The cost would be one hundred fifty dollars to travel from Saint Louis to San Francisco. If a passenger was not going all the way, the cost was about ten cents a kilometer. The passengers had to buy their own food at the stations. The stagecoach would stop for forty minutes, two times a day.

　　The company warned passengers about the possible dangers. A poster said: “You will be traveling through Indian country and the safety of your person cannot by granted by anyone but God.”

　　63. What is the passage mainly about?

　　A. Different ways of sending mail in the United States.

　　B. The difficulty in sending mails across the USA by land.

　　C. The first stagecoaches that carried both passengers and mail.

　　D. The history of the first stagecoaches carrying mail to the American West.

　　64. The reason why Lawmakers wanted to send mail by land was that ________.

　　A. mail was usually carried west on ships B. it was safer to travel to send mail by land

　　C. it would take less time to send mail by land D. stagecoaches could carry passengers and mail

　　65. As is described in the passage, the stagecoach ________.

　　A. could only stop once a day

　　B. was modern with seats ,beds and cooking equipment

　　C. was a closed wagon operated only by skillful drivers.

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