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  3. It is not long since conditions in the mines were worse than they are now. T

It is not long since conditions in the mines were worse than they are now. T

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问题     It is not long since conditions in the mines were worse than they are now. There are still (1)_____ a few very old women who in their youth have worked(2)______, with harness round their waists, and a chain(3)_____ passed between their legs, crawling on all(4)_____ and dragging tugs of coal. They used to go on(5)_____ this even when they were pregnant.
    And(6)_____ now, if coal could not be produced without pregnant women dragging it (7)_____ and fro, I fancy we should let them do it (8)_____ than deprive ourselves of coal. But most of the time, of course, we(9)_____ to forget that they were doing it. It is the(10)_____ with all types of manual work; it keep us alive, and we are (11)_____ of its existence. More than anything else perhaps, the miner can stand as the type of manual worker, not only because it is so(12)______ necessary and yet so silent,(13)_____ we are capable(14)_____ forgetting it as we forget the blood in our(15)______. In a way it is even (16)_____ to watch coal-miners working. It raises in you a momentary doubt about your own(17)_____ as an "intellectual" and a superior person generally. For it is brought(18)_____ to you, at least while you are watching, that it is only because miners sweat their guts out(19)_____ superior persons can(20)_____ superior. [br] (5)
选项 A、making
B、working
C、do
D、doing
答案 D
解析 空格后的this指的是上一句提到的“用安全带绑着腰，将链条穿过双腿匍匐在地上拖运煤炭”，go on doing sth．的意思是“继续做某事”，故选D。work为不及物动词，后不能直接跟宾语：make sth．意为“制作某物”，代人后句意不通。
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