In the United States, the first day nursery was opened in 1854. Nurseries were established in various areas during the ___61__ half of the 19th century;
61. A) latter B) late C) other D) first

詞匯解析：

latter [?l?t?]
n.后者 a.后者的；后一半的，末了的
例：This latter point was of great importance.
?? ?后面這點(diǎn)極為重要。

late [leit]
a.晚的；晚期的；最近的 ad.遲，晚

other ['?e?]
adj. 別的, 其他的, 另外的
pron. 其他(人或物)
n. 其他人(或事)
adv. 以其他方式

first [f?:st]
adj. 第一的, 最初的
adv. 首先, 第一
n. (序數(shù)詞)第一, 最初

most of ___62___ were charitable. Both in Europe and in the U.S.
62. A) those B) them C) whose D) whom

the day-nursery movement received great ___63___ during the First World War, when ___64___ of manpower
caused the industrial employment of unprecedented（前所未有）numbers of women.
63. A) impetus B) input C) imitation D) initiative
64. A) sources B) abundance C) shortage D) reduction

impetus [?impit?s]
n.推動，促進(jìn)，刺激；推動力

input [?input]
n.輸入，投入；輸入物(數(shù)據(jù)) vt.輸入計(jì)算機(jī)

imitation [?imi?tei??n]
n.模仿；仿制，仿制品；贗品

initiative [i'ni??tiv]
adj. 創(chuàng)始的, 初步的, 自發(fā)的
n. 第一步, 首創(chuàng)精神, 主動權(quán)

source [s?:s]
n.源(泉)，發(fā)源地；來源，出處

abundance [??b?nd?ns]
n.大量，豐富，充足

shortage [???:tid?]
n.不足，缺少

reduction [ri?d?k??n]
n.減少，縮?。幌陆?，降低

In some European countries nurseries were establishes ___65___ in munitions（軍火）plants, under direct government sponsorship.
65. A) hardly B) entirely C) only D) even

hardly [?hɑ:dli]
ad.幾乎不，簡直不；剛剛，僅僅

entirely [in?tai?li]
ad.完全地；徹底地

only [??unli]
ad.只；反而 a.唯一的；最好的 conj.可是

even [?i:v?n]
ad.甚至 a.平的；平穩(wěn)的；雙數(shù)的 v.(使)平坦

答案：

61. 正確答案為B) 第一家日托所建于1854年，在各地區(qū)建立當(dāng)然是在19世紀(jì)的后半期。
62. 正確答案為B) most of后面要用人稱代詞。
63. 正確答案為A) 根據(jù)句意"第一次世界大戰(zhàn)對建立日托所的運(yùn)動是個(gè)促進(jìn)"。
64. 正確答案為C) 根據(jù)句意"當(dāng)時(shí)勞動力短缺使得……"。
65. 正確答案為D) 說明托兒所建立的多而廣，"甚至"建在軍火工廠里?