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1、中考英语专项突破:阅读理解精练(8) NewYorkisoneofthelastlargeAmericancitiestohavesomeofitspolicemenonhorseback.TheNewYorkpolicehave170horsesworkingincertainpartsofthecity.Thehorsesareexpensivetofeed,butitisevenmoreexpensivetolookafterthem.Becausethehorsesmustwalkonthestreets,theyneedspecialhorseshoes.Infact,they
2、needmorethan8,000ofthemeachyear.EverypolicehorseinNewYorkgetsnewshoeseverymonth.Keepingtheseshoesingoodrepairisthejobofsixblacksmiths.Thereareonlyaboutthirty-fiveoftheseblacksmithsinthewholeUnitedStates. Thecostofshoingahorseisbetweentwentydollarsandthirty-fivedollars,andittakesagoodblacksmithtwo
3、orthreehourstodothejob. Ablacksmith’sjobisnotaneasyone.Hemustbeabletoshapeashoefromapieceofmetalandthenfitittothehorse’sfoot.Theblacksmithmustbendoverallthetimewhenheisfittingtheshoeandmustholdtheweightofthehorse’slegwhileheworks.Clearly,ablacksmithmustbeverystorng.Butevenmoreimportant,hemustbeab
4、letodealwithhorses——forbeforetheblacksmithcanbeginhiswork,hehastogetthehorsetoliftitsleg. OneoftheblacksmithsinNewYorkisJamesCorbin.HecametothecountryfromIrelandin1948.Henotonlymakeshorseshoesforthepolicebutalsoworksforagroupofhorseownersnearthecity.Corbinbecameinterestedinblacksmithingbecausehis
5、fatherdidit,and,astheputsit,”It’sagoodwaytomakealiving.” 1.Accordingtothereadingpassage,ablacksmithmustbelikelya______man. A.clever B.rich C.strong D.lucky 2.JamesCorbinbecameablacksmithbecausehe__________. A.wasinterestedinhorses B.wasneededbythepolicemen C.drewapictureofthehorseshoeD.ha
6、damakealiving 3.Inthereadingpassage“toshapeashoe”isto__________. A.fititonthehorse’sfoot B.useitfortwoorthreehours C.makethefromofahorseshoefromapieceofmetal D.drawapictureoftheshoe 4.Thebesttitleforthepassageis“__________.” A.PolicemenonHorseback B.BlacksmithsandHorseshoeing C.JamesCorbi
7、n,aBlacksmith D.HorseshoeingisaGoodWaytoMakeaLiving 5.Whichofthefollowingistrue? A.OnlyafewlargeAmericancitieshavesomepolicemenonhorseback. B.NewYorkistheonlycityinAmericatohavesomepolicemenonhorseback. C.Po
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