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　　The year was 1849. Americans were moving west across the country. Men set up camps near gold fields. Early settlers built their homes on open land. The Army got busy building forts(堡壘) .

　　All of these people needed the same kind of help. They needed food, clothes, and other goods. A few brave men came to help. They were the “truckers” of the old West.

　　The early truckers carried goods, like the truckers of today. But they didn't have trucks then. They used long lines of wagons(四輪馬車) . Mules(騾) or oxen(牛) pulled the wagons. The trips were dangerous. The truckers had to fight off robbers. The roads were bad.

　　One of the early truckers was William Russell. In one year, his company sent out two and a half million pounds of goods from Kansas. His business grew, until 1969. In that year, railroad trains began to steam across the country.

1．Why couldn't people in the old West get their goods fast?

[　　]

A．They had no money.
B．They lived far from towns.
C．They grew their own food.
D．The weather was bad.

2．This story is mostly about ________ .

[　　]

A．truckers of the old West
B．William Russell
C．gold fields
D．new highways

3．The truckers of the old West are like today's ________ .

[　　]

A．airplane pilots
B．bus drivers
C．bicycle riders
D．long-distance truckers

4．The wagons form Kansas must have gone ________ .

[　　]

A．east
B．west
C．north
D．south

5．Why did the wagons lose business after 1868?

[　　]

A．There were no roads.
B．There were no drivers.
C．Railroads carried the goods.
D．Airplanes carried the goods.
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