IELTS Reading main_idea Practice
Which heading best summarises paragraph B?
Question type: matching headings · Difficulty: beginner
- A. The impact of urbanisation on social classes
- B. The development of the factory system and mass production
- C. The expansion of global trade and colonialism
- D. Reasons for the decline of the cottage industry
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Paragraph B describes the change from home-based work to factory work. It mentions new machines, the steam engine, and how these 'made it possible to produce goods on a much larger scale, leading to the rise of the factory system' and 'mass production'.