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

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】______ half of the 19th century; most of【C2】______ were charitable. Both in Europe and in the U. S. , 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 estab- lished【C5】______ in munitions plants, under direct government sponsorship.【C6】______ the number of nurseries in the U. S. 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, chiefly 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 U. S. 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.
【C19】
选项 A、abolished
B、diminished
C、jeopardized
D、precluded
答案A
解析 本句的译文参照48题。根据题意及所给四个选项，A项为正确答案。abolish意为“废除；取消；废止；彻底破坏”。例如：The civil war ended and the Negro slavery was finally abolished in the whole country；diminish意为“减小；缩小；贬损”；jeopardize意为“危及；损害”；preclude意为“阻止；妨碍；防止；排除”。
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