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英语专业八级改错模拟题(8)

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

very lifeblood of Western Canada. People on city streets watched

the yields and the price of wheat in almost as much feeling as if 1.___

they were growers. The marketing of wheat became an increasing 2.___

favorite topic of conversation.

War set the stage for the most dramatic events in marketing

the western crop. For years, farmers mistrusted speculative grain

selling as carried on through the Winnipeg Grain Exchange.

Wheat prices were generally low in the autumn, so farmers could 3.___

not wait for markets to improve. It had happened too often that

they sold their wheat soon shortly after harvest when farm debts 4.___

were coming due, just to see prices rising and speculators getting rich. 5.___

On various occasions, producer groups, asked firmer control, 6.___

but the government had no wish to become involving, at 7.___

least not until wartime when wheat prices threatened to run

wild.

Anxious to check inflation and rising life costs, the federal 8.___

government appointed a board of grain supervisors to deal with

deliveries from the crops of 1917 and 1918. Grain Exchange

trading was suspended, and farmers sold at prices fixed by the

board. To handle with the crop of 1919, the government 9.___

appointed the first Canadian Wheat Board, with total authority to 10.___

buy, sell, and set prices.

(2001)