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  3. Britain was a wealthy country a hundred and fifty years【C1】______. There were a【C2】______very rich people【C3】______received mone

Britain was a wealthy country a hundred and fifty years【C1】______. There were a【C2】______very rich people【C3】______received mone

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问题    Britain was a wealthy country a hundred and fifty years【C1】______. There were a【C2】______very rich people【C3】______received money from land or investments, and did not need to work. They used to have large【C4】______of servants to look【C5】______them. There were also many middle class people, who worked as businessmen or as doctors or lawyers. They usually had several servants to【C6】______their houses and cook their meals.
   But there were also many poor people, and there was a big【C7】______between the rich and the poor.
   The poor had very difficult lives. Many worked as servants. They used to be【C8】______little, and they had to work long hours. But at least they lived in a warm house and were well【C9】______.
【C10】______who worked in factories were often less【C11】______. They used to work many hours a day, in dangerous and unhealthy conditions. But, even so, they did not use to【C12】______enough to feed their families. They often lived in slums(贫民窟)which were built cheaply by the factory owners.
   The【C13】______paid people were those who worked【C14】______the farms. At certain times of the year, they did not use to earn【C15】______because there was no work【C16】______them to do.
   Life for the poor was not always bad. There were kind farmers and factory owners who helped their workers. And many people were【C17】______about the poor. One of them was Charles Dickens, the famous British writer. When he was young, his family was always short【C18】______money. His father was clerk, who used to【C19】______more than he earned. When Dickens was eleven, his father was【C20】______to prison; and Dickens had to work in a factory. At the time, very young children used to work in factories and mines, and clean chimneys.
【C20】
选项 A、sent
B、brought
C、pulled
D、entered
答案A
解析 send sb．to prison意为“把某人关进监狱”。
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