完形填空:(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
In history,a real cowboy was a simple farm worker on horseback.He spent a long time a day outdoors working with cows.The work was dirty,tiring and not very well paid.
People in the western states had to
__36__ cattle at low cost and send them by railway to the eastern
__37__.But someone had to
__38__ the cattle and get them to the nearest railroad.This was the job of a cowboy.Sometimes the
__39__ was more than a thousand kilometers away and it could take as
__40__ as six months to move the cattle.The
__41__ was long but the cattle were driven
__42__ as not to lose
__43__.Then they could be sold at a good price.
Most cowboys were young,
__44__ men.A good horse
_45__ their job of moving cattle much easier.A good cowboy
__46__ cows and knew how to control them.At night,he
__47__ to the cows to keep them calm.
In the late 1800s,America was changing from a nation of farm to one of
__48__ and cities.The cowboy seemed
__49__ compared with other Americans doing ordinary jobs.
Today,the
__50__ of cowboys has
__51__ greatly.One change is the use of trucks.The job is not so hard
__52__ it used to be.And cowboys are better
__53__ now.They are
_54__ to be married.Some of them are farmers or teachers or truck drivers.Some work for big companies.
__55__ at night and on weekends,they become cowboys.These part-time cowboys increase the total production of meat,keeping the beef price low.
小题2: | A.markets | B.countries | C.cities | D.stories |
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小题3: | A.deal with | B.find out | C.look after | D.pay off |
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小题4: | A.road | B.railroad | C.state | D.farm |
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小题6: | A.journey | B.trip | C.tour | D.travel |
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小题7: | A.hurriedly | B.smoothly | C.slowly | D.carefully |
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小题8: | A.mind | B.direction | C.head | D.weight |
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小题9: | A.unmarried | B.proud | C.strong | D.educated |
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小题10: | A.had | B.made | C.found | D.helped |
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小题11: | A.recognized | B.understood | C.owned | D.kept |
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小题12: | A.whispered | B.shouted | C.cried | D.sang |
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小题13: | A.towns | B.factories | C.companies | D.villages |
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小题14: | A.free | B.brave | C.easy | D.pleased |
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小题15: | A.manner | B.job | C.life | D.mind |
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小题16: | A.changed | B.developed | C.improved | D.realized |
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小题18: | A.known | B.paid | C.treated | D.dressed |
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小题19: | A.afraid | B.eager | C.worried | D.likely |
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小题20: | A.Because | B.And | C.When | D.But |
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