首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
One day in 1848 a carpenter named Marshall, who worked in a saw mill on the American River in California, made a remarkable disc
One day in 1848 a carpenter named Marshall, who worked in a saw mill on the American River in California, made a remarkable disc
admin
2012-07-17
49
问题
One day in 1848 a carpenter named Marshall, who worked in a saw mill on the American River in California, made a remarkable discovery. He noticed some bright yellow particles in the water, bent down to pick them up and took them to his partner, a Mr. Sutter. This was the beginning of the Californian Gold Rush. Sutter was a Swiss who had come to America some years earlier to make his fortune. The governor of California had given him permission to found a settlement in the Sacramento Valley and his determination and energy had made him rich. He had built the mill in partnership with Marshall in order to make use of the abundant natural resources of his land.
Sutter realized the importance of the discovery and decided to file a claim so that his right to the gold would be established. So he sent a man named Bennet to San Francisco to see the governor. He warned Bennet not to tell anyone in case people came to the valley before his claim was recognized. Bennet could not keep the secret but the people of San Francisco did not believe him at first. Then the editor of a weekly newspaper there, San Brannan, went to Sutter’s mill to make a report. When he came back he ran through the streets of the town shouting "Gold! Gold!" Within a month almost the entire population, then only 800 people, had gone to look for the precious metal. Soldiers deserted the army, sailors left their ships and men gave up their jobs so as not to miss the chance of becoming rich.
The news spread across America to Europe and thousands of people joined in the search. Those who went by ship had to sail round Cape Horn to reach California but some chose the overland route across America and wagon trains were formed for travelers to make the journey. Even then there were some who were prepared to cross the terrible desert of Death Valley in order to reach the gold a few days before the rest.
The Gold Rush proved a disaster for Sutter himself. For years he tried to evict (逐出) the prospectors (探矿者, 勘探者) from his property so that his family might enjoy the wealth of his land, but his business was ruined. The prospectors did a great deal of damage and killed one of his sons, and at the end of his life he was a poor man who continually stopped people in the street to tell them that Gold is the devil.
Sutter was finally ruined because the prospectors______.
选项
A、drove him out of his farmland
B、killed one of his sons
C、took all the gold and money from him
D、prevented him from using his property
答案
D
解析
本题仍是一道具体细节题。问萨特最后家业被毁了是因为那些探矿者做了什么。根据文章第四段,这场淘金热对萨特本人而言是一场灾难。好多年来他试图把淘金者驱赶走,以便于他一家人享有自己土地上的财富,但他的家业却被毁掉了。淘金者给他的居留地造成了极大的破坏,还杀死了他的一个儿子。在他生命将结束的日子里,他变成了穷人,不停地在街上拦住过路人,告诉他们金子是魔鬼。因此,本题的正确答案应是D“萨特的家业被毁了,因为淘金者不让他享有自己土地上的财富”。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/6LXO777K
0
在职攻硕英语联考
相关试题推荐
TheordinaryfamilycolonialNorthAmericawasprimarilyconcernedwithsheerphysicalsurvivalandbeyondthat,itsowneconomi
TheordinaryfamilycolonialNorthAmericawasprimarilyconcernedwithsheerphysicalsurvivalandbeyondthat,itsowneconomi
MostgraduateprogramsinAmericanuniversitiesproduceaproductforwhichthereisnomarket(candidatesforteachingposition
Ithappenseverysemester.AstudenttriumphantlypointsoutthatJean-JacquesRousseauisundermininghimselfwhenheclaims"
Womencouldincreasetheirretirementbenefitsby30percentiftheyworkasmanyyearsasmen,expertsays.LatinAmerican
Inasurveylastyearthebossesofsmallbusinessesoverwhelminglycameoutinfavourofhardworkandastrongcharacterover
Collegepaysoff.Financially,sure,butalsoinwaysthatareimpossibletomeasure.【T1】Fromtheearliestdaysofourcount
Collegepaysoff.Financially,sure,butalsoinwaysthatareimpossibletomeasure.【T1】Fromtheearliestdaysofourcount
"Whatdoesthemiddlemandobutaddtothepriceofgoodsintheshops?"Suchremarksareaimedattheintermediateoperationsb
Thedevelopmentofwritingwasoneofthegreathumaninventions.Itisdifficult【C1】______manypeopletoimaginelanguagewitho
随机试题
儿童有不知足、不安全、退缩、怀疑、不喜欢与同伴交往等特点,是处于()教养方式下形成的。
简述在分析企业的营业收入时应当考虑的问题。
在商界,以怎样的形象出现在与交谈的那个人面前.对你与交谈的对象之间的合作有着很重要的影响。一般来说,人们更愿意与那些他们喜欢的、信任的人做生意。因此,当我们想要与对方合作时,必须要非常注重自己的形象,努力给对方留下一个好的印象。非语言交流具体包括哪些内
二尖瓣关闭不全杂音的特征,下列哪项不正确
患者男性,37岁。1年前因急性化脓性阑尾炎行阑尾切除术,半年后出现切口疝,最可能的原因是
女性,38岁。诊断风心病二尖瓣狭窄(中度),突发心悸2天,伴呼吸困难,不能平卧,查体:BP95/75mmHg,口唇发绀,双肺较多湿啰音,心率150次/分,每一心音强弱不等,节律绝对不规则,心尖部舒张期隆隆样杂音,肝不大,下肢无水肿触诊桡动脉搏动最可
经计算结构跨中截面的截面惯矩为Ic=2.3741×10-2m4,截面面积Ac=0.4309m2。汽车荷载的冲击系数值与下列______项数值最为接近?配置有纵向钢筋和连续密集的螺旋形或焊接环形箍筋的钢筋混凝土柱,与配有纵向钢筋和普通箍筋的钢筋混凝土柱
航道整治工程施工组织设计中的主要技术经济指标一般应包括()。
宏大集团公司因经济效益下降,亏损已成定局,董事长赵某授意财务科科长刘某在年度财务报告中做一些技术处理,刘某认为“对外报送的财务报告的真实性、完整性由单位负责人承担责任,我服从就行了”,便虚拟了几笔销售业务,使公司财务报表由亏变盈。经财政部门签字并作了相应的
已知α={2,一1,1},β={1,3,一1},试在α,β所确定的平面∏内求与α垂直的单位向量γ.
最新回复
(
0
)