中考英语专项突破：阅读理解精练(8)

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1、中考英语专项突破：阅读理解精练(8)　　NewYorkisoneofthelastlargeAmericancitiestohavesomeofitspolicemenonhorseback.TheNewYorkpolicehave170horsesworkingincertainpartsofthecity.Thehorsesareexpensivetofeed,butitisevenmoreexpensivetolookafterthem.Becausethehorsesmustwalkonthestreets,theyneedspecialhorseshoes.Infact,they

2、needmorethan8,000ofthemeachyear.EverypolicehorseinNewYorkgetsnewshoeseverymonth.Keepingtheseshoesingoodrepairisthejobofsixblacksmiths.Thereareonlyaboutthirty-fiveoftheseblacksmithsinthewholeUnitedStates.　　Thecostofshoingahorseisbetweentwentydollarsandthirty-fivedollars,andittakesagoodblacksmithtwo

3、orthreehourstodothejob.　　Ablacksmith’sjobisnotaneasyone.Hemustbeabletoshapeashoefromapieceofmetalandthenfitittothehorse’sfoot.Theblacksmithmustbendoverallthetimewhenheisfittingtheshoeandmustholdtheweightofthehorse’slegwhileheworks.Clearly,ablacksmithmustbeverystorng.Butevenmoreimportant,hemustbeab

4、letodealwithhorses——forbeforetheblacksmithcanbeginhiswork,hehastogetthehorsetoliftitsleg.　　OneoftheblacksmithsinNewYorkisJamesCorbin.HecametothecountryfromIrelandin1948.Henotonlymakeshorseshoesforthepolicebutalsoworksforagroupofhorseownersnearthecity.Corbinbecameinterestedinblacksmithingbecausehis

5、fatherdidit,and，astheputsit,”It’sagoodwaytomakealiving.”　　1.Accordingtothereadingpassage，ablacksmithmustbelikelya______man.　　A.clever　　B.rich　　C.strong　　D.lucky　　2.JamesCorbinbecameablacksmithbecausehe__________.　　A.wasinterestedinhorses　　B.wasneededbythepolicemen　　C.drewapictureofthehorseshoeD.ha

6、damakealiving　　3.Inthereadingpassage“toshapeashoe”isto__________.　　A.fititonthehorse’sfoot　　B.useitfortwoorthreehours　　C.makethefromofahorseshoefromapieceofmetal　　D.drawapictureoftheshoe　　4.Thebesttitleforthepassageis“__________.”　　A.PolicemenonHorseback　　B.BlacksmithsandHorseshoeing　　C.JamesCorbi

7、n，aBlacksmith　　D.HorseshoeingisaGoodWaytoMakeaLiving　　5.Whichofthefollowingistrue？　　A.OnlyafewlargeAmericancitieshavesomepolicemenonhorseback.　　B.NewYorkistheonlycityinAmericatohavesomepolicemenonhorseback.　　C.Po