What was the result? The Industrial Revolution.Productivity was greatly increased.For Britain, where the revolution started, there was a prosperity which made it the richest country in the nineteenth century.British trains and railway lines spread out like a spider’s web across the world. British ships were used to carry the new goods from one comer of the world to another.
The revolution is not over.It is still with us, but now it is a worldwide phenomenon (现象). Everywhere, factories are producing large numbers of similar products, and are in continuous production.What were called mass - production lines yesterday are called robotic productions today.The pace of change is increasing.And if these techniques have brought us prosperity, they have also brought us a little misery in overcrowded towns, boring jobs and, most of all, unemployment.
57.What would be the best tide for the text?
A.The Causes of Industrial Revolution
B.Adam Smith, the Economist and Philosopher
C.The Industrial Revolution and Its Significance
D.The Theory of Division of Labor and Its Significance
58.We should be grateful to Adam Smith because _____.
A.his ideas made it possible for people to improve their lives?
B.he invented a more efficient way of pin making
C.he brought to people a high standard of living
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