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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
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2014-04-23
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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 sent Bennet to San Francisco to______.
选项
A、spread the news of the gold to the governor
B、prevent people from coming to Sacramento valley
C、make sure that any gold found on his land would belong to him
D、ask the governor for permission to establish a settlement
答案
C
解析
本题是一道具体细节题。问萨特派贝内特去旧金山干什么。利用查阅式阅读法,我们可以在文章第二段中找到相关的信息。这段指出,萨特意识到发现黄金的重要性,决定申请所有权,以确立他对这些黄金的拥有权。于是他派了个叫贝内特的人去旧金山见州长。他警告贝内特不要将此事告诉任何人,以防人们在他的所有权确立之前来山谷淘金。因此,本题的正确答案应是C“以确定在他拥有的土地上发现的金子属于他”。
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