TOEFLReading
Complete the Words
Fill in the missing letters in the paragraph. Each underscore (_) stands for one missing letter. Type the complete word for each item.
Topic: How the Industrial Revolution crowded workers into fast-growing towns0 / 10 gaps filled
During the Industrial Revolution, millions of people in Britain left the countryside to work in new factories. Industrial (1)to___ grew (2)s_ rapidly (3)th__ builders (4)co___ not (5)ke__ pace, (6)a__ many (7)fami____ crowded (8)in__ damp (9)ro___ without (10)run____ water or proper drains. Diseases such as cholera spread easily, which eventually pushed governments to build sewers and pass laws on public health. In 1842, a government report by Edwin Chadwick showed that workers in crowded towns died far younger than people in the countryside.
Words to complete:
#1
to___
#2
s_
#3
th__
#4
co___
#5
ke__
#6
a__
#7
fami____
#8
in__
#9
ro___
#10
run____