单选题

The problem of leisure is new. Until very recent times people worked each day to the limit of their strength. Of course there were always a privileged few who had leisure; but most men had to work 12, 14, or even 16 hours a day, six days a week. As late as 1840 the average factory worker labored 72 hours a week. “Sunup to sundown” was the farmer’s day, or as another phrase puts it, “from can to can’t.”

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The phrase “from can to can’t” means ______.

A、from beginning to end

B、from birth to death

C、from morning to night

D、from time to time

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】 从本段最后一句话可知，这个短语与“Sunup to sundown”同义，即日出到日落，也就是从早到晚。

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