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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 established【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.
    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 up on 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 daycare centers receiving Federal【C17】______Soon afterward, the Federal government【C18】______cut clown 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.
【C15】
选项 A、expanded
B、facilitated
C、supplemented
D、compensated
答案C
解析 A项expanded意为“膨胀，扩充”，B项facilitated意为“使容易，使便利”，C项supplemented意为“补充”，D项compensated意为“补偿，偿还”。上文提到一战时联邦政府和地方政府一起对托儿所进行规范管理，所以此处联邦政府拨款之后，州政府进行补充更合理。本句句意为“许多州和地方团体对联邦政府的拨款进行补充”，所以C项更贴切。
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