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In history，a real cowboy was a simple farm worker on horseback．He spent a long time a day outdoors working with cows ．The work was dirty，tiring and not very well paid．
People in the western。states had to 1 cattle at low cost and send them by railway to the eastern 2 ．But someone had to 3 the cattle and get them to the nearest railroad．This was the job of a cowboy．Sometimes the 4 was more than a thousand Kilometers away and it could take as 5 as six months to move the cattle．The 6 was long but the cattle were driven 7 as not to lose 8 ．Then they could be sold at a good price．
Most cowboys were young， 9 men．A good horse 10 their job of moving cattle much easier．A good cowboy 11 cows and knew how to control them．At night，he 12 to the cows to keep them calm．
In the late 1800s，America was changing from a nation of farm to one of 13 and cities．The cowboy seemed 14 compared with other Americans doing ordinary jobs．
Today，the 15 of cowboys has 16 greatly．One change is the use of trucks．
The job is not so hard 17 it used to be．And cowboys are better 18 now．They are 19 to be married．Some of them are farmers teachers or truck drivers．Some work for big companies． 20 at night and on weekends，they become cowboys．These part-time cowboys increase the total production of meat，keeping the beef price low．
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When Mr Rabbit heard that Mr Wolf had sent almost all his friends away just because they swatted at the mosquitoes in his house, he decided to see for himself what was going on.
One night, he went and knocked at Mr Wolf's door. When she heard the knocking, Ida, who was Mr Wolf's special friend, that lived with him and his sister, Miss Wolf, looked 1 the looking glass on the door. She said, “It's Mr Rabbit. I hear he's a real 2 . I just hope Mr Wolf doesn't 3 .”
Then when she opened the door, Ida suddenly dropped her handkerchief. Mr Rabbit picked it up and passed it to her with a 4 . She was 5 because Mr Wolf never did that kind of thing.
Soon Mr Wolf arrived home. They shook hands, and everyone was very 6 . They talked on and on happily 7 Mr Rabbit heard the mosquitoes. Mr Rabbit knew he could not 8 the mosquitoes, so he thought about what he should do. Soon the mosquitoes were zooming so close that Mr Rabbit began to get scared. But when Mr Rabbit got scared, his 9 10 quickly. Soon he had a plan. He grinned and said, “I went to town today and saw a(n) 11 I never expected to see.” “What was that?” asked Mr Wolf. “A spotted horse.”
Nobody knew 12 what to say to that, but the mosquitoes zoomed and dipped and zipped. Mr Rabbit just talked faster. “It wasn't just one spotted horse. It was a whole team. And they went this way and that. And not only that. My granddaddy was spotted.”
Sister Wolf and Ida laughed, for they thought it sounded funny. Then Ida said, “Why, Mr Rabbit! Aren't you 13 yourself to describe your granddaddy that way?” “But he was spotted. 14 . See, he had a great big spot right here!”
Mr Rabbit raised his foot and slapped the side of his face where a mosquito had landed, and no sooner did he do that than another mosquito landed on his leg. But Mr Rabbit just 15 not to notice the mosquitoes. He continued, “poor old granddaddy. He looked so funny with all those spots. He had one on the side of his head like I showed you, and he had one right here,” and he slapped his 16 .
Mr Rabbit talked 17 this way, slapping 18 until at last old Mr Wolf and Sister Wolf were a sleep. Then Mr Rabbit and Ida 19 all night long chatting and laughing and swatting at those mosquitoes. And Mr Wolf never 20 Mr Rabbit away.
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May:Happenings from the past
May 5,1884
Isaac Murphy,son of a slave and perhaps the greatest horse rider in American history,rides Buchanan to win his first Kentucky Derby.He becomes the first rider ever to win the race three times.
May 9 , 1754
Benjamin Franklin's Pennsylvania Gazette produces perhaps the first American political cartoon(漫画), showing a snake cut in pieces,with the words"Join or Die"printed under the picture.
May 11,1934
The first great dust storm of the Great Plains Dust Bowl, the result of years of drought(干旱),blows topsoil all the way to New York City and Washington,D.C.
May 19,1994
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis,former first lady and one of the most famous people of the 1960s,died of cancer in New York City at the age of 64.
May 24,1844
Samuel F. B. Morse taps out the first message,"What hath God wrought,"over the experimental long-distance telegraph line which runs from Washington,D.C.,to Baltimore,Md.
64.We know from the text that Buchanan is ____ .
A.Isaac's father B.a winning horse
C. a slave taking care of horses D.the first racing horse in Kentucky
65.What is the title of the first American political cartoon?
A.Join or Die B.Pennsylvania Gazette
C.What Hath God Wrought D.Kentucky Derby
66.In which year did the former first lady Jacqueline die?
A.1934. B.1960. C.1964. D.1994.
67.Which of the following places has to do with the first telegram in history?
A.Washington,D.C. B.New York City.
C.Kentucky. D.Pennsylvania.
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Have you ever seen some movies about American western cowboys? Would you like to know how the cowboys lived their life and what they are doing now? Read the following passage, and you'll find the answer．
In history, a real cowboy was a simple farm worker on horseback．He spent a long time a day outdoors working with cows．The work was dirty, tiring and not very well paid．
People in the western states had to 1 cattle at low cost and send them by railway to the eastern 2 ．But someone had to 3 the cattle and get them to the nearest railroad．This was the job of a cowboy．Sometimes the 4 was more than a thousand kilometers away and it could take as 5 as six months to move the cattle．The 6 was long but the cattle were driven 7 as not to lose 8 Then they could be sold at a good price．
Most cowboys were young, 9 men．A good horse 10 their job of moving cattle much easier．A good cowboy 11 cows and knew how to control them．At night, he 12 to the cows to keep them calm．
In the late-1800s, America was changing from a nation of farm to one of 13 and cities．The cowboy seemed 14 compared with other Americans doing ordinary jobs．
Today, the 15 of cowboys has 16 greatly．One change is the use of trucks．The job is not so hard 17 it used to be．And cowboys are better 18 now．They are
19 to be married．Some of them are farmers or teachers or truck drivers．Some work for big companies． 20 at night and on weekends, they become cowboys．These part-time cowboys increase the total production of meat, keeping the beef price low．
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