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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