This picture is one of________ in this book.

1. A.
   beautiful picture
2. B.
   the most beautiful pictures
3. C.
   most beautiful pictures
4. D.
   the most beautiful picture

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 in certain parts of the city. The horses are expensive to feed, but it is even more expensive to look after them. Because the horses must walk on the streets, they need special horseshoes. In fact , they need more than 8,000 of them each year. Every police horse in New York gets new shoes every month. Keeping these shoes in good repair is the job of six blacksmiths. There are only about thirty-five of these blacksmiths in the whole United States.
The cost of shoing 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 it to the horse’s foot. The blacksmith must bend over all the time when he is fitting the shoe and must hold the weight of the horse’s leg while he works. Clearly, a blacksmith must be very storng. 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 its 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 blacksmithing because his father did it, and,as the puts it, “It’s a good way to make a living.”
【小題1】According to the reading passage, a blacksmith must be likely a______ man.

Chi Li is one of the best known Chinese writers in the West. She was born in the west. She was born in the 1950s'.     46    19, Chi entered a medical college in 1976. After she graduated, she     47     as a doctor at a hospital in Wuhan. As she loved  _ 48   much more, she went to Wuhan University to study Chinese language and literature in 1983. She chose   49   as her profession(專業(yè))。
During the 1980s, Chi wrote many works full of love. In the 1990s, her works, such as Apart From Love and The Sun Was Born, were 50  lives of young people and everyday problems. Since 2003, Chi has 51  a higher level in her works. And many of her novels have received a  52  honor. Life Show is one of her representative (代表) works and  53   has been translated into many languages. The   54   shows the real life of a common woman in Wuhan.
Chi says, "Writers don't need to be anyone,   55   they should be able to understand everyone." So she often travels alone to get a feel of how the world is and tries to understand people from all social strata (階層).
【小題1】 A. At the age of      B. At the moment        C. In the beginning
【小題2】A. became          B. worked           C. enjoyed
【小題3】 A. medicine           B. travelling           C. literature
【小題4】 A. teaching           B. writing          C. nursing
【小題5】 A. over               B. under                C. about
【小題6】 A. reached            B. arrived          C. went
【小題7】A. great               B. nice                 C. bad
【小題8】A. she                 B. they                 C. it
【小題9】 A. picture                B. story                C. newspaper
【小題10】A. or              B. till                 C. but

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 in certain parts of the city. The horses are expensive to feed, but it is even more expensive to look after them. Because the horses must walk on the streets, they need special horseshoes. In fact, they need more than 8,000 of them each year. 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 of these 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 it to the horse’s foot. The blacksmith must bend over all the time when he is fitting the shoe and must hold the weight 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 its 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 blacksmithing because his father did it, and, as he puts it, “It’s a good way to make a living.”

1.According to the reading passage, a blacksmith must be likely a ________________ man.

A. clever                               B. rich                                   C. strong                               D. lucky

2.James Corbin became a blacksmith because he ________________.

A. was interested in horses

B. was needed by the policemen

C. drew a picture of the horseshoe

D. had to make a living

3.In the reading passage “to shape a shoe” is to ________________.

A. fit it on the horse’s foot

B. use it for two or three hours

C. make the form of a horseshoe from a piece of metal

D. draw a picture of the shoe

4.The best title for the passage is “________________”.

A. Policemen on Horseback

B. Blacksmiths and Horseshoeing

C. James Corbin, a Blacksmith

D. Horseshoeing is a Good Way to Make a Living

5.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.

Chi Li is one of the best known Chinese writers in the West. She was born in the west. She was born in the 1950s'.     46     19, Chi entered a medical college in 1976. After she graduated, she     47      as a doctor at a hospital in Wuhan. As she loved  _ 48    much more, she went to Wuhan University to study Chinese language and literature in 1983. She chose   49    as her profession(專業(yè))。

During the 1980s, Chi wrote many works full of love. In the 1990s, her works, such as Apart From Love and The Sun Was Born, were  50   lives of young people and everyday problems. Since 2003, Chi has  51   a higher level in her works. And many of her novels have received a   52   honor. Life Show is one of her representative (代表) works and   53    has been translated into many languages. The   54    shows the real life of a common woman in Wuhan.

Chi says, "Writers don't need to be anyone,   55   they should be able to understand everyone." So she often travels alone to get a feel of how the world is and tries to understand people from all social strata (階層).

1. A. At the age of         B. At the moment        C. In the beginning

2.A. became             B. worked           C. enjoyed

3. A. medicine          B. travelling           C. literature

4. A. teaching          B. writing          C. nursing

5. A. over              B. under                C. about

6. A. reached           B. arrived          C. went

7.A. great              B. nice                 C. bad

8.A. she                B. they                 C. it

9. A. picture               B. story                C. newspaper

10.A. or                B. till                 C. but