A. FOR B. THROUGH C. AT D. ALONGV. READ THE PASSAGE AND CHOOSE...

50. A. for B. through C. at D. alongV. Read the passage and choose the best answer. GOLD IN ALASKA(1)Alaska’s first major gold discovery occurred in Juneau in 1880, when two prospectors guidedby a native found gold in a creek that, of course, is now called Gold Creek. (2) The city itself is namedfor Joseph Juneau, one of the miners, while the other miner, Richard Harris, lent his name to theHarris Ming District. Their find led to the discovery of a lode of gold quartz that has supported miningto present times. (3) Prospectors arrived in the 1890s as a result of gold strikes in the Klondike andnear Nome. Many took steamship to Skagway in Southeast Alaska, where they began their trek byland to the Klondike. (4)The discovery of gold at Anvil Creek in 1898 brought thousands of fortuneseekers to the Nome area; gold was later discovered on Nome’s Bering Sea beaches, where it is stillfound today. Prospectors can be seen straining gravel in their sluice boxes along the shore, perhapsjust hoping to find enough gold to pay for their annual summer trips to Nome. A major commercialgold dredging operation was conducted offshore in the 1990s.The gold rush gave many communities in Alaska their start. Gold was discovered in Fairbanks, forexample, in 1902, and it became an important supply post as well as center of mining activity wheremajor operations continue today.