McGraw-Hill OnlineMcGraw-Hill Higher EducationLearning Center
student Center | Instructor Center | Home
Vocabulary
Read
After You Read 1
After You Read 2
Feedback
Help Center


Interactions 2 Reading, 4/e
Elaine Kirn
Pamela Hartmann

City Life

Making Inferences

Writers usually state information clearly. However, they also often imply information. In other words, they just suggest an idea without actually stating it. Here is some information about gentrification. Which information is stated in the reading? Put an S on those lines. Which information is implied but not clearly stated? Put I on those lines.



1

Before cities started to become gentrified, most white-collar professionals lived in the suburbs.
2

The phenomenon of gentrification is related to the global economy.
3

SoHo is now a more expensive neighborhood than the East Village.
4

Gentrification in San Francisco started about five years ago.
5

San Francisco's population is less diverse now than it used to be.
6

Gentrification is controversial.
7

Gentrification leads to cleaner, safer cities.
8

Gentrification makes cities more expensive to live in.