The Rise of Day-nursery in AmericaIn the United States．the first day-nursery was opened in

The Rise of Day-nursery in America

In the United States．the first day-nursery was opened in 1854．Nurseries were．established in various areas during thc (1) half of the 19th century; most of_____ (2)were charitable．Both in Europe and in the U．S．the day-nursery movement received great ______(3) during the First World War, when the ______(4) of manpower(劳动力)caused the industrial employment of unprecedented(前所未有的) numbers of women．In some European countries nurseries were established_____ (5) in munitions〔军火〕plants, under direct government sponsorship．______ (6) the number of nurseries in the U．S．also rose sharply, this rise was accomplished without aid of any kind．During the years following the First World War, _____(7), federal, state, and local governments gradually began to exercise a measure of control _____(8) the day-nurseries, chiefly by licensing(发展照)them and by inspecting and regulating the conditions within the nurseries．

The_____(9) of the Second World War was quickly followed by an increase in the number of day-nurseries in almost all countries, as women were_____(10) called upon to replace men in the factories．On this _____(11) the U．S．government immediately came to the support of the nursery schools, allocating $ 6,000,000 in July 1942, for a nurseryschool program for the children of working mothers．Many states and local communities supplemented(补充)this federal aid．By th'e end of the war, in August 1945, more than 100,000 children were being cared_____(12) in day-care centers receiving federal subsidies．Soon afterward, the federal government _____(13) cut down its expenditures for this purpose and later_____ (14) them, causing a sharp drop in the number of nursery schools in operation．However, the expectation that most employed mothers would leave their______(15) at the end of the war was only partly fulfilled．

第 51 题

A．latter

B．late

C．other

D．first