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英语四级阅读模拟试题及详解答案英语四级阅读模拟试题及详解答案 Among themore colorfulcharacters ofLeadville’s goldenage wereH.A.W.Tabor andhis secondwife,Elizabeth McCourt,better knownas“Baby Doe”.Their historyis fastbeing oneof thelegends ofthe OldWest.Horace AustinWarner Taborwas aschool teacherin Vermont.With hisfirst wifeand twochildren heleft Vermontby coveredwagon in1855to homesteadin Kansas.Perhaps hedid notfind farmingto hisliking,or perhapshe waslured byrumors offortunes to be madein Coloradomines.At anyrate,a fewyears laterhe movedwest tothe smallColorado miningcamp knownas CaliforniaGulch,which helater renamedLeadville whenhe becameits leadingcitizen.“Great depositsof leadare suretobefound here.”he said. As itturned out,it wassilver,not lead,that wasto makeLeadville’s fortuneand wealth.Tabor knewlittle aboutmining himself,so heopened ageneral store,which soldeverything fromboots tosalt,flour,and tobao.『It washis...。