Reading Comprehension TOEFL Exams 125

TOEFL Exams: Reading Comprehension - Lesson 125 (Đọc hiểu - TOEFL - Bài 125) 

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The Works Progress Administration(WPA),formed during the Great Depression as part of Roosevelt's New Deal, was created with the express intent of putting to work as many as possible of the more than 10 million unemployed in the United States. One of the more controversial programs 5 of the WPA was the Federal Arts Project, a program to employ artists full-time at such tasks as painting murals in libraries, theaters, train stations, and airports; teaching various techniques of art; and preparing a comprehensive study of American crafts. Criticism of the program centered on what was perceived as the frivolity of 10 supporting the arts at a time when millions were starving, industry was sagging, farms were barren, and all that could flourish was bankruptcy courts and soup kitchens.

1. This passage mainly discusses
(A) the Great Depression
(B) Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal
(C) the Federal Arts Project
(D) bankruptcy courts and soup kitchens
2. According to the passage, the stated purpose of the WPA was to
(A) create new American masterpieces
(B) raise the standard of American art
(C) introduce new art techniques to the American public
(D) decrease unemployment
3. All the following probably helped to make the Federal Arts Project controversial EXCEPT that
(A) the Federal Arts Project employed many who would otherwise have been out of work
(B) trains and airports were decorated with murals
(C) the Federal Arts Project commissioned art works during the Depression
(D) a tremendous study of American crafts was produced
4. When the author states that "... all that could flourish was bankruptcy courts and soup kitchens," he probably means that
(A) banks and restaurants did well during the Depression
(B) the poor could not afford to use banks or eat soup
(C) the only organizations to thrive were those that dealt with the poor
(D) many restaurants declared bankruptcy during the Depression