单选题 According to the passage, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, some Americans ______.

A、 worked from sunrise to sunset seven days a week
B、 preferred working in factories to working on farms
C、 had many of the leisure time activities that people now have
D、 fought for shorter working hours and more leisure time

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】根据题目给出的信息，尤其是时间in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries，我们知道该题答案的出处在文章的第二段。选C项的关键在于题目所给的信息some Americans。第二段最后一句讲到，“一些人(some people)同今天的人们一样做许多的事情——参加音乐会，举行聚会，去饭店就餐，看小说或者参加体育活动——但是程度要低得多。”B项是错误的，因为该项所指的活动不是some people所做的。况且，文章根本没有谈到人们preferred working in factories to working on farms。