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What best paraphrases the central idea of the excerpt?
Read the excerpt from Immigrant Kids, and then answer
the question.
In the years around the turn of the century, immigration
to America reached an all-time high. Between 1880 and
1920, 23 million immigrants arrived in the United States.
They came mainly from the countries of Europe,
especially from impoverished towns and villages in
southern and eastern Europe. The one thing they had in
common was a fervent belief that in America, life would
be better.
Many people came to settle in the United States at
the beginning of the last century. Most of them came
to escape poverty in Europe and start a new life.
There were 23 million people who came to the United
States in the years between 1880 until 1920. That is
almost 800,000 people every year.
O The immigrants to America were from southern
countries and eastern countries in Europe. People in
those countries believed in America.
Immigrants are people who come to one country from
another. They usually come from southern and
eastern Europe.

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Answer:

The one thing that many people belied was that life would be better in America.

Explanation:

"The one thing they had in common was a fervent belief that in America, life would be better."

The passage best paraphrases the central idea as many people came to settle in the United States at the beginning of the last century. Most of them came to escape poverty in Europe and start a new life. Thus, option A is correct.

What is a paraphrase?

A paraphrase is a tool and technique that expresses the meaning and the thought of the passage of the original content in one's word. It makes the complex sentences into simpler formats and easier to understand.

The immigrant kid is a book by Russell Freedman. The central idea of the passage can be paraphrased into the sentence which expresses that the people migrated from Europe to settle in America for a better living and to escape poverty.

Therefore, option A. many immigrants were from European countries to escape poverty.  

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