Choose the closest paraphrased version after each of the following sentence or the italicized part.
It [the first week’s payment] represented a week of very hard work—so hard that it might have been described as slavery if it hadn’t been for its aim and end.（）
A.正确答案C…the aim of this slave-driving work was hard to describe.
B.…the extremely hard work made it unacceptable for any payment.
C.…but for the pay, I wouldn’t have been able to do such heavy work.
D.…if it hadn’t been for the high pay, I wouldn’t have accepted such heavy work.
