大全829（补充题101）

The speculative fever of the Roaring Twenties infected rich and poor alike; vast quantities of people were dangerously overextended, credit was absurdly easy to obtain, and most brokerage houses required only ten percent cash for stocks bought on “margin.”

(A) rich and poor alike; vast quantities of people were dangerously overextended

(B) both rich and poor alike; large amounts of people dangerously overextended themselves

(C) rich and poor alike; great numbers of people were dangerously overextended

(D) both rich and poor alike; vast amounts of people dangerously overextended themselves（C）

(E) both rich and poor; great quantities of people were dangerously overextended

rich and poor alike？有这种用法吗？

想请教一下题目中alike的用法，我找了半天都没找到，谢谢各位了：）