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Among characters of Leadville’ s golden age were H. A. W. Tabor and his second wife, Elizabeth McCourt. Their history is fast be
Among characters of Leadville’ s golden age were H. A. W. Tabor and his second wife, Elizabeth McCourt. Their history is fast be
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Among characters of Leadville’ s golden age were H. A. W. Tabor and his second wife, Elizabeth McCourt. Their history is fast becoming one of the legends of the Old West. He went to Kansas in 1855. Perhaps he was lured by rumors of fortunes to be made in Colorado mines. So a few years later he moved west to the small Colorado mining camp known as California Gulch, which he later renamed Leadville when he became its leading citizen. "Great deposits of lead are sure to be found here. " he said.
As it turned out, it was silver that was to make Leadville’ s fortune and wealth. Tabor knew little about mining himself, so he opened a general store. It was his custom to "grubstake" prospective miners to supply them with food and supplies, or "grub" , while they looked for ore, in return for which he would get a share in the mine if one was discovered. He did this for a number of years, but no one that he aided ever found anything of value.
Finally one day in the year 1878, two miners came in and asked for "grub". Tabor had decided to quit supplying it for having lost too much money that way. They were persistent, however, and Tabor was too busy to argue with them. "Oh help yourself. One more time won’t make any difference, " he said and went on selling shoes and hats. The two miners took $ 17 worth of supplies , in return for which they gave Tabor a one-third interest in their findings. They picked a barren place and began to dig. After nine days they struck a rich vein of silver. Tabor bought the shares of the other two men, and so the mine belonged to him alone. This mine, known as the "Pittsburgh Mine, " made $ 1, 300, 000 for Tabor in return for his $ 17 investment.
Later Tabor bought the Matchless Mine on another barren hillside just outside the town for $ 117, 000. This turned out to be even more fabulous than the Pittsburgh, yielding $ 35, 000 worth of silver per day at one time. Leadville grew. Tabor became its first mayor, and later became lieutenant governor of the state.
If this passage is the first part of an article, who might be introduced in the following part?
选项
A、Tabor’s life.
B、Tabor’ s second wife, Elizabeth McCourt.
C、Other colorful characters.
D、Tabor’ s other careers.
答案
B
解析
推断题。如果本文是一篇文章的第一部分,那么在文章的第二部分将介绍谁呢?答案可以从文章第一句分析出来,在Leadville的黄金年代,其多彩的特点当中,Tabor及其第二任妻子Elizabeth McCourt是值得大书特书的,接着,文章都在讲述有关H.A.W.Tabor发家致富的历史,如先买下匹兹堡矿,后又买下Matchless矿,最后成为市长,副州长,等等,所以涉及的全是男主人公,因此下边再讲的话,应成为女主人公即Elizabeth McCourt的天地了,她是Tabor的第二任妻子。这是顺理成章的事。故本题选择B。
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