New York is one of the last large American cities to have some of its policemen on horseback. The New York police have 170 horses that they use in certain parts of the city. The horses are expensive to feed, but it is even more expensive to take care of them. Because the horses must walk on the streets, they need special horseshoes. In fact, they need more than 8,000 of them each year. Every police horse in New York gets new 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 whole Unite States.

The cost of shoeing a horse is between twenty dollars and thirty--five dollars, and it takes a good blacksmith two to 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 metal and then fit it to the horse’s foot. The blacksmith must bend over all the time when he is fitting the shoe and must hold the weight of the horse’s leg while he works. But even more important, he must be able to deal with horses ------ for before the blacksmith can begin his work, he has to get the horse to lift its leg.

One of the blacksmiths in New York is James Corbin. He came to the country form Ireland in 1948.He not only makes horseshoes for the police but also works for a group of horse owners near the city. Corbin became interested in blacksmithing because his father did it, and, as he puts it, “It’s a good way to make a living.”

According to the reading passage, a blacksmith must be likely a         man.

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

James Corbin became a blacksmith because he        .

    A. was interested in horses.                    B. was needed by the policemen

    C. drew a picture of the horses                 D. had to make a living

In the reading passage “to shape a shoe” is to       .

    A. fit it on the horse’s foot                          B. use it for two or three hours

    C. make the form of a horseshoe from a piece of metal   D. draw a picture of the shoe

The best title for the passage is          .

    A. Policemen on Horseback               B. Blacksmiths and Horseshoeing

    C. James Corbin, a Blacksmith           D. Horseshoeing Is a Good Way to Make a Living

Which of the following is true?

    A. Only a few large American cities have some policemen on horseback.

    B. New York is the only city in America to have some policemen on horseback.

    C. Policemen on horseback enjoy traveling around the United States.

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

A beautiful woman took a plane on business. She found her seat and sat down next to a young man. The man was just thinking of making a few dollars on the plane. When he saw the woman, he got an idea.

“Hey! Would you like to play a game?” he asked the woman. “No, thank you. I just want to take a nap (打盹),” the woman answered. “It’s really easy. All you have to do is to answer the questions that I ask you. If you don’t know the answer, you give me five dollars. If I don’t know the answer to your question, then I’ll give you five dollars.” “No,” the woman still refused. “OK. If I don’t know the answer to your question, I’ll give you five hundred dollars. How about that?” the man said. Then the woman became interested and decided to join in the game.

“OK. How many moons does Jupiter (木星) have?” asked the young man. The woman reached into her purse and took out a five-dollar bill. “What goes up the mountain with three legs and comes back with four?” the woman asked. Then the young man took out his computer and searched the Internet for an answer. Minutes later, the young man handed five hundred dollars to the woman.

After a few hours, the young man really wanted to know the answer to the question. So he asked the woman, “What is the answer to your question?” The woman reached into her purse and handed the young man a five-dollar bill.

Why did the man ask the woman to play a game?

A. He wanted to show his kindness.     

B. He wanted to have a pleasant journey.

C. He wanted to earn some money from it.

D. He wanted to make friends with the woman.

How much did the woman get at the end of the story?

A. $ 500.        B. $ 5.    C. $ 10.                 D. $ 490.

What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A. The woman told the man the answer to her question.

B. The woman gave the man’s money back to him.

C. The woman asked the man another question.

D. The woman didn’t know the answer, either.

We can learn from the story that the woman is ______.

A. clever        B. friendly      C. polite         D. honest

The young man _____ a lot of money _____ me. 

The young man _____ me _____ a lot of money. 

A. robbed；from    B. robbed；of    C. stole；of    D. stole；from

In the______of proof , the police could not take action against the man .

       A．lack B．shortage   C．absence    D．failure

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项选项的标号涂黑。

    A young student was one day taking a walk with a professor. As they went along, they saw   21   in the path a pair of old shoes, which they   22   belonged to a poor man who was employed in a field close by.

The student turned to the professor, saying, “Let us play the man a   23  : we will hide his shoes and wait to see his   24   when he cannot find them.”

“My young friend,” answered the professor, “we should never amuse ourselves at the   25   of the poor. But you are rich, and may give yourself a much greater pleasure   26   the poor man. Put a coin into each shoe, and then we will hide ourselves and watch   27   the discovery affects him.”

The student did so, and they both placed themselves behind the bushes close by.

The poor man soon finished his work, and came   28   the field to the path where he had left his shoes. While   29   his foot into one of his shoes, he   30   something hard,   31   he bent down and found the coin. Astonishment and   32   were seen upon his face. He then looked around himself on all sides, but no person was to be seen. He now put the money into his pocket, and went on to put on the other shoe; but his surprise was   33   on finding the other coin. His feelings   34   him; he fell upon his   35  , looked up to heaven and thanked God aloud.

The student stood there   36   affected, and his eyes filled with tears. “Now,” said the professor, “are you not much better   37   than if you had played your   38   trick?” The youth replied, “You have taught me a lesson which I will never forget. I feel now the   39   of those words, which I never understood before: It is more blessed to   40   than to receive.”