| 2.     In1846 about 80 percent of the towns in New York
 State
 banned the sale of alcoholic beverages. A recent article about the bans
 concludes that mid-nineteenth-century supporters of the temperance movement
 were not residents of remote rural areas, as has often been asserted; rather,
 they were concentrated in centers of economic opportunity.
 
 Which of the following, if true, bestsupports the conclusion reached in the article?
 
 (A) After 1846the temperance movement grew rapidly and it flourished until the turn of the
 century.
 
 (B) Support forthe ban on alcohol was strongest in New
 York towns where the economy was based on new,
 growing industries.
 
 (C) Many young New YorkState farmers supported the ban on
 alcohol.
 
 (D) The most adamant opponents of theban included several affluent factory and mill owners.(B)
 
 (E) In New York City, which was acommercial center in 1846, the sale of alcoholic beverages was not banned.
 
 答案是b 完全不理解 |