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1: | A.get | B.buy | C.sell | D.raise | |
小题2: | A.markets | B.countries | C.cities | D.stories | |
小题3: | A.deal with | B.find out | C.look after | D.pay off | |
小题4: | A.road | B.railroad | C.state | D.farm | |
小题5: | A.good | B.much | C.long | D.far | |
小题6: | A.journey | B.trip | C.tour | D.travel | |
小题7: | A.hurriedly | B.smoothly | C.slowly | D.carefully | |
小题8: | A.mind | B.direction | C.head | D.weight | |
小题9: | A.unmarried | B.proud | C.strong | D.educated | |
小题10: | A.had | B.made | C.found | D.helped | |
小题11: | A.recognized | B.understood | C.owned | D.kept | |
小题12: | A.whispered | B.shouted | C.cried | D.sang | |
小题13: | A.towns | B.factories | C.companies | D.villages | |
小题14: | A.free | B.brave | C.easy | D.pleased | |
小题15: | A.manner | B.job | C.life | D.mind | |
小题16: |
小题1:D 小题2:A 小题3:C 小题4:B 小题5:C 小题6:A 小题7:C 小题8:D 小题9:A 小题10:B 小题11:B 小题12:D 小题13:B 小题14:A 小题15:C 小题16:A 小题17:B 小题18:C 小题19:D 小题20:D 略
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