IELTS reading detail Practice
The primary motivation for workers moving away from city centres was...
Question type: sentence completion · Difficulty: intermediate
- A. the closure of central office buildings.
- B. a preference for more space and lower living expenses.
- C. the availability of better public transport in suburbs.
- D. the desire to live in a more diverse neighbourhood.
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Paragraph B explains that knowledge workers began to re-evaluate their priorities, and 'The desire for more living space, private gardens, and lower living costs started to outweigh the benefits of proximity to a central office'. This exactly matches the option 'a preference for more space and lower living expenses.'