IELTS TFNG — Tough Passage (Passage heavy on vocabulary, questions simple)

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Key vocabulary in passage: phenomenon, precipitated, agrarian, gravitated, incessant, engendered, tenements, susceptibility, municipal, fiscal

Passage

The phenomenon of urban migration during the late 19th century was precipitated by rapid industrialization. Individuals from agrarian communities, disillusioned by the unpredictability of subsistence farming, gravitated toward metropolitan centres in pursuit of economic stability. Factories, requiring an incessant supply of inexpensive labour, proliferated across cities and became magnets for rural populations. However, this influx engendered overcrowded tenements, unsanitary living conditions, and heightened susceptibility to infectious diseases. Municipal authorities, constrained by inadequate infrastructure and limited fiscal resources, were frequently incapable of addressing these burgeoning challenges effectively.

Questions

  1. People moved to cities mainly because farming life was unstable.
  2. Factories in cities had a constant demand for cheap workers.
  3. The government quickly solved the housing and health problems caused by migration.
  4. Living in cities made people more likely to catch illnesses.
  5. All rural migrants found the economic stability they were searching for.