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During the early years of the twentieth century, wheat was seen as the very lifeblood of Western Canada. When the crops were goo

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问题     During the early years of the twentieth century, wheat was seen as the very lifeblood of Western Canada. When the crops were good, the economy was good; when the crops failed, the economy was slow and terrible. People in city streets watched the yields and the price of wheat with almost as much feeling as if they were growers. The marketing of wheat became an increasing favorite topic of conversation.
    War set the stage for the most dramatic events in marketing the western crops. For years, farmers did not trust the grain selling as carried on through the Winnipeg Grain Exchange. Wheat prices were generally low in autumn, but farmers could not wait for markets to improve. It had happened too often that they sold their wheat soon after harvest when their farm debts were coming due, only to see price rising and some businessmen getting rich. On various occasions, producer groups asked for firmer controls, but government had no wish to become involved, at least not until wartime wheat prices threatened to run wild.
    Anxious to check rising prices and rising living costs, the Canadian government appointed a board of grain experts to handle deliveries of the crops of 1917 and 1918. Grain Exchange trading was suspended and farmers sold at prices fixed by the board. To deal with the crop of 1919, the government appointed the first Canadian Wheat Board, with full authority to buy, sell and set prices.
What is the main purpose of the passage?
选项 A、To describe how wheat is marketed today in Canada.
B、To justify the suspending of the trade on the Grain Exchange.
C、To explain the reasons for setting up the Canadian Wheat Board.
D、To argue for further reforms on the Canadian Wheat Board.
答案C
解析 文中涉及到了小麦买卖，但并不是说加拿大现在的小麦交易情况，而是说20世纪初的情况(文中第一段第一句：During the early years of the twentjeth century…)，所以A不是正确答案。B(to justify the suspending of the trade on the Grain Exchange)的意思是：证明谷物交易所的交易暂时停止是合理的。从文章的内容看，谷物交易所的交易暂停只是文章最后一段涉及的一个方面的内容，并不是文章的主要内容，所以B是不正确的。选项D在文章中没有被提及。只剩下选项C是正确答案，全文都是为文章的最后一句作铺垫。
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