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• 1According to the passage, a preliminary step in the creation of the Canadian Wheat Board was the appointment of____.

  A.the Winnipeg Grain Exchange

  B.a board of supervisors

  C.several producer groups

  D.a new government

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• 2In line 11, the word “check” could best be replaced by which of the following、

  A.control

  B.investigate

  C.finance

  D.reinforce

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• 3According to the passage, wheat prices became unmanageable because of conditions caused by____.

  A.farmers

  B.supervisors

  C.weather

  D.war

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• 4According to the passage, most farmers’ debts had to be paid____.

  A.when the autumn harvest had just been completed 

  B.because wheat prices were high

  C.as soon as the Winnipeg Grain Exchange demanded payment

  D.when crop failure caused depression

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• 5The author uses the term “lifeblood" (line 1) to indicate that wheatwas____.

  A.difficult to produce in large quantities

  B.susceptible to many parasites

  C.essential to the health of the country

  D.expensive to gather and transport

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• 6What is the space at Quincy Market now used for、

  A.Boston’s new city hall.

  B.Sports and recreational facilities.

  C.Commercial and industrial warehouses.

  D.Restaurants, offices, and stores.

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• 7According to the passage, Benjamin Thompson was the designer for a project in____.

  A.San Francisco

  B.Boston

  C.Minneapolis

  D.San Antonio

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• 8When was the Butler Square building originally built、 

  A.In the eighteenth century.

  B.In the early nineteenth century.

  C.In the late nineteenth century.

  D.In the early twentieth century.

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• 9What is the author’s opinion of the San Antonio project、

  A.It is clearly the best of the projects discussed.

  B.It is a good project that could be copied in other cities.

  C.The extensive use of bulldozers made the project unnecessarily costly.

  D.The work done on the river was more important than the work done on the buildings.

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• 10Some useful ideas were suggested while the social committee was____the club’s programme for the coming season.

  A.arguing about

  B.discussing

  C.quarrelling about

  D.disputing about

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