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【題目】 New York is one of the last large American cities to have some of its policemen on horseback. The New York police have 170 horses working on certain parts of the city. The horses are expensive to feed(喂養(yǎng)), but it is even more expensive to look after them. Because the horses must walk on the streets, they need special horse shoes. In fact, they need more than 8,000 of them each day. Every police horse in New York gets new shoes every month. Keeping these shoes in good repair is the job of six blacksmiths(鐵匠).There are only about thirty-five blacksmiths in the whole United States.

The cost of shoeing a horse is between twenty dollars and thirty-five dollars and it takes a good blacksmith two or three hours to do the job.

A blacksmith’s job is not an easy one. He must be able to shape a shoe from a piece of metal and then fit(安裝) it to the horse foot. The blacksmith must bend over(彎腰) all the time when he is fitting the shoe and must hold the weight(重量) of the horse’s leg while he works. Clearly, a blacksmith must be very strong. But even more important, he must be able to deal with horses-for before the blacksmith can begin his work, he has to get the horse to lift his leg.

One of the blacksmiths in New York is James Corbin. He came to the country from Ireland in 1948.He not only makes horseshoes for the police but also works for a group of horse owners near the city. Corbin became interested in the job of blacksmiths because his father did it, and, as he puts it, “It’s a good way to make a living.”

【1】According to the passage, a blacksmith must be a ________ man.

A.cleverB.richC.strongD.lucky

【2】James Corbin became a blacksmith because he .

A.was interested in horsesB.was needed by the policemen

C.drew a picture of the horse shoesD.had to make a living

【3】In the passage “to shape a shoe” is to .

A.fit it on the horse’s footB.use it for two or three hours

C.make the form of a horseshoe from a piece of metalD.draw a picture of the shoe

【4】Which of the following is true?

A.Only a few large American cities have some policemen on horseback.

B.New York is the only city in America to have some policemen on horseback.

C.Policemen on horseback enjoy travelling around the United States.

D.Policemen on horseback are less expensive than those in cars.

【5】The best title for the passage is “ ”.

A.Policemen on HorsebackB.Blacksmiths and Horseshoeing

C.James Corbin, a BlacksmithD.Horseshoeing Is a Good Way to Make a Living

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】C

【4】A

【5】B

【解析】

本文講述了紐約警察局的馬及為馬做鞋的鐵匠。喂養(yǎng)馬費用高，照顧馬更貴，為了讓馬在街道上行走，它們需要特殊的馬鞋。維修馬鞋是六位鐵匠的工作。一雙馬鞋要20到35美元，這需要一位好的鐵匠二、三個小時。鐵匠的工作不容易，他們要彎下腰并且承受馬腿的重要。短文還介紹了繼承父業(yè)的鐵匠科爾賓。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“a blacksmith must be very strong”，可知一名鞋匠一定很強壯，故選C。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“It’s a good way to make a living”，可知他認為這是一種好的謀生方式，故選D。

【3】詞義猜測題。A. fit it on the horse’s foot合馬的腳；B. use it for two or three hours用兩、三小時；C. make the form of a horseshoe from a piece of metal用一塊金屬做成馬鞋的形式；D. draw a picture of the shoe 畫一只鞋的圖片。根據(jù)“He must be able to shape a shoe from a piece of metal and then fit it to the horse foot”，可知他必須要能用一塊金屬to shape a shoe然后把它裝在馬腳上，可以推測出是做成鞋的形狀，故選C。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)“New York is one of the last large American cities to have some of its policemen on horseback”和“There are only about thirty-five blacksmiths in the whole United States”，可知紐約是美國最后擁有騎馬的警察的大城市之一，而整個美國只有35個為馬做鞋的鞋匠。由此可以推測出美國有騎馬的警察的大城市不多。故選A。

【5】主旨大意題。通讀全文，可知文章主要講述了紐約警察局的馬及為馬做鞋的鐵匠，故選B。