Question

A cowboy wears a big hat and rides a strong horse under the wide, open skies of the American West．He can rope a cow and jump from the top of a building onto a waiting horse．He is a man of few words, a man of lonely independence and complete freedom．That is the motion picture image of an American cowboy, but not all the images are true． 　　A real cowboy of the old west was simple a farm worker who rode a horse．He worked twelve or fourteen hours a day．The work was dirty, tiring and not well-paid．He usually worked with eight or ten other men．He rarely carried a gun．Cowboys played a huge part in the folk culture of the United States．Yet the golden time for the cowboys lasted only thirty years from 1865 to 1895．That was when cattle farming grew to be a big business．New ways to keep meat fresh had created a great demand for beef cattle．At the same time, railroads had been built across much of the country．Cattle farming could raise cattle at low cost in the west and sent them east by rail．The main job of the cowboys was to move the cattle to the nearest railroad．This was done in the hot months of summer．The cowboys rode along the road behind a huge herd of cattle．Some newspaper reporters went west．They discovered the cowboys and began to write about them．Artists drew pictures of cowboys for magazines．Authors wrote stories and books about brave, lonely cowboys．Cowboys quickly became a sensation． 　　You can still find cowboys in the United States．Today there are about one million of them．But the life of the cowboys has changed greatly since the late 1800s．Modern cowboys still ride horses, but they also use trucks and helicopters．Most modern cowboys are young men, but today you can find cowgirls too． (1) The life of a cowboy of the American West in the film is ________． [　　] A． hard B． happy C． lonely D． romantic (2) The cowboys of the American West became popular ________． [　　] A． because they were the national heroes B． because they rode horses to drive cattle C． because their life was hard and difficult D． because the reporters, artists and authors made a sensation of them (3) The main job of a cowboy in old times was ________． [　　] A． to raise cattle for people who lived in cities B． to drive cattle to the nearest railway station C． to sell cattle to those who needed them D． to kill cattle for people who wanted to eat them (4) Which of the following is the best if we give the passage title? [　　] A． Cowboys－the American B． American Cowboys and Their Work C． The Life of American Cowboys D． Cowboys and the American West

Answer 1

答案：1．D;2．D;3．B;4．C;
解析：

(1)	本题所限定的一个重要条件是in the film，电影中所描写的与事实是不一致的，文章第一段是电影对cowboy的描写，因此是非常浪漫的。
(2)	可以从文章第二段后半部分找到答案：Some newspaper reporters went west．They discovered the cowboys and began to write about them．Artists drew pictures of cowboys for magazines．Authors wrote stories and books about brave, lonely cowboys．Cowboys quickly became a sensation．
(3)	细节题。文章第二段中的“The main job of the cowboys was to move the cattle to the nearest railroad”给出了答案。
(4)	本题要求找出文章的最佳标题。通读全文可以概括出本文主要介绍了cowboys在过去、现在，以及文学作品中的生活情况，所以选项C最适合做文章的标题。