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  3. During the early years of this century, wheat was seen as the very lifeblood

During the early years of this century, wheat was seen as the very lifeblood

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问题     During the early years of this century, wheat was seen as the very lifeblood of Western Canada. When the crops were good, the【S1】______was good; when the crops failed, there was depression. People on city streets watched the【S2】______and the price of wheat with almost as much feeling as if they were growers. The marketing of wheat became an increasingly【S3】______topic of conversation.
    War set the stage for the most dramatic events in【S4】______the western crop. For years, farmers mistrusted speculative(投机的)grain selling as carried on through the Winnipeg Grain Exchange. Wheat prices were【S5】______low in the autumn, but farmers could not wait for markets to improve. It had【S6】______too often that they sold their wheat soon after harvest when farm debts were coming due, only to see prices rising and speculators getting rich. On various【S7】______, producer groups asked for firmer controls, but governments had no wish to become involved, at least not until wartime wheat prices threatened to run wild.
【S8】______to check inflation and rising living costs, the federal government appointed a board of grain supervisors to handle deliveries from the crops of 1917 and 1918. Grain Exchange trading was【S9】______, and farmers sold at prices fixed by the board. To handle the crop of 1919, the government appointed the first Canadian Wheat Board, with【S10】______authority to buy, sell, and set prices.

A)happened                                                I)appointed
B)due                                                     J)increasingly
C)handle                                                  K)suspended
D)anxious                                                 L)occasions
E)full                                                    M)yields
F)economy                                                 N)generally
G)favorite                                                O)firmer
H)marketing [br] 【S2】
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答案 M
解析 名词填空。根据语境，“路人皆关心小麦的产量和价格”，故答案为[M] yields。
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