问答题

During the early years of this century, wheat was seen as thevery lifeblood of Western Canada. People on city streets watchedthe yields and the price of wheat in almost as much feeling as if　　　　　　　 1．______they were growers. The marketing of wheat became an increasing　　　　　　      2．______favorite topic of conversation.War set the stage for the most dramatic events in marketingthe western crop. For years, farmers mistrusted speculative grainselling as carried on through the Winnipeg Grain Exchange.Wheat prices were generally low in the autumn, so farmers could　　　　　　　   3．______not wait for markets to improve. It had happened too often thatthey sold their wheat soon shortly after harvest when farm debts　　　　　　　  4．______were coming due, just to see prices rising and speculators getting rich.　　　　5．______On various occasions, producer groups, asked firmer control,　　　　　　　　    6．______but the government had no wish to become involving, at　　　　　　　　　　      7．______least not until wartime when wheat prices threatened to runwild.　　Anxious to check inflation and rising life costs, the federal　　　　　　　 8．______government appointed a board of grain supervisors to deal withdeliveries from the crops of 1917 and 1918． Grain Exchangetrading was suspended, and farmers sold at prices fixed by theboard. To handle the crop of 1919, the government　　　　　　　　　　　　       9．______appointed the first Canadian Wheat Board, with total authority to　　　　　　　10．______buy, sell, and set prices.