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  3. It is not long since conditions in the mines were worse than they are now. T

It is not long since conditions in the mines were worse than they are now. T

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问题     It is not long since conditions in the mines were worse than they are now. There are still (1)_____ a few very old women who in their youth have worked(2)______, with harness round their waists, and a chain(3)_____ passed between their legs, crawling on all(4)_____ and dragging tugs of coal. They used to go on(5)_____ this even when they were pregnant.
    And(6)_____ now, if coal could not be produced without pregnant women dragging it (7)_____ and fro, I fancy we should let them do it (8)_____ than deprive ourselves of coal. But most of the time, of course, we(9)_____ to forget that they were doing it. It is the(10)_____ with all types of manual work; it keep us alive, and we are (11)_____ of its existence. More than anything else perhaps, the miner can stand as the type of manual worker, not only because it is so(12)______ necessary and yet so silent,(13)_____ we are capable(14)_____ forgetting it as we forget the blood in our(15)______. In a way it is even (16)_____ to watch coal-miners working. It raises in you a momentary doubt about your own(17)_____ as an "intellectual" and a superior person generally. For it is brought(18)_____ to you, at least while you are watching, that it is only because miners sweat their guts out(19)_____ superior persons can(20)_____ superior. [br] (17)
选项 A、status
B、manner
C、behavior
D、position
答案 A
解析 空格后的“作为‘知识分子’和优越人群”是一种社会地位，因此选status“地位”。这句话意为“这会让你在一瞬间怀疑自己作为‘知识分子’和优越人群的地位”。manner“方式，态度”：behavior“行为”；position“位置”。
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