中考英语复习之阅读理解精练（八）

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　　Ne York is one of the last large Arican cities to have so of its policen on horseback. The Ne York police have 170 horses orking in certain parts of the city. The horses are expensive to feed, but it is even more expensive to look after them. Because the horses must alk on the streets, they need special horseshoes. In fact , they need more than 8,000 of them each year. Every police horse in Ne York gets ne shoes every month. Keeping these shoes in good repair is the job of six blacksmiths. There are only about thirty-five of these blacksmiths in the hole United States.

　　The st of shoing a horse is beteen tenty dollars and thirty-five dollars, and it takes a good blacksmith to or three hours to do  the job.

　　A blacksmith's job is not an easy one. He must be able to shape a shoe from a piece of tal and then fit it to the horse's foot. The blacksmith must bend over all the ti hen he is fitting the shoe and must hold the eight of the horse's leg hile he orks. Clearly, a blacksmith must be very storng. But even more important, he must be able to deal ith horses---for before the blacksmith can begin his ork, he has to get the horse to lift its leg.

　　One of the blacksmiths in Ne York is Jas Corbin. He ca to the untry from Ireland in 1948. He not only makes horseshoes for the police but also orks for a group of horse oners near the city. Corbin beca interested in blacksmithing because his father did it, and,as the puts it, "It's a good ay to make a living."

　　1. Acrding to the reading passage, a blacksmith must be likely a______ man.

　　A. clever       B. rich        C. strong       D. lucky

　　2. Jas Corbin beca a blacksmith because he__________.

　　A. as interested in horses        B. as needed by the policen

　　C. dre a picture of the horseshoe  D. had a make a living

　　3. In the reading passage "to shape a shoe" is to__________.

　　A. fit it on the horse's foot

　　B. use it for to or three hours

　　C. make the from of a horseshoe from a piece of tal

　　D. dra a picture of the shoe

　　4. The best title for the passage is "__________".

　　A. Policen on Horseback      B. Blacksmiths and Horseshoeing

　　C. Jas Corbin, a Blacksmith    D. Horseshoeing is a Good Way to Make a Living

　　5. Which of the folloing is true?

　　A. Only a fe large Arican cities have so policen on horseback.

　　B. Ne York is the only city in Arica to have so policen on horseback.

　　C. Policen on horseback enjoy travelling around the United States.

　　D. Policen on horseback are less expensive than those in cars.

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