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Gold is worshipped as a god by many people.【C1】______ seems to those who love it【C2】______ gold can bring happi ness. But the fo
Gold is worshipped as a god by many people.【C1】______ seems to those who love it【C2】______ gold can bring happi ness. But the fo
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Gold is worshipped as a god by many people.【C1】______ seems to those who love it【C2】______ gold can bring happi ness. But the following story will help you judge for yourself whether gold is a good dung or not.
One day in 1848, a remarkable thscovery was made in a mountain stream in California by a carpenter named Marshall. He happened【C3】______ somedhng bright and yellow from me water near his master’s sawmill(锯木厂).Not knowing what they were, he【C4】______ mem to his master Mr Sutter, a Swiss【C5】______ to America to try to make【C6】______ money. Sutter immethately realized mat they were particles(微粒) of gold. He sent a man named Bennet to San Francisco(旧金山)【C7】______ me governor of it. At first people refused【C8】______ . Only after a reporter of a newspaper had gone to Sutter’s sawmill and made report about it【C9】______ all over the U.S.A, and even across America to Europe. Withinn a month, thousands upon mousands of people【C10】______ California【C11】______ me valuable metal. Solthers deserted(开小差) the army, sailors left their ships and all sorts of people gave up their jobs to【C12】______ California and become rich. A large number of Europeans【C13】______ the search, too. This was the California Gold Rush(加利福尼亚淘金热). While this went on, families【C14】______ ;husbands【C15】______ meir wives and children were left alone. Some of them were killed in storms at sea, many of mem【C16】______ after lanthng. Even more could not【C17】______ me hardship of the trip and thed of hunger, cold or illness.
The Gold Rush prove a thsaster (灾难) for Sutter himself. For years he【C18】______ those gold-thggers who hated him very much, and thd a great deal of【C19】______ to his business. Sutter’s house was burnt down and even one of his sons was killed. At me end of his life, he became a beggar, who would often stop passers-by in me street【C20】______ that" Gold was me Devil."
【C16】
选项
A、lost meir lives
B、gave meir lives for
C、devotes themselves to
D、lost their homes
答案
A
解析
由上下文可知,一部分人在海上死于暴风雨,许多人则在登陆后死掉了。“丧生”应用词组lose one’s life。故正确的答案为A。
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