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19. For decades, sociologists attributed the widespread poverty of Appalachia to the region's

isolation, the decline of the coal mining industry, and the lack of other employment
opportunities; however, recent studies reveal that illiteracy is the principal factor in the
area's economic hardship.

(1) For decades, sociologists have attributed the widespread illiteracy in Appalachia to
the fact that people in the area are isolated and completely dependent on the coal
mining industry for employment.

(2) Illiteracy among the people of Appalachia is the main cause of the region's poverty,
though for many years sociologists blamed the area's economic problems on its
isolation, the weakened coal mining industry, and the absence of other types of
work.

(3) Recent studies show that, contrary to sociologists' claims, illiteracy is the principal
factor in Appalachia's economic hardship, causing the decline of the coal mining
industry and a lack of job opportunities in the region.

(4) For many years, the main causes of poverty in Appalachia were the area's isolation
and the lack of jobs outside the coal mining industry; more recently, however,
illiteracy has become the main cause of the economic hardship in the region,
according to sociologists.

Reading Comprehension

This part consists of two passages, each followed by several related questions. For each
question, choose the most appropriate answer based on the text.

Text I (Questions 20-24)

(1) Monopoly, the best-selling board game in the world, is produced in 26 languages,
including Croatian and Icelandic, and sold in 80 countries. But where did this game, in
which players buy and sell property, come from? Monopoly dates back to 1904, when
Elizabeth Magie, an American Quaker, created the Landlord's Game. Magie hoped that

(5) her game would teach people about the evils of capitalism in an enjoyable way. Over
the next few decades, homemade versions of the game were played in many parts of the
United States. In each region, the game was adapted to include local place names.

One of the homemade games found its way into the hands of Charles Darrow from
Germantown, Pennsylvania. In 1933, Darrow changed some of the rules, redesigned

(10) the board, and called the game Monopoly. He then took it to Parker Brothers, a game
manufacturer, hoping that the company would make and market it for him. Parker
Brothers rejected his game, claiming that it had no less than 52 different problems. But
Darrow did not give up. With help from a friend, he prepared 5,000 handmade copies
of Monopoly and sold them to a store in Philadelphia. All 5,000 copies were snapped

(15) up and the store asked for more. Knowing that he could not meet the demand, Darrow
returned to Parker Brothers. This time he got a warmer reception.

In 1935, its first year of commercial production, Monopoly outsold all other games
in the United States. Since then, an estimated 200 million copies have been sold
worldwide.

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