（A） They were being pushed lower as a result of increased competition.

　　（B） They had begun to rise so that southern industry could attract rural workers.

　　（C） They had increased for skilled workers but decreased for unskilled workers.

　　（D） They had increased in large southern cities but decreased in small southern cities.

　　（E） They had increased in newly developed industries but decreased in the older trades.

　　4 The author cites each of the following as possible influences in a Black worker's decision to migrate north in the Great Migration EXCEPT

　　（A） wage levels in northern cities

　　（B） labor recruiters

　　（C） competition from rural workers

　　（D） voting rights in northern states

　　（E） the Black press

　　5. It can be inferred from the passage that the “easy conclusion” mentioned in line 53 is based on which of the following assumptions？

　　（A） People who migrate from rural areas to large cities usually do so for economic reasons.

　　（B） Most people who leave rural areas to take jobs in cities return to rural areas as soon as it is financially possible for them to do so.

　　（C） People with rural backgrounds are less likely to succeed economically in cities than are those with urban backgrounds.

　　（D） Most people who were once skilled worker are not willing to work as unskilled workers.

　　（E） People who migrate from their birthplaces to other regions of a country seldom undertake a second migration.

　　6. The primary purpose of the passage is to

　　（A） support an alternative to an accepted methodology

　　（B） present evidence that resolves a contradiction

　　（C） introduce a recently discovered source of information

　　（D） challenge a widely accepted explanation

　　（E） argue that a discarded theory deserves new attention

　　7. According to information in the passage， which of the following is a correct sequence of groups of workers， from highest paid to lowest paid， in the period between 1910 and 1930？

　　（A） Artisans in the North； artisans in the South； unskilled workers in the North； unskilled workers in the South

　　（B） Artisans in the North and South； unskilled workers in the North； unskilled workers in the South

　　（C） Artisans in the North； unskilled workers in the North； artisans in the South

　　（D） Artisans in the North and South； unskilled urban workers in the North； unskilled rural workers in the South

　　（E） Artisans in the North and South； unskilled rural workers in the North and South； unskilled urban workers in the North and South

　　8. The material in the passage would be most relevant to a long discussion of which of the following topics？

　　（A） The reasons for the subsequent economic difficulties of those who participated in the Great Migration

　　（B） The effect of migration on the regional economies of the United States following the First World War

　　（C） The transition from a rural to an urban existence for those who migrated in the Great Migration

　　（D） The transformation of the agricultural South following the boll weevil infestation

　　（E） The disappearance of the artisan class in the United States as a consequence of mechanization in the early twentieth century

　　KEYS：

　　Passage 1： DBCBA BA

　　Passage 2： ADBAE CDBA

　　Passage 3： DCADC DCA