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1、中考英语专项突破:阅读理解精练及答案(8) NewYorkisoneofthelastlargeAmericancitiestohavesomeofitspolicemenonhorseback.TheNewYorkpolicehave170horsesworkingincertainpartsofthecity.Thehorsesareexpensivetofeed,butitisevenmoreexpensivetolookafterthem.Becausethehorsesmustwalkonthestreets,theyneedspecialhorseshoes
2、.Infact,theyneedmorethan8,000ofthemeachyear.EverypolicehorseinNewYorkgetsnewshoeseverymonth.Keepingtheseshoesingoodrepairisthejobofsixblacksmiths.Thereareonlyaboutthirty-fiveoftheseblacksmithsinthewholeUnitedStates. Thecostofshoingahorseisbetweentwentydollarsandthirty-fivedollars,anditta
3、kesagoodblacksmithtwoorthreehourstodothejob. Ablacksmith’sjobisnotaneasyone.Hemustbeabletoshapeashoefromapieceofmetalandthenfitittothehorse’sfoot.Theblacksmithmustbendoverallthetimewhenheisfittingtheshoeandmustholdtheweightofthehorse’slegwhileheworks.Clearly,ablacksmithmustbeverystorng.B
4、utevenmoreimportant,hemustbeabletodealwithhorses---forbeforetheblacksmithcanbeginhiswork,hehastogetthehorsetoliftitsleg. OneoftheblacksmithsinNewYorkisJamesCorbin.HecametothecountryfromIrelandin1948.Henotonlymakeshorseshoesforthepolicebutalsoworksforagroupofhorseownersnearthecity.Corbinb
5、ecameinterestedinblacksmithingbecausehisfatherdidit,and,astheputsit,“It’sagoodwaytomakealiving.” 1.Accordingtothereadingpassage,ablacksmithmustbelikelya______man. A.cleverB.richC.strongD.lucky 2.JamesCorbinbecameablacksmithbecausehe__________. A.wasinterestedinhorsesB.wasneededbythepo
6、licemen C.drewapictureofthehorseshoeD.hadamakealiving 3.Inthereadingpassage“toshapeashoe”isto__________. A.fititonthehorse’sfoot B.useitfortwoorthreehours C.makethefromofahorseshoefromapieceofmetal D.drawapictureoftheshoe 4.Thebesttitleforthepassageis“__________”. A.PolicemenonHor
7、sebackB.BlacksmithsandHorseshoeing C.JamesCorbin,aBlacksmithD.HorseshoeingisaGoodWaytoMakeaLiving 5.Whichofthefollowingistrue? A.OnlyafewlargeAmericancitieshavesomepolicemenonhorseback. B.NewYorkistheonlycityinAmericatohavesomepolicemenonhorseback. C.Policemeno
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