TOEFL阅读——魔鬼题专项训练5

P1: Because of industrialization, but also because of a vast increase in agricultural output without which industrialization would have been impossible, Western Europeans by the latter half of the nineteenth century enjoyed higher standards of living and longer, healthier lives than most of the world’s peoples. In Europe as a whole, the population rose from 188 million in 1800 to 400 million in 1900. By 1900, virtually every area of Europe had contributed to the tremendous surge of population, but each major region was at a different stage of demographic change

5. According to paragraph 1, which of the following is true about Europe in the nineteenth century?

A. A large increase in food production led to industrialization.

B. Population changes occurred at the same pace in the major regions.

C. The standard of living rose to the level of that in most parts of the world.

D. The tremendous rise in population led to greater agricultural output in