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  3. In the United States the first day nursery was opened in 1854. Nurseries we

In the United States the first day nursery was opened in 1854. Nurseries we

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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 even in munitions plants, under direct government 【C5】______ . Although the number of nurseries in the U. S. also rose 【C6】______ , this rise was accomplished without government aid of any kind. During the years following the First World War, 【C7】______ , Federal, State, and local governments gradually began to 【C8】______ a measure of control in the day nurseries, chiefly by 【C9】______ them and by inspecting and regulating the conditions within the nurseries.
     The 【C10】______ of the Second World War was quickly followed by an increase in the number of day nurseries in almost all countries, as women were again 【C11】______ to replace men in the factories. On this 【C12】______ the U.S. government immediately came to the support of the nursery schools, 【C13】______ $ 6,000,000 in July, 1942, for a nursery-school program for the children of working mothers. Many states and local communities 【C14】______ this Federal aid. By the end of the War, in August, 1945, more than 100, 000 children were being cared 【C15】______ in daycare centers receiving Federal 【C16】______ . Soon afterward, the Federal government drastically 【C17】______ its expenditures for this purpose and later 【C18】______ them, causing a sharp drop in the number of nursery schools in operation. However, the expectation 【C19】______ most employed mothers would leave their jobs at the end of the War was only partly 【C20】______ .  [br] 【C4】
选项 A、decrease
B、sources
C、shortage
D、reduction
答案 C
解析 词义辨析题之近义词。句意见第33题，此处指人力的缺乏，使用词语搭配shortage of manpower。decrease和reduction均为“减少”之意，而且一般指具体数字的减少，所以用在此处不合适。
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