填空题   Until recently most historians spoke very critically of the Industrial Revolution. They  ---|||________|||--- th in the long run industrializion grely raised the standard of living for the  ---|||________|||--- man. But they insisted th its  ---|||________|||--- results during the period from 1750 to 1850 were widespread poverty and misery for the  ---|||________|||--- of the English populion.  ---|||________|||--- contrast, they saw in the preceding hundred years from 1650 to 1750, when England was still a  ---|||________|||--- agricultural country, a period of gre abundance and prosperity.   This view,  ---|||________|||--- , is generally thought to be wrong. Specialists  ---|||________|||--- history and economics, have  ---|||________|||--- two things: th the period from 1650 to 1750 was  ---|||________|||--- by gre poverty, and th industrializion certainly did not worsen and may have actually improved the conditions for the majority of the populace.
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【答案解析】bulk of是“大量的”;B.host of是“许多”;但前面需用a;C.gross是“总的”;D. magnitude是“大小”。