

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cottage industries making handcrafted goods. Others cured meats, silversmiths, candle or

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otherwise produced needed goods and commodities. Blacksmiths, silversmiths, candle

makers, and other artisans worked in their homes or barns, relying on help of family.

[A] Perhaps no single phenomenon brought more widespread and lasting change to the

United States society than the rise of industrialization. Industrial growth hinged on several

economic factors. First, industry requires an abundance of natural resources, especially

coal, iron ore, water, petroleum, and timber-all readily available on the North American

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continent. Second, factories demand a large labor supply. Between the 1870’s and the

First World War (1914-1918), approximately 23 million immigrants streamed to the

United States, settled in cities, and went to work in factories and mines. They also helped

build the vast network of canals and railroads that crisscrossed the continent and linked

important trade centers essential to industrial growth.

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[B] Factories also offered a reprieve from the backbreaking work and financial

unpredictability associated with farming. Many adults, poor and disillusioned with farm

life, were lured to the cities by promises of steady employment, regular paychecks,

increased access to goods and services, and expanded social opportunities. Others were

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pushed there when new technologies made their labor cheap or expendable; inventions

such as steel plows and mechanized harvesters allowed one farmhand to perform work

that previously had required several, thus making farming capital-intensive rather than

labor-intensive.

[C] Whereas cottage industries relied on a few highly skilled craft workers who slowly

and carefully converted raw materials into finished products from start to finish, factories

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relied on specialization. While factory work was less creative and more monotonous, it

was also more efficient and allowed mass production of goods at less expense [D]