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  【阅读理解NewYorkisoneofthelastlargeAmericancitiestohavesomeofitspolicemenonhorseback.TheNewYorkpolicehaveonehundredandseventyhorsesworkingincertainpartsofthecity.Thehorsesareexpensivetofee】

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  NewYorkisoneofthelastlargeAmericancitiestohavesomeofitspolicemenonhorseback.TheNewYorkpolicehaveonehundredandseventyhorsesworkingincertainpartsofthecity.Thehorsesareexpensivetofeed,butitisevenmoreexpensivetolookafterthem.Becausethehorsesmustwalkonthestreets,theyneedspecialhorseshoes.Infact,theyneedmorethaneightthousandofthemeachyear.EverypolicehorseinNewYorkgetsnewshoeseverymonth.Keepingtheseshoesingoodrepairisthejobofsixblacksmiths.Thereareonlyaboutthirty-fiveoftheseblacksmithsinthewholeUnitedStates.

  Thecostofshoesonahorseisbetweentwentydollarsandthirty-fivedollars,andittakesagoodblacksmithtwoorthreehourstodothejob.

  Ablacksmith'sjobisnotaneasyone.Hemustbeabletoshapeashoefromapieceofmetalandthenfitittothehorsesfoot.Theblacksmithmustbendoverallthetimewhenheisfittingtheshoeandmustholdtheweightofthehorse'slegwhileheworks.Clearly,ablacksmithmustbeverystrong.Butevenmoreimportant,hemustbeabletodealwithhorse'sfullbeforetheblacksmithcanbeginhiswork,hehastogetthehorsetoliftitsleg.

  OneoftheblacksmithinNewYorkisJamesCorbin.HecametothecountryfromIrelandin1948.Henotonlymakeshorseshoesforthepolicebutalsoworksforagroupofhorseownersnearthecity.Corbinbecameinterestedinblacksmithingbecausehisfatherdidit,andasheputsit,it'sagoodwaytomakealiving.

  1.Accordingtothereadingpassage,ablacksmithmustbelikelya________man.

  []

  A.cleverB.richC.strongD.lucky2.JamesCorbinbecameablacksmithbecausehe________.

  []

  A.wasinterestedinhorses

  B.wasneededbythepolicemen

  C.drewapictureofthehorseshoe

  D.hadtomakealiving

  3.Inthereadingpassage,toshapeashoeisto________.

  []

  A.fititonthehorse'sfoot

  B.useitfortwoorthreehours

  C.maketheformofahorseshoefromapieceofmetal

  D.drawapictureoftheshoe

  4.Thebesttitleforthepassageis________.

  []

  A.PolicemenonHorseback

  B.BlacksmithsandHorseshoes

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  C;D;C;B;A

2020-05-16 14:26:57

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