A.to supply miners with food and supplies
B.to open a general store
C.to do ones contribution to the development of the mine
D.to supply miners with food and supplies and in return get a share in the mine, if one was discovered
3.Tabor made his first fortune.
A.by supplying two prospective miners and getting in return a one-third interest in the findings
B.because he was persuaded by the two miners to quit supplying
C.by buying the shares of the other
D.as a land speculator
4. The underlying reason for Tabors life career is.
A. purely accidental
B. based on the analysis of miners being very poor and their possibility of discovering profitable mining site
C. through the help from his second wife
D. he planned well and accomplished targets step by step
5.If this passage is the first part of an article,who might be introduced in the following part?
A.Tabors life.
B.Tabors second wife, Elizabeth McCourt.
C.Other colorful characters.
D.Tabors other careers.
Vocabulary
1.barren adj. 贫瘠的
2.fabulous adj. 神话般的,难以置信的
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