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  3. Britain was wealthy country, a hundred and fifty years【C1】______ There were a【C2】______ very rich people【C3】______ received mon

Britain was wealthy country, a hundred and fifty years【C1】______ There were a【C2】______ very rich people【C3】______ received mon

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问题      Britain was 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 difficulty 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 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 a 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 this time, very young children used to work in factories and mines, and clean chimneys.
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选项 A、of
B、to
C、in
D、at
答案A
解析 根据上下文和固定搭配：short of(短缺)，只有A是正确答案。
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