试题出自试卷《南京大学2014年考博英语真题》

In the United States, the first day nursery was opened in 1854. Nurseries were established in various areas during the （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（4 ）of manpower caused the industrial employment of unprecedented numbers of women. In some European countries, nurseries were established（5 ） in munitions plants, under direct government sponsorship. （6 ）the number of nurseries in the U. S. also rose（7 ）, this rise was accomplished without government aid of any kind. During the years following the First World War, （8 ）, Federal State and local governments gradually began to exercise a measure of control（9 ）the day nurseries, chiefly by（10 ） them and by inspecting and regulating the conditions within the nurseries.