单选题

【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】latter指在顺序上较后,意为“后者;末尾的;较后的”,即belonging to the end of a period;or (contrasted with the former)the second of two things or persons already mentioned;later是late的比较级,意为“迟的,晚的”,所以the later part of the 19th century是“十九世纪晚些时期”,而the latter part of the 19th century意为“十九世纪后半世纪”。故A为正确答案。