The Collectors

According to the passage, most farmers debts had to be paid

Câu hỏi: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 30 to 34
During the early years of this century, wheat was seen as the very lifeblood of Western Canada. When the crops were good, the economy was good; when the crops failed, there was depression. People on 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 increasingly favorite topic of conversation.
War set the stage for the most dramatic events in marketing the western crop. For years, farmers mistrusted speculative grain selling as carried on through the Winnipeg Grain Exchange. Wheat prices were generally low in the autumn, but farmers could not wait for markets to improve. It had happened too often that they sold their wheat soon after harvest when' farm debts were coming due, only to see prices rising and speculators getting rich. On various occasions, producer groups asked for firmer controls. but governments had no wish to become involved, at least not until wartime wheat prices threatened to run wild.
Anxious to check inflation and rising living costs, the federal government appointed a board of grain supervisors to handle deliveries from the crops of 1917 and 1918. Grain Exchange trading was suspended, and farmers sold at prices fixed by the board. To handle the crop of 919, the government appointed the first Canadian Wheat Board, with full authority to buy, sell, and set prices.
According to the passage, most farmers debts had to be paid
A. when the autumn harvest had just been competed
B. because wheat prices were high
C. as soon as the Winnipeg Grain Exchange demanded payment
D. when crop failure caused depression
Kỹ năng: Đọc
Giải thích:
Theo như đoạn văn thì đa số những khoản nợ của nông dân phải được trả:
A. Khi vụ mùa mùa thu vừa mới được thu hoạch
B. Bởi vì giá lúa mì cao
C. Khi mà sàn kiểm dịch lúa mì Winnipeg yêu cầu sự hoàn trả
D. Khi mùa màng hỏng gây ra sự thất thoát
Đáp án: A
Giải thích: Trong bài nói: "Wheat prices were generally low in the autumn, but farmers could not wait for markets to improve. It had happened too often that they sold their wheat soon after harvest when' farm debts were coming due". Dịch là: ". Giá lúa mì thường thấp vào mùa thu, nhưng nông dân không thể chờ đợi thị trường cải thiện. Điều đó đã xảy ra quá thường xuyên đến nỗi họ bán lúa mì ngay sau khi thu hoạch khi 'nợ nông nghiệp sắp đến hạn". Nông dân phải trả nợ ngay sau mùa vụ mà mùa vụ lại rơi vào mùa thu. Như vậy đáp án đúng là đáp án A
Đáp án A.
 

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