Скачать или смотреть Sat practice test 7 Question 15 module 1 Reading & Writing

In a study of urban physical expansion, Richa Mahtta
et al. conducted a meta-analysis of more than
300 cities worldwide to determine whether urban
land expansion (ULE) was more strongly influenced
by urban population growth or by growth in gross
domestic product (GDP) per capita, a measure of
economic activity. Because efficient national
government is necessary to provide urban services
and infrastructure that attract economic investment,
Mahtta et al. propose that absent other factors, the
importance of GDP per capita growth to ULE would
likely increase relative to the importance of
population growth as governments become more
efficient. If true, this suggests the possibility
that _______

Which choice most effectively uses data from the
graph to complete the statement?
A) national governments of countries in Region 1
experienced declines in efficiency in the period
from 2000 to 2014, relative to the period from
1970 to 2000.
B)
countries in Region 1 experienced a slower rate
of economic growth in the period from 2000 to
2014 than countries in Region 2 did, despite
increasing national government efficiency in
Region 1.
C)
national governments of most countries in
Region 2 became more efficient in the period
from 2000 to 2014 than they had been in the
period from 1970 to 2000, but those of several
countries in this region did not.
D)
national governments of countries in Region 1
and in Region 2 generally became more efficient
in the period from 2000 to 2014 than they had
been in the period from 1970 to 2000, but at
different rates.