2014中考英语阅读理解及答案：纽约

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1、2014中考英语阅读理解及答案：纽约　　NewYorkisoneofthelastlargeAmericancitiestohavesomeofitspolicemenonhorseback.TheNewYorkpolicehave170horsesworkingincertainpartsofthecity.Thehorsesareexpensivetofeed,butitisevenmoreexpensivetolookafterthem.Becausethehorsesmustwalkonthestreets,theyneedspecialhorseshoes.Infact,theyn

2、eedmorethan8,000ofthemeachyear.EverypolicehorseinNewYorkgetsnewshoeseverymonth.Keepingtheseshoesingoodrepairisthejobofsixblacksmiths.Thereareonlyaboutthirty-fiveoftheseblacksmithsinthewholeUnitedStates.　　Thecostofshoingahorseisbetweentwentydollarsandthirty-fivedollars,andittakesagoodblacksmithtwoor

3、threehourstodothejob.　　Ablacksmith’sjobisnotaneasyone.Hemustbeabletoshapeashoefromapieceofmetalandthenfitittothehorse’sfoot.Theblacksmithmustbendoverallthetimewhenheisfittingtheshoeandmustholdtheweightofthehorse’slegwhileheworks.Clearly,ablacksmithmustbeverystorng.Butevenmoreimportant,hemustbeablet

4、odealwithhorses——forbeforetheblacksmithcanbeginhiswork,hehastogetthehorsetoliftitsleg.　　OneoftheblacksmithsinNewYorkisJamesCorbin.HecametothecountryfromIrelandin1948.Henotonlymakeshorseshoesforthepolicebutalsoworksforagroupofhorseownersnearthecity.Corbinbecameinterestedinblacksmithingbecausehisfath

5、erdidit,and,astheputsit,“It’sagoodwaytomakealiving.”　　tothereadingpassage,ablacksmithmustbelikelya______man.　　　　Corbinbecameablacksmithbecausehe__________.　　interestedinhorsesneededbythepolicemen　　apictureofthehorseshoeamakealiving　　thereadingpassage“toshapeashoe”isto__________.　　itonthehorse’sfoot

6、　　itfortwoorthreehours　　thefromofahorseshoefromapieceofmetal　　apictureoftheshoe　　besttitleforthepassageis“__________”.　　onHorsebackandHorseshoeing　　Corbin,aBlacksmithisaGoodWaytoMakeaLiving　　ofthefollowingistrue?　　afewlargeAmericancitieshavesomepolicemenonhorseback.　　YorkistheonlycityinAmericatohav

7、esomepolicemenonhorseback.　　onhorsebackenjoytravellingaroundtheUnitedStates.　　onhorsebackarelessexpensivethanthoseincars.　　　　阅读理解答案：ADCBA