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Practice Listening: Highlight Correct Summary ID: #45658 Medium Great Depression

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One of the things that was going on during the Great Depression was the beginning of the sort of modern food technology that rules the way Americans eat today. That is, there are a lot of canned foods were coming onto the market at the time, and also refrigerators were really becoming very, very popular during the Great Depression, both in cities and in rural parts of the country thanks to electrification, the rural electrification administration. People could buy appliances, farmers could buy appliances, and that meant frozen foods were becoming big. At that time, few people could afford to buy them during the early years of the Great Depression, but gradually these things picked up. And so this was like the beginning of the era when people were starting to think about supermarkets with rows and rows of freezer cases and rows and rows of canned foods.

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One of the things that was going on during the Great Depression was the beginning of this sort of modern food technology. Because of electrification, refrigerators were really becoming very popular. During the Great Depression, modern food technology rules the way people eat, especially canned foods which were popular at that time. People could afford big frozen foods as supermarkets started to have freezer cases and canned foods. People can buy applicants. At the same time, more and more people could afford big frozen foods. The Great Depression was the beginning of this sort of modern foods. People were starting to think about supermarkets with rows and rows of freezer cases and rows and rows of canned foods, both in cities and in rural parts of the country.

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Option 1: "One of the things that was going on during the Great Depression was the beginning of this sort of modern food technology. Because of electrification, refrigerators were really becoming very popular."
Explanation: This option provides some accurate information about the Great Depression and the rise of modern food technology, but it fails to capture the overall theme of the text. It focuses too narrowly on refrigerators and does not mention the significance of canned foods or the gradual affordability of frozen foods, which are crucial elements of the text.
Option 2: "During the Great Depression, modern food technology rules the way people eat, especially canned foods which were popular at that time. People could afford big frozen foods as supermarkets started to have freezer cases and canned foods."
Explanation: This option effectively summarizes the main idea of the text by highlighting the emergence of modern food technology during the Great Depression, specifically mentioning canned foods and the rise of supermarkets with freezer cases. It captures the essence of how these changes influenced American eating habits, making it the correct answer.
Option 3: "People can buy applicants. At the same time, more and more people could afford big frozen foods. The Great Depression was the beginning of this sort of modern foods."
Explanation: This option contains grammatical errors, such as 'applicants' instead of 'appliances,' which detracts from its clarity. Additionally, it does not adequately summarize the text, as it fails to mention the significance of canned foods and the context of the Great Depression, making it too vague and incomplete.
Option 4: "People were starting to think about supermarkets with rows and rows of freezer cases and rows and rows of canned foods, both in cities and in rural parts of the country."
Explanation: While this option mentions supermarkets and freezer cases, it lacks a comprehensive summary of the text. It does not address the broader context of modern food technology or the gradual affordability of these items during the Great Depression, making it an incomplete representation of the main ideas presented.

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