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Detroit: Then and Now: Reading Comprehension

1. Detroit was once known as "Motor City" due to its large automobile industry, but faced decline in the late 20th century as the industry and population moved elsewhere. 2. The decline happened rapidly, as factory jobs disappeared and people moved to the suburbs, leaving behind empty houses and high unemployment. 3. Detroit eventually declared bankruptcy in 2013, but since then has shown signs of recovery as new businesses and residents move back to the city.

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Detroit: Then and Now: Reading Comprehension

1. Detroit was once known as "Motor City" due to its large automobile industry, but faced decline in the late 20th century as the industry and population moved elsewhere. 2. The decline happened rapidly, as factory jobs disappeared and people moved to the suburbs, leaving behind empty houses and high unemployment. 3. Detroit eventually declared bankruptcy in 2013, but since then has shown signs of recovery as new businesses and residents move back to the city.

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Detroit: then and now

Life Reading Comprehension

Reading comprehension
Read the article and choose the correct 6 Which statement is true according to
option. the second paragraph?
a The changing Detroit happened
1 Detroit is a city …
relatively quickly.
a that has had several identities.
b The environment was important for
b Where the population grew very
Detroit’s population.
rapidly.
c The media showed a false picture of
c with a massive crime problem
Detroit and its people.

2 Detroit …
7 Why did people leave Detroit?
a is not able to recover from its past
a Because too many people lived in the
problems.
suburbs.
b is richer now than it has ever been.
b The motor industry moved to a new
c seems to have a better future ahead.
area.
c There was a combination of causes.
Read the article again and choose the correct
option.
8 The main problems facing Detroit
were …
3 Why was Detroit known as Motor
a environmental
City?
b financial
a because of all the roads that were
c social
built there.
b because of its connections to Paris.
9 How did bankruptcy affect the city?
c because of the type of industry there.
a It allowed it to make a new start.
b It gave it an important place in
4 According to the first paragraph,
history.
factory workers …
c It meant Detroit could spend billions
a had a high standard of living.
of dollars.
b had to travel a long way to work.
c took regular holidays.
10 Which statement is true?
a Bankruptcy makes it hard for new
5 What defined Detroit at the start of
businesses in Detroit.
the 21st century?
b Detroit today is attractive to small
a cars
businesses.
b poverty
c Old industries want to return to
c the suburbs
Detroit.

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