Question

Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World. Not only were Russian farms run on unfree labor, but they used very simple, old-fashioned methods of farming. Like the English back in the time of Henry III, all Russians aside from the very wealthy still lived in the Age of Honey—sugar was a luxury taken out only when special guests came to visit. Indeed, as late as 1894, when the average English person was eating close to ninety pounds of sugar a year, the average Russian used just eight pounds. What inference does the passage best support? Most Russians in the 1890s were not wealthy. Most English citizens were very wealthy. Russians did not run their farms well. English people were fonder of sweets.

Answer 1

The inference best supported by the passage is that 'Most Russians in the 1890s were not wealthy.'

Explanation:

• The given passage intends to describe the difference in output of sugar production by the Russians and the English.
• It presents this difference by the figures of use of 'ninety pounds sugar' by Englishman which was contradictory to 'eight pounds' of a Russian'.
• This difference was primarily due to the 'simplistic, old-fashioned techniques for farming by the Russians' and for them 'sugar was a luxury offered to guests only'(in the age of honey).
• This substantiates the above inference that 'Russians around 1890s were not wealthy' unlike the English who regularly consumed honey(while sugar was a luxury' for Russians).

Thus, option A is the correct answer.

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Answer 2

Answer:

A

Explanation:

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