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英语四级考试阅读题的解题技巧介绍英语四级考试阅读题的解题技巧介绍 During theearly yearsof thiscentury,wheat wasseen asthe verylifeblood ofWestern Canada.When thecrops weregood,the economyon citystreets watchedthe yieldsand theprice of wheat withalmost asmuch fellingas ifthey weregrowers.The marketingofwheatbecame anincreasingly favoritetopic ofconversation. War setthe stagefor themost dramaticevents inmarketing thewestern crop.For years,farmers mistrustedspeculative grainselling ascarried onthrough theWinnipeg GrainExchange.Wheat priceswere generallylow inthe autumn,but farmerscould notwait formarkets toimprove.It hadhappened toooften thatthey soldtheir wheatsoon afterharvest whenfarm debtswere ingdue,only tosee pricesrising andspeculators gettingrich.On variousoasions,producer groupsasked forfarmer controls,but governmentshad nowish tobee involved,at leastnot untilwartime wheatprices threatenedto runwild. Anxious tocheck inflati...。