新GRE小短文阅读练习题十八

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18  In the United States between 1850 and 1880,  the number of farmers
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6 ^7 G% t% ]6 k5 h) P Which of the following statements directly contradicts the information
+ @$ G. `, U: p1 F7 wpresented above?
! m4 V, x% t* f# ?; H- L5 }9 v       The number of farmers in the general population increased
       slightly in the thirty years between 1850  and   1880.  
      The rate of growth of the United States labor force and the
; Z0 P/ L, V6 G  j" D+ w       rate of growth of the general population rose simultaneously
       in the thirty years between  1850  and   1880.  
      The proportion of farmers in the United States labor force
$ `$ Q) p1 m$ T       remained constant in the thirty years between 1850 and 1880.  
      The proportion of farmers in the United States labor force
6 J" R3 N" T: K       decreased from  64  percent in 1850  to 49 percent in 1880.  
      The proportion of farmers in the general population
       increased from 68 percent in 1850  to 72  percent in 1880.