In the United States, the first day nursery was opened in 1854. Nurseries were established in various areas during the【C1】______

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问题     In the United States, the first day nursery was opened in 1854. Nurseries were established in various areas during the【C1】______hall of the 19th century; most of【C2】______were charitable. Both in Europe and in the US, the day-nursery movement received great【C3】______during the First World War, when【C4】______of manpower caused the industrial employment of unprecedented numbers of women. In some European countries nurseries were established【C5】______in munitions(军火) plants, under direct government sponsorship. 【C6】______the number of nurseries in the US also rose【C7】______, this rise was accomplished without government aid of any kind. During the years following the First World War, 【C8】______, Federal, State, and local governments gradually began to exercise a measure of control【C9】______the day nurseries by【C10】______them and by inspecting and regulating the conditions within the nurseries.
    The【C11】______of the Second World War was quickly followed by an increase in the number of day nurseries in almost all countries, as women were【C12】______called upon to replace men in the factories. On this【C13】______the US government immediately came to the support of the nursery schools, 【C14】______$ 6,000,000 in July, 1942, for a nursery school program for the children of working mothers. Many States and local communities【C15】______this Federal aid. By the end of the war, in August, 1945, more than 100,000 children were being cared【C16】______in day-care centers receiving Federal【C17】______. Soon afterward, the Federal government【C18】______cut down its expenditures for this purpose and later【C19】______them, causing a sharp drop in the number of nursery schools in operation. However, the expectation that most employed mothers would leave their【C20】______at the end of the war was only partly fulfilled.
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选项 A、sources
B、abundance
C、shortage
D、reduction

答案C

解析 本题考查名词辨异。shortage意为“缺乏;不足的数量;缺陷;短缺”。题意为:由于劳动力的短缺使得产业工人中出现了数量空前众多的女性。sources“来源,出处”;abundance“大量,丰富,充足”;reduction“减少,下降”。
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