单选题 Which of the following shows that the white settlers did not need the buffalo as did the Indians?

A、 Buffalo dead bodies were left rotting in the sun by whites.
B、 Nearly fifteen million buffalo were killed within twenty years.
C、 More than half of the great buffalo herd had disappeared by 1869.
D、 The railroad brought necessary food and supplies to the white settlers.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[试题分析] 细节推理题。
[详细解答] 见第二段最后一句，“Particularly annoying to the Indians was the fact that．．．leaving the valuable dead body to rot in the sun”特别使印第安人恼火的是白人只是将捕杀水牛作为一项运动，使水牛的尸体在阳光下腐烂，由此可知A)为正确答案。B)二十年内有一亿五千万水牛被杀死；C)到 1869年超过一半的水牛群消失了；铁路给白人提供了必需的食物供应；与题意不符，为错误答案。