请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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Reader's Digest was started by DeWitt Wallace, while recovering from wounds received in World War I. Wallace had the idea to gather a sampling of favorite articles on many subjects from various monthly magazines, sometimes shortening and rewriting them, and to combine them into one magazine. The Wallaces initially hoped the magazine could provide $5,000 of net income. By 1929, the magazine had 290,000 subscribers and had a gross income of $900,000 a year. The first international edition was published in the United Kingdom in 1938 and was sold at 2 shillings. By the 40th anniversary of Reader's Digest, there were 40 international editions, in 13
